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Being more realistic for players who will actually be available.... for 4-5 mil.... Bourque Frolov Stajan Ponikarovsky

Stats are updated through games of Sunday, March 7, 2010. It looks like it is becoming a two-man race between Jimmy Howard and Matt Duchene. First star goes to Jimmy Howard who added three wins this week, but his GAA went up a bit (.09)this week and his save percentage went down a bit (.003). Second star goes to Matt Duchene who added 3 points this week (1 goal & 1 assist was on the PP) and brought his rating on the plus side for the first time in a long time. Third star goes to Niclas Bergfors who is finding some benefit playing with his new team. He added three goals. Tavares again was a no-show this week, managing only one assist and his plus/minus declining again down to -19. Myers added one point this week and his ice time is increasing even more. Rask was in goal for one game and his GAA average also went up a bit (.07)

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Some skaters missing from Sweden initial registration.... need 5 more.... Kronwall & Franzen missing. Initial Registration 15 FEB 2010 SWE - Sweden No Name Pos Shoots/ Catches Height m / ft in Weight kg / lbs Date of Birth Club Registration 1 LIV Stefan GK L 184 / 6'0'' 80 / 176 21 Dez 1980 HV 71 Jonkoping 2 OHLUND Mattias D L 191 / 6'3'' 100 / 220 9 Sep 1976 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 MURRAY Douglas D L 191 / 6'3'' 109 / 240 12 Mrz 1980 San Jose Sharks 5 LIDSTROM Nicklas D L 185 / 6'1'' 86 / 190 28 Apr 1970 Detroit Red Wings 6 JOHANSSON Magnus D R 178 / 5'10'' 82 / 181 4 Sep 1973 Linkopings HC 10 TALLINDER Henrik D L 193 / 6'4'' 98 / 216 10 Jan 1979 Buffalo Sabres 11 ALFREDSSON Daniel F R 182 / 6'0'' 90 / 198 11 Dez 1972 Ottawa Senators 19 BACKSTROM Nicklas F L 184 / 6'0'' 85 / 187 23 Nov 1987 Washington Capitals 20 SEDIN Henrik F L 188 / 6'2'' 91 / 201 26 Sep 1980 Vancouver Canucks 21 FORSBERG Peter F L 185 / 6'1'' 93 / 205 20 Jul 1973 MODO Ornskoldsvik 22 SEDIN Daniel F L 186 / 6'1'' 84 / 185 26 Sep 1980 Vancouver Canucks 29 ODUYA Johnny D L 182 / 6'0'' 89 / 196 1 Okt 1981 Atlanta Thrashers 30 LUNDQVIST Henrik GK L 185 / 6'1'' 89 / 196 2 Mrz 1982 New York Rangers 39 ENSTROM Tobias D L 180 / 5'11'' 82 / 181 5 Nov 1984 Atlanta Thrashers 40 ZETTERBERG Henrik F L 183 / 6'0'' 86 / 190 9 Okt 1980 Detroit Red Wings 50 GUSTAVSSON Jonas GK L 191 / 6'3'' 82 / 181 24 Okt 1984 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 WEINHANDL Mattias F R 182 / 6'0'' 88 / 194 1 Jun 1980 Dynamo Moscow 91 ERIKSSON Loui F L 185 / 6'1'' 83 / 183 17 Jul 1985 Dallas Stars Total: 15 players and 3 goalkeepers Team Officials: Function Name Citizenship Date of Birth Head Coach: GUSTAFSSON Bengt Ake SWE 23 Mrz 1958 Assistant Coach: NORSTROM Mattias SWE 2 Jan 1972 Assistant Coach: ALBELIN Tommy SWE 21 Mai 1964 Team Leader: NASLUND Mats SWE 31 Okt 1959 Equipment Manager: WEIDERSTAL Anders SWE 12 Jan 1954 Physiotherapist: CARLSSON Thomas SWE 16 Jun 1953 WOG2010 MEN IHM400011_33

