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Well then why do you think Ryno should get a full time spot?

Numbers I see throughout the day. If something I have to get costs 13 bucks or something like that.

Well yeah, of course. Those were my high hopes for him. If he falls short I'll still be very pleased. Like they say, baby steps.

Why Mursak as the reserve forward?

I do expect Filppula to be on the PP full time. Come to think of it, I expect him to develop in a similar manner as Johan Franzen. The Mule has the goal scoring thing down but just doesn't like to pass the puck all that much. I think the same can happen for Filppula, only with more emphasis on assists because that's his greater strength the way goal scoring is for Franzen. He's got the playmaking ability. Not as high as Franzen's goal scoring ability, but I expect it to come close soon. Just like how Franzen was, Filppula is all about the defense at this point: "I've been trying to play the same way ... Getting more offense this year, which is always good. The main thing is to play really well defensively and be happy with the offense I can get" ( Link ). As he progresses this year, I expect him to be even more two-way, with greater growth in the ability to get 2nd line quality offense while not sacrificing any defense.

Speaking of which, congratulate me for I injured Pronger a couple days ago. He was still a duck. He definitely had it coming too because he injured Yzerman a couple games before that one.

God I hope so. Every married couple I meet is really as boring as they seem. Unless you mean that you've got other women on the side. That ain't right.

Oh please. Do tell. Get started.

NO! You're WRONG! A Funny Wings Pictures thread is useless and takes up too much memory space. We have that thread, the LGW server crashes and then what would we do? WHAT-WOULD-WE-DO???... ...Alright yeah someone should probably start that thread.

Anyone remember that one fan during the 98 Olympics that held out a sign that said, "Hey Fleury, do you need Prozac?"

I had some lorna doones earlier. What I'd really like is to see you take it easy on the anger pills. You have good opinions. It's just hard for others to see that when needlessly disagree with others with an overlay of drama queen.

It's very much a matter of interpretation. Kenny did say that, "The only thing no one knows is how good he can be. But even if he doesn't become a 70-point scorer we think he might be, we'll still love everything about him as a player and person" ( http://www.blnz.com/news/2008/07/30/Wings_...-year_5557.html ). However, it seems as if he said it as if he's not really expecting it. As if it's just a bonus. Also Babs usually says "elite" when he refers to guys like Zetterberg and Datsyuk. With Fil, fair or unfair, he dishes out the term "upper-echelon:" "The challenge for Fil, and I challenge him all the time with this, is I think he has a chance to be an upper-echelon player in the league if he gets to the puck more and shoots the puck more, because he can do everything else." ( http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/20...ula_not_sc.html ) To me, upper-echelon does not necessarily mean all-star but rather the "Brendan Morrison in his prime" comparison.

I love *****. But married people don't get *****. They get ******. I hate ******. ****** is like after she took a shower on the nice sheets and something scheduled before chores. ***** is an all-nighter in the back of a rental car where your woman look at you like, "Come on, get some!"

Just in case people aren't clear, they didn't mean cross as in a super combination of Pav and Z. They meant to say that he showed some strengths of Pav as in the moves and ability to get by a defender even while not operating at top speed and some strengths of Z as in instinctive backchecking.

You two have already had this conversation ( http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/index.ph...60182&st=20 ). And hang on a second. One week it's: Another week it's: Should we expect 45 next week?

Niiiice. This comment is all kinds of win to me. Zetterberg should have a Z, not an A (or when the time comes a C) on his jersey. Someone on this board once did a photoshop of WWZD bracelets. What would Zesus do? It was genius. And the skating on water comment - I hate that I didn't think of that myself because that's so simple and actually true. Zesus skates on water. If I ever find a way to make my own poster or fathead I am totally stealing that design. Start with this: Except have this picture in its place with whiny face drowning into an eternity in which he endlessly suffers through all the circles of hell. I order any of you who have access to the proper equipment to plagiarize!

I was thinking of starting a new thread about that. Some here would say the injuries to Kronwall and Schneider cost the Wings a cup in '07. Even more now say the ridiculous list of injuries this past playoff run cost them another. They gotta fix that. Hire someone to the organization to play God. But how?

Not Lidstrom, but this one is great: "I still say he's the smartest player I've ever played with," Brett Hull said. "Pavel sees the game as well as any of the elite players in this League." ( Link ) And Hull played with Gretzky.

Oh yeah, you're the one with the friend who hates Lidstrom but can't explain why. There's always a reason.

I understand that approach but maybe Abby doesn't need it. He registered 52 points last season and Helm in the two years as a griffin barely got close to 40. Maybe all that Abby needs to work on is his tendency to take dumb penalties. Would he need another year in GR for that?

Found it. It's a great article actually.

Haha. Esa Tikkanen right? What a moron. Although, they said that at practice the next day the coaches staged the same scene and had every single player try to score from the same angle and apparently most of them missed. Either it was really that difficult or that Washington team just plain sucked.

No it's Yzerman. I have the article in print form. They were car shopping and Lidstrom introduced Zetterberg to a salesman as the next Yzerman.

That would be very bad... But at least a lot of annoying personalities would have to relocate to Russia if they want to continue to play hockey.

I'd like for the Wings to get him as a third line scorer but apparently he's really, really soft, doesn't play a lick of defense and is only effective on the PP. Any of this true?