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Are there IKEAs in Russia? From the looks of those rooms, they won't stand a chance against Team USA.

Maybe?

St. Louis deserves it, and it'll probably be his last chance at the olympics.

People act like Miller is the second coming of Kirk Maltby or Mike Keane. Penalty killing my ass. Eaves can do all the things he can, but he's right handed and has an occasional shot.

So... dan cleary gets the nod? Make it happen babs

Two Toms and a Tink. The Future Line. The Fighting Slovaks. ("Fighting" for Sheahan's Notre Dame) The Graduated Griff Line. JST ice (pronounced justice). The Replacement Parts.

They don't, but it sure beats discussing whether Kronwall is a top 30 dman...

Games are streamed online as well. US- NBCOlympics.com - must authenticate that you have cable/dish though Ca- CBC.ca

Not to be an ass, but...are you high? Re: Orpik - I have a very, very hard time seeing Orpik coming to the Wings. And I don't think he's quite what we need on the back end anyway. I think we need a solid puck-mover, a guy with Real Good offensive instincts. Smith and Kindl have been disappointments, and Quincey has been a train wreck. We're not getting nearly as much offense from the defense as we thought we would. To which someone will probably say, "Yeah, but you like Girardi. He's not an offensive defenseman by any stretch." True enough, but he moves the puck very well, among other things. As for the nuts and bolts of these hypothetical trades, e.g. Edler and Visnovsky - tbh, any solid top-four defenseman is probably going to cost more than we'd ideally like to give up. Edler almost certainly would make us wince, in terms of the return. And Snow could very well say, "Screw off. Visnovsky is essential to our blue line and I had to put my natural charm into overdrive to convince him to play for us. And now this whole Vanek thing is threatening to taint my otherwise perfect legacy. So I'm not giving Lubo up for anything less than a top-six forward, a good defenseman, and a first-round pick." Which wouldn't be worth it. Solid top-four defensemen are so highly coveted these days. Hats off to Gillis for getting Diaz for, basically, a nobody.

Vanek at 9 mil a season? Heeeeeeeeelllllll No

Brooks Orpik in the offseason

Yep. Check here. http://sochi2014.iihf.com/men/teams/ Seeding: Group A: Russia (1), Slovakia (6), USA (7), Slovenia (18) Group B: Finland (2), Canada (5), Norway (8), Austria (15) Group C: Czech Republic (3), Sweden (4), Switzerland (9), Latvia (11)

There's nothing wrong with asking people of any income level to donate/give charitably. Demanding or making it mandatory is where it becomes troublesome. Always be wary of those who volunteer to spend other people's money.

Kronwall DeKeyser Visnovsky Ericsson Smith Lashoff I could dig that.

I like how Weiss didn't use his injury as an excuse for his poor play. I almost expected him to lash out on Babcock when he was a regular 4th line center but he kept his mouth shut. I think the whole team knew he was playing with an injury then everyone realized he would need to have surgery because he wasn't cutting it

Gotta go with Miller for his body of work and reliability with the Wings. He's been flat-out our best penalty killer for years. Eaves is eligible for waivers now and I don't think he would clear at this time if exposed. Besides, lots up players raise their game in their contract year. Miller has been consistent for years.

If only they had some time to plan for this Olympics. I can't believe they told them last week that this is where the games were going to be.

@cotsonika: By @DanWetzel -- No light bulbs. No shower curtain. No hot water. Welcome to Sochi! http://t.co/9aBB9AhyVp via @YahooSports

If Cleary, Bertuzzi, and Samuelsson got hurt in camp and never got right, they'd get some benefit of the doubt. They've been healthy, just bad. Weiss gets the benefit of the doubt because he has been hurt all year. It is not speculation, it's documented fact unless you think that either Kahn or the team is lying about it. He's 30 years old and has a history of 50+ point seasons, there's no legitimate reason to think that he won't be productive when he gets back healthy.

My family has been calling them, "The Young Guns".

I'd go with Nyquist-Zetterberg-Abdelkader Helm-Datsyuk-Alfredsson Tatar-Sheahan-Jurco Miller-Andersson-Eaves

The Shetaco Line. Trademarked.

Whatever you call them, I really like how Jurco consistently finishes the body for a skill guy. Good stuff! esteef

The trade deadline aquisition. "The kids stepping up is better than any player we could have gotten at the trade deadline." ^would anyone be surprised?

The line Holland is wrong and kids can play in the NHL line