Filppula is on the roster as of today's registration. Team Roster As of 15 FEB 2010 Initial Registration 15 FEB 2010 FIN - Finland No Name Pos Shoots/ Catches Height m / ft in Weight kg / lbs Date of Birth Club Registration 5 KUKKONEN Lasse D L 184 / 6'0'' 90 / 198 18 Sep 1981 Avangard Omsk 6 SALO Sami D R 192 / 6'4'' 95 / 209 2 Sep 1974 Vancouver Canucks 8 SELANNE Teemu F R 183 / 6'0'' 93 / 205 3 Jul 1970 Anaheim Ducks 9 KOIVU Mikko F L 189 / 6'2'' 92 / 203 12 Mrz 1983 Minnesota Wild 10 HAGMAN Niklas F L 184 / 6'0'' 90 / 198 5 Dez 1979 Calgary Flames 11 KOIVU Saku F L 179 / 5'10'' 82 / 181 23 Nov 1974 Anaheim Ducks 12 JOKINEN Olli F L 188 / 6'2'' 92 / 203 5 Dez 1978 New York Rangers 15 RUUTU Tuomo F L 184 / 6'0'' 94 / 207 16 Feb 1983 Carolina Hurricanes 16 PELTONEN Ville F L 180 / 5'11'' 84 / 185 24 Mai 1973 Dynamo Minsk 18 LEPISTO Sami D L 178 / 5'10'' 85 / 187 17 Okt 1984 Phoenix Coyotes 20 MIETTINEN Antti F R 182 / 6'0'' 88 / 194 3 Jul 1980 Minnesota Wild 21 NISKALA Janne D L 183 / 6'0'' 90 / 198 22 Sep 1981 Frolunda HC Gothenburg 25 PITKANEN Joni D L 191 / 6'3'' 92 / 203 19 Sep 1983 Carolina Hurricanes 26 LEHTINEN Jere F R 182 / 6'0'' 89 / 196 24 Jun 1973 Dallas Stars 30 NIITTYMAKI Antero GK L 183 / 6'0'' 85 / 187 18 Jun 1980 Tampa Bay Lightning 32 LYDMAN Toni D L 185 / 6'1'' 90 / 198 25 Sep 1977 Buffalo Sabres 33 BACKSTROM Niklas GK L 184 / 6'0'' 88 / 194 13 Feb 1978 Minnesota Wild 34 KIPRUSOFF Miikka GK L 185 / 6'1'' 85 / 187 26 Okt 1976 Calgary Flames 37 RUUTU Jarkko F L 188 / 6'2'' 94 / 207 23 Aug 1975 Ottawa Senators 39 KAPANEN Niko F L 177 / 5'10'' 80 / 176 29 Apr 1978 Ak Bars Kazan 44 TIMONEN Kimmo D L 178 / 5'10'' 88 / 194 18 Mrz 1975 Philadelphia Flyers 51 FILPPULA Valtteri F L 182 / 6'0'' 84 / 185 20 Mrz 1984 Detroit Red Wings 62 IMMONEN Jarkko F R 183 / 6'0'' 96 / 212 19 Apr 1982 Ak Bars Kazan Total: 20 players and 3 goalkeepers Team Officials: Function Name Citizenship Date of Birth Head Coach: JALONEN Jukka FIN 2 Nov 1962 Assistant Coach: LEHKONEN Timo FIN 8 Jan 1966 Assistant Coach: DUFVA Risto FIN 1 Mai 1963 Equipment Manager: VIRPIO Kari FIN 30 Sep 1955 Physiotherapist: SULIN Juha FIN 30 Okt 1961 Team Medical Officer: OUNAP Jammu FIN 15 Jun 1966

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Stats have been updated through games of Sunday, Feb. 14th....Olympic break. Over the past two weeks: Tuukka Rask performed the best getting points in every game he played, winning 4, 2 OTL's and 1 shutout, while lowering his GAA & raising his SV%. He was my FIRST star over that time. Duchene was SECOND star getting 3 goals & 3 assists with his ice time increasing and going PLUS 7 over that time. Two of his goals on the PP. He is really helping keep Colorado up in the standings. Overall, I would say he is leading the pack. Howard gets THIRD star while keeping the Wings afloat over the past two weeks and being steady in goal. Bergfors gets honorable mention as switching teams to Atlanta will help pad his stats. He had 3 goals and 1 assist over the past two weeks. Myers had only 1 goal and went MINUS 3 over the past two weeks. Tavares gets the goat award for the past two weeks as he had only 1 assist and went MINUS 8 over that time. He seems to be slipping as the season moves on. The last 6 weeks will filter out those who can't handle the longer season.

FROM MLIVE: Wings Have Some Trade Options Wings need to have some cap space in case there are injuries down the stretch in the heat of the race.... especially if it is a goalie. And it seems like there are always injuries down the stretch.

DON'T DISH MALTBY FOR PETE'S SAKE!!!! Maltby is taking one for team!!!! AND he provided the Wings will very very very valuable and indispensable service for a long time!

May's + Lebda's salary = 1.15 mil ..... which is JUST above the EXACT number needed to clear for Lilja to come back.

If Maltby decides on the surgery he could be back by May... if the Wing are still in the playoffs. Maltby on LTIR for the rest of the year gives the Wings cap relief not cap space. A player can take Maltby's place but his salary has to be 883,000 or less. Lilja's salary is 1.25 mil. I guess they can "designate" Lebda as the replacement for Maltby which would then make the Wings cap compliant once Lilja comes back but that gives the Wings ZERO cap space in case of other injuries... especially if it a short term injury to a goalie.... Wings then would have to waive someone. Wings will have only 12 forwards for the month of March. It looks like Meech will be playing forward position..... because you know there will be injuries!!!!! This is not good.

