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Just because he was drafted high doesn't make him an NHL caliber player. If his last name wasn't Ferarro and he was still eligible, he'd be in the minors for a long time. Noone wouldve traded for Ferarro, but what does Boston have to lose by taking him for free when they need to replace Chris Kelly Players get lost on waivers all the time, its a numbers game. Some players fit where others don't. See your boy, Miller. TB was horrible when we picked him up.

Its funny how some people feel that EVERY single pick needs to turn into a stud or the GM is doing a bad job. People that are going to start criticizing Holland for his drafting skills either have zero clue what they are talking about, are trolling, or dont like Holland and will say anything they can against him.

Wrong move in my opinion. Anderson is the one who should have been waived. Ferraro, at least, has speed.

Don't see anything special in Jurco... He's had opportunities but don't think he'll work out either.

For all the people just shaking this off, you need to have your heads examined. 2nd rnd draft pick, 32nd overall in 2009. Ken Holland's inability to act let our division rival pick him up for free. We spend a high draft pick, we train a high draft pick, then we lose him for free to a division rival. The Red Wings put the wrong player on waivers and failed to make a trade so they wouldnt have to. Stupid gm.

I can get on board with Andersson on waivers but Jurco? Come on, that would be such a horrible management move, we could at least get a decent return for him in a trade. ESPECIALLY Ferarro over Jurco? 4th liners are a dime a dozen, we have 8 guys in the AHL who can come and replace him. note: I am not a Jurco supporter

DeKeyser, Smith, Kindl, Marchenko, Ouellet, and Jensen. These guys arent scrubs.

Certainly an exaggeration to say he's "blamed for all that's wrong", but I think he is turning into a scapegoat for the struggling offense. People nitpick him more than most players. Notice mistakes they'd overlook in others. Larkin has missed a lot of shots and had a lot blocked as well, no one notices. Every GDT has some form of "Pulkkinen sucks". People notice when he loses a battle or makes a bad play, but never notice anything good other than goals. Even those sometimes get comments like "I still hate Pulkkinen". It's irrational. It's far too early to try to predict what Pulks can be. He's played 54 games. 11 goals and 18 points. At 54 games, Tatar had 11 goals and 21 points. Nyquist had 8 goals and 21 points, or 6 and 17 if you count playoffs. He's following the same trajectory as those two so far, and there's no reason to think he won't or can't improve the same way they did.

I love 3-on-3 and think it's suited to our team. OT record is 4-2. We're 1 of 9 teams that haven't played a shootout yet and I (and Jimmy) would be fine if we never do this year.

I haven't seen anyone blame him for a loss, the worst I've seen is people criticizing him when he can't hit the net, or get frustrated when he decides to tee his shot up and most of the time those guys aren't averse to eating a healthy helping of crow.Sometimes its hard watching all our smaller wingers get pushed around all game, get relegated to the corners or boards and end up losing the battles. Then they(Nyquist/Tatar) will go on an amazing run where it looks like no one can touch them. Pulkkinen brings a different dimension than then, as he is almost primarily there to shoot. But he isn't quick enough to create his own separation, so most of his shots end up as non threats. I think pulks could turn into an awesome third line winger/pp specialist and as long as he understands thats all he is (even though he gets moved up and down the roster) and doesn't go searching for top 6 money, he should be a good depth scorer for us. As for Kronwall, he'll be alright, hes had a revolving door of partners in smith, e, and green. Him and green look better together every game, as long as green can stay healthy and blash doesn't decide to give him another partner they'll start to gel. Wasn't Nic Lidstrom -5 one year? I think we're starting to see the team click, and its only going to get better as they get more experience with system. This forum is pretty damn bi- polar though, when we lose the Sky's falling, when we win all the boo birds seem to disappear.

Maybe. To me it all just came off like rambling lunacy.

Trade him to a team that will give him good minutes, he'd put up similar numbers as Tatar and Nyquist, Nyquist is the best player overall out of the three but Jurco has more skill and a higher ceiling than them both. If we are moving one of the three I'd choose Tatar, Tatar Kindl and a 5th for Fowler

I think we should all be able to agree that Jurco deserves more of a shot than he has been given so far this season

He played with Dats and Tatar a bit. I remember. But he's not getting top line treatment like Abby by any means. They had him stuffed with the 4th line or 3rd line the majority of the time.

Not really true. A game here and there, but not plenty of time.

The Detroit red wings are a hockey team(what)comprised of people from various places in the world including(but not limited to) America, Canada, Sweden, Russia, the Czech republican, etc. Who are all between the ages of 19-37, with various family members and other interests I'd assume.(who)

Larkin!

I dont think there is anyway that happens. Zetterberg will have the C until he retires. Larkin will possibly get an A on his jersey when Datsyuk leaves. Kronwwall will wear an A until he leaves.

I love fishsticks in my mouth but am not a *** fish. The person below me is going on a date tonight.

Ya I'm sure playing 20 minutes of three on three in a meaningless game, while other players can enjoy the time-off with their families is a lot of fun.

Are you saying if Steve or hank had won they would have fizzled out? I know that's not what you're saying but it's not like Larkin is gonna be some fly by night kid he has all the tools to be an all star for a long time. Many great players HAVE won it. But I doubt he gets it, wings players never get the same respect as the big hype players

Who cares, look at the past few years in who one this thing and did they really do anything after that??? Yzerman didn't win it, Zetterberg didn't win it and look where they're at compared to who won it those years.

Babcock ruined this kid and Blashill's trying to put him back together.

What about something like this? It would be something pretty different, but it would be a great way to incorporate the octopus.