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A2Y- One Game At A Time

02/16/2023 at 8:30pm EST

Yesterday when Kate reached me to say she was still not feeling well, I suggested she take tonight off too, so it's me again.

Puck drop is around 9:08pm ET and the Wings need to be ready to play. The Flames last played on Monday in Ottawa and have been home since waiting for the Wings. You know the Flames will come out hard tonight.

Stick with it boys, play the right way and get another win.

Play hard boys while we do this live blog thing.

Paul

In case you were wondering, Hellberg starts tonight.

bigfrog

Hope Kate is feeling better. Lets beat the Calgoons tonight.

Calquakeold

Carpe Diem Wings, carpe diem. L.G.R.W.

rwbill

Evenin Butches !

Hope Kate feels well again, eventually.  Right now if she showed up and they lost she would be known as what IWOCPO called GameWrecker.

I wonder how much legs the Wings will have tonight.  The Flames playing tight might require an exhausting physical style more than racing up and down, whorestyle. 

rwbill

I dislike the brilliant orange light flashing on the visiting goalie from above everytime the Flames score a goal.  Maybe we wont have to see it too many times tonight.

SMWM.

Cigar-Nurse

Hola 19. 3rd game in 4 nights is rough to do but other teams face the same. Flamers storming early so we must use our inner Jim Morrison and ride it oot. LGRW 

Royal Grand Exalted PooBah

PooBah in the House!

Royal Grand Exalted PooBah

There's a lost Blues fan behind the Calgary bench. 

Cigar-Nurse

Bad Helburg. Should have swung it around to Moritz behind the net. Shake er oof. 

Cigar-Nurse

Kubie dubie doo. Time to get streaking again. 

rwbill

4 shots on goal thus far.  Nope, 6!  Kubalik.  Great timing to tie it up !!

Bertuzzi keeps imprinting his character and work ethic on the team.

Calquakeold

So if Bertuzzi were to be dealt at the deadline, what would you want in return? For me, a 2nd rounder minimum, maybe a 1st?

Cigar-Nurse

Well thats a better pp than the last one. Way to go Fabs.  

Calquakeold

Toffoli is a better Bertuzzi.

Cigar-NurseCalquakeold

Not as brittle. 

I do see Stevie trading Lil Bert rather than keeping him. 

Calquakeold

Unless Zadina starts scoring I'd rather have Lurch (Soberblom) on the 4th line.

rwbill

Sumbitch. 2-2.

Maybe they can keep this hot PP going.

Cigar-Nurse

Dube smoked that one in. Get er back.  

rwbill

Yeah if they dont intend to or think they will have a hard time signing Bertuzzi I would expect at least a second round and maybe a first.  Its a crap shoot, the chance of a draft pick outside the top 4 or 5 ever becoming as effective a NHL player as Bertuzzi are pretty low.

Paulrwbill

IMO, Bert wil sign a 1 or 2 year contract with the Wings.  He needs t reestablish himself.

Even if he is traded, the new team will want to sign him but will offer him a long term deal with a low ball offer.

rwbillPaul

I would like to see him remain with the Wings.  He definitely helps to fill out two to three lines that can score.  He, Fabbri, and Vrana have not been healthy in the lineup al the same time all year.  Add Larkin, Raymond, Berggren, Perron, Kubalik, Lurch, Veleno, heck they could finally start scoring goals consistently .

EDIT:  Rasmussen et al, I didnt mean to list all the forwards but if all healthy they could score more.

rwbillrwbill

 . ( an unresearched statement, but somebody somewhere has a list of career NHL games by draft slot )

rwbillrwbill

Now this looks like Im saying Pauls reply is an unresearched statement lol, clearly I mean mine is. 

Cigar-Nurse

Kadri being Kadri. Effin diver. 

rwbill

I would like to see Andrew cop a feel of what his contract is supposed to translate to on the ice.

rwbill

Jebus, again how many times the last week or two has Bertuzzi just out-scrapped somebody to result in a Wings goal?  Two tonight, and previous Larkin goals.

