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This is funny after listening to a lot of his podcasts with that lady on ESPN last year. "Lawton said the organization will honor the remaining years of the pact." He's still getting paid for 3 years of coaching? dang.

*shakes magic eight ball* - "all signs point kicking your ass" whoa

What?! Why would you say that? Hmmm. Maybe this is a good idea.

I'm not worried about the Wings goaltending later this season. Why should I be? Teams like Anaheim and San Jose won't be able to score goals. Hasek who? hahahaha. And don't worry, Lebda knows what he's doing.

Babcock is good. Some things worry me about him, if he can roll out the right line combos against a coach that knows the Wings well. I think he is a clever coach. I hope he can light some fires under the defence.

The Kings look pretty good this year.

I can say this thread really lit a fire under my ass. Parros for Downey. Yes I would agree to that.

-Homer can score 40 goals. He looks good so far. -Datsyuk is best at assists. Can Hossa teach him to score more goals? -Goaltending, will it be good enough in the playoffs? Yes but Osgood and defensemen like Kronwall need to be at their best.

Yes this will happen.

I'm impressed. The Wings just beat the #1 team in the NHL right now. They did it without Zetterberg. Even though they looked rusty at times I'm excited they are still really good this year. I'm more excited about Filpulla Hudler and Cleary and the 3rd and fourth lines this year too.

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Great speech. He should go on the California fathers trip and party with Cheli at his beach house.

hahaha awesome game. Franzen rules!

That guy is like "I hate this team."

Chicago Anaheim San Jose Montreal EPIC!

This is also an option.

hahaha Worst: Florida Panthers - Panthers? Cats don't play hockey. Maybe a Lynx. That would be really sweet. Anyway, no panthers. Panthers don't even live natively in Florida. Why don't they just put Spudz Mckenzy on a surf board trying to escape from a vicious shark with a lazer on it's head. Call them the Sundogz. Have a picture of Cesar Milan's face as the shoulder decal. Whenever someone scores a hat trick the crowd chants "dogbone." Girls in bikinis as mascots.

Ugh, hope it wasn't rolling too fast.

Awesome! Thanks Matt.

Just joking. hahaha

Trade Downey now! Bring in Shanahan.

shootout loss. Larsson almost had that last save. Cool goal by Ritola.

What do you guys think Franzen will be worth? Holmstrom makes 2.25 and Cleary 2.5. EDIT: this is interesting. Top paid players in NHL. 07-08 season. http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/10400632

Wow, that leaves a chance. If it goes up $6 mil again this year then there is slightly less than $21 mil. Hossa and Z would take up about $15 mil. I expect to see Z behave like Lidstrom and sign for around $7.5 mil (or maybe something closer to Datsyuk's $6.7mil). Hossa might want more than the $7.45 mil benchmark next season. Which still might work. Anyways, that leaves $6 mil for everyone else. Maybe they can continue with the increasing pay amounts into the following season like with Kronner and Cleary. Franzen - $2.2 mil (more next season) ^1.5 mil from this season Hudler - $1.6 mil (more next season) ^ .45 mil Sammy - $1.3 mil ^ .2 mil Conklin - $.8 mil ^.05 mil = $6 mil Kopecky and Chelios are odd men out. You could swap Sammy for Kopecky. That's with just a $6 mil increase. Hopefully it raises between $7 mil and $8 mil or more. I hope Hossa really enjoys playing for us this season. If he took the $7.45 mil this year he might stay on for something near that. If the Wings have a really good season I don't know why he would want to leave a great team in his prime. How much did he make in Atlanta?