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or better yet, had we dressed him from the beginning, he would have single handedly killed Crosby and Malkin and we would have swept the series 4-0, setting a record as we won every game by a shutout score of 4-0 or better

start power? is that the ability to start things? like lawn mowers

he needs to just take a coaching, or better for his personality - a broadcasting gig here and work his way up to eventually being a full time CBC or VS guy

my cousin and I are actually doing an adult league this fall, probably D or C minor... used to play A in Midget, but this will be the first time playing in over 10 years and I have bad knees and am not in the shape I was in in my teens....

http://www.redwingscentral.com/camps/2009-...etroit_camp.php Since he's here full time this year (and because of the success wearing the number last year - superstition) I think it's safe to say with certainty this time, that he will stick with #52 and.... purchase.

true... that probably is more realistic...

definitely just goals... I think all 3 - Z, Dats and Franzen will have 80+ pt seasons... yet again, assuming they all play all 82 games...

I think it depends who's healthier - under the premise they both play all 82 games, I think Zetterberg does it before Franzen, just because he's got Dats setting him up... I still think Franzen could do it as well too though... people REALLY underestimate Fils play making abilities...

I'm calling it right now - bold prediction of the year: with the increased role the top 2 lines will see due to loss of true goal scorers... and drum roll please... We will have our first 50 goal scorer in years...

there just IS nothing bad to say about him... he's the greatest not just of the modern era, but in my mind, ever.

oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

in his defense... he's actually just wearing shorts... it's Ritola in the "man-pris"

I know we all want it to be Maltby and with Holland all but guaranteeing Leino top 6 minutes... where does this leave us on lines?! I almost think it HAS to be Maltby... Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Franzen-Filpulla-Bertuzzi? Leino-Helm-Cleary Williams-Draper-Eaves? Maltby Lidstrom-Rafalski Kronwall-Stuart Ericsson-Lebda? Meech?

happens every year...

well... I mean, it really is a package deal, can't wear one without the other! :beerbuddy:

haha... the power of Lidstrom...

story's like this make your stomach drop... as someone else said, no parent should ever have to bury a child...

I agree, both on the economy and league revenues... I'm just trying to play devil's advocate to an extent, as it is still a possibility that some others on this board want to completely ignore and sweep under the rug... lets just hope that revenues go up at least enough and that that 53.5 cap is more of a reality than the 51!

they can only exercise their 5% escalation for a year at a time, they can't do it 2 years in a row and they already exercised it this year... next year, the cap WILL go down, we just have to hope it's not that much...

it's probably for the best... use him as a 4th liner and rest him for PP specialist play...

I also can't see him doing anything other than 1 year deals here on out, he'll probably sign 3 or 4 more of them, but they will all be for a year a piece. I estimate his deal next year being from 5.5 or less, probably closer to the range of 4.5 to give them more freedom for other signings. Some of these numbers others have been throwing out are skewed though too - Abs will be here full time (and need a new contract), Helm, Lebda and Meech will need new contracts and the cap will likely go down at least 5 mil, so the numbers aren't really as good... as we're basically only looking at about 11 mil to sign at least 9 players (10 for a 23 man roster) and that INCLUDES Lids approx 5... so basically, it leaves us 6 mil to sign 8 players... I'm sure there will be a few league minimum players on the 4th line and I'm sure none of the players mentioned above will have THAT big of pay raises, if any (if they're even still all here -*cough* one of Meech or Ledba *cough*)... but still, lets be realistic... there won't be a big off season signing - it will really be about retaining our own. FORWARDS Pavel Datsyuk - $6,700,000 Henrik Zetterberg - $6,083,333 Johan Franzen - $3,954,545 Valtteri Filppula - $3,000,000 Daniel Cleary - $2,800,000 Kris Draper - $1,583,333 Ville Leino - $800,000 DEFENSEMEN Brian Rafalski - $6,000,000 Brad Stuart - $3,750,000 Niklas Kronwall - $3,000,000 Jonathan Ericsson - $900,000 GOALTENDERS Chris Osgood - $1,416,666 Jimmy Howard - $716,666 CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS ROSTER SIZE 13 SALARY CAP $51,000,000 PAYROLL $40,704,543 BONUSES $0 CAP SPACE $10,295,457

Agreed 100% I wonder how much it's going to hurt the style of Sweden's jersey...

as someone else said.... I just puked in my mouth a little... the fact that he was signed for so cheap and that we didn't get him disgusts me... I never question Holland, but this is the first time I am seriously disappointed in him...

We could have beat that offer

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