Leaderboard

It's more interesting here because Hossa is coming up on his 3rd appearence all with different teams. All I care about is that Hossa loses the Cup three years in a row. Edit: Just to be clear-- I want Hossa to lose this year because he's a Blackhawk, not because I hate him. I just can't stomach the idea of Chicago having any kind of hockey success.

Just looking at the playoff scoring leaders on TSN and noticed Joe Thornton and his classic underachieving and thought I'd share a laugh with you guys. A certain stat jumped right out with it's double digits.// Regular Season first: (as this is where joe plays "hockey") 79 games 20 goals, 69 assists - 89 points +17 Now the Playoffs: 13 games 3 goals, 9 assists - 12 points -10 tied for 2nd worst in playoffs! and this is with 8 of those points coming in the last 6 games. joe thornton will never make it to the hall of fame, and this is why.

Any of the following would be a welcome addition in my opinion: Eric Nystrom Raffi Torres Shawn Thornton Brian Sutherby Jason Chimera Scott Nichol Adam Burish Jared Boll Krys Barch Derek Boogaard Andrew Ladd Brian McGrattan Zenon Konopka Arron Asham Cam Janssen Brandon Prust Eric Boulton Tim Jackman Darcy Hordichuk Jamal Mayers Chris Thorburn Ben Eager David Koci Jody Shelley Colin Fraser Tanner Glass Kyle Chipchura Brad Winchester David Clarkson Aaron Voros Byron Bitz Ryan Stone Cody McCormick Nate Thompson Nick Tarnasky Dan Winnik Andrew Peters Steve Begin Craig Weller Steve MacIntyre Jeremy Reich Any one of these guys would be excellent.I think we need to be a little bit more well rounded;get less pretty and a little more gritty.Thoughts?

Miller spent a significant amount of time on the Wings' second and third lines this year. Also, next year Abby will be taking a permanent spot on the PK, so Miller's PK abilities will be replaced (who knows how well). I don't think it is realistic to assume that Miller and Eaves will be back next year, and (price constant) Eaves would be a better choice IMO. Afinogenov will not sign for 1.1M or less, no matter what. His contract was signed based on this decreasing production for the Sabers (.5 ppg), but he seems to have picked his play up again. Even for 2M, Maxim is a bargain. Asham signed his Philly contract after a down year with the Devils. He is a rare player than can score 20+ points in a season and get in 10+ fights. Therefore, we will command more than 700k. Although I would like them both, they will need much more money than you have budgeted here.

^^This. Holland is the best GM in the league, but signing Williams was a major blunder, and would have been so even if he had signed him for $1 last summer. By any objective measure, he should have played himself off the team permanently after his clueless, mistake-filled performance in the 2006 playoffs against Edmonton. Hell, Williams couldn't even nail down a roster spot in Atlanta. He had no business ever wearing the Winged Wheel again.

Maybe Hossa will finally win one because he's committed to a team long term.

Haha he fell over again. At least he has managed to learn to score whilst he falls over.

Bertuzzi over Miller? HUDLER ON THE TOP LINE?!?!?! listen all you hudler slappies out there, he wasn't good enough to make his own Olympic team, he is not gonna help this team over the hump and he will not play above the third line........ You guys are really delusional!

Wings were being outshot more this season than any other season I can remember. Howard faced a lot of quality rubber for basically an entire season and we still got into the playoffs. And aside from that one awful goal, nothing Howard did cost the Wings any games. Even that one is debatable. And he did it all as a rookie. And it doesn't matter that he is 26. He still had to make that leap into the NHL and he finished among the leaders in the NHL. To even insinuate that Osgood should be the starter next season is just flat out dumb.

That sound you hear is my father rolling over in his grave. He would rant for hours if anyone dared suggest that anyone but the Lions play on Thanksgiving. He didn't like even the idea of a second game after it. Since he's gone, I guess I have to do the ranting. (Ahem.) The Lions playing on Thanksgiving was started by the Lions themselves during the depression. They gave their salaries for that game to people in need. I don't know if they still do it or not. Knowing you kids today, probably not, but back then, let me tell you, we knew what it was to be poor. We didn't have all those fancy-schmancy Ataris and all those rock and roll records that sound like monkeys banging on drums and screeching- what is that crap you listen to- the Captain and Tennille?- what was he ever a captain of? No, sir. The Lions started that game and it's theirs for as long as they want to play in it. Win or lose. Your mother works hard every year to time dinner for halftime, and she doesn't understand football at all. If she's going to do that for the Lions, then they deserve to have that game. I don't care if they never win the Superbowl- it's about as likely as the Red Wings ever winning another Cup without Gordie Howe- but it's their day, and no one can take that away from them. Pass me those Doritos. /rant I don't know if it was true or not what he said about the Lions donating their salaries, but if it is, then they deserve to have that game. As far as the Winter Classic goes, that is the NHL that started it, not a specific team, so they should be spreading it around. Maybe they could have one in Winnipeg- Coyotes vs Wild. Whether the Yotes are in Phoenix or not. Bring them "back home" for a game. It could work.

Classic clip. Here's hoping Shanny is in full control of the NHL within 10 years.

Montreal already beat Caps and Pens. If Philly beats Montreal it means they're better than Montreal. Why couldn't they beat Hawks or Sharks then? Anything can happen.

and ONCE AGAIN(ugh) "carry their team on their back" does NOT MEAN DO IT ALL... Pavelski has been tearing it up for San Jose and Heatley and Boyle and PPG players... "carry a team on your back" means lift them, emotionally and physically with your play... it's not all about stats, and if he can't inspire them and score goals WHEN THEY MATTER, he is a choke... I don't even know how I have to keep explaining this to you, I really could not have made my point any clearer... UNTIL HE WINS THE BIG PRIZE, THE EARLY ROUNDS DO NOT MATTER

LOL, I remember that Carolina clip As for his tall tales, he had a bit of a reputation for getting false stories put in his personal bio in the Press guide the teams release each year. I remember one year he got in there that he was the 3rd goalkeeper for Ireland football team in the 1994 World Cup squad

I'd love to see any of those guys in a Wings uniform, but I doubt we'll wind up with any bonafide enforcer. A guy like Nystrom or Asham is probably what we'll wind up with. Then again, even that may not happen. Holland brought in Williams of all people last year, and didn't he say that he was looking for more grit at that time?

Who do I have to f*** to get the Wings to sign Boogaard.

Maybe all our Swedes just didn't want a Finn in the lineup. Fillpulla has already become a Swede, so he doesn't count.

Hopefully Pavs convinces Kovalchuk to take a paycut to come play here. :D

Yay, another May, Norton, Big Snake... Not what we need.

Toughness doesn't matter. There is only offense and defense. Toughness can be part of both but it doesn't have to. It's like giving style points. I don't care if the goal is scored by dangling the defender or crashing the net.The fact is that this year we've lacked offense not defense. We were 7th in goals against but only 14th in goals scored. Hudler gives us more offense than guys like Armstrong or Clarkson. edit: Obviously there are these people that would rather have a fight and a loss than no fight and a win. Good one.

You don't even want him to succeed, just because you don't like him.

Playing in a worse league but with a bigger role can many times improve your game. Look what happened to Rafalski or Brian Campbell for example. Those guys were barely NHL-level players, but that bigger role helped them to develop.

I think Finns have heart.

I actually said Bertuzzi/Williams/Holmstrom will be gone and I think "/" means "or". Although I meant TWO of Bertuzzi/Williams/Holmstrom will be gone.