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Okay, here is some evidence to what I was saying... Sheahan just signed an amateur tryout for the Griffins... effectively joining our lower ranks without using any contract space. This is EXACTLY what I was suggesting they could do for Danny.
I think this effectively ends the speculation that trading Commodore was specifically for acquiring the outstanding Bronco from Western. Holland doesn't make the team weaker for a long term prospect when he doesn't need to, he would use the extent of the loopholes to get what he wants. I expect the week he is bounced from the NCAA tourney, will be the week he signs a try-out with the Griffins. Even if he signs a contract with the big club, which seems more likely, it does not logically follow that he wouldn't have signed a ATO or that he wouldn't have been a Wing.
I could be wrong about that... but how then did Brunstrom make more money? He made like 1.8 his first year.

Evidently there is no pleasing the likes of you.

was a 2 year deal for bertuzzi really necessary? why? what is the love affair with this guy?
outside of the shootout, he's awful.

I have a friend who washes Kenny Holland's car each Saturday and he told me that Henrik Zetterberg is going to be traded to the Blues for T.J. Oshie and a 3rd round draft pick.
Ken Holland's cat's hair dresser told me that Pavel Datsyuk is going to be traded to the Blackhawks for Dave Bolland and a 2nd round draft pick.
Ken Holland's alter ego named Len Rolland told me that Ken Holland is going to trade himself to the Red Wings for Ken Holland and a 2nd round draft pick. Ken Holland will then trade Len Rolland and 3 draft picks to the Red Wings for Ken Holland, Len Rolland and Richard Simmonds (Wayne's dad).

There was also the guy who was on here telling us we were getting Brad Stewart at the trade deadline, and got flamed to hell and back for it......then we got Brad Stewart at the trade deadline.
He didn't reveal his sources though, no matter how tenous

hah! that's awesome.
nice, hatethedrake!

Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
Reply Retweet Favorite · Open DET likes/knows Quincey, former Wing. Good insurance if Brad Stuart goes to UFA or Lidstrom retires, tho many in DET think Nick comes back.
likes/knows quincey hahaha that makes me laugh liked him so much they put him on waivers for derek meech ... good move

huge replacement? worth a 1st round pick?? jesus at this point id much rather have gotten kubina for a 2nd and 4th , hes gonna be in the 3rd pairing and hes making 3 million a yr along with ericsson , thats 6 million total for our 3rd pairing , thats crazyyy
And yes i do expect kindl gone with brendan smith up next year but theres no way in hell kindl will fetch a 1st round pick , we'll be lucky to get a 3rd for kindl
i dont usually disagree with kenny but this is a disaster of a deal , much rather have given up the 1st for like selanne as a rental or someone of that type

pierre mcguire just said detroit has alot of travis moens and cant see them going for him but rather a skilled forward .... ya well thats where the 1st rounder would of come in handy , dont see it happening now
and he also said detroit was in for rick nash bigtime and really liked him but dropped out when the demands got ridiculously high .... thank god

doesnt mean it was the right move back then and it definetly shows it wasnt , he was still 6'2 200+ pounds , meech is what 5"10 ???didnt like that move back then and i hate it even more now

yes i know selanne isnt going anywhere , just saying if i had to give up a 1st round pick it would be for a skilled player which i now just heard pierre mcguire says the wings are looking for ... how they gonna pull that off now?
i got a really bad feeling were gonna get ales hemsky

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that's a shame, i've been watching every wings games here in brazil
yesterday's win against the sharks was my last one
best of luck for you and your little child

I can't remember an incidence when Holland did what rumors and fans predicted/hoped/expected. His trades are always completely out of the blue. In any event, i would love to see Malone or Morrow wearing a Wings sweater next week, especially after watching the game against the sharks. We need physical, smart, effective contributors just for the occasion that we vs the sharks in the playoffs.
Also, I'm scared to death what this team will look like when Stuart is gone. I'll probably get a lot of flak for this but I think he's been our best defenseman this year, lidstrom including. It seems like he singlehandedly stops a goal once every three games, and he's the only dman we have who is really effective in the corners against players like the sharks when the cycle is established, or during a tight dump and chase. I would love for holland to pick up a defenseman with a similar playing style to Stuart.

