Datsyerberger

Do note that I forgot Kopecky, but if he signs for the .6 or such he makes now he fits into that .5/yr player slot. I concur. He's worth too much currently as both a Wing, and potential picks in the offseason if someone makes an offer sheet. If anyone gets traded, it'd be Flip.. but I doubt it. We can live with d pairings of Lids - Raffi, Kronwall - Lilja, and Lebda - Meech/Chelios. If Stuart were to be put on IR, that even gives room to bring up any 2 of Leino, Helm, and Ericsson for some big league practice.

Well, when even Pee-Air is siding with them...

Look at my post directly above yours for some numbers.

Gee Zetterberg, thanks for signing so cheap. Now I need to redo all my math. Chump. Zetterberg (6) - Datsyuk (6.7) - Holmstrom - (2.25) Hudler (3) - Franzen (4) - Leino (.9) Cleary (2.85) - Helm (.6) - Sammy (1.5) Maltby (.88) - Draper (1.58) - Meech (.5) D-Mac or Downey or Something(.5) Lids (7.45) - Raffi (6) Kronwall (3) - Stuart (3.75) Lilja (1.1) - Ericsson (.85) Chelios (.5) Lebda (.65) Osgood (1.4) Howard (.75) Equals~ 56.5 -- 23 man roster just under the current cap. If Holland can't get Franzen + Hudler signed for a combined 7 mil, nix this, but I think if he's clever he might get a combined 6 out of them. Or Hossa (6) - Datsyuk (6.7) - Holmstrom - (2.25) Hudler (2.5) - Zetterberg (6) - Leino (.9) Cleary (2.85) - Helm (.6) - Sammy (1.5) Maltby (.88) - Draper (1.58) - D-Mac or Downey or Something(.5) Lids (7.45) - Raffi (6) Kronwall (3) - Stuart (3.75) Lilja (1.1) - Ericsson (.85) Chelios (.5) Meech (.5) Osgood (1.4) Howard (.75) Equals ~57.5 | 22 man roster -- Somehow talk Hossa into taking 1 mil less or, more likely, replace Sammy with a 1 mil/yr cheaper player and this one is doable, and still pretty good depth-wise (it's not like we don't have a lot of talent waiting to come up) With either of those options, you still have one of the top teams in the league -- and some great players locked up at bargain prices.

s***, the Wings got a point out of this? Bettman's gonna have to suspend those 2 for another game.

Quick! Someone e-mail Holland with this bit of genius!

The twisted sense of humor within my wicked little brain.

Great GDT as usual, but the reasons for Datsyuk and Lidstrom being out (suspension) needs to be changed to "Bettman'd" -- if it were a real suspension, mangement would be allowed to appeal it and the NHLPA would be crapping bricks.

Regardless of the NTC, no, I wouldn't, because it still wouldn't allow us to keep both of Z and Hossa without sacrificing half of our up and coming young forwards.

Unfortunately, Bettman's definition of hockey fighting is wrestling matches and bullrushing people right off the faceoff without dropping the gloves first.

Didn't watch it. I've watched a handful of youtubes now, but nothing that would give that POS event any bit of TV ratings.

Fixed. Right, because all of those guys played through injuries in pointless exhibition games regardless of how important it is for their team for them to keep healthy for games that matter.

"I didn't go to the All-Star game and all I got was this stupid suspension!"

Isn't trying to kill the ratings of the ASG sorta like trying to ruin the credibility of Bush?

Well, actually, the Wings have consistently had one of the longest traveling schedules in the league the last few years. They also play the most back-to-backs this year . Funny how winning organizations seem to deal with it much better. I rate Vancounver's whining :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: out of a potential 5.

Oh, no, you read me wrong.. I was the one that was being rather dark. I was just continuing your line of humor XD

"More fun than Zamboni racing." Hmm.. Zamboni racing... someone should make that..

One thing you've gotta remember with the Russian 5, besides their amazing skating and smooth play, is that Russians were still new to the league, and all 5 linemates could babble russian at eachother and hardly anyone else would have any idea what the f*** they were talking about.

Debilitating car accidents?

Ah, but the kid doesn't qualify for the draft. Now what could be an issue is the child labor laws. Imagine he's in a long game that goes to overtime... he gets set up for a perfect goal, goalie way out of position, puck on his stick right in front of the net... and then the time he's allowed to work on any given day expires. "Sorry, gotta run!"

Any number of the hilarious calls that are made during/after Datsyuk undresses some poor skater/goalie.

I'd let go Sammy, Flip, and Hossa, keeping Franzen and Hudler.

Don't forget Cleary and Stuart.

I'd like to know what contracts Sammy, Franzen, and Hudler are getting under your plan, eva.

Hm. So, basically, you can shoot at an area that's statistically the same thing as shooting at empty air register as a SOG (posts don't count as shots) and it has a good chance of resulting in a goal. Shooting at air = goal? Sammy's gonna be famous.