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And a shot at a ring?

Wings win 1-0. Fine defense tonight, gotta hand it to Yzerman haha

Wings are penalized with 5:18 to go, still nursing the 1-0 lead.

Wings are being outshot 21-8 but lead 1-0 after 2.

Wings at NYI. Takes 9 minutes for the Wings to get their first shot on goal, but its a goal by Kane from Tarasenko.

I’m not saying Walman was a long term answer. But what is Yzerman’s plan to improve the defense? Walman was better than some of who we are still stuck with. And Ghostisbehere’s 56 points aren’t worth to the Wings the $3.2mm Carolina gave him?

Yes, but I always figured there was more to the story, especially since the Wings had to provide a sweetener for SJ to pick him. Given the state of the Wings' defense, if you need to dump a $3.4mm/yr contract with 2 years left on it of a guy who is at worst your #3 defenseman, you've screwed up.

Ok, after this story in The Athletic I'm even more confused about the Walman situation. Walman seems to have been surprised and disappointed the Wings traded him. Talks about an injury that hampered him the last 15 games of the season. Did the coaches think he was faking it or dogging it? I sense some conflict between him and Lalonde. The Wings aren't icing six defenseman better than him right now. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5847866/2024/10/21/red-wings-jake-walman-trade-sharks/ The call began with normal pleasantries, Walman said. Yzerman asked where Walman was, and about his summer. Then he delivered the news: Yzerman had traded Walman to the San Jose Sharks. “I was just like shocked, heartbroken,” Walman said. “Thought that I was going to be there for a long time.” -------------------------- “I just thought I’d built such a strong foundation in Detroit, not just with the team but in Detroit,” Walman said. “My heart was there, you know? I wanted to bring that success and passion to Detroit. It was my first time, like I’ve said to you before, that I felt like I was in a place that loved me, and I loved that place. It was my first time feeling comfortable in a city. That was it, kind of just over in a flash, like that.” -------------------------- And then there was the way the season ended, with Walman playing just two of Detroit’s final 14 games as the team pushed to make the playoffs. During that time, Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde referred to Walman as “not completely himself,” a vague answer that some fans found frustrating about an important piece missing key games. “I love Derek, and I think the coaches there were great with me,” Walman said. “But I just wish that situation was handled different.” --------------------------- “I guess I can tell you now: I was injured,” he said. “I was pretty badly injured, and I was doing everything I could to play through it. He said the injury “wasn’t like a broken bone where you can obviously see there’s something wrong. It was how I felt, like day-to-day, and just little things would piss it off.” ---------------------------- But he said he felt it was important to explain because “I would do anything for the Red Wings, and especially last year.” “I felt loved by the city, I felt loved by the coaches, I felt loved by the players,” he said. “Everybody at the rink, it was just a joy, like always, to come to the rink. And stuff like that happens, injuries happen.----- ----------------------------- After the season, Walman had what he called “a really honest conversation” with Yzerman. He said he shared “probably way more than I should have said about how I was feeling about everything,” including that “I should have gone up and said like, ‘Put me in. I’ve been here, I want to f—ing compete, I feel that I can give this team the best chance to win.'” He said he felt the meeting ended “really good,” and the end notes were standard fare: “Go back, have a good summer, heal my injury. That was the biggest thing: healing.” -------------------------------------------------

Say it ain't so, Jaymo

Don't think I didn't think of that once I saw that Darnold was contained. Don't give them any excuse to call a facemask, don't give them any excuse to call a facemask.

And a feared torn ACL for Aiyuk. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41910688/san-francisco-49ers-receivers-deebo-samuel-brandon-aiyuk-exit-vs-chiefs

Four road games against Dallas, Minnesota, Green Bay and Houston, within a 5 game span is arguably as tough of a stretch as any NFL team will face this season. The Lions have passed the first two of those four tests.

And then the kickoff through the end zone.

By the way, the Packers won in a similar fashion as the Lions. 45 yard FG with 3 seconds to go to beat Houston 25-24.

There is some argument that running two plays up the middle would have used up a few more seconds than the two kneeldowns, especially the second one which was immediate. But whether to gain a few more yards or to burn a few more seconds, the risk of running plays are a) punch out; and b) holding penalty that would push the ball back 10 yards and stop the clock.

Dan Miller’s call of the game-ending sack. Sack Ends Viking Game.m4a

Remember Minnesota’s kicker is amazing.

It’s still all right in front of the Lions. I’m confident.

That drop on 1st down was key. Changed the series.

Need a TD now. I won’t be comfortable with a 5 pt or 8 pt lead with the Vikings having 4 downs and Jefferson.

I keep thinking, for a split second, that a flag has been flown, thanks to the Viking in the yellow shoes.

Big 3rd and long to start the 4th quarter. Holding them to a FG would be acceptable.

I like this Beyoncé Levi’s commercial. I’m starting to associate it with Lions touchdowns.

Sorry. 5 plays later.