GMRwings1983

I think Lilja should be officially listed as a Canadian due to his toughness and enforcing in the last calendar year.

The stars have fans? Are your friends empty grey seats by any chance?

Hey, anything beats those NHL network commercials.

This thread could have been taken right out of my mouth. Nice Work. Tomorrow Lilja should jump Madonna and beat the s*** out of him right on national TV.

I think we need more toughness, which usually associates with North American players. Unfortunately, Canadians don't always equal toughness, as we've found out with the last few deadline deals. I also think more North Americans would make it easier for fans to associate with the personalities on the team. As for Don Cherry, he's a ******* racist, so I don't condone anything he says for the reasons he says it.

I've tried that already. If something like that worked, we'd already have Erskine, McGrattan, and Boogaard on this roster.

Osgood is still traumatized from his experiences during All-star weekend.

They need to play with real passion, or else it doesn't matter what the lines are.

True, but if I gave that fact so much weight, then I'd have to say that Twist wasn't a great fighter either. I wish the Wings would give Franzen or Kopecky some roids, maybe we'd see a little more tougness out of them.

You need to call Hasek and tell him that we need him back? His behavior is just getting ridiculous.

Isn't Ellis Canadian? If so, then of course he's physical and tough.

Hey, when he was in Calgary he was one of the most dominant fighters in the league who hardly ever lost. That's the memory I'd like to keep of him.

We have a lot more weaknesses than they do. Besides, they're playing pretty well of late and the Wings aren't. I just look at our 2nd line, and at theirs, and it's no contest. And now the pathetic names we have on our 2nd line are playing badly, so it's not only bad on paper, but on the ice also. Likewise, their defense is stronger and better than the Wings. The Wings need to go out and make a few moves to solidify their lineup, because this lineup isn't going to cut it when the playoffs come. Ther'e too many blind homers on LGW that refuse to admit that anything is wrong, and keep pointing to the standings, which don't mean anything come playoff time.

It's all Hasek's fault we lost yesterday, puckloo. Somehow I know it is, but I just can't prove it yet.

Yeah, but we have Sammy and Lebda on our 2nd PP unit. Every team in the league will be terrified with those 2 cannons on the point.

Dude! We couldn't beat Carolina's cheerleaders right now. It's one thing to have faith that they'll turn this around, but it's no use turning a blind eye to these problems the Wings have now. What happened last year is insignificant, and besides, the Ducks have a better roster than they did last year. We don't.

Because we need to chase after players that can help us "Now", and not chase after ghosts of the past that can't help us anymore. Neither Feds nor McCarty are legit 2nd line scoring threats, especially with Feds being hurt all the time.

He was a joke towards the end of his career, and is too old to do anything as an enforcer anymore. He'd still be an upgrade over Kopecky, though.

Why are you guys sugarcoating like this? Start writing how you really feel about him?

I especially hate those people who defend Lilja like he's some God or something to the equivalent.

They're already the best team in the NHL. Our record up to this point is worth s***, unless we make some deadline acquisitions. As we've found out before, being 1st in the West means nothing.

If signing him means we miss out on another player then no. If it means we'll replace one of our useless forwards with him, then yes.

With what army?

It's all your fault we're losing. You Ducks fans have cast some evil magical spell on our players.

A few weeks. The fans here will start dying from cold turkey before we get to March.