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It's pretty hilarious that Kovalev of all people would call out a player. Especially the part about scoring 5 goals but allowing 5 goals. Maybe check your career +/- there Alex. The guy embodied the lazy Russian stereotype when he played. I guess he's not been getting enough attention lately?

My tongue is never far from my cheek, cowboy. LIESi.e. I still can't stand Weber and just want an excuse to have Backes as a Wing. And at *IF* Herlmer is hurt again...don't you know that someone's dad's grandpa's chiropractor said Herlmer is a whiny piss baby?! GET WITH THE TIMES MAN!

Took the words right out of my fingers. She is beautiful. I can't believe she's 75.

About time.

Here's Cheli and Al!:

So...it's really over?

Under no circumstances should Abby be in the top 6. He has proven he isn't capable of playing that role and has what, 40 points in the last 120 games while playing with two of the best players in the league. I can't even count how many breakaways or open nets he misses, and gets goals because the puck bounces off him. Jurco should be in that role over Abby, has way more skill and plays bigger then Abby most of the time.

Your mother is beautiful and wonderful and I want to "like" her courage (and yours) about a bajillion times.

My 75 yr old Mom.

That sucks, free agency and trade is usually our bread and butter

It's an event for the wealthy, not you or me.

Plaque reminds me of this guy.. (I just wasted waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time finding that picture on google image search.)

LOL. You never know on here!

Ryan Suter and David Backes

Playing on a budget team? Yeah it was really tough playing with Getzlaf and Perry for all four 30 goal seasons... Ryan is a very good player but lets not act like he was fighting that kind of adversity...

Nicer words have there never been written. A very sincere Thank You from My Family to Yours. T.Low Tom

There is about 0% chance we pick in the top 5, and a very small chance that we even pick in the top 10... but keep dreaming

I understand that nobody is in the room, but you can't give the guy a pass on the bad because of it and only 'see' the good when someone signs. Ultimately, Holland's track record in FA signings isn't that good the last several years. List of Holland's big signings (~$2M+/year) since the last Cup: 08-09 - Marian Hossa (1yr - not re-signed) 09-10 - None 10-11 - None 11-12 - Ian White (2yrs - not re-signed) 12-13 - Jordin Tootoo (3yrs - compliance buy-out) 12-13 - Carlo Colaiacovo (2yrs - compliance buy-out) 13-14 - Daniel Alfredsson (1yr - not re-signed as yet) 13-14 - Stephen Weiss (5yrs - played 26 games and scored 4 pts in year 1) 14-15 - Kyle Quincey (2yrs for a player Detroit was ready to walk away from) The Suter/Parise snub was at least 'understandable' given the same money/term from Minnesota and the connection the players felt. Having Niskanen, Boyle, and Erhoff walk away from potentially more money in Detroit (in some reports) is more concerning. The fault isn't all on Holland, for sure, but top management should be looking in the mirror and trying to determine how to get better regardless of where you lay blame. And, as someone else points out, FA isn't the only key to success. You have to draft well, too. So how many top-6 forwards or top-4 defensemen has Holland picked up in the last six-seven drafts? 2008-09 - Gustav Nyquist 2009-10 - Tomas Tatar (maybe) 2010-11 - None 2011-12 - None 2012-13 - None 2013-14 - Anthony Mantha (projected) Drafts are much harder to judge especially for a draft-and-develop team like Detroit. The Wings do have a couple kids who still project well, too. But a lot don't. They are bottom-six / bottom pair grinders. It's drafting by a team/GM which relies on supplementing his home-grown talent with pick-of-the-litter FAs. You can't draft grinders and then not come through on the FAs... The Wings haven't been a team which settles for 'serviceable' over the past few years. Is that what Detroit is becoming?

Rogaine.

Boogers? Pig's blood? T-Rex semen? Hitler's rotted entrails? Or are we talking double rainbows? Sunshine mixed with clean sheets? PUPPY BREATH?! I need to know. It's for science.

You mean I have to wait? PASS

I'm in Kales. Great area to live. Great restaurants and events. Wonderful biking city. My buddies and I walk next door and scalp Tigers tickets for cheap halfway through games. Sure, there are a bunch of empty buildings around, and that is by no means a great thing, but I feel the people here embrace it as the city's aesthetic and character. It's part of the whole package. I think the plans for construction will really attract further life down here once people realize how convenient and fun the area around the statiums is.