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They should just adapt this to a jersey, and swap out the flight suit for a helmet" (Yeah, I bought one.)

I like Kane....but thats a LOT to give up for him. Mule, a first and Mrzek (goalie if the future)???.....I think that might be too much for PATRICK Kane.

Ribbed for his pleasure

I agree--he's not going to transform us into Cup favorites. But I definitely think he'd strengthen our chances and allow Kronwall more freedom (not that Ericsson's been bad...he's just no Girardi). Regardless, I'm guessing the Rangers extend him for $5M+ per during the season anyways (he plays over 25 minutes a night for them and would be a huge loss). For "over-the-top", it's tough to be realistic. Even then, who could be traded? Vanek is the only elite forward that jumps out to me. So perhaps Vanek for a Franzen + picks/prospects package. Buffalo gets a solid goal-scorer in return for someone they probably can't re-sign. Obviously, to make the deal we'd have to be pretty sure Vanek would re-sign with us for a fair price. But then again, we'd be more over the top with both Franzen and Vanek. Franzen is too old for a rebulding Buffalo anyways. I'll let you know how this goes when NHL 14 comes out haha (somehow we don't trade Nyquist/Tatar for Vanek)... Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Vanek Franzen-Weiss-Alfredsson Nyquist-Helm-Tatar Miller-Andersson-Abdelkader (Scratches: probablyEmmertonbecausehe'sacenter and hopefullynotSamuelssonbutmaybeBertuzziorTootooorEaves) In reality though, hopefully this is the guy who puts us over the top by stepping up his game on a much better team.

Dan Girardi from the Rangers. He's a UFA after this season--so it might not be that unreasonable if the Rangers fall out of contention and feel they likely can't re-sign him. Plus, Glen Sather's an idiot. I'd trade Quincey away somehow to make room for him. NYR probably wouldn't want Quincey since he's also a UFA next offseason. But I'd overpay a bit for Girardi--a right handed guy who's extremely solid defensively. Certainly better than Q. Kronwall-Girardi DeKeyser-Kindl Smith-Ericsson Lashoff That would be awesome...

I'm always disappointed by team USA's jerseys. Meanwhile Sweden always looks amazing and Russia in particular is looking cool this year

I really like the idea of Girardi for Quincey and maybe even throw in a guy like Almqvist. That would wrap things up on D quite well. I think the real thing we're missing as well on forward is a guy like Milan Lucic. I would be willing to give up Franzen and Mrazek for him in a heartbeat. I may even throw in the 1st round pick as well. I'd take him over Evander Kane. Kane has the same issues that Seguin does, which is why Loui Eriksson is a much better all around player than he is. He doesn't have the off ice crap going on and his game is exceptional. Eriksson is also another guy I really wanted, but I'll settle for him on the B's. Lucic on a line with Dats and Z would be monstrous. Weber wouldn't turnbuckle smash Z with Lucic on the ice and neither would anyone else. He's also an annoying net presence.

That kid gave him a run for his money! haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvMLmS_Kze4

Bogosian and James Neal. No time to set up trade possibilities - we don't have the assets for both either.

So far the worst of them all, horrible design. Fake laces and blurry stars on the shoulders really? The USA K-Swiss logo is absolutely disgusting having your country associated with a trademark should be a no-go. Even though I am not from the US I really hope this is just your third jersey and the real one will be revealed later.

If give up everyone minus dats and z for Lucic or Wayne simmonds.

I thought of the UP logo too. Now that I've seen it up close, the fake laces are even worse than in in the miniature pic. I hope we get gold. Then we'll have the last laugh. Then I hope we go back to the old unis or get a new one with some sense of style.

I think the Red Wings biggest need right now is a top-pairing d-man. Less necessary because of the DeKeyser emergence, but I still believe someone to complement Kronwall would really solidify the defense. Granted, most teams aren't willingly going to give up such an asset. I'm sure the asking price was/would be insane, but the one name that comes to mind for me is Alex Edler. There were rumors earlier in the summer of his availability and the Red Wings being interested, so he was at that point reasonably available. Again, without question one of Nyquist or Tatar is going the other way for starters. Beyond that, I would just be guessing at what it would take to acquire Edler.

Ty Conklin!!!! for real though, I wouldn't mind snagging Clifford, I would send over Tootoo and a 4th/5th round pick for him. or a 3rd round pick and one of our prospects, like sheehan. Ryan Clowe, or Yandle would be good choices too. (although I know we will never get Yandle, someone I know, has a source very close to Holland and apparently the asking price for yandle was, a 1st round pick, Mrazek, tatar/nyquist, smith and possibly someone else, I don't remember now, and Holland basically hung up on him when he he heard that) I think that was why he bolded Patrick, he was saying it would be too much to give up for Patrick kane, let alone evander. Thats how I took it at least

or the Union Pacific Railroad logo. The fake laces look stupid. I hope no one buys them. I want to know who the idiots who approved this crappy jersey.

Why did they put the USA in the K Swiss logo? I surprisingly don't mind the stars there's a whole lot of other ugly going on.

These are great. And by great I mean terrible.

I think it'd be interesting to have a private panel consisting of the following: --Current NHL goaltenders (a mix of stars and back-ups/young guys) --Former NHL goaltenders (who played in the last 10 years) --Engineers --Persons who previously worked on product development/strategy for big hockey gear manufacturers --Persons who previously or currently work on product development/strategy for big manufacturers of protective gear for other sports (American football in particular, don't take companies with a hockey division) Have the final recommendations made available to the public *but* all names of contributing members are kept secret from the NHL, NHLPA and everyone else. As an engineer I'd be really interested to read what a group like that came up with in terms of recommendations for rules/gear changes and even ideas for new gear innovations.

i work in the building next to the hockey stadium.....the parking lot is shared by the team and the companies in the building. its a sweet deal for me. takes me 30 seconds to go from my office to the entrance of the hockey stadium

In Soviet Russia, 7 year old fights YOU. Lame, I know.

Love how it's on the NHL Network!

disagree 100%. goalie gear grew exponentially in the last 20 years. its just shameful how big the gear is. it has to be reigned in. and part of the problem is that they always talk about it but change very little. so there is this impression that they have been taking away all this real estate from goalies and it ends up being like half an inch or something not even worthwhile. then add to that that the goalies often just replace it with other pads to compensate, and its just a circle. in the article it already mentions that many goalies are trying to make the knee pads larger to compensate for lost inches. until goalies stop looking like the michelan man out there, they have no room to say anything. i also think you are way off on allowing more hitting making the game more exciting. all you have to do is go back 10-15 years to the dead puck era. there was far less regulation on physical play. yet did you see more hits, more excitement? no way. you saw more clutching, more grabbing, more bear hugging. it was terrible. nhl hockey has a fundemental flaw right now that prevents it from being as exciting as it should be. teams, coaches and organizations focus not on scoring more goals than the other team, but giving up less goals than the other team. and no i dont think thats just semantics. teams constantly play a style which is to not give up scoring chances at any cost. even if that means not taking any chances offensively. why? because its become too hard to score a goal, so teams are afraid to give one up. if you make goalies human again, then you will see scoring increase, which will change the entire dynamic of the game.

The NHL hates goalies just excellent making the second toughest job on the team - goons having the toughest - even more complicated. Want to bring back excitment to the NHL? Allow hitting, hip checks and other stuff again instead of trying to force more offense.

Prediction.....THEY LOSE!!! USA USA USA USA.......HAHAHAHA j/k but yeah....USA Canada always has a scary roster. SO MUCH STAR TALENT.