Casey

Put up the 1!

fyi
"hockeyyinsiderr" is a teenage kid and all of his posts are completely fabricated by him. He has no inside info.

Respective directions? Detroit hasn't had a stable team in a month plus. Howard in/out. E out. Lids out. Mule out. Datsyuk out. Bertuzzi out. Eaves still out. MacDonald out. For a while, I would have put the injured lineup against a lot of teams- Eaves-Datsyuk-Bertuzzi, Lids-E, Howard. Can you seriously tell me that any team can withstand those losses and not struggle? I see three all-stars from this year.
I'd argue we can't infer much of anything from March, simply because it's not the same team. Unless, that is, you think Smith, Mursak, Nyquist, Conklin and Kindl are representative of the day-to-day quality of the play.

So you would rather have had Kindl waived and lose him to another team who would have claimed him than send down Smith? Unreal.

It obviously takes a lot to retire your Wings jersey, seeing as the only player in 40 years to do it was Yzerman himself. I guess we can pretty much assume that Lidström #5 will get retired, but my question is if other players currently on our roster have a chance? The most obvious candidates perhaps being Datsyuk #13 and Zetterberg #40. Anyone think they have a shot at it? I don't live in Detroit, or America even, and have only been following the Red Wings for a few years. The importance of this whole thing may escape me to some degree. Please let me know what you think!

Martin Frk please!!!

Wrong. Iran has executed 4000 people since 1979 for being homosexual, there is routine imprisonment for such in Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Gambia and Somalia. Over 5000 died strictly for that "crime" in Nazi Germany.
It's a word, sure, but handwaving and saying it doesn't mean anything is patently wrong.

Wrong. Iran has executed 4000 people since 1979 for being homosexual, there is routine imprisonment for such in Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Gambia and Somalia. Over 5000 died strictly for that "crime" in Nazi Germany.
It's a word, sure, but handwaving and saying it doesn't mean anything is patently wrong.

Wrong. Iran has executed 4000 people since 1979 for being homosexual, there is routine imprisonment for such in Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Gambia and Somalia. Over 5000 died strictly for that "crime" in Nazi Germany.
It's a word, sure, but handwaving and saying it doesn't mean anything is patently wrong.

Wrong. Iran has executed 4000 people since 1979 for being homosexual, there is routine imprisonment for such in Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Gambia and Somalia. Over 5000 died strictly for that "crime" in Nazi Germany.
It's a word, sure, but handwaving and saying it doesn't mean anything is patently wrong.

Wrong. Iran has executed 4000 people since 1979 for being homosexual, there is routine imprisonment for such in Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Gambia and Somalia. Over 5000 died strictly for that "crime" in Nazi Germany.
It's a word, sure, but handwaving and saying it doesn't mean anything is patently wrong.

Wrong. Iran has executed 4000 people since 1979 for being homosexual, there is routine imprisonment for such in Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Gambia and Somalia. Over 5000 died strictly for that "crime" in Nazi Germany.
It's a word, sure, but handwaving and saying it doesn't mean anything is patently wrong.

I don't think a parent should vigorously shake their child, let alone someone else's child.
There is a difference between being stern and going over the top. This is over the top.

Wings lose this one, the injury bug has just arrived.

(Sorry, Slowpoke made me do it. )

What, you think Babcock's hair takes care of itself? He needs time to make it look all perfect like that.

*snap* *snap* *snap*
♫♫ When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way... ♫♫
*SLAP*
Oh, where was I?

*snap* *snap* *snap*
♫♫ When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way... ♫♫
*SLAP*
Oh, where was I?

A perfectly rational reaction to a format that has yet to even be announced or have a single game played under it.

Have you seen Smith play? He's not ready for the NHL. He's prone to committing bad penalties that deflates the team's momentum. He's prone to making bone headed defensive plays (worse than Ericsson), and he's a giveaway machine when pressured.
Smith should have a bright future as a Kronwall 2.0 someday, but right now he's extremely overrated by Red Wings fans. I had the pleasure of watching him in GR and I usually notice him out there when he's skating to the penalty box.
Smith isn't going to bring anything to the team right now... and he needs to play top minutes... not sit on the bench for 16-18 minutes a period in the NHL

Cleary was amazing!!!!!!!!! Oh, wait... nevermind.
Sorry Crymson, too soon?

Howard's wife has had a baby.
Last year, Ozzie's wife had a baby.
The last time Conks was here, his wife had a baby.
Solid proof that even if you f*** around, Detroit will bring out the best in you.

We need a goaltender. Conklin is an impotent (as a player, i.e. cannot perform as a goaltender), Howard is a father. Even if you consider Howard a descent one to carry the team through the whole season, he may be able to get used to new home schedule (sleepless nights with newborn) by the start of the playoffs. But unfortunately by then most probably we will not need him since we will be out of it. Did you all notice that no matter who we play against, our goalie is always worse than another guy? And when finally he overplays his opponent (once or may be twice a year), we feel so proud, not to mention surprised… We always hope, believe. But it’s never a sure thing… I am just wondering why we cannot have the one who would be reliable at least 85% of the time? Don’t we finally have money to get one? Or we were waiting too long and now no one is available? All strong teams this year have good goalies and good backups… It is not possible to rely only on players when we all know that a goalie is half of the team, no matter how hard you try to forget about it.

WHAT youth injection? Where would it go?
Let's look at the squad, shall we?
Under 25: Abdelkader, Helm, Emmerton, Mursak, Kindl.
From 25-30: Brunnstrom, Eaves, Filppula, Hudler, Miller, Ericsson, Kronwall, Howard.
From 31-35: Cleary, Datsyuk, Franzen, Zetterberg, Commodore, Stuart, Conklin.
From 36-40: Bertuzzi, Holmstrom.
Over 40: Lidstrom.
Who are you dropping to get a "Youth injection"? 13 of the 23 guys on the roster are 30 or younger. The "older" guys include possibly the best 1-2 punch in the game, and 2 damn solid power forwards in Cleary and Franzen. Bertuzzi is just above this at 36, and still was over half a point per game last year. Holmstrom's slowing down, sure, but he's fitting well on the lower lines. The only over-40 guy is Lidstrom.
Exactly where are you putting "young" guys? More than half the team is already there. Yeah, they're the oldest team in the league by average age, but having a 41 year old Lidstrom and a 38 year old Holmstrom pulls up the average a long way.

WHAT youth injection? Where would it go?
Let's look at the squad, shall we?
Under 25: Abdelkader, Helm, Emmerton, Mursak, Kindl.
From 25-30: Brunnstrom, Eaves, Filppula, Hudler, Miller, Ericsson, Kronwall, Howard.
From 31-35: Cleary, Datsyuk, Franzen, Zetterberg, Commodore, Stuart, Conklin.
From 36-40: Bertuzzi, Holmstrom.
Over 40: Lidstrom.
Who are you dropping to get a "Youth injection"? 13 of the 23 guys on the roster are 30 or younger. The "older" guys include possibly the best 1-2 punch in the game, and 2 damn solid power forwards in Cleary and Franzen. Bertuzzi is just above this at 36, and still was over half a point per game last year. Holmstrom's slowing down, sure, but he's fitting well on the lower lines. The only over-40 guy is Lidstrom.
Exactly where are you putting "young" guys? More than half the team is already there. Yeah, they're the oldest team in the league by average age, but having a 41 year old Lidstrom and a 38 year old Holmstrom pulls up the average a long way.