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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.

So Kronwall is relegated to the 3rd pairing just because Ericsson isn't good enough to play with anyone but Lidstrom? That says all you need to know.

Maybe somebody could talk them into a KFC-type ad on the backs of their jerseys...something like, "Our chicken WINGS are SUPREME!"

Agreed 100% - If anything, we should just be grateful that we have such an embarrassment of riches and such tough choices to make - If anything it just goes to show how great of a job our brass does in the first place... keep in mind, all this is over a 4th round pick (a good one at that, but 4th rd pick nonetheless) whereas we have a 7th and 6th respectively, which are 2 of the most dominant, 2-way forwards in the game... if getting that means losing a quality player here and there because we have TOO much talent, I'll GLADLY take that. IN HOLLAND WE TRUST. Pavel says: I trust mine team to Dr. Holland, you should too.

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

I bet he is kicking himself for being too greedy now! His greed might have knocked him right out of the league. I think he was lucky to have been offered 1 year at 1 mill after having to miss a year with a soft head... the rare player in Detroit that does not show his loyalty back to the team

I'm not sure if I like giving up on Maltby so early on in his development. This has another Quincy feeling and he did score 50 in juniors...

Looking at those players it all comes down to the goaltending, imo.

Good luck in Tampa, Ritola.

Meech was waived last week and Maltby is no surprise, anyone who thought for one second it was going to be Eaves is insane...

I still don't care for the idea of a multi-purpose arena, as I think it affects the ice quality, but this all but ensures that this will be the case now, with that said, this new arena is going to be epic...

Don't want to lose this.

This, I think, is the biggest factor. Malts will be waived over Eaves.

Maltby was signed on a 2-way 1 year deal CAUSE THATS ALL HES WORTH!!! Send him down

Pavel Big man Cooke going for our enforcer.