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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?

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.

hahaha on shanny's twitter some tool says "you are a joke, stop talking about lost lets hear about the playoffs" and he responds "Hey @TKelly13 Nooo, that beard and those earrings are a joke. It's 0-0 in the 1st. Get over it." Wrecked.

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.

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

Best player UNTIL NOW - it's all moot and useless if you can't win the big prize... until he proves otherwise, he will be considered a choke... Really? Pavel and Zetterberg didn't carry their team to a Stanley Cup in 08?!? Zetterberg: GP: 22 G:13 A:14 P:27 +16 Datsyuk GP: 22 G:10 A:13 P:23 +13 Giguere didn't carry his team to a SCF against NJ when he won the Conn Smythe and they only lost because they couldn't score (keep in mind, this argument also doesn't REALLY apply to goalies, as they cannot score the goals, even though he backs up my argument) and Pronger never led his team to a cup... what was it Anaheim did in 07? 07 SC Playoffs: Pronger: GP: 19 G:3 A:12 P:15 +10 even ****** Crosby last year did it... you, if anything, helped prove my point... not yours....

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.

I'd prefer Chicago to win as opposed as the Sharks as well.

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

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

Are you really that stupid? Didn't you even read past that first sentence? I clearly said that there is only offense and defense. Toughness can be a part of them both but in the end the result is only thing that matters. Toughness can help to get better results. Colby Armstong may be tougher than Jiri Hudler but Hudler is still better. I said that I don't care how the results come, but obviously you're one of these people who rather lose the game and see one fight than win the game without fighting. I'm sorry, but I don't award style points. I only care about the results, and the fact is that Hudler scored 57 points. That's what matters.And you think I don't know that when there are two "equally" skilled teams, the tougher one usually wins? Guess what. When there are two "equally" tough teams, THE SKILLED ONE usually wins. I don't care how it happens. Skilled team will also win whenever toughness doesn't work. European hockey? Europe includes many countries and you can't say that there's only "European hockey". Hockey in Finland vs. hockey in Czech Republic is totally different. And btw, there are more people in North America too. Guess what. There are more NHL players per capita from Finland than from North America. So learn to read the whole post before replying. Also, learn to think before posting. I know you like fighting and stuff, but it doesn't matter s*** if the result is worse.

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.

But he will be part of this team next year. I think everyone should wish good things for him just because when Hudler does well the team does well.

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.

We weren't a nation at that time. There was already Finnish people who wanted to have their own country to represent them. That has nothing to do with sisu here. There were simply more Swedish people and even Sweden Finns who wanted to be more Swedes than Finns. And btw you lost that area to the Russians.So basically your point is that Italians are very tough guys because the Roman Empire was so large? edit: And I don't have a clue who that guy is. Probably another Swedish royal who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. I know this guy though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

I think Finns have heart.

Who's the other one and how is he a ***** exatcly? xDThat was just a normal situation with some bad luck. Too bad for Helm.

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.

This game is pretty easy to sum up. Bryzgalov has beaten Howard. Of course you can argue that there weren't any easy goals, but Howard just needs to be better as this is the playoffs. He needs to make extra stops like Bryzgalov has. We've had much better chances, but their goalie has been better.

Our PP doesn't suck. In fact it's been very good. Bryzgalov has just been excellent. edit: Filppula just outpowered Korpikoski like he did to Ovechkin at the start of the season.