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That's the face I'm making right now.

The Wings haven't won a Cup without Darren McCarty since 1955. esteef

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I still feel the wings need a Martin Lapointe type of player. Someone who is a full time part of the roster and not in GR during the playoffs. I believe Aaron Asham would be a great addition to the team, with good speed and the grit the team needs but who do they give up for him?

Bada Ba Ba Ba... I'm hating it. Seriously, who let that happen? Quick, someone who knows how to use photoshop put Ronald McDonald's head on that bad boy.

Any time I think of Homer having to speak, I'm always reminded of the fake quote from him to Zetterberg in '08-09 (KuklasKorner, if I'm not mistaken). Homer - “You signing renewing and using ink for a name with paper?" Z - "Jesus, Homer!" Imagine the hilarity of that kind of banter from Homer to a Ref.

Homer scored 25goals last season did he not.. let the guy surprise us yet again?

Well if your expectations are unrealistic, guess what....you're gonna be disappointed. Based on his price tag, Modano will blow *realistic* expectations out of the water. Grab some popcorn, that third line is gonna entertain all season long!

here is my funny fav. on a more serious note...this one is awesome and my favorite one of all time that embodies what the whole red wings org is about this is a cool one as well. wittle yzerman always a great one R.I.P the great 5

Stuart and Rafalski played quite well together last year... if anything, I think it makes a lot more sense to go: Lidstrom-Kronwall Stuart-Rafalski Ericsson/Kindl-Lilja OR Hnidy (both can be had for 1mil or less and add EXACTLY what we need from that 6th d-man) Ericsson/Kindl trade/waive Meech done and done. That looks a LOT better and lot more even and complimentary in my mind...

There's Willie post-concussion issues, talking to a little girl in the stands.

He made 3.5 million last season, I don't know why anyone would think he'll sign for less than 2m. He'd be great, but we can't afford him.

"I had [Chris] Chelios and [brett] Hull talk to him, tried to put on a full-court press,’’ Holland said. That's our Ken, craftier than ever.

I also wouldn't mind seeing a bit more grit, especially since it can be had rather cheaply. Grit on defense is what I want more than anything else. Even more than having a gritty forward. Oh and it's shameful how so many idiots attacked the OP just from posting his opinion on what he thinks the team wanted. You guys need to get a life if you're mad at his post.

And.. Bertuzzi Cleary Franzen Miller

People...People.. 1 year at the time..

Helm-Abdelkader-Eaves All the grit you need

Well if all else fails, we could put guys like Meech on waivers. Someone will pick them up...I think..

You don't win cups by worrying about being too close to the cap... we have plenty of kids down in GR that can come up for CHEAP and still go back down in the event of an injury and under this scenario, we will already have 2 forwards and 1 d-man reserve and STILL have about 300k of cap space (keep in mind, any call-ups are only counted on daily cap hit, so if they're not up for the whole season, their whole salary doesn't count), so we'd essentially need at least 1 dman and 2 fowards to go down with injuries before this were even an issue and then Janik, Kolosov, Smith, Emmerton, Mursak and I.Filppula ALL have VERY low cap hits, that would not take us over the ceiling for a short stint and if a guy was going to be out longer, we'd LTIR him anyway, so it would still work out... There's no logic or reason to NOT sure up that 6th d spot, UNLESS Kindl and/or Ericsson absolutely BLOW the coaches away in camp and damn near steal a top 4 spot... and that doesn't seem likely when growing pains are GOING to occur...

Babcock has said that he plans on reducing Lidstrom and Rafalski's minutes. To me, this means a stable 3rd pairing is in the works. This can only mean a reliable veteran will be added to the lin-up to play with Ericsson.

Holland has however stated that abdelkader and helm WILL in fact be on the team, they are not going to be sent down when they're 23

Actually, using the metaphor, he's s***ting.

Modano: "Everyone, we're here today so that I can announce that my wife has yet another name. She will now be known as Willa Mandy Ford-Modano. Also, I am not Jon Heder. Thank-you."