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If Ericsson can't play well with Lidstrom then that's all the management needs to know.

F*** You Corporate America!!!

Ugh, I don't want to see Yzerman and Howe's numbers hanging besides basketball giants.

3rd pairing doesn't exactly mean 3rd pairing TOI. Wings aren't going to have Lidstrom and Ericsson play 30 minutes a night, and Babcocks not taking Kronwall off the PP or anything. Over exaggerate more.

Gave me wood.

I really dislike this move actually. If Ericsson can't get his sh*t together playing against 3rd and 4th liners, then screw it. It's not worth downgrading the top defensive pairing to just shake him out of a preseason slump. This puts an awful lot of pressure on Lidstrom to perform on both ends of the ice -- even more than he already has. I guess the plus side is that our 3rd line pairing of Kronner and Salei might just destroy everyone.

I do not approve of this, so they expect ericsson to stop Heatley-Thornton-Marleu etc? good luck.

Maybe they feel the captive market of 23 with a collective income of $57M is enough. Them boys gotta eat after practice. Toews : "Good practice guys. Anyone hungry?" Keith : "Yeah, for some reason I'm really craving pizza. Let's all go get some, except Hossa, he really sucked today." Hossa : "Maybe 'boo' in Slavak mean 'Marion gets Cheese and Pepperoni".

However, how awesome would it be if they made a massive entertainment complex, with two arenas attached as one, sharing one wall and an atrium, but two separate actual arenas? Wings on the North Side of the structure, Pistons on the South, then you could (in theory) even have both teams playing home games on the same night... also could share parking, concessions, etc, while still having double luxury suites... now THAT would be amazing...

If the Blackheads start looking for sympathy, they'll find it between "s***" and "syphillis" in the dictionary.

Since this board and it's members need something to complain about to make them happy, I'll start! Ericsson is lazy and he sucks! or since Lang really trade marked that one, we could use Ericsson is stupid and he sucks! or any combo of terms. Hopefully, teaming up with Lids will give him some serenity and have him stop trying to push the play causing errors and giveaways.

I know that. I don't need Crosby-boy telling me that I was exaggerating. Ericsson will be getting more icetime with Lidstrom than anyone else even strength. He's not better than Kronwall, and belongs on the 3rd pairing even strength. I want to see Kronwall log some major minutes in the prime of his career. In the next year or two, he will be our number 1 defenseman, so it's time to see how he handles top line minutes and playing against the best players on the other team with Lidstrom.

What did their core have to say about this?

Doesn't appear like Eaves and Bertuzzi can make it to opening night :/ gah

I had a huge problem with this until I saw that it was for Giordano's Pizza. Holy f***, that is the BEST pizza!!!

Go talk to Yzerman, Lilja.

Pavel Big man Cooke going for our enforcer.

Unfortunately, no. There are other people there so it wasn't entirely this kind of stuff, but this was the stuff that kept me reading.

Good thing this is a preseason game. I've been lurking listening to Pens fans. What a hoot. Topics of conversation include: Sid is the best and everyone else is just jealous. Is Modano American or Canadian? Is Modano married to Carrie Underwood? Sid is the best and everyone else is just jealous. Ovechkin is over-rated and will be bottom 6 soon. Wings are old. MAJOR discussion over where the Pens play. Sid is the best and everyone else is just jealous. It's been a hoot. Best one: Pens are better than Wings because the Pens have won 4 cups and the Wings only have won 3.

Good on Mule. Can't fight but won't put up with that sort of nonsense.

Post of the day. The Nucks don't need an enforcer. They have the Shinguard Assassin. One blast of his one-timer, and bones break. Just ask Cleary. I don't want to lose anyone that we have for Hordichuk, but if we were really without any talent for our fourth line and were going to be running three lines anyway, I'd take him over someone who can't skate, score, pass, or fight.

Yea, but he's one of their expensive core the fans want to get rid of, so he doesn't count.

When we lost all those guys, we had to bring in our top prospects from the AHL. Chicago's top prospects are already in the regular lineup....

My chat session with dishnetwork:

Why? Its the off season, this is no time for being realistic.