GMRwings1983

Pronger has been overshadowed by Lidstrom his entire career, and now will likely enter the HOF.....................in the same class as Lidstrom.

Should be Lidstrom, Pronger, Fedorov and Lindros.

His brother Rory is a legend in lacrosse fighting, so Smith needs to work with him a little.

Holland has sissified the poor kid. Smith used to fight more frequently in his younger days. Now he's having problems due to this lame fight?

Wait, we had a fight last night? Now I'm bummed I missed the game. I only watched the highlights of the goals.

Pronger is this generation's Brad Park (except he actually won a Norris) Point is, he'll be overshadowed by Lidstrom. But Pronger is one of the greatest players of his era. His playoff numbers alone, with three different teams in the Finals, are very impressive. He's easily a first ballot guy.

When is the last time the Wings moved a popular player? Actually, when was the last time we moved anyone or Holland did anything? (oce again, I'm not trying to offend Kevin Porter).

Lindros will get in too. The last few classes have been really strong (although, I would have picked Lindros ahead of Rob Blake)

Fedorov will make it in. Should be a first ballot choice, too.

Sometimes, the special kid gets to walk with the prom queen. In this case, Babcock has the special kid going out with the prom queen.

Gretzky had longevity over Lemieux and Orr, who both had health issues. That's why he'd be a better pick to start your franchise with.

Anyone who doesn't say Gretzky needs to get their hockey IQ tested. Out of the Wings players on the list, you have to go with Hasek. Most important position in hockey and he was a player that could carry a franchise. Also, I can't believe people picked Scott "I Can't Play Defense" Niedermayer over Joe Sakic. Seriously?

Not as much as the modern day rules do.

Not sure. Holland doesn't like forwards over 6'3, though. What is Pat Verbeek up to?

Players don't know when their teammate has been cheapshotted or not. They just see a guy down and react without thinking, in the heat of the moment. And it's not their job to attend to an injured Girardi. They're not doctors. The team doctors can do their jobs better. I have no problem with it. It deters players from taking shots at your stars, whether they're clean or not. I don't want Datsyuk getting hit with a nice, clean hit either, and would have no problem if someone went after the guy that did it. Retaliation isn't what will take hitting out of the game. The NHL's new rules and views on player safety are doing that by itself.

Is fed up and wants to go to the KHL, until he gets some real linemates.

Pretty sure Montreal would kick our asses there also. There's nothing we're better at than this team.

Put in McCollum.

They're just better than we are. Also, I think Nightfall has better rebound control than Howard.

Quincey's nuts just scored an own goal. Summarizes his time in Detroit.

So just for the hell of it, I ranked current Wings players based on where they were drafted in their respective draft years. Obviously, many of these players were drafted by other teams. Weiss - 4th overall Cleary - 13th overall Kindl - 19th overall Sheahan - 21st overall Smith - 27th overall Kronwall - 29th overall Jurco - 35th overall Abdelkader - 42nd overall Tatar - 60th overall Howard - 64th overall Nestrasil - 75th overall Andersson - 88th overall Franzen - 97th overall Nyquist - 121st overall Quincey - 132nd overall Helm - 132nd overall Datsyuk - 171st overall Miller - 186th overall Zetterberg - 210th overall Ericsson - 291st overall Glendening -undrafted Gustavsson - undrafted DeKeyser- undrafted Lashoff - undrafted

By roster, you're counting GR, though. If our main roster had 9 undrafted players, then that would be something.

Here are the team's future owners

Didn't Cleary score 50 goals in juniors? Ironically, the guy picked right ahead of him was Marian Hossa.

But we signed Kevin Porter..............just saying.