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I lol'd.

Ok, you're reaching a bit here guy. Hawks ended the amazing depth season with 112 points and proceeded to lose a massive amount of players during the off season. The Red Wings ended the Injury plagued AHLer season with 102 points ( only 10 points behind you ) and proceeded to reacquire Huds, sign Mike Effing Modano and shore up our D line with an experienced vet in Salei. The wings retained young assets, Abs/Helm/Eaves While the Hawks lose them, Ladd/Byfuglien/ I know you have a "Core" in Chitown. We have one here in Detroit so that does not scare me. My point is stop reaching, its sad. Are the hawks gonna be last place next year? Not by a long shot... Will they be in first place and or repeat the cup, not by a long shot. Edited for language

No one would pick up maltby even if he had a league minimum contract, that's why he ain't got a contract at the moment.

He's definitely not good enough to puncture this years roster. I know you're probably adding to some running joke, so correct me if I'm wrong..... But Maltby does deserve a little respect for what he's done, no?

15 minutes of community service seems a pretty light punishment doesn't it?

Some might suggest Laraque wouldn't have taken liberties on Kronwall had detroit had a fighter(s) and sandpaper players in their lineup

Wait... I dont understand... youre not supposed to throw a player under the bus the second they don't play like an all star their first year? BLASPHEMY! We should burn you at the stake for such utterances. In all seriousness... Nemi will be a better value at 2 then Nabokov at 5 or whatever he wanted, Nabby was a great goalie, but, he was a little too late to cash in on that as the league is moving away from the Vancouver model (high priced goalie) to the Detroit model (value goalie with better defensive play).

She looks kinda homely. 2/10.

good news hopefully he'll get back to his hitting ways

the poor guy got the worst punishment....3 more years with the Oilers! thats crule!

Nighty night Havsplat.

Yisssss!

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Fine by me. The guy scored 50 goals in junior.

Franzen isn't a power forward. He's a legit two way forward. He doesn't play nearly physical enough to be considered a power forward. Franzen isn't a power forward. He's a legit two way forward. He doesn't play nearly physical enough to be considered a power forward. Sorry double post.

If part of the sentencing involves "community service", he should be made to pick up all the people who attend a Coyotes' game.

My fav defense pairing would have to be Nick-Nik, I really hope Kronner has a healthy season and Babs mixes some things up. I think those two can tear it up together.

Over the past few weeks i have read countless articles suggesting the wings should retire a few numbers. To me having your number retired by a franchise such as the detroit red wings should be reserved for the best of the best. How do you know for sure if a number should be retired? When there is no debate about it, if u need to debate about whether the player should have their number retired, then they shouldnt, the feeling should be unanimous. not to say the players being suggested arnt great players, but they arnt to be put in the same catagory as howe, yzerman, and the rest of the retired numbers. to me there is only one person at this point in time that deserves to have their number retired, Lidstrom. And he will have his number retired without a doubt, and no one is going to argue about whether he should have his number retired or not because everyone know he should and he is one of the all time red wing greats. IF THERE IS ANY DEBATE THEIR NUMBER SHOULDNT BE RETIRED THEN IT SHOULDNT, otherwise it makes it less special. PS if ur thinking about debating whether lidstrom should have his number retired....... just shut the f*** up

What? Nobody else watching the replay of the Wings/Sharks Series on NHL Network? NO one?

plz take it to the 10 page grit rage fest

i'm with you on this. i don't like losing guys like quincey and leino who didn't get any ice time to tap out their real potential. leino was a big player in philly's cup run and in a way it hurt. draper and maltby were done a couple years ago as far as effectiveness goes. if malts signs, he better be a mentor in GR all year. ice time shouldn't be given to him over guys like ritola, miller or even meech if there's injuries. and if there is injuries, i'd rather see tatar if a fwd is needed and smith if a dman is needed to see how they handle "the show" when called up. maltby should work with the likes of andersson as it seems that he will eventually have the same type of role as a grinder with the wings in years to come. after this season there will be a few spots to be taken by the young guys as well. possible retirees are modano, lids, draper, ozzy, maltby. that's atleast a roster spot at F, D and goal. lets hope mccollum doesn't play s***ty this year and howard and the wings brass can be comfortable with the howard/mccollum tandem. forward spot after this season sounds like tatar may be the guy as long as he continues to improve and that other D spot has smith's name all over it. so if someone else wants one of those spots, they better impress like crazy. all in all, maltby needs to stay in GR ALL year and help out the team that employed him way past when he was useful.

NOBODY else watching, eh? LOL..... Didn't think so. **Edit** After that 3rd goal against, the game tying goal, scored from the goal line.... Anyone STILL want to argue that goaltending was NOT a detriment to the Wings this past Post Season? Sheesh....

Niemi, Nittymaki, Greiss...how about they sign Theodore too?

Breaking the long drought? The Hawks did have some good runs at times. Unfortunately there was this team called the Edmonton Oilers that kind of ruined it for the good teams we had back in the 80s. And of course, running in to Mario Lemieuex in the 92 SCF was a bit rough. Not speaking towards you on this hillbilly. But I can not wait to see how all the spindoctors on this forum handle it when they find out the Hawks are actually going to be really good again this year. I imagine the spindoctors will laugh it off initially saying the Hawks are just hot. Come around Decemeber or January though, it will be impossible to deny the truth as Wing fans stare up to first place and see Chicago sitting there once again. The strength of the team (defense) is as good as last year, and very well could be better. Remember the Hawks have kept their best defensive forwards as well (Bolland, Toews & Hossa). The goaltending should be as good, if not better. No Huet for 40 games....and Turco's puckmoving style fits the fastest team in the NHL to a tee. Yeah, yeah. yeah...Turco has sucked against Detroit. I get that. I want to see that continue with him as a Hawk before I declare this as a big problem. The question is how guys like Stalberg, Skille, Makarov, Dowell, Vishnevskiy, Lalonde, Pisani...how those guys will replace the 3rd and 4th liners (plus Sopel on D) that the Hawks lost. Sopel is terrible at even strength and only was an asset when he blocked shots on the PK. I think they will be fine replacing him and probably will find an overall improvement there. I'm strangely confident that the voids will be filled. No the depth won't be the same. But at the same time, with so many of the Hawks good players being so young, it would be strange not to expect a little improvement out of Kane, Hjallmarsson, Bolland and Toews. Bolland might be the guy to jump out the most this year. He seemed poised to jump out last year, then missed half the season with his back injury. He never seemed to be back healthy until the playoffs started. And IMO he deserved the Conn Smythe as much as anyone.