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Typical Holland downplay.

This might be the best thing to ever happen to Flip.

As of now, Jimmy is the starter next season. That's all. You are the one blowing it out of proportion.

No, but it's pretty promising. Small price to pay for a ridiculous third line imo.

What does any of this have to do with your claim that the Wings are banking their future on Howard?

Fine. Then you're just clueless. Either way.

Lol... Banking the future? Hardly. Try again troll.

The "Core" thing is completely out of hand. I've seen s***hawk fans make posts citing like ten guys on their core. They even list "alternate" core guys. Their whole team is like one big core. Lmao! Every guy is part of the core until they are gone, then of course they are simply replaced by AHL'ers and those guys instamatically become core guys. It's like a core party in Chicago.

You know why you read so much negativity towards the Hawks? 1) This is a Red Wings message board 2) We hate you Keep drinking the Kool Aid.

Keep dreaming. Seriously. If you guys think that you are just gonna skate the regular season unnoticed, you are delusional. The Blackhawks have a huge target on their backs because they are the defending Stanley Cup champions. You guys act as if you are just gonna ballerina dance to the playoffs based on this so-called awesome core. It's not hard for your core to look awesome when you have crazy depth. Guess what, aside from hanging your hopes on AHL'ers to develop into the perfect role players (good luck with that), your depth is gone. Half of your team will be carrying the burden of a Cup they didn't win for the entire season. Teams are just WAITING to exploit your lack of depth. Do you really think that every other team in the league is blind to the fact that if your team has more than one significant injury, you are probably done? All I can say is welcome to the hell that is coming back in the NHL under the current point system. Your team better be firing on all cylinders right out of the gate or you could be out of it by the end of December.

Especially if the Wings stay healthy. They will get plenty of quality ice time if the Wings have Modano and can roll four lines for a majority of the season.

Seriously. Downey seems like a great guy and all, but does he really have a chance in hell?

So those weren't brilliant little nuggets of GM wisdom?

I agree about Fisch though. He had a nice nasty streak and he had Chelios showing him all the cheapshot tricks. Not saying that he would be a mini-Stevens either, but I think he was on his way to being really scary.

That's a major stretch. Just sayin'. Stevens was a freak.

Stopping a hundred perimeter shots does not a wall make.

Omg... PLEASE! Please let this be true! The Blackhawks will officially have a sieve in net.

1997. No question in my mind. The buildup was awesome and the celebration party was massive.

So Holland would make trades and clear the log jam to make room for Downey? I don't get it.

Definitely a Lightning fan. I'll root for them all the way until they face the Wings in the playoffs.

Hardly

I bounced around bussing tables at a few Italian joints in the area when I was a kid. I've seen some pretty horrifying s***. I've seen Creepshow cockroaches.

I'm American and not only do I know of TPB, I'm spreading it like a virus. My sister was having dreams about Ricky.

Very. The pot pies are stellar.

I followed a YouTube trail and found a Peta ad promoting the boycott of KFC. Coulda done without that footage...