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I want the Whitrcaps’ Ulrich Bojarski to make an appearance for the Aussies tonight.

USA 12, Canada 1 Mercy!

So the 5-way tie at 2-2 did happen. This was the tiebreaker mechanism. If only the tiebreaker had been decided by putting each team captain into one room and whoever solved that math formula quickest would be the winner. Accuse me of bias or of (positive) stereotyping, but I would have liked the Taiwan guy’s chances. Instead it ended Cuba, Italy, Netherlands, Panama and Taiwan in that order.

I’ve been to Taiwanese weddings that were kind of like this. Some Taiwanese funerals are similar - except with strippers!

It was all Boston after the first 10 minutes of the game. Still, the Wings hung onto the tie until 5 minutes to go. See Bertuzzi trip up Seider in the final minute? Good thing he didn’t injure him!

Seems to be mostly on power plays. So out of nowhere the Wings produce one of their best periods of the season, although Boston was clawing its way back into it the second half. 2-0 after 1.

I think it’s a really good idea. Would prefer it just flash there for a couple of seconds and on face offs, rather than stay there the entire shift.

Wings fly out to an early 2-0 lead over Boston in front of what the ESPN announcer calls a “stunned TD Garden” crowd.

Potential for chaos in Pool A. I am rooting against that for once, as a Taiwan win in final game is all they need to win the group and we’d get to watch their quarter final in person.

Taichung is rocking.

I'm looking forward to the singing and noise, but not the 90% masking. Watching Italy-Taipei now and Korea-Japan. I had to chuckle how the 3rd out last inning for Japan was made by Lars Nootbar of the Cardinals. Born in California but his mom is Japanese.

A home loss to Chicago would mean we’re in the midst of a collapse

I am going to be in Tokyo on vacation next week and we have tickets for next Wednesday’s quarterfinal at the Tokyo Dome. It’s for the #2 seed in Japan’s group vs #1 in the other, so the tickets for the Thursday quarterfinal were sky high. But if Japan unexpectedly drops to #2 in the group we will be in luck for a great atmosphere. My wife is from Taiwan so them making it to our quarter final would be cool as well.

Yzerman is not Avila. Yzerman is Harbaugh of around 2018.

Everything's fine as long as Yzerman has a very active summer. Sundqvist, easy to replace. But need to replace Bertuzzi and what we thought Vrana could be. So a big splash on a 1st line or 2nd line forward, either by trade of 1st rounders or UFA. And a top-4 defenceman to replace Hronek. That's just to tread water compared to this year. Need more moves on top of that to move forward into strong playoff position. And it's not going to come from top 5 draft picks, because those aren't coming our way unless with crazy lottery luck one year.

By my count, if the Wings don’t come back in final 2 minutes, this will be 6 losses in a 9 day span. That hard to do.

And just like that the Wings trail. Haven’t the Wings led in most of the losses of this 1-5-1 stretch?

Ugh, shorthanded breakaway goal for Philly ties it 1-1 in the 2nd.

Oooh, that's a good and important point and it seems to be hard to get clarity on that. If it's just the Isles pick regardless, I definitely want them to make the playoffs now so we can pick this year. I don't think the NYI will drop too far next year, if at all.

Now 3-1 NYI. i believe this will be the Wings’ 6th loss in 7 games, a 1-5-1 stretch.

It’s amazing how Tampa has helped wreck our playoff hopes. In their past 5 games they have defeated the Wings but lost to Pittsburgh twice, to Florida and to Buffalo. Now they’re losing to Buffalo again today, 5-1 in the 3rd.