AtomicPunk

Eaves coming out.....hit it patrick....NOO>....not the goal post!

Babs is running out of bench....

LEINO? REALLY?

Nice play howard....way to hang with him!

Bert...............stoned! Dammit...

Hank needs one, he's been cold. And stays cold.

^^Yeah, whatever, he sucks too!

I love that no one thinks about the other 28 teams, most of them with a lot more cap space, who would all be trying to sign him too.

Have we been eliminated from the playoffs already? What's all this "next year" speculation? Last I checked there were guys playing a game tonight and trying to make the playoffs. Or is that not "fantasy" enough?

Yeah, we've never had much luck with Russian players in Detroit.

I love all the "lids needs to retire" statements. So we can play amateur GM with the money he is making. At 40 years old, he is still better than 95% of the defensemen in the NHL. Realize THAT. Show some respect to #5.

2 years, under 2 million per. A long term deal, I feel, will reduce his desire. Right now he is playing for another contract and I like it when players have to re-earn their deal.

The Thrashers are offering him a max out deal. He just wants to max them all the way out. From all I have heard, he is all about the cashish. Have not heard one quote about "his desire to win a Stanley Cup". Everyone dreaming about him coming here, keep dreaming. I would love to see him here but it will not happen.

The team intends to buy out the final year of his contract. General manager Bob Gainey says Laraque has not been productive and has become a distraction. Laraque has played just 61 games over the past two seasons. He scored his only goal with the club last week against Dallas and dedicated it to the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

He was good in his time but he was a shadow of his former self the last few years. Always a Sabre.

Sure, release a guy with 3 rings in favor of a guy who has never played in the NHL. REAL smart.

Not to be a "grammar Nazi" as someone called me before....but it is "intents and purposes".

Do you know what Penner is making? How we would fit in another "second liner" under the cap? He has 41 points because THEY HAVE NO ONE ELSE. And I obviously know nothing because...I challenge your endless posts about a trade everytime someone says someone is available?

And who should we get to replace him?

If they are so good, why are they willing to let go of "eveyone" off their roster?

Go Where, Mr. Smart Guy? He still has a year on his deal.

Several times. I really like the silver thing.

It might take more than 3-4 months to remodel the place...

The ref is less than a foot away from the back of the net, staring at the goalie's foot, which had the puck under it, feverishly calling "no goal" and making the arm gesture. Whistle has blown. They go to replay and call it a goal. I have still yet to see an angle where the puck is in. It is under Giguere's foot, but no one can see it to tell if it is under his heel (over the line) or toe (not over the line). I've seen totally legitimate goals get called no goal, intent to blow, all that crap, and this one is plain as day no goal, and they call it a goal. I just don't get it.

I think he might be glad he didn't get a penalty shot because that would mean he would have to shoot the puck!