Also, Kindl is getting some bad press for making a mistake last night, as E has in the past.
Kubina is NOT known for his consistency. In fact the bio on The Hockey News suggests he is well known for making mistakes in his zone. To me it feels like adding a right handed Ericsson with more experience. I don't really want to do that unless it doesn't hurt the team. I don't think there a way to do that.

I am not overlooking the NMC. I didn't say it would happen. It is just a statement saying that is the only way I would be okay with it.
I just want to say that Kindl's age and experience in the system is important. I believe you can't go to the young guys too fast, so that leaves Smith. If they lose Stuart and add Kubina, that means you have old and very young with E being the only guy in the middle. For the sake of argument... Let's say they add Kubina for Kindl, and then next year Lids comes back, they don't add anyone of note. So we have Lids, White, Kroner, Kubina, E, Smith, Commodore and maybe some minor addition...
Ages next year. 42, 28, 31, 35, 28, 24?, 34 and the following year maybe... 29, 32, 29,25... and whatever else.
If they they kept kindl... it would be 42, 28, 31, 25, 24,34 and the following year. 29,32,29,26,25 which sounds much better to me following the loss of a legend. Make this double when you consider every player in that group has played with Lids and the Wings for at least a season and knows the system. Meaning they can help carry on his style of play by continuing how he taught them. I am a huge proponent of this way of replacing him.
This is the major reason I wouldn't want to mess too much with the D.
EDIT: I also am not assuming Kubina plays well. He has seen better days.

You know, secretly Tatar is hoping he is traded so he can play with St Louis. Secretly I am hoping we trade for St Louis. I would take him and Kubina if it was possible without destroying our farm system.
Likely, it would not be.

Better discussion in main board here. Sorta a dupe thread, should be locked.

If we're going to pick apart the still-warm corpse of the Blue Jackets what do you guys think about Fedor Tyutin? He's big, experienced, and reasonably productive considering the circumstances. The only problem is: starting next season he's signed for six years at 4.5 mil with a modified NTC (assuming the NTC applies after a trade... it could be similar to Carter's clause and phase out if he's traded before the start of the contract).
He'd be an upgrade on Stuart defensively but I haven't really seen him play enough to know much more than that. His +/- is s*** but it's hard to judge that when he's playing on the league's worst team.

Kindl will be Kyle Quincey part 2 if he's traded. Ridiculous.

To WSH:
Jiri Hudler
Tomas Tatar
Fabian Brunnstrom
2012 2nd
To DET:
Alexander Semin
2012 5th
To TOR:
Cory Emmerton
Joakim Andersson
Jakub Kindl
2012 3rd
To DET:
Nikolai Kulemin
Jesse Blacker
Projected Line-Up
Kulemin / Datsyuk / Semin
Filppula / Zetterberg / Franzen
Cleary / Helm / Bertuzzi
Miller / Abdelkader / ( Holmstrom / Mursak / Eaves / Conner )
Lidstrom / White
Kronwall / Stuart
Ericsson / ( Commodore / Kindl )
Howard
MacDonald
Conklin

I am friends with God, Elvis, and bigfoot. They all say that the Capitals party hard in the old style of the word.
They drink so much milk, they sometimes get heartburn.

Yeah all of us Canadians think we are entitled to everything. Joe Thornton clearly acts this way because he's Canadian. Issues?

you're taking it too far. He is good player when he decides to play instead of behaving loke a tool. And yes, Boston got hosed in that deal.

Joe Thornton is a joke. One more reason San Jose chokes every year. When Boston traded him, I thought they got majorly hosed in the deal. Now, if you follow the players Boston received and take into account the level of tool that Thornton is...Boston clearly won. And they just won the Cup, something SJ has supposed to have done within the last 10 years.