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Maybe he becomes a wrecking ball and hits everything in sight which is something we haven't had in ages.

Can't believe they already have the LEDs installed.. Love the light up roof! Oh wait....

Ever work a union job? These guys are getting pushed to get big contracts so other players can get paid more.

Depends. If he's a reserve, cool. If BL;ash decides he has to play him a bunch because he respecks da proces and he was reel gud at Westurn and he's one of Jeffy's boyz then it's bad.

How can one be upset over a 14th forward who will likely spend most nights in the press box? People have been upset for years that we don't have a legit fighter and haven't since Downy, now that we have one they complain about the signing. This just plays into my theory that even when Holland does a good move, or even an inconsequential move, people will attack because it's Holland. There is plenty to criticize Holland over, this is not one of those things.

Bob McKenzie reported "Original deal was expected to be $13.25M but hearing McDavid wasn't comfortable with the number and may have insisted on lowering it..." Not sure if you are being serious or not, the comment about him being perhaps the best player ever already makes be think you are just trolling people. Assuming you are being legit, if this is the case, how does this reflect poorly on the PA or even the owners? Hats off to McDavid for doing what's best for the team and the players on the bottom. Not sure why you are linking this to the salary cap, the Salary cap is directly linked to overall revenue, not the salary of the top player. With that being said, if I am McDavid I am pretty pissed if the Oilers don't spend to the cap now.

Good signing for the Polish community in Detroit. They're still pissed the Wings never signed Oliwa back in the day.

Lol we both know you're covering up your argument with semantics now. Based of the info that was given in the thread about Sproul, yeah he's not really an NHL caliber offensive defenseman. You can hope for it sure but it's not looking like he is compared to some of his own teammates. Far as Smith, you praised him for his offensive prowess. Guy can't even score 20 points. Fact. Far as Jurco, you just make excuses for him, He sucks. Get over it dude. Is Jurco a toddler? He can't carry his own skills and weight? Blame the Red Wings for him sucking? That's ridiculous. I'm 120% sure you're going to blame the Red Wings for "mishandling" Sproul if it turns out Sproul sucks too. Guy is a 24 year old grown man and somehow it's going to end up being the organizations fault. We'll look back at it years from now... "Yeah guys that Daley signing ruined Sproul".

Lamoriello can't hear you. He's got his two Stanley Cup rings plugged into his ears.................and a third up his arse.

Depends on the return, if trading him can get you a player like a Trouba then you do it. Sure I'd rather trade Tatar or Nyquist, but teams arent going to give up elite level prospects for 2nd tier players in their prime.

Coreau isn't an NHL goalie either.

Trades of this magnitude should not upset fans. But when you look at what Holland has done over the past several seasons, it's hard not to nit-pick every little move he makes. That's beside the point though. The only reason I'm a little (and I emphasize little) upset over this move is, because he let a 23 year old Paterson walk to bring back a 27 year old McCollum. I don't care about the conditional 7th, but Paterson had pretty respectable numbers in the ECHL, and plenty of room to grow, while McCollum has been average at best, and is what he is at this point. Just doesn't make much sense to me. Maybe Paterson was another guy with "attitude issues" and McCollum is a "good character guy"...

Not exactly, but is a known lowballer. Maybe he's coming around from that, but IMO, it's too late. Damage done. We'll see what happens this summer...god I'm so tired of saying that. I like that he tries by signing players, but the problem is with the players you already have.

He overpays his own players that don't deserve it, but when it comes to trying to get free agents to come, they have to take a discount because Lidstrom did or Zetterberg did and, hey, it's Detroit. History man, history!

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So let's pass on the best shooter in the draft...the decline is Holland's fault and he should've been dealt with years ago. He's proven over and over that he cannot function in a cap world. Back when we had superstars on this team players were lining up to take discounts to play on this original 6 team. Remember when pretty much everyone here made fun of Wiz when he came out and called out Holland for lowballing players and not paying them what they're worth? Well look where we are now, Holland now pays his players more than they're worth, but nobody really wants to come play here still because of Holland's past practices. Add that to now overpaying mediocre players and making stupid decisions. Helm, Abby, DD, Howard, Ericsson, Nyquist....the list goes on. I like Abby and DD, but he still overpaid them. Add that to the other wasted contracts and that's why we were the top paid team last season and missed the playoffs. When you're paying bottom 6 players and mediocre defensemen as much as we are, you have no room to improve your team. When your drafting projects instead of best player available, you belong in the Looney bin. This team will not compete for a Cup until 5-6 years after Holland's garbage contracts are gone and his junk players are dealt or cut.

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I really like the idea of this thread. I hope you keep doing it next year!

You really think Ericsson, making $4.25M would be a healthy scratch? Not going to happen.

I cant wait for everyone to eat crow on this kid.

Just because he doesn't get "wins" or his plays don't lead to "goals" or his d doesn't "stop pucks from going to the net" and his goalies don't "make saves" doesn't mean he is a bad coach.

In order to get Tippet we have to not have a coach. We have a coach. In order to not have a coach we need to fire him. Our coach isn't getting fired. Move along, nothing to see here.

Me when my friends bring me to concerts of newer bands I've never bothered to listen to

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I've always hated the Criesby / Crosbaby nonsense, but now McAnnoying? Seriously? These are two of the best hockey players of their generation, and you don't like them just because of media hype? Give me a f***ing break. Both are phenomenal athletes, and by all accounts great people on and off the ice. These guys are great role models for kids. I swear there's more fan hate for Crosby than there ever was for Cooke / Avery and their on ice antics or either of the Kane's and their off ice antics... I hope Crosby continues to shred this league, McDavid eventually takes over and media talks about them every chance they get. They deserve every bit of praise, and it's great for the growth of the game.