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Except corsi stats showed Smith DID EARN it and was out best 5 on 5 defenseman and kronwall played BETTER WITH SMIT THAN WITH BIG E. But it's ok some clueless people can keep think he belongs in third line.

So he's riding the coat tails of people he either drafted, helped draft, or was part of hiring?That makes sense. Some of the opinions I see in here literally have to be trolls. Theres no way they're not. Babcocks a horrible coach? Really? Because the entire NHL has a different opinion. Unless you say you know more about hockey than people who do it for a living, some of you should be preparing Crow. And Holland. Widely considered around the NHL as one of the best gms ever, in any sport, is a "horrible, and out of touch, gm. Franzen is a top six forward. You can make stats say whatever you want them to, but he is a top six forward. He's big, creates space for other guys, has a nice shot, a good release, and is a decent skater. Do I wish he was a more consistent scorer, sure, but that's not him. I don't like the length of his contract, but he single handledly wins multiple games every year, for that alone, im fine with his cap hit.

Kindl is obviously expendable, but those suggesting that Almqvist is more valuable than Smith and Lashoff are guilty, IMO, of overvaluing potential and the unknown. He can't kill penalties, which Lashoff does quite well. By all accounts Almqvist is below at least three other defencemen in Grand Rapids, in terms of NHL potential. If he turns into Rafalski, I will be stunned.

Small players can excel in the NHL. It's harder for a defenseman though, and the few that do make it are far better skaters than Almquist is. As it stands now, he'd be overmatched in his own end and offensively he wouldn't be able to win enough puck battles to be effective enough to compensate for the poor defense. People who are saying he'd be better than anyone the Wings have now, or Sproul, Marchenko, or Ouellet, are the "grass is greener" crowd. The same ones who said that Ericsson was going to be the Swedish Pronger, and every hot prospect was already better than half the roster before they played more than a dozen NHL games, and any given free agent would "obviously" be good here, until that player gets here and we see his flaws. If Almquist was on the roster next year, everyone would be screaming to get rid of him by Thanksgiving.

the 1996-97 and 1997-98 Detroit Red Wing Hockey Clubs, still the last teams to win consecutive Stanley Cups: Thank you!

2014 Stanley Cup Finals vs.

A third line floater That consistently gives me 20+ goals a year, I'll happily pay 2nd line money.

Chelois can't come back...Babcock dislikes Americans...it's like he's Keri Russell or something.

Almquist has to get a shot with the Wings this season. Injuries are inevitable. Give him a chance at least. It would be hard to see a player with that kind of talent let go, playing only 2 NHL games 1 goal, and he didn't look out of place at the NHL level. Yea, he's small. Let him get crushed a few times by Lucic and next year go back to Sweden if he doesn't make it this year.

I'm clueless now? Well at least you don't throw a fit and call people names when they don't agree with you. And who could possibly argue with a stat that ranks David Booth above John Tavares and Mike Green above Ryan Suter. Rock solid.

Our defense struggles a lot with puck movement, and our PP is dysfunctional largely due to Kronwall being the only one being decent at quarterbacking it. Marchenko seems solid but he's not that gifted offensively. Sproul might have potential, but I get the impression he's not ready for the NHL. Ouellet is safe, but again, more defensively than offensively. You could be right, that we would want him off the team if he gets the chance. But I feel it's important that he does get that chance. He was impressive in camp last year, in his 2 game call-up he showed a lot of good things. And obviously he's been great in Grand Rapids. Kid deserves a shot.

Let him leave if you can't trade him

I can't believe Carcillo's suspension actually got reduced. Looked like pretty blatant abuse of a referee to me.

I am secretly rooting for the Rangers but in the end, they are not the Wings so I dont care.

didn't even know he was interested. Given how professional he is on the air, I could have sworn he was a wings fan or something. I would never have taken him for a pens or hawks fan..

Went for a nap at 4-3 at the end of 2nd, believing the ***** had already won Woke up, turned TV on literally 10 seconds before Martinez's goal Chicago has lost, in OT of game 7, on home ice. Their season is over, there's no repeat happening. There is, there is a god!!!!

Really? I've been watching since the beginning of time. The dinosaurs played better. They were all big and physical with lots of fights. It was great for awhile until the fighting led to feeding...

Well I've been watching hockey since 1917

Especially since he ignores every one of my counter points just like every troll in the world

The best goalie at wearing pads I ever saw.

...followed by his ginormous pads retiring in mid-July. /try the veal

I'm not a fan, was never a fan. That usually means they did something to significantly damage us with their skill in the past. Glad to see you go Giguere, but at the same time, part of me was glad to witness parts of your career.

Who's this Goostof Newquist cat? He's pretty good.

Franzen has 11 playoff points the last 3 years. Scored 1 goal the last 3 months of the year until our eventual elimination. Those 5 goals in 7 games is a streak he should have gone on 4-5 times in a year not once. Gus has 23 goals in 28 games. Now that's a real streak that got us into the playoffs, not Franzen's 5 goals in February

grateful fans?