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Rafalski is one of the best offensive defensemen in the league. He might be overpaid, but it's not egregious. And overpayment tends to happen when you sign elite players when they are a free agent in their prime.

First we lose Downey, then we lose May, and now we're going to lose Lilja. This sucks.

Needless to say, I'm pissed. For once, GET IT DONE, KENNY.

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You mean an objective view of the Rafalski signing? Not influenced by homerism and those who blame him for everything? MUST be wrong.

What's the skinny on this kid (pun intended) 5'10 @ 156ibs I'm going to look up some YT videos of him now. I never heard of him before Wings drafted him.

If the claim is before November 1, waiver priority is based on the previous year's standings, with the team with the worst record having first priority and the team with the best record having last priority. If the claim is after November 1, waiver priority is based on the current year's standings, defined as the lowest percentage of possible points.

Clearly comparable to the defenseman who played 24:53 a game when we won the Cup. He was great for us. He also put up 14 points in 22 games. Not bad for a defenseman. Oh, and that's also more than Lidstrom.

You know Hossa's 3 goals and solid defensive play are what put Chicago over the edge. You'd be a fool to think otherwise. Yes I'm being sarcastic.

Sadly, members will have "fun" with this thread.

Note when his post was, and when the article with the possible line combinations are. One month apart. Not really all that fair to rip him to shreds when the article/lines were written after the fact, and well after his post, and when there was absolutely no hint of whether Datsyuk and Zetterberg would definitely play together or apart. Regardless, line combinations are going to be constantly changing due to needs, hot/cold streaks, injuries, and so forth for every team. I'd definitely love to see Datsyuk and Zetterberg together consistently but they'll probably be split up at some point due to the nature of roster fluctuations of injuries and so forth.

Drake whom are you refering to? You would put Hudler in the top 6 over Savard? Or Homer? (he is only useful there) or Mule? I won't bother making lines, but since it has been stated that Z and D will be paired together, most likely with Homer. That puts Flip, Mule and Savard, or I suppose Hud Mule Savard if you like. And a third line of Bert Abby/Flip Huds/Cleary something along those lines. I would rather have Flip in the top 6 than Hudler, myself. Instead you would rather have Hudler in the top six and Savard centering the third line? (this was what my comment was based on, Eva wanting Savard to center the third line) Edit: Since after all the premise of my post was that Savard would (He won't be so the point is moot) be a Wing next season, and I am not sure but the 4th not third line is the checking line IMO, the third line especially in Det is a scoring line.

Kelowna is trying to get pulkkinen http://kelownadailycourier.ca/stories_local_sports.php?id=276204 how friggin sweet would this be. Really hope he comes over, he would play on the same team as our very own mitchy callahan! they could play on the same line and mitchy can watch his back.

Damn the contractual turkey

Messier really doesn't fall into the same category as Sakic, Yzerman or Modano.

Total classless move by the Stars organization.This guy has done nothing but play his heart out every game for 22 years in the organization,and they don't give him a contract to finish his career in Dallas?What a joke.He's been the face of the franchise forever.He's done incredible things for that organization and the city of Dallas.What a ******* joke.

Really? I think Witt is a shell of what he was, he is slow as hell and is a HUGE defensive liability at this point... I'd role with Ericsson-Kindl with Meech as the 7th before I'd want Witt at this stage in his career... physicality is GREAT, but it's not worth sacrificing goals...

Dallas should have let him retire as a Star like Red Wings did with Yzerman. Modano was Star's Yzerman, but they certainly don't have the same loyalty as the Red Wings have. That's just another reason why the Red Wings are the best franchise in the NHL.

I must admit I do not know anything about the Stars prospects and this is a new cap world but to me this is a slap in the face to Modano. Let him decide if this is it he has earned that right.

right handed?!?!?!?! He will not fit on the wings.

If the Wings ever move out of the state of Michigan I will be done with them.

It's a joke sport, at the moment. I love the game, played it my whole life, but it's a complete joke with Sepp Blatter in charge. In tonight's Mexico v Argentina game, Argentina score an offside goal, and they show a replay in the stadium in seconds so that everybody can see that it should not count. But the officials, knowing that they're wrong, feel compelled to ignore it. "DURRR, we're not allowed to look at video technology! Sorry!" It's absolutely farcical. It'll continue to be a joke sport until that odious, greedy cretin Blatter goes. (although they'll probably replace him with someone equally as bad). The only positive from these terrible decisions is that it might mean pressure for him to resign. After France hand-balled their way to the World Cup in the playoff against Ireland, everybody said they must introduce Video Technology before it ruins a major tournament. He ignored it. Hope he reaps what he has sown. And people think Bettman and the NHL officiating is bad!

Nothing will prepare you for Red Wing hockey like throwing a bunch of undersized players with no gritty support into a North American rink full of goons wearing the opposite jersey!

I know this will be the third thread that involves this goal and I'm sorry if that annoys anyone but I've been waiting a while to add a new goal to this list. Datsyuk's move was so great that it really overshadowed the awesome pass by Zetterberg. Like many on here have already said, "It was like he just knew where he was going to be."