F.Michael

Something tells me a guy like Brian Burke expects the ladies to provide both the 'powder', and the 'honey'...Free of charge of course. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I was under the impression it was Holland that had issues with Feds. If my memory serves me right - Holland had a contract on the table for Feds - however Feds was having personal issues at the times (Kornikova)...Then in a few days it was retracted, and Feds went on to sign with Anaheim.

Tell that GM he'll get a lifetime supply of prostitutes, and cocaine.

At this point AA needs to man up - take a 1 yr deal - bust his balls - then with next year negotiate, or go thru arbitration. He's hurting nobody, but himself, and his bank account.

This is old news, and I'm ignorant as to what went on behind closed doors, and such... But I wished Holland, and Fedorov could've made amends...Yeah - I'll admit to have been pi$$ed off at Feds with what went on back then, but now I honestly hope that sometime down the road the Wings/Ilitch family/Jimmy D/Holland have a night to give Sergei props for what he brought to this franchise. #91 will always be fondly thought of.

Outside of Howard finding a way to get injured by mid-season these past 3 years - IMHO our netminders have been the least of our concern. 9 times outta 10 - it's the 5 guys in front of them that masquerade as NHL'ers is what concerns me most. Send him my way...With a steady diet of brats, beer, pizza, scotch, pasta, bourbon, steak, potatoes, kringle...He'll hit 220 lbs easily.....Then again - maybe it's best to keep him far away from me as possible.

Can we please have both Joe Kocur, and Darren McCarty on the staff to teach the young'ens how to punch faces?

Wait for it...

In response to the bold - I personally feel the lottery system in place for the NHL is adequate. Yeah - we got screwed, and Philly made out like bandits, but so be it...It could possibly benefit us in the next few drafts.

In response to PavelValerievichDatsyuk post above - I clicked the link, and truth be told - I had a good laugh reading many of the 275 comments.

Granted - much of the issues this past season is on the players, but IMHO it also reflects on the coaching staff as well. As I said on another thread - getting a competent coach behind the bench would probably see better results. That said I must agree with DickieDunn in that Blashill appears to stunting the potential of some of the players by making them change-up their game, and their role.

To be brutally honest...This team with a different coach could possibly find themselves in a 7th, or 8th spot in the Eastern Conference.

I feel AA should be let loose, and allowed to utilize his speed/ability to generate scoring chances that the Wings seem to lack. Blashill going on, and on about players committing to become better defensively is getting stale.

Just think of the benefits of playing in Russia... Skinny hot chicks (most have teeth)...Cheap booze, and wild parties...Get to mingle with members of Russian organize crime...And above all - you get to fly on suspect aircraft with pilots who are either intoxicated, or hungover... Who doesn't want to live by the seats of their pants?

Slight edge to Dats.