mjlegend

Not a bad deal for both teams if he plays like he did in the playoffs and final month or so. We'll see how a full season of Cindy calling for passes wears on him. It would be a rather curious case if he did.

What the heck, I'll catch the Eklund disease too. Maybe one of these will happen: Hossa, Gaborik to Vancouver. Heatley to Los Angeles for a couple of picks and a couple of roster forwards. J Bo stays in Cgy. Cammmmmellllerrri to Edm Sedins to San Jose. Marleau traded to Fla. for Horton and a first. Marleau's will to live -> to the dumper Chris Neil, Claude Lemieux to Colorado Havlat, Lang, Saku Koivu to Minny. Briere to Mtl. for three high picks. Sundin signs in Mtl for cheap. Oilers make 5 yr, 16 mil offer sheet to Hudler. And my upset pick of the week: Lecavalier to the Leafs for Kadri, Kubina and two first round picks.

Another aging fourth liner with nothing left in the tank? I thought we already had enough guys like that.

That and they're lazy, yes. This whole FA situation would be a lot more worrisome if the Wings didn't have players in the minors waiting to take the place of the guys they'll be replacing. I'd take a flier on Helm > Samuelsson and Abdelkader > Kopecky. I'm more worried about an Osgood groin injury being the only thing stopping the Wings from using Jimmy Howard as a starter.

"Alright, everyone calm down. I'm going to get us out of this... Jim Nill, will you hand me the cell phone? Steve, give me a pen and a sheet of paper..."

I really hope Burke gets pennies on the dollar for Kaberle.

Jeers to the thought of the Wings adding any non-bodychecking 30-year-old+ defencemen.

Perhaps this Griffin is looking at being released and picked up by Los Angeles.

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Here's the Pittsburgh goal song for next year:

I've heard from a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend that he is working out and could be in the lineup in a couple of weeks.

Cloutier has a horribly air-brushed card in 1983. There are a lot of players from the 1970s-early 80s who wouldn't last more than a shift under modern coaching.

Should this be the year they induct six players? It would be beyond dumb to exclude any of Yzerman (no explanation), Robitaille (best LW ever), Hull (possibly best RW ever), Bure (most dynamic goal scorer for almost a decade), Leetch (his generation's Denis Potvin) and Belfour (numbers and a Cup) simply because they only traditionally do a max of four. How about this: this year can make up for 2005 (Neely, Kharlamov). Deal?

Chaka Chaka Chaka Chaka Khan? Chaka Khan? Chaka Khan? Chaka Khan? Chaka Khan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chaka Khan Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do Chaka Khan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chaka Khan Let me rock you, let me feel for you... I think she was only there to sing Crosby's theme song, "I'm Every Woman".

I also have a completely irrational dislike of most of the Vezina winners as well. Unless they give it to Hasek or Brodeur, it's usually given to a complete putz who gets lucky for a year and three years later they're out of the league. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, TIM THOMAS!

According to Jack Adams awards won, Jacques Demers = Scott Bowman. Julien is a toolbox. How Babs or Todd McLellan don't win that trophy is shameful.

Can Russians play as a solid defensive unit? Hmmm..... I think they have to be early favourites for gold. Canada, Sweden and possibly either the Czechs or the USA are going to the medal round. The Fins will probably have a bit of a struggle to score and the Slovaks don't have any depth.

Maybe Babs doesn't like Albertans AND Americans.

So you mean he might be the second coming of Brian Boucher?

Buf-fat-lin got more time on the ice than Kane and Toews???? (shakes head, walks away)

Particularly when Heatley and his $7.5 million yoke are being shopped around. We can work with $4 million.

Not in the finals I watched. The pluggers got the goals and there were three or four power plays a game total in the final two games. It emphasizes D and forwards collapsing down and blocking shots more than speed.

Would his wife like living in the greater Detroit area? That's pretty much what it comes down to. He can rot in Anaheim/LA AFAIC.