GMRwings1983

But, but........we're 4th in the league in GAA. No one will score on us in the playoffs.

Getting Franzen and Zetterberg back will be our deadline acquisition.

When you have a goalie like that, it's kind of hard to lose a lot.

He should have used Benn's head for a pinata.

If I were coaching the Wings, I'd make this guy look like a choir boy. Benn would be out of the game by now.

I appreciate the support.

Would be awesome if he scores two more goals, then skates over to Babcock and says "I won't play another game for this team anymore"

What is the fastest hat trick ever for a defenseman?

Ha! I told you guys we'd make it back.

Like who?

I didn't know that guy was even playing in the NHL anymore. I just remember him from the 2002 Finals.

I normally don't drink beer, but when I do, it's something really cheap.

What's Eric Cairns up to these days?

He battled last game. Asking him to do it back to back games is too much for the lad. He isn't Carey Price, you know.

His feed is one minute behind.

Dekeyser was doing his best Uwe Krupp circa 2002 impersonation there.

We're not making the playoffs.

We can't let this no name team beat us.

I'll never forget how popular Chris Gratton was on this forum back in 2007.

Huh? I can see that 10 years ago, but not anymore. Your quote reminds me of Holland's quote last year of "I don't know why they're not coming here". I'll tell you why. Detroit doesn't have a reputation nationally as a great town with lots of things to do and a great place to live. Whether those stereotypes are accurate or not is a different story. But there's no use pretending they don't exist. Players wanted to come to Detroit in the past despite the stereotypes, because the team was loaded with talent and was a Cup contender every year. That's not the case anymore. I and many others have blamed Holland in the past for not being aggressive with free agent acquisitions, but the "Detroit" factor comes into play also. This isn't the attractive free agent spot it used to be.

I'd pay a lot of money to see the scared look on Phaneuf's face. Unfortunately, I've never seen that side of this photo.

Not bad. I made some changes to your lineup.

Downey's manhood during the regular season rubbed off on the soft Euros. Also, this man did play in the playoffs.

Shanahan - Datsyuk - Draper Holmstrom - Zetterberg - Samuelsson Williams - Lang - Yzerman Maltby - Franzen - Cleary I'll never forget.

Coward! I had a feeling you were going to jump ship eventually. +1 for the Jason Allison reference. Talk about a forgotten guy with a few good years. Still behind Eric Daze, though, in that category. Yeah, it was more Babcock's fault. Not sure how those two get together (or don't) and determine which players to sign and how much to play them. I'm thinking Holland has more power than the average GM with these day to day decisions. Tootoo did nothing in Detroit he didn't do in Nashville. He played his game but the coach acted as if he didn't get what he wanted and decided to give him the jobber treatment. Very strange.