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I think you answered your own question. They draw the biggest national audience

I want to add a name and number to a Home Red Jersey for the Wings I got and I was wondering if there is anyone specific that people have used and would recommend. I'm in the Kalamazoo, MI area on the west side of the state but anything would be beneficial as I do not know where to begin looking!! Thanks ahead of time

Thank you guys, I appreciate it!

Probably because the Wings would easily draw the most fans to any arena regardless of where it is and it gives the most people an opportunity to see them? Could be any number of reasons. I think you look too much into it though.

Correct, there is no double standard. It'd be as if Zetterberg was named to the All-Star team this year and decided on his own accord not to go, he'd be suspended. Why? Because he officially isn't injured even though he has an ailing back, he isn't officially announced with an injury with the team. Crosby has been stated to be injured and appeared on an injury report with the Penguins. Please understand the rules before you try to make an argument topic thread like this.

What is everyones obsession with this kid? He was absolutely horrible while playing North American hockey. His movement laterally was horrible and he played even worse. I dont understand other than oversea stats why people think this kid will be back in a Wings jersey?

The guy didnt ask for 'would they let him go' 'is it possible'. He just wants to know if that was the situation would you like to see it? I'd personally like the fact that the Red Wings build mainly from within their organization, I'd like to see the kids develop!

What type of business would one call to get a name and number, etc, put on a blank jersey? How much does it usually cost?

I wonder if Canuck fans complain over and over again about Luongo playing all those games.. "When is Schneider going to get his chance, this is crazy, I'm tired of winning!" Just let them make the calls, its obviously worked for the 19th straight time. Its a job and things happen. Ozzie's time has come and past and it was a magnificent time here with Detroit. Howard is the future and hopefully a franchise goalie.

We just signed the guy to a multi-year contract last year. 5 years if I'm not mistaken. He is a great player and had a great playoff run the last 2 years. Don't jump on a 'get rid of him' thing just because he's had a bad season. Can't expect everyone to perform every year.

Is he still with the team? No, therefore it didn't pan out and thus is a failure. Sign Zuccarello Aasen please, thanks.

Nope he was just waived. Via TSN: "Earlier in the day the Bruins opened a spot in their defensive corps by trading Aaron Ward to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forward Patrick Eaves who was later waived."

Even though Jimmy I believe is 1-5 in the past 3-4 years making random appearances in the NHL. He kept the Wings in games long enough but their offense never stepped up. I believe his worst loss in the NHL was this past season 4-0 or 4-1. Keep in mind he is the only goalie to ever face a penalty shot in each of his first two career NHL games. That tells you how the players were playing in front of him. He doesn't hold a lot of NCAA records by a fluke. - Holds University of Maine school record for shutouts, goals against average and save percentage. (holds all three records for both single season and career.) - Holds NCAA records for GAA(1.19) and save percentage(.954) - 2003–04

"Hey lets trade the future of our team and the current hope and only thing we have to look forward to this offseason for a washed up ugly guy that lets his anger issues get the best of him" Makes perfect sense.. This is by far the worst rumor ever created.. end thread

Scratch off Kopecky (Garbage for $1M), I can for see them losing Lilja (trade or release) just because they have so much defensive depth. That frees almost another $1M. Keep in mind that they will be losing Conklin too (That is another $1M). They still have Howard on his initial contract so he is making minimum salary but he will count against the cap. Lebda brings a lot more speed and oppurtunity to the table than Lilja in the 3rd spot. Lilja is a solid D man but Lebda I think proved a lot to the brass that he can play 22mins or so and be effective (see Game 5 vs. Chicago) although he had a LOT of hiccups in Game 1 vs. Pittsburgh In a perfect world, Draper would have one more year, two MAX and Maltby would get replaced by another "skilled" bruiser and Kopecky runs away to Europe.

I completely agree. Why would someone not want anyone who doesn't absolutely love the game they play and bring all that excitement to the fans that support them and the players he plays with? You think someone is not going to want to play with someone who brings excitement and enjoyment to the game each and every night? Well maybe not Sidney 'Crybaby' Crosby.. He hits, he scores, he defends, he enjoyes every minute.

Its a physical sport, the only way to avoid harmful stuff like this is to just stop it all together. I watch NHL network all the time and they have that story of the Canadien player that got destroyed from behind and had career ending injuries. Did hockey banish itself? No. What about football? That Everett guy got nearly paralyzed while blocking/tackling on a kickoff, should they get rid of kickoffs? No. Should tackling be banned because a guy gets a helmet to helmet hit and causes Anquan Boldin to be out for weeks? No. People say we need to recycle to save the earth. Really? The earth has been through flash floods, ice ages, been covered in molten rock and we are concerned about plastic. Things are going to happen in the world and in sports and its sad that only at the sad times or when bad things happen that people get these discussion together. Hockey has been around for at LEAST 100 years and guess what, fighting was a big part of it, is a big part of it, and making restrictions on it on top of instigators penalties will just make it all much worse and more dumb. It's sad a sport, like he NFL, can skate by on incidents such as they have dealt with, which is far more and worse than the NHL, and not really have it be fore front because it's more 'widely accepted' in the US and is billion dollar investment.

He actually got 4 minutes for that hit on Datsyuk. It was a Charging/Cross-Check penalty.

You all forget that the Wings do not have the cap space to bring anyone else up. Just like Babcock said after the game, they don't have cap to do that. The only way they can call up anyone (i.e. Helm, Abdelkader, Leino, etc) is if someone is placed on long term IR. And with Franzen walking out on his own power, it won't be something serious probably where he might only miss a week or two and it just means McCarty will skate on the fourth line with Draper and Kopecky with Maltby moving up to the 3rd line. Babcock would not move up Leino at all this season unless there is numerous injuries. He obviously is much more high on Darren Helm as he has proven himself in american style of hockey whereas Leino needs to learn to avoid more hits and crash the boards better. His offensive skills are great (like most Euros) but he needs to learn to avoid the physical play of the NHL. If anything I'm sure he'd probably use Meech as a forward like he did last season or even bring up Downey. But as he said at the beginning of the year, Leino and Abdelkader will be in Grand Rapids for the entire season barring a huge injury setback. Keep in mind too, it's the 3rd week or so of the NHL. No team is bad, no team is amazing, no player is an MVP yet. A lot can happen. Give teams a chance to scout and see how it goes at the end of the year

Awesome man, now I can get it printed into a 20x30 poster! Gogo OfficeMax!

My originals are high resolution and much bigger in size I made these in photoshop like right after the Dallas Stars series, before this easy to make webpage came along!