Cigar-Nurse

Kubie x2. And Kadri get nuthin for a blatant high stick. 

dca

Can't wait for Bally's RSN to go bankrupt in 29 days.

By missing A $140M interest only debt payment, Diamond Sports (owner of Bally's RSN's like Bally's Detroit) Is On The Verge Of Bankruptcy; they will be sent to Chapter 11--debt restructuring. This will upend the Local Sports Revenue Model.
Diamond Sports owes around $1.8 billion in rights fees to teams this year, with an additional $600 million on the interest payments from its debt. At the moment, Diamond Sports has a reported $585 million in cash.

This could cause real issues with some teams coming up which may result in a chaotic trade deadline. Some teams might suddenly have a very large budget crisis.



rwbill

En Fuego!!!Thats some pretty passing. Best looking PP in a long time.Goals a plenty! Scoring Machine lol !!

Royal Grand Exalted PooBah

Boo! - Ras hardly touched um.

nctheo

2 periods in the books... Team's working hard, getting results. 

Helly, not too bad.

bigfrog

4-2 After two.  Calgoons being penalized for their usual gooning it up, but still getting away with their high sticks.

rwbill

Another two goal lead after two periods.  I should SMWM instead of repeating last nights comment, but would like to see them run off at least eight minutes without giving up the third goal.

rwbill

Holy Cow, Vladar lost his puck radar!  Wings finally benefitting from some soft goals!

rwbill

OK Imma make some hot tea to ride this out to midnight.

Paulrwbill

The significant other just brought me a apple Crown Royal, on the rock in an actual rock glass.  She even found a nice lime twist.

Cheers

rumbear

Greetings 19 home from work and western hockey game is on. 
Ed Note: Wife wants to know who Jobu is and why I chugged an RandC....
Ummmm.....

Kate!  Missing you!  Get well soon!

LGRW !!!!!

rumbear

Hows Olde LooseCheeks doing tonight? I expected him to be a hemorhoid against the Wings??

rwbill

Rumbear has some epic photos over the Sierra Nevadas, hoping you keep your hands on the wheel.  Do you get updrafts unpredictably over them?  Theyre pretty snow covered this time of year I guess.

rumbear

Thanks RW! Really worked to get some photos of Half Dome and Yosemite Valley with snow on them.  Last couple miles got pretty sporty! I have some 360 degree camera stuf that I am editing.  

Paul

Call me satisfied.  They Wings are finally playing a system in all three zones and all this scoring, without Raymond.  Things are looking up.

rumbear

RW I still cant for the life of me post a foto here. They are on Fbook share if ya want.

Gotta finish these Flamers !!!

Skate to throat!  (as some old posters would say....)

Royal Grand Exalted PooBahrumbear

I use imgur.com which is free as my host and then post the address for the photo.

rwbill

I hate to think that Ive been considering making a Peloton of Suck chart.  if the Wings keep climbing nearer to 8-9-10 I may have to.  Cigar Nurse has been asking anyway.

rwbill

Heater - the BSD buzz word of the week.

rwbill

These guys play really banged up all the time that I dont consider. 

Calquakeold

Nice win streak. Later you magnificent reprobates.

rwbill

Jebus, I considered flying out to Washington for a week to watch the Wings but got an unexpected bill and convinced myself the Wings werent playing that well anyway, so I didnt go.  WA and HI are the only two states Ive never been in so I was going to cross that one off the list.  

rumbear

Peloton of Suck.... Ahhhh the memories!

rumbear

A sweep of western Canada!  Holy Cats!

rwbill

Holy Crap ( Ray Barrones dad ) ,  the Wings just might make my dire February predictions look stupid.  Familiar territory for me.

Rumbear I might get a few of your airborne photos ready to post for the next live blog, I guess Saturday night.  Thanks.

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