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Clearly raised his elbow and targeted the head. The exact type of hit that should have no place in hockey. Classless.

Trevor Gillies would have probably stood over the kid and celebrated.

Who was giving him a hard time? Most of the posts I saw were making light of the whole thing. Enjoy the fact that we have something we can laugh about the way this offseason has been going

Kane hates old people and Toews hates children. Nice job Chicago. That kid is lucky it wasn't Kronwall, though.

I hope they pair him with Commodore so he can learn how to properly punch people in the face. esteef edit: grammar

"Despite that big hit, Toews should be OK to attend camp..." I lol'd

On the numbers...... He's played in North America for 5 years. First season was with GR in 2006-2007. They've been exclusively "teaching" him either in GR or up with the Wings for 5 years. Fairly quickly?? Pronger was also 20 years old in his third season....not 27! His third year in the NHL was 1995-1996. At 27 he statistically should be in his prime. If what we've seen so far is any indication of his prime, then he is way over-paid! Flat out.

Are we sure this wasnt a scripted re-enactment of the hit that put Crosby on the DL, I mean the crying and staying down to draw the penalty seems to give it away for me.

I'm sorry, but I laughed. I guess I'm horrible. I like Captain Serious.

Maybe if the boys stop trying to fight like a bunch of goons and actually play a little hockey and try to develop into real NHL hockey players, they'd do better. Instead they want to be a bunch of mindless goons, chest pound, fist pump, and play with big egos. Very un-Red Wing like class of players. Winning >>>> Fighting

I gotta think the Pronger "I'm taller than my opponents" defense comes into play on this hit. Someone...quick, get Carlyle and Burke on the line!

I would agree with you if it was a five year contract... I don't think salaries inflate enough to justify this as a long term investment. I also believe the worst part was inflating our line for the bigger name Dmen we have to sign in the intern. Sorry, it was a bad contract.

Ericsson has played 4 years in North America. Year 5 hasn't started yet. In that span he played 2 more or less full seasons in the NHL. He was drafted 291st (LAST overall) and he was a forward then. His last season stats: 74GP 3G 12A 15Pts 8+/- 87PIM 89SOG Not bad for a 3rd pair D. Do you know what Pronger's (2nd overall pick) 3rd NHL season stats were? 78GP 7G 18A 25Pts -18+/- 110PIM 138SOG So it took Pronger - a surefire top pick - more than 3 years to learn to be an NHL defenseman. (And that would have been his 7th year playing pro or quasipro hockey in North America, counting juniors.) So cut Ericsson some slack. You can't teach size, but it appears that Detroit's management believe they can teach Ericsson everything else he needs to know, and fairly quickly.

I do agree with the point made in the article that the next gen top end talent should already be in the lineup showing signs of things to come. I hope once Pavel hits 35 we have someone ready to take charge and be a bigger piece of the teams future in place.

I like the idea of rotating 3 & my picks would be Z, Dats, & Kronner.

You just know that kid will spend the next 10 years of his life bragging to his friends about how he got "freight-trained by Jonathan frickin' Toews". Iz all good.

I don't like Toews (understatement) but he didn't mean to do that. Accident. Hope the kiddo is OK.

Am I the only one who doesn't even notice Wellwood in that picture? every time it's posted, I can't help but admire the words "Life Guard"

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AkmeYi2xwPb1mwLEODTYYZx7vLYF?slug=nc-cotsonika_shane_doan_head_shots_090911 Doan apparently disagrees with Crosby's call to ban headshots “If you want to be safe, then don’t play,” Doan said Friday during the NHL’s player media tour. “Realistically, if you don’t want to get hit and you don’t want to get hurt, then don’t play. If you go out on the ice, you’re going to get hit. If you want to play shinny, then go play shinny. It’s not the same. “And that’s not trying to be cavalier or trying to be light about the subject, because nobody wants anybody to get hurt. But the game isn’t supposed to be safe. It’s supposed to be an intense, emotional game.”

God didn't kill anyone. Get over yourself

This excited me when I saw it. Making the Wings would have been tough, the stars would have needed to be aligned (no pun intended) that's for sure. I think he fit's this group great and will be in a Wing wheel at some point soon.

On this list of goalies currently listed I would choose Howard over Hiller, Crawford, Vokoun, Brodeur, Niemi, Price, Fleury, Lundqvist and Luongo...Ok so maybe I am a little bias towards our boy Jimmy but as far as Salary, Age and potential goes Im glad I am. Also why is Quick so low? He's been stellar?

I would have to say St. louis and Stamkos as well. I will say however I miss so much how the Euro Twins played with each other a few years ago. They had more chemistry between them then any other duo in the league at the time...Or since in my opinion.

i think 2. Z and D... Krons will get it next year after Jesus retires.

People are seriously giving Toews a hard time over that? He glided into him, probably intending to give him a gentle bump. It clearly wasn't meant to hurt him, or even knock him down. It was an accident. It's too frequent that people try to crucify people for simple clumsy mistakes.