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I'm so happy. Wings winning Brunner scored Bouwmeester not coming to detroit

I'm happy that I won't have to read all the arguments on this board about him coming here anymore

Lol, Ian White > no one Did you watch the game last night? He is a complete disaster every time the puck comes near him. Not having size is ok if you have athleticism. Ian White has neither.

That would be a fun voicemail.... "Umm yeah, (insert San Jose, Anaheim, Colorado, Dallas, or St Louis) this is Ken Holland. I know we've embarrassed you in the playoffs for the last two decades, but would you mind looking the other way and helping us out? I'll just be here patiently awaiting your call."

why would we want miller?

In case Cola got injured?

Crazy the things that can happen when you pair up a playmaker with a shooter. Huh.

SO SO happy ... cuz that means we didn't get him !!

Why do so many of you want Holland to horde prospects? After years of letting our prospects over-ripen in Grad Rapids, we literally have a glut of prospects. Where are any of these guys supposed to play? We could deal 5 of our prospects and never miss them. They barely have room to fit in Tatar and Nyquist - where are they going to put the other 10 guys that are in waiting? Make a mega-deal for Vanek/Stafford/Pominville. Give them are first two picks and 5 prospects. I don't care who ... Jurco, Jarnkrok, Sproul, Mursak, Tatar, Nyqvist, Sheehan, Oullet, the list goes on and on. They're not accomplishing anything if they're gonna be stuck in GR for the next 3 years.

Mrazek is going to be the back up in about 2 years, then once Howards contract start coming to an end, they will probably split until Mrazek slowly takes over.

I have this feeling that Kindl is gonna be moved, a lot of teams under estimated his offense ability until that sweet backhand roof job he did on Howie the other night!

mrazek and ouellet??? no offense but your f*cken crazy ... mrazek has the potential to be a star goalie and ouellet a valuable all around defensemen ...and flyers will only trade couturier in a package deal if they can get a top forward like bobby ryan (dregger mentioned it yesterday)

It's because Kenny doesn't realize you have to give up something to get something. That's what July 1st is for Kenny. Oh wait you never do anything there either cause you want everyone to play for peanuts

We need a goal scorer, not a goalie! Pominville is supposedly up for grabs, that could be a viable option.

Miller's vastly overrated. No thanks.

And your constant critizing of others' opinions is also annoying.

For those interested, the graphics are available in the OP.

Thank God we didn't get J-BLOW

Remember when he used to be on the 4th line, where he belongs?

I don't know if it's cynicism or realism at this point, I admit that, but I don't expect Holland to do anything at the deadline. Whether he should or shouldn't, I don't really know either. Tough call this year if you want to get honest about where this team is at. If you don't bring in someone worthwhile who will stick around after this season, you've almost gotta say, "what's the point?" I just wish Holland would make up his mind about what he wants to do with this team. If you're going to try to be good and really compete right now, you've got to trade draft picks and prospects and make a real investment in "right now." If you're going to forego "right now" for the sake of keeping prospects and draft picks, then start selling assets and trade for more draft picks and/or prospects. Let the team really sink for a year or two so we get a descent spot in the first round a couple of times. This shooting for the middle approach absolutely isn't sustainable. You lose Datsyuk and this is a very, very, very different team. And if you keep him, he nor Z and his back are getting any older, and I think it's safe to forget about Franzen being a force again. So if we just continue to stand pat with a middle of the road team, drafting in the middle of the first round at best, we're going to be left with a team full of these "depth players" Holland refers to with no legit talent to support. I just don't see how there's any way out other than getting insanely lucky again in the draft like we did with Dats and Z, but you can't count on that when you're building a team. So in my mind, he really needs to make a choice about what he wants this team to be. Trade some of your "future" to be truly competitive right now, or trade some of your "right now," even if it leads to struggling, so you can get busy really rebuilding from the ground up. I'm fine with either path really, as I think both are better than this middle ground he's walking that will likely lead to nowhere.

April Fools'? I'm surprised Holland is actually admitting we need top six talent. I'd be pleasantly surprised if he can add something for the right price.

carlo colaiacovo to play against the avs tonight.... april fools, he got injured getting out of bed

Lebrun says: "Wings were in it on Bouwmeester but not willing to move a 1st-rd pick in the package. Which frankly, for Detroit, was right call" He's a young player who would cost a lot and has struggled even when playing alongside Giroux. I know you'll blast me for disagreeing with yet another idea, but oh well.

He's overripe.

Pathetic PP at its best.