Well.. if a trade did not happen by now it means that Holland was not able to trade the player he wants to dump... i.e. no takers. He still has, I think, until Sunday or until he actually activates Lilja to waive someone else. I am SURE there would have been takers for Lebda.... he is a reasonably priced defensemen who has playoff experience and everyone looks for D-men at this time of year. My guess is that there were no takers for Williams. So you still can expect Williams to be waived as soon as Lilja is activated... probably after the Ottawa game.

McCrimmon does whatever Babcock tells him. Wings need a defensive coach who is more challenging and takes the bull by the horns... and has better ideas.

Sending my prayers.... terrible loss.

From Mlive: Kronwall tweaks knee It's February..... let's just call it a lower body injury... OK

Updated through games of Sunday, Jan. 31st. Rask, Tavares and Bergfors all had a bad week. I would say Duchene had the best week again, Howard was second best this week and Myers ranked third this week.... IMHO...LOL

Homer won't be skating full speed.... which is an understatement ......LOL. He was already slow BEFORE the fracture....LOL LINES: Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Cleary Williams-Filppula-Bertuzzi Draper-Helm-Eaves Homer-Miller-Maltby Lidstrom-Rafalski Kronwall-Stuart Ericsson-Lebda Maltby will be waived/traded along with Leino and May when Franzen & Lilja return. Detroit needs too hang on to all their defencemen with only Janik as the loan decent backup in Grand Rapids. I think the ZDC line is the best top line the Wings have had ALL year.

That site is full of arrogant @ssholes. Don't waste your time.

Stats updated through Sunday, Jan. 24th. Looks like Duchene had the best week.

Williams is entering his 12th week of LTIR and Kronwall wiil be almost 10 weeks. I don't expect Williams to be very effective when he returns.... he wasn't when he went down....LOL.

The only way Kovalchuk signs is if he gets one of those long term contracts that can lower the cap number. Wings will not be able to trade Filppula because frankly his cap number is too high for his output. Lidstrom and Homer would have to take a significant pay cut. IMHO Kindl will not be ready from what we have seen of him this year. Personally I believe the Wings will go after Alex Ponikarovsky, Alex Frolov or Rene Bourque (all LW with good size), who will all be free agents, as a partner for Datsyuk and be able to get any one of them for under $5 mil, because Helm, Eaves and Miller will probably get more money than what I have listed here. At any rate here is a possibility: Pavel Datsyuk — $6,700,000 Henrik Zetterberg — $6,083,333 * Kovalchuk — $6,000,000 Johan Franzen — $3,954,545 Valtteri Filppula — $3,000,000 Daniel Cleary — $2,800,000 * Tomas Holmstrom — $1,600,000 Kris Draper — $1,583,333 * Justin Abdelkader — $1,000,000 * Darren Helm — $950,000 * Patrick Eaves — $875,000 * Drew Miller — $650,000 DEFENSEMEN Brian Rafalski — $6,000,000 * Nicklas Lidstrom — $4,500,000 Brad Stuart — $3,750,000 Niklas Kronwall — $3,000,000 Jonathan Ericsson — $900,000 * Derek Meech — $525,000 * Doug Janik — $500,000 GOALTENDERS Chris Osgood — $1,416,666 Jimmy Howard — $716,666 ROSTER SIZE 21 SALARY CAP $56,800,000 PAYROLL $56,504,543 CAP SPACE $295,457

LOL! You just flunked capology class 101.

I am not sure a whole lot of teams will want to take a chance on Leino and his two year contract.... so his trade value is not as high as say someone like Lebda. Just about all teams at the trade deadline look for defensive help. With that being said the Wings could probably could get the best return for Lebda. I think everyone realizes that the Wings will most likely want to keep Miller. If they could swing a deal for Leino then he would be the first choice to go. If not .... then it is Lebda. I think the Wings have seen enough of Janik to realize he has some benefit and that would ease the blow of trading away a defenceman. Wings have ZERO cap space left because cap space is always used first before cap relief is applied. The estimated 130,000 they HAVE to clear (if everyone else is healthy and back) is a prorated amount based on the number of paid hockey days left. If the Wings keep Miller they have to clear someone who has the same salary or more because there is no cap space. That excludes Meech. So it is Lebda or Malty or Leino. Maltby is not going anywhere. Personally I hope the Wings can trade Leino.... because you never have enough defencemen. But they may have to trade Lebda. I also like Janik because he is a stay at home defenceman who can cover up for Ericsson's mistakes when he rushes up the ice. Someone most likely will get injured before Franzen comes back anyway so that will make this all a moot point! LOL.

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Miller has an overall better game, has more to offer and his willingness to do what it takes makes all the difference for me. When you can play in any situation there just is no comparison. If you want to loaf become a baker, if you want to coast become a hang glider.... LOL.