Christmas Special: Detroit Red Wings

Team Wishlist: Jimmy Howard getting some fame. This was a topic on TheScore.com 's Backhand Shelf. Host Rob Pizzo highlighted Howard's stats, he's the league leader in wins, a nice .932 save percentage, 3 shutouts and  a sexy 1.82 GAA. He's a great goalie statwise, yet we don't think of him as a top 5 goalie. How come? This just doesn't make sense. You'd have to think the Red Wings wish that they'd want Howard to get more fame.

Nicklas Lidstrom: Have the announcers call him Nicklas not Dicklas (its immature ,but its really funny :) ) Also, I can bet you Lidstrom wished he got his left nut back..

"Inquiring minds wanted to know why Detroit’s incomparable defenceman Nick Lidstrom missed the final two games of the Western Conference final between the Red Wings and Chicago. The media spoke only of the ubiquitous “lower-body” injury. And when Lidstrom appeared tired and mistake-prone in the Final against Pittsburgh, questions were raised again about his fitness to play. Was it an ankle? A knee? Under the NHL’s Orwellian injury disclosure policy, a postal-code approximation of the hurt was all that was given to the media.

Actually, Lidstrom had a damaged testicle from being pitch-forked by Chicago’s Patrick Sharp in Game 3 of the Western final. He needed all the time between the cheap shot and Game One of the final to rehab the injury. As Paul Harvey used to say, “Now you know the rest of the story”. - A. Issac of Guyism.com

Christmas Special: Dallas Stars

Team Wishlist: Get Kari Lehtonen back. Simple as that. Nothing fancy like Paul Gaustad and his time machines. Just Kari Lehtonen back. Before he got injured, his record was a freaking amazing 13-4-1. His GAA was 2.34. That's AMAZING. Could you imagine if Lehtonen got hurt blocking a shot? I suppose something like this:

LA Kings Coaching Change

Jeff Rimer the play by play announcer for Columbus Blue Jackets reports that Darryl Sutter may be on the bench as the Kings' coach by Thursday against the Blue Jackets.

Christmas Special: Columbus Blue Jackets

Team Wishlist: Jeff Carter and Steve Mason to play like they should been. Jeff Carter has done horribly this season along with Steve Mason. This leads me to conclude, Jeff Carter is still partying late at night, but instead of with Mike Richards, it is with Steve Mason. Bold prediction, we know. We stand by it. We know how it is. Jeff Carter is a bad influence. He's like the kid who doesn't be quiet in class. Steve Mason is his best buddy. The one who was a good kid turned bad. Alright maybe not that bad but you get the point. We wonder what Steve Mason and Jeff Carter would be like if they both played like how they were supposed to be.

Christmas Special: Colorado Avalance

Team Wishlist: For Semyon Varlamov to play like he was still in Washington. After coming to the Avalanche he's lost his starting job to J.S. Giguere. He's played horrible. Remember when he was the next best goalie? Him an Michael Neuvrith? The dynamic duo? Not really? Neither do we...


I bet you this was Giguere's happiest moment during this season.

Christmas Special: Chicago Blackhawks

Team Wishlist: Get back Brian Campbell and his ridicouly large contract. Before I start getting ripped just see his stats. They're freaking amazing. The team has a great everything else. Just an okay defense corps though. So what if they had a beast defense corps as well? Could you imagine how good that'd be?

BRING BACK BRIAN CAMPBELL!

Christmas Special: Carolina Hurricanes

Team Wishlist: Some leadership and some scoring from Eric Staal. With Marc Staal injured and people blaming his brother, you would have to think Eric is just a little worried for his brother. You would have to think this worry is hindering his play. Also, there hasn't been that veteran leadership from anyone since Rod Brind'Amour was captain. We'll see how the season plays out!