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Jesus Christ. I have my head up the azz of hockeysfuture.com as much as the next Red Wings fan, and I love my prospects, but this deal was a home run. Wtf are people complaining about?

So do some of you guys even want to win or what? Kenny gave up 2 prospects who likely were never going to see time in the winged wheel. Cole is 36, have you seen him play? He's not Bertuzzi. He can still skate as well as he ever did, and plays a physical power game.

Some people are impossible to please, you think each and every prospect is going to be future top-6, wrong. We just got bigger, try and appreciate that.

Yeah bring a guy in who has scored 18 goals and has speed for a 36 yr old is terrible... give me a break... Erik Cole is a really good pick up

I'm sure he's kind of bewildered in a way and once it sets in he'll feel fantastic he was traded to the greatest sports organization in the world

Are you serious? Please tell me this is a joke. Because this is a great trade for the Wings. We lost two prospects who have zero future here. Two prospects who have very little value. And by trading them, this team has a better shot at a deep playoff run.

I like this trade, always been a Cole fan. Has great speed, and is gonna have 20 goals by the end of the year. The wings got even more depth scoring, by the end of the year depending on Zetterberg's health we could have 5 20 goal scorers.

Guy comes to play in the playoffs. Like the trade or hate it you will be cheering when he puts the puck in the net come playoffs, I bet my shoes on it.

Abby + Franzen = Cole. I think our top 6 just got way more dangerous and less one-dimensional. Tatar - Datsyuk - Cole Nyquist - Zetters - Abby If Franzan can come back we'll be lookin even betta

Two decades of success vs online forum poster... Yea, I know who I'm going with.

18 goals, hits a ton, brings much needed size and physicality qualifies as broken down? It's not like Cole is this 36-year-old slug that can't skate either. Cole does improve the Red Wings for the playoffs -- that isn't just organizational lip service.

Detroit got a top 6 forward and gave up a second and two prospects, not even our elite ones Janmark is good, but we're so deep down the middle it doesn't matter a whole lot Backman would be behind Sproul, Hicketts, Ouellet, Marchenko anyway so who cares What matters to me is we kept Mrazek Mantha Larkin AA XO Sproul and Marchenko which is awesome

I like it. Cole should help play near the crease, which is something I wanted. And we didn't give up too much to get him. Backman made his own bed, so I'm not heart broken about that. Janmark is a good prospect with a lot of upside, but you've got to give to get. I remember when we traded Jarnkrok and sudden he became a "bust" that was too small, or too Euro, or too far down the depth chart. None of that is true, and isn't about Janmark either. But if he had no value, I doubt Nill would have wanted him. This helps us now, without sacrificing much later. I'm fine with it.

Have you seen what other teams are paying this year?This is a fair deal both ways. And we had to make room for all the centers we drafted last year to come into the system. Holmstrom, ehn, vahatalo, kadeykin, and turgeon. Janmark isn't worth all this griping.

I'm thinking something like: Nyquist-Z-Abby Tatar-Datsyuk-Cole Weiss-Sheahan-Pulkkinen Miller-Glendening-Andersson

Completely agree. We can't make trades without giving anyone up, it just doesn't work that way. I just hope this doesn't turn into another Jarnkrok trade, where these guys are mentioned in every thread. Cole is still a good player and will create lots of space for Pav to maneuver. I call this trade a winner, no matter what happens going forward.

Cole is what they needed for the run. I still think they need a Dman, but good work from KH.

Backman was a long shot to ever play in Detroit and Janmark might end up as a second or third line center in 3 years. Cole helps now and the Wings have plenty of prospects as good or better than the kids they traded. This is a good trade all around.

Hopefully Dallas gets to keep that third

I like it. Seems like a Dallas Drake type of guy. Looking to see if Kenny does anything else.

Here comes all the complainers of the trade. The same people who complain when Holland does nothing. We gave up 2 deeper prospects and a pick for a power forward and a pick. Sure the players we trade could come back to bite us but odds are they won't amount to anything rather than being superstars one day. We got a 18 goal scorer who will be killer in front of the net on the power play and what many were saying was the 2nd best forward available at the deadline. Great work Kenny!

We traded what is basically a 2nd round pick and a minor prospect for an aging UFA power forward with maybe two or three more years in the tank. Is it the mot exciting trade ever ? Nope. But it's a low (almost no) risk, high reward kind of trade which will definitely make us better. What is not to like ?

Cole is the kind of guy you win with in the playoffs. We got him for next to nothing (aka a player that ran back to Sweden and a guy who was never making this team due to being too far back on the depth chart.)