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Watching this video, you know why like this guy? Explosiveness. He creates so many plays and will make the line he centers so much better. Good upgrade and cheaper than Fil.

This is not the roster I WISH for. It is my best educated guess as to what Kenny WILL do. I do not buy for a minute in what he says in regards to keeping Bert and Sammy. There is simply no room unless we plan on rolling 5 lines. Cola is not needed now with the addition of Danny D plus Lashoff proving he can at least provide solid depth. Pay a #7 dman 2.5 mil a season? I do not see it. Cola has 1 more year left on his contract so Kenny should be able to deal him for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick. Cleary is loved by both Kenny and Babs. Anyone who thinks he will NOT be back is in denial. Miller is cheap depth who Babs loves as well so he will be kept. Plus Miller wants to be here and will accept any role given to him. He also knows how many injuries we run into during the season so he will end up getting plenty of ice time. Emdog will stay because he is young, cheap and insurance for Helm if he cannot play. Kenny will certainly make offers for UFAs and explore the compliance buyout market. However I do not see him signing anyone who can really help us. We will have plenty of cap space and Kenny will tell us what he always does. That he will use the cap space at the trade deadline. The deadline will come and go and the roster will not change. I learned my lesson last summer in getting my hopes up for UFAs Parise and Suter. I even hoped we could sign Weber when he would have become a UFA this summer. But that did not happen. It is nice for us fans to WANT good players in their prime who can make our team better. But so do 29 other teams. Teams overpay for UFAs and teams who are responsible and who build their teams through the draft and do things the right way usually do not make these mistakes. Kenny will not be dumb and give a guy like Horton 7.5 mil a season on a long term deal plus a no trade clause. FWIW I see Horton accepting less to stay in Boston. Why wouldn't he? I see Clarkson staying in NJ for way more than he is worth. I hate to be negative but we have to be realistic here. Look at Kenny's recent track record. Is there anything over the past 6 summers which would make us believe he will do anything of significance? I don't mind going with the kids and seeing them improve. We are a good hockey team. I believe we will be a Cup contender next season. I just don't see us acquiring what many Wings fans think we will. Or hope we will. Supply and demand. There is much more demand and too little supply. GM's who need to make headlines and try and save their jobs will be the ones overpaying for above average 2nd liners in the UFA market. Kenny is not one of these GMs. Two counter-points 1. Kenny DID try to get all of the players you named but was unable to lure them away. Which brings me to my second point. 2. Now that the league has seen how bright our future is with these young guys.....players will be dying to get BACK to Hockey Town. We need a sniper for the PP (preferably a big tough Todd Bertuzzi type) and a top line defenseman. I like Clarkson if he is willing to stay out of the Penalty Box. That is all.

Shhhhhhhhhhh. Don't ruin good tv drama by bringing in the truth

...or Quincey and the Wings finishing their checks led to this.

Not the plays I'm talking about but yes....they usually have two guys shadowing him. Dats is also trying too hard to deke multiple d-men

Datsuk must be hurt. Never seen the guy play this way

We need a full 2 min 5 on 3. ......TWICE.

Yep.....it is. Hope I'm wrong but I I've seen nothing to make me thing otherwise

If White is one of our top 6 defenseman next year I will officially give up on Holland

Shaw played with a high stick....no call. Interesting

Dump and no chase....interesting.

I'm sure he's hurt.

Crawford is the best goalie in the history of the NHL. No one will ever score on him. EVER.

Yeah.....that's game

Made about 10 assumptions there but I'll let it go.

Chicago was a lot more dangerous. I guess we are hoping to score on a counter and win 1-0

Horrible....horrible play there.

Chicago playing with much more energy and speed.

I'll say it again...passing is atrocious.

Cleary said "dammit Crawford....I could have scored if you weren't in your net!"

Passing is horrible

This team just needs to get pissed. Especially Datsuk and Franzen. Limit to two penalties.

You mean when we went to play San Jose IN San Jose?

Did Gary Bettman get replaced?

No way we win game 7