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Let's be honest, you only need 2. Heyooooooooooooooooooooo

As in ones where you get sick to your stomach whenever it airs, and you have to change the channel. I'll start: 1.2009 vs Pittsburgh (argh, just bitter) 2.2011 vs SJ (close but no cigar) 3.1996 vs Colorado (Best reg. season ever) 4.1999 vs Colorado (Chance at 3peat and we blew it midway) 5.2012 vs Nashville (Losing in that crap arena on Lidstrom's final game with the damned fans chanting "You Suck")

A fair CBA doesn't start with the declaration of a lockout. The concept of "collective bargaining" is totally foreign to Uncle Gary's thinking process.

Hey, look whose's "caddying" for Uncle Gary!

1) Whatever it takes to let me start watching hockey on October 11th. 2) The End.

We have zero use for him....hes the worst forward on a team overloaded with forwards....and hes not going to develop into a top 6er, that much is obvious....thats business...bye bye cory

15 million per year for these 2 until they're in rocking chairs on a front porch? The contracts they were given are handcuffs to Minnesota, who in all likelyhood with their great depth will miss the playoffs yet again or creep into 8th. And that's far from "Holland losing his moxie", that's Suter's wife wearing the pants and dragging Parise along in the side car cause they want to play together for the rest of their natural lives. And the other moves are factors. They added grit and depth to the bottom 6 and opened up a chance for Brunner and Nyquist to play in the top 6 and Smith to play top 4 mins. Sammy for the 3rd line and Tootoo to play on the 4th with Abby. There will be a lot more line chemistry this year than last. Remember Nyquist getting stuck on the 4th line with Emmerton and Homer, cause I do. Already ranting as you were posting this one.

...........what? Z Wing I'll let you argue this one lolllll

Seriously guys, no love for Freddie Olausson?!?

Like Number9 stated berore, you're making another general statement on behalf of everyone on LGW. I for one am not unhappy with this offseason. 1. Let Hudler and his $4mil walk 2. Got Brunner 3. Nyquist and Smith should get the playing time they should have had last year 4. Sammy will adequately replace Hudler with comparable points and way better 2-way hockey 5. Gustavsson is a good back up 6. This years draft was awesome...not 1 guy under 6 feet 7. Signed Frk and Jurco to entry-level contracts. They're officially in the system. If any true Wings fan looks at this and thinks that Kenny did jack this summer with no willing trade partners, then they need to take a step back. There's only so much a GM can do when the only guy willing to trade with the Wings is the former captain of the team. Until he overpays in a trade for JBo (Flip,Nyquist or Smith involved) or signs a terrible contract like 4 years, 30 mil for Doan then I for one will give him credit for at least trying.

Six-year cap on contract length, $12m reduction in cap, stipulations for limits in cap increases per season. And 1% of all NHL profits go directly to me.

Hard pressed to do what? You just seem to be making a bunch of random statements in this thread that are slightly related to the topic. Holland is still working to help lower the impact of not getting the free agents he was looking for this offseason. While I am not a fan of Bouwmeester, I think it wouldn't hurt to help our defensive talent and ship off a bit of offensive talent in the process. If Holland is able to get him for decent value, I think that will be a good sign.

I think the RFA years should last only until 25. People are forced to play out a better portion of their career on a team and city that they may not be in love with. And if you don't like it then you can just be shelved long term (you don't have to be traded) whereas in the normal workforce you can quit and look for new work. I think there SHOULD be a limit on contract lengths. If you break down the average player's career there is an ideal max length of around 5 years. 18-23: gives GMs 2 RFA years to hammer out a new contract for an additional 5 years. 24-29: prime years for fwds. 30-35: veteran contributor fwd. dman in prime. 36-41: twilight of career. If you consider the general scheme of player development and contribution, it makes sense to have contracts max out at around 5 years. This way you don't get players in the twilight of their career being paid to play as a prime fwd. Then you don't have stupid situations where teams can't compete years down the road due to a stupid contract given out by a previous GM years ago that cap strapped the team (and could cause them to dip into revenue sharing). There should be a soft cap of +2mill on the ceiling that allows for teams to have some wiggle room in re-signing their talent (however twice this amount must be paid into revenue sharing) and you cannot use the soft cap in 3 consecutive years. 35+ contracts should be dealt with on a case by case basis. There should be a vote among GMs as to whether or not a team should pay for a player's cap hit depending on the contract situation. Say you signed a 35 year old to a 2 year contract in good faith and he was levelled by Chara and had a career ending concussion. That team shouldn't have to pay the cap hit for those 2 years as the contract was reasonable and the injury was not likely caused by his age. However if a team signs a 35 year old with a history of knee problems to a 5 year deal and he has set backs and cannot play anymore, the team should have known better and would be responsible for the risk they took when attempting to acquire that player. This is a system where GMs will keep each other honest and prevents GMs from using contract length to outbid other GMs. Owners and players should split the revenue 50/50 and call it even for good. You can't have hockey without one or the other. It sucks, but this should just be dealt with now so that this doesn't happen again.

All good choices, but you know who I voted for. I miss all of these great players.

I love how it says the contract can be broken for "only 100,000 dollars". I wish I had "only 100,000 dollars" in my bank account.

There are 2 endings to this: he really is 17 or he is Alexandre Daigle.

agreed. osgood was our best player by far in that series. if wings win the cup, osgood most likely gets the conn smythe, a 4th stanley cup and would most likely be a shoo in for the hall of fame

That's not what Patrick Sharp's face said.

Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell - Flaming Lips

NBC already thinks the season starts with the new year.

yup kronners never played against top competition ever! not sure he even knos who crosby is! as always cougar ur spot on!

realy? lindstrom ment uhlot too hour defence? eye donht thinc anywon arouwnd hear new dat...tanks four opaning hour i's 2 dat Kronwall has been a #1 D-man capable for years now, he's just been stuck behind Lids....who's one of the best to ever live....And no other team has a Lids either so were even I guess....Our D is weak right now, but not because Kronners can't handle the #1 spot....that be should obvious to anyone who watches the wings....

Bro, I was budgeting cuddle time in there too. I am a gentleman afterall.

Well then, if we're throwing around fantasies, I want 5 mintues alone with Kate Upton.