Octopus Thrower http://octopusthrower.com A Detroit Red Wings Blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:25:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ty Conklin: Where Do We Go From Here? http://octopusthrower.com/2012/01/31/ty-conklin-where-do-we-go-from-here/ http://octopusthrower.com/2012/01/31/ty-conklin-where-do-we-go-from-here/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:25:13 +0000 KevinN37 http://octopusthrower.com/?p=2424 We all know that goaltending is the most important position in hockey.  A goalie can keep a team in the game by making out-of-this-world saves, or a goalie can be absolutely horrible and lose a game/series for a team that probably deserves to win (Dan Cloutier and Tommy Salo can agree to this).  The Wings have a Vezina Trophy candidate in Jimmy Howard, who is currently a top 5 goalie in the NHL (Lunqvist, Thomas, Rinne, and Quick are up there as well (Ryan Miller, not so much this year)).  It’s obvious the Wings season and playoff run will depend heavily on Howie.  The question I have is whether Ty “Conkblonk” Conklin can be trusted to be the backup goalie for the rest of this season.

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With the (waste of time other than the Weber vs Chara Hardest Shot event) All Star Game this week, the Wings only played two games.  On Monday, they beat the suddenly relevant St. Louis Blues 3-1.   On Wednesday, the Original 6 game against Montreal happened.  I’m choosing not to remember exactly what happened in this game, but apparently, it did happen.  In related news, Nicklas Lidstrom is never allowed to retire.

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