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The Scrappy Red Wings? | Ep. 381 The Wings take the Stars to OT and win big against the Flames as they stay in the playoff race. How are Finnie and Shine showing up as they string together points? 📺YouTube youtu.be/8xUl_7KY4Vw 🌲LinkTree buff.ly/e5r21Jx #LGRW

@ProfessorLGRW It's market research

@GrindLinePod This tweet is a failure.

Given the state of the East, if the Red Wings miss the playoffs, do you consider this season a failure? #LGRW #RedWings

@BigMoSeider I think that's too black and white.

@GrindLinePod Fairly or unfairly, the good teams find a way to make it work. If we don’t make it, we weren’t a good team. And this year, that was the goal. Doesn’t preclude us from being the best team amongst the rest of the East over the next ~10 years, but for THIS year? Yeah, failure

@rsandersr47 Normally I'd agree, however this division and conference are so close and crazy that you had to to keep up. And we didn't know our top 2 centrs would get hurt while our other center in GR was hurt right after the deadline.

@GrindLinePod If you trade away your 1st rd. Pick and miss it's a failure imo. I just don't feel you trade firsts until you're a contender, you don't trade them just to MAKE it. You certainly don't trade them and miss.

@Poofesure They'd be the 1 seed in the Pacific by 6 points.

@GrindLinePod they’d be a top 5 team in the west

A little Friday humor for ya : Why did the cowboy have a dachshund wiener dog? Because somebody told him to get a long little doggy.

@SCSparty @pucksanddreams_ I think he may have 2 of them.

@GrindLinePod @pucksanddreams_ Yes. It’s very, very obvious he’s got a shoulder

Meanwhile 2 pts in last 7 games

@CRush339 They still are. They won't change.

@GrindLinePod Make sure you tell all the gloom and doomers that have been calling for Stevie’s head the past two weeks

A few observations after last night's Wings win over Montreal: - John Gibson is dialed in. He wants the playoffs maybe more than anyone on this team, after being given a second shot at starter. - JT Compher has been one of the best players on the ice the last 2 games, minus the faceoff. - The team stood up for each other last night, and that goes a long way. Too often have they been pushed around. Last night they said, "not anymore." - It's going to be a hell of a run to the finish, but at the end of the day, no matter what happens, this team has gone above and beyond expectations and is far improved. #LGRW #RedWings

@aNoNameFool @Kmh12996410 @AKTimAdams You miss the whole point that projecting at 100 points, against a conference that decided they were all going to turn it on this season, means they are better. At this point, you are arguing just to be negative.

@Kmh12996410 @AKTimAdams @GrindLinePod The wings are projecting 100 points. Great. You’ve drank the kool-aid, it is tasty. I want to believe and live in a world where this team is closer, unfortunately I live in reality and the current state of the NHL & East don’t give a rats ass that we are projecting 100pts.

No, man, Chuck Norris doesn't die. Chuck Norris just beats life. RIP to the GOAT.

@SJimerd20941 I think stocked is a bit of an oversell.

@GrindLinePod That's probably why the GM traded a #1 for a 35 yr. old defenseman. Without that added pressure keeping a 1st rounder in a stocked draft would have been a no brainer.

@Frannn115 Sounds like he may be hurt.

I just want to know if Ray was playing injured if not I need him to shot the puck 🙂‍↕️

@SJimerd20941 I think the playoffs should have been expected. The problem is that no one expected you'd need nearly 100 points to get a wildcard spot.

@GrindLinePod That's why even with this ridiculous condensed schedule the playoffs are not necessarily the judge of this season. Never expected a playoff season and actually still don't but it's already successful in this rebuild.

lol

@11Jordancole He was on an emergency call up so he avoided waivers

@GrindLinePod Does Leonard have to clear waivers? I thought that was the case after his last game played.

Copp must be feeling good after last night. Leonard heads back to GR. Let's see this team get healthy down the stretch, as Elliotte Friedman reported the other day that they are more hurt than people know and are being held together by string, glue, and hope. #LGRW #RedWings

@nrs82 It was Monday's 32 thoughts, and he was talking about the Wings specifically. octopusthrower.com/insider-hints-…

@GrindLinePod I missed the Elliotte clip, was he talking about the Wings specifically or players across the league more generally?

@moeak123 Need a center with Ras still out.

@GrindLinePod I am surprised dries is still up

@moeak123 he did it because there were several guys hurt. Only way you can do it.

@GrindLinePod That's why yzerman did that he knows what he doing if he did that