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I want the Wings to give Maltby the one-year contract. Hear me out on this. If (and it's a BIG if) he actually out-plays the other guys, then he's the one that belongs on the team. If he doesn't, and if he's willing to go to GR (yup- another big if) we can bring him up in the post season as a black ace. He may not play a game, and he wouldn't get his name on the Cup (thinking positive here!) unless they stuck him in for a game. BUT (and I do have a big butt- oh, wait...) if we get injuries during the playoffs, Kirk Maltby is one man I want to be able to plug into our lineup. He knows the system, he plays his best hockey during the playoffs, and he will be more rested having played the lesser schedule. As long as he's willing to earn his spot- and everyone understands that he must EARN it, the only downside I can see to signing him is that he might be claimed off of waivers. Granted, it is mostly a downside to him and his family, and the die-hard Malts fans out there, but it would be a loss of a good black ace. Can't wait to see my rep tomorrow.

Salary Cap Reality He knows he'll never have the Cup again.

f***in Pat... Now none of us can take cabs...

If this league did happen, would blueadams put the lines together?

The question is, would we have an enforcer?

I dont know... It may look weird but I think it looks real good...

We could have spent that money to sign a top 6 forward and a grinder.

I think he's going to blow us away next season to be honest. He knows he has something to prove and I have faith in him to prove it. It'll be a sad day if that work horse leaves Detroit for me. He's one of the hardest working players this team has seen in a long time

Not enough?

Have a feeling uk wing would be afraid of all of those that may have negged him to death and eva would break down every stat of the game down to amount of times Lidstromboli tosses out a sarcastic rant toward something that anyone says. Would be classic s***.

Phoenix has never been great for attendance nor have they had great success. But this season is only the third time in the Coyotes' 13-season history that the team has averaged below 13,500 in attendance. Sure, that's not a terribly high number compared to teams like the Wings, Rangers, Canadiens, or Leafs. But for comparison? The Jets played 17 NHL seasons and only averaged ABOVE 13,500 in attendance twice. So overall, the franchise has played 30 NHL seasons, averaging above 13,500 in attendance 12 times. Ten of those times were after the team relocated to Phoenix. Before the 1979 merger, the Jets never cleared 9,500. So the Coyotes have had significantly more success drawing fans. As far as success, the Jets made the playoffs eleven times in 17 seasons. The Coyotes have made the playoffs six times in 13 seasons. Total playoff record for the teams is Jets 19-42 (.311), Coyotes 13-24 (.351) so as you can see, the Coyotes have also been more successful in the postseason. The Jets' regular season winning percentage is .442, which is pretty terrible. The Coyotes, OTOH, come out at .485, if you factor all shootouts as ties, and take away the extra point for non-shootout OTLs. They haven't had a great team, but they have still provided better support than Winnipeg. Canadians like to push the "Put a team anywhere in Canada and it will be sold out every night." line. The Jets never managed that. They probably would the first couple seasons if they got a team back, but who knows what happens after that? Ottawa? Winnipeg? Vancouver? Quebec? Montreal and Toronto, sure. They've been around for 100 years and have fan bases that have been passed down through generations. The Nucks, Sens, Jets, and Nords aren't/weren't even as old as a large number, if not majority when the Nords and Jets moved, of fans of the Leafs and Habs. The Sens haven't even been around as long as 75-80% or more of Leafs or Habs fans. And I will say it again: relocating a team is not Bettman saying "You know what, let's take this team and move it." It is the owner of the team deciding to move the team to another location. This is usually the result of a sale. The Jets, Nordiques, and Whalers were sold because they were hemorrhaging money worse than the Coyotes are. The new owners already had destinations in mind, and because they followed the proper procedures for purchasing and relocating a team, there were no problems with the sales or the relocating. Expansion is a similar process. Bettman does not decide "Let's place teams in these cities" but rather the league decides to expand by a number of teams, and seeks bidders for those teams. They decide based on financial stability of the market and the bidder, proximity to other markets, and how well the bidder would serve the BoG, among other things. Of course then there is the unusual situation which happened in 1991. The Gund brothers had owned the California Seals, which eventually moved to Cleveland. The Cleveland franchise was failing financially, as were the North Stars, due to both teams having little on-ice success. As the North Stars were put up for sale, the league allowed the Gunds to purchase the North Stars and merge the two clubs in 1979, forming a much deeper and more successful franchise, which would reach the Finals in 1981. In 1991, a group led by Howard Baldwin was seeking an expansion franchise in the Bay Area. After again suffering financial difficulty, the Gunds asked the league for permission to transfer the team to the Bay Area. The league sought a compromise; the Gunds would receive the Bay Area expansion team, in exchange for selling the Stars to Baldwin's group, which in the final moments of the negotiations would see a 51% majority share bought out by Norm Green. A dispersal draft between the two clubs was held, followed by an expansion draft in which both teams would select players from other teams around the league to fill out their rosters. To my knowledge, this is the only situation of this sort where two teams merged and then split apart again; as the Sharks are basically the successors to the California Seals. /random rambling

I think it moreso has to do with the fact that Modano would clearly have more to offer than Maltby, in terms of both production and experience. A hard working HOFer's word is probably taken more seriously and to heart than a hardworking grinder's. In addition to that, I think we're all clear on the fact that Modano can contribute far more on the ice then Maltby can.

if tampa is interested he should go don't let the door hit u on ur way out. he doesn't do much anymore

Wondering how many busses you've been in? All of them have those nasty odd colored seats. I sometimes wonder if they reuse convention center carpet for them.

More like he's a force at running his mouth.

I knew it wouldn't be anything less then a Million. TBH I think thats a pretty fair offer, so I'm hesitant to believe its because of the money why Modano hasn't signed yet. http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/07/red_wings_touch_base_with_kirk.html

Well seeing how we would represent the Wings, naturally we would dominate everybody. My buddy who posts on here told me he played junior A....basically meaning he is probably better than 97% of anyone on LGW who plays well played

"Is this kid my new winger?"

"This bus driver better give me my 20 cents, I'm sure Patty will have a word with him if he doesn't"

LOL who cares, I don't care if he was on a bus in Toronto on his way to the HHOF it's still funny! That's like saying you do know Mel Gibson was drunk and angry right????

When Stan said we had to give up the plane and take a team bus because of the cap, I had no idea THIS is what they meant!

By "some time" you mean about 14% of the time he was with Hossa, right? If he played that whole year with Hossa he probably would have scored 60 points at least.

Not illegal, and that wasn't the first or last time a goal was scored like that. ESPN article

Please, Eva, realize that there is a difference between the lines you dream of and those that actually would have a shot at happening. Edit: My gripe being, obviously, that although Babcock has personally said that he is going to be putting Datsyuk and Zetterberg on the same line, Franzen and Filppula on the second line and Hudler on the third line, Eva, insinuating he knows things, declares that the most obvious line combinations would go against everything Babcock has said by splitting up Z&D, Putting Hudler on the first line and Filppula on the third. If thats the way Eva wants the lines, that's fine, I respect his opinion. But acting like that is what is going to happen based on nothing and actually in spite of the fact that it goes against all evidence is simply asinine and I just cannot stand this prolonged erection Eva has for Hudler. Someone tell him to consult a doctor.

Bettman isn't as bad as most of you make him out to be. His job is to insure the financial stability of the league, and he's doing a good job of that. http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2010/7/12/1565848/commissioner-bettman-overpaid-an Here's an article comparing the pay of the other commissioners, it appears Bettman is right with the other 3.