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i may not be a red wings fan,but i am getting a sad feeling about the possibility of nick lidstrom retiring tomorrow,not only could the wings be losing their captain and best defenseman,but this leauge could be losing one of the best defenceman to play the game of hockey,nobody will be able to top the style of nick lidstrom

Sad? hell no. I have 20 years of great memories and 4 cups because of nick. he is one of the best ever to play the game. It is time to say THANK YOU! as loud as we can, and look forward to the next chapter. can we get a waiver and hang Nick's jersey in the HOF on Friday? Thanks Nick for all the time, effort and memories!

Didn't he have a press conference last year about playing one more year?

There's no need to remind me of how pointless this is. Free agents are going to be signed. Trades are going to be made. New prospects are going to be drafted. Top prospects are going to bust (it'd be surprising if even half the prospects I'm listing ever become regulars). Sleeper prospects are going to emerge. Star players might decline (or get hurt). Role players might breakout. Etc...etc...etc. I know it's pointless. I don't care that it's pointless. I still have fun thinking about stuff like this. There are others on the board that do as well. If you don't, fine. Let us have our fun. FORWARDS: V. Filppula(33)---P. Datsyuk(38)---J. Franzen(37) G. Nyquist(27)---H. Zetterberg(36)---T. Jurco(24) T. Tatar(26)---C. Jarnkrok(25)---T. Pulkkinen(25) R. Sheahan(25)---D. Helm(30)---J. Abdelkader(30) C. Emmerton(28) J. Andersson(28) T. Holmstrom(44), T. Bertuzzi(42), D. Cleary(38), J. Hudler(33), D. Miller(33), P. Eaves(33), J. Mursak(29) ...If all these supposed "high-end talent level" prospects we've got pan out, it's going to be hard to not roll three scoring lines in the near future. Holmstrom's no longer going to be around. Bertuzzi's no longer going to be around. I'd be surprised if Hudler was resigned this off-season. Cleary's not aging well, I'd be surprised if he was still around. Miller, Eaves and Mursak could all stick, but there will be no shortage of competition. It's scary seeing Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Franzen at 38, 37 and 36 years of age. It's scary seeing all that talent on the same roster. It's scary seeing such a physically unintimidating team. DEFENSEMEN: N. Kronwall(36)---I. White(32) B. Smith(28)---K. Quincey(31) J. Kindl(30)---J. Ericsson(33) X. Oullet(23) N. Lidstrom(47), B. Stuart(37), R. Sproul(24) ...Lidstrom 'should' be gone (lol?). Stuart's gone. I think it'd be surprising if Holland let White walk (without a fight) next off-season, so I've got him listed. I think it'd be surprising if Holland let Quincey walk (after giving up a 1st) this off-season, so I've got him listed. I think it'd be surprising if Kindl was still on the team, but I've still got him listed due to the lack of prospects (it'll be interesting to see if sleepers emerge here?). In general, this is a group that could use some outside additions. GOALIES: J. Howard(33) P. Mrazek(25) T. Conklin(41), J. MacDonald(37), T. McCollum(27) ...Not much to talk about here. Conklin's gone. MacDonald's probably gone. McCollum has some serious ground to make up on Mrazek. Excited about possibly having two plus goalies on the same team though. SIGNIFICANCE? ...Well, in the next five years: -1) Proven, reliable, elite talent is going to need to either emerge from within or be acquired from outside. Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Franzen being in their late 30's in five years scares the hell out of me. -2) Some depth is probably going to need to be added to the blue line. -3) The goalie situation looks great, as things currently stand. -4) Size and strength (at all positions) is going to need to be acquired from outside, as none of it appears to be on the way.

Here we go. I'm hoping for the Kings, but I'll say Devils in 7.

You know that feeling when you know for certain that the next day will not be as good as the previous one? Yeah, that.

Game One officials, Dan O'Halloran and Brad Watson. Makes me kinda glad the Wings aren't in the finals. I'd hate to see the ways that we'd get jobbed by the sheer incompetence that those two bring to the ice.

C. Chelios (55)

Think this'll make it into the next "Peggy" commercial? Peggy, OK, I need bail money What's your name? Kane, Patrick Zee hockey player? (Screenplay says sound of cell door clanking in background) Yeah Tell me, how you fall off barstool from the left side?

Too bad NHL 36 didn't follow him around for this.

I guess we can hope that the reason for the presser is that he is announcing that this is his final season coming up..one can only hope but according the media he is hangin em up.

Ryan Suter

Well s***. The end of an era for sure. Now I really wish Holland had made a big run at it this year, even if it meant mortgaging the future a bit.

I feel sick to my stomach. I had a feeling Nick was done, but you never wanted to see the day actually arrive.

Found the tweet from the Wings last year about Lidstrom's extension. It was a conference call, not a full blown press conference. And I found a story from last year, which also points out that it was only a conference call... http://www.sbnation.com/2011/6/20/2336804/nicklas-lidstrom-signs-one-year-contract-will-return-for-another/in/1997152 Granted, no official details have been released, but I really have the feeling that Nick is hanging them up tomorrow.

It sounds nice but nowhere near as great as the Minnesota Wild prospects. That team should win the next 10 Stanley Cups with all the great young talent they have in their system. They will be even better once Suter and Parise sign there.

You'd probably have a better reaction on a Preds board.

I bet they say this stuff on every team's forum. That's what happens when you're angry and have a keyboard in front of you at the same time.

You should be more pacific. All of this is a mute point, until July 1 we are just gonna have to play it by year.

It would suck if we lose Hudler and don't land Parise. I'm not very optimistic Wings will get Parise so I hope Holland doesn't wait around too long. I highly doubt Parise will be lacing them up in a winged wheel anytime soon....

So, the rumours about last off-season's "injury " may have been true? Chicago could sign Lindsay Lohan to a contract and have less drama than Kane creates.

He's a better hitter, fighter, better defensively and he's scored more points in a single season then Abdelkader has. He's a better hockey player then Abby, and there's a reason he's out late in games for New York because as a 4th line "goon" as most people would like to call him, Torts trusts him. And if Torts trusts him, then so would Babs. Plus, I'd rather have Abby AND Prust on the same line, then comparing them.

Prust-----Konopka-----Eaves