Doc Holiday

Is it bad that I can't stop laughing at this?

My next paycheck says they don't really care.

See, at least when Sammy acted like a *****, he did it in a funny way. I don't get that from Franner. And I hate it cause he is my favorite forward on the damn team.

Out of all of those, Sammy is the only one I'm going to truely miss. Ironic considering I hate that bastard.

Not me.

Aberman has got a wicked wrister.

Someone tell Holland to get our powerplay over there and teach him a lesson!

A flame war on grammar? ARE YOU KIDDING ME GUYS!?

Who the hell said that? I think people are saying that it is unrealistic to think that by losing those forwards that our team will not be able to succeed. It is a possibility (it is EVERY year), but Detroit upgraded last offseason and yet lost. How does that work? Injuries. Complacency. Certain "Upgrades" not pulling their own weight. This is why I don't think we should start to worry about anything. Yes we shouldn't rule out the possibility that Detroit will fail in comparison to last year, but we don't control the outcome of the season. There isn't any reason to dwell on problems, like it would be pointless to keep dwelling on Detroit's game seven loss. Detroit will not have the same offensive production, but I believe Detroit will do better on defense. As I said in the original post and in numerous other replies here for awhile, I'm well aware and quite excited about the new kids coming in, but it is unrealistic to expect too much from them in their rookie seasons. I certainly hope they all have very successful years for their sakes and the team, but to expect them to move in and even come close to replacing the offensive depth we've just lost in their rookie seasons is not only ridiculous, it's simply not a fair to judge the players. I don't think anyone is "minimizing" it and thinking Detroit will be uber awesome. We all know that we lost offensive production. But the problem is you took away 88 goals without adding any, saying "Detroit would edge out the Rangers for 28th place in goals scored." One thing you forget is guys like Hossa, Samuelsson, Hudler, etc took up ice time, and that means that the ice time will be put to other assets, so that will not be simply "lost offense". Reduced? Of course. But not 88 lost goals. Your position seems to making more out of the lost assets than I think is necessary. Yes, they were big offensive contributors. But we will not have the 28th best offense in the league this year. Not even close.

There is a difference between using PERFECT grammar and using the WRONG WORD. People normally type the way they talk, so creating sentences that are perfectly grammatically correct isn't entirely a top priority.

I'm sure Letsgowings would survive without threads on other teams.

Maybe on hockeyfights.com.

LETS PANIC!

You are either the greatest troll or the worst Wings fan ever.

Yeah, because we all know Filpulla didn't provide anything in the post-season.

You don't have to take time to spell words correctly on the internet...

Optimism for the win.

You just proved that minor league stats don't dictate how a player will do in the NHL level. He prefers the NHL. If you sign with a team as one of the top players and then are sent down to the minor leagues because of depth, it is going to affect your game. When you play in the NHL, there is a lot more drive for many players. He isn't being spoiled. If he was Holland wouldn't have signed an extension.

No one is saying ha ha at Jiri's injury.

Did you even get it? Manluv: Your "ownership" has nothing to do with it. He was a Red Wing until just recently, and you seem to find it okay for someone to go around admiring incidents where that player got hurt. It is the same thing as Pens fans admiring one of Hossa's injuries during the offseason just after him signing with Detroit. It is childish and pathetic.

I sure wasn't laughing when his face was knocked in during the playoffs. I don't see how those injuries are funny.

Good to know there are people who enjoy their own players getting hurt. What a world.

This.

That is my point. Made sense when I typed it. Oops.

Mindfly and realistic? Sorry, you must be mistaking yourself with a level-headed fan.