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Mursak injury did not look good. This is why depth is a good thing. I haven't watched all the games too closely, but can anyone give me a quick report on Emmerton? From what little I've seen of him, he has pretty much underwhelmed. I've seen a couple of giveaways and some not so great decisions from him.

Nyquist-Emmerton-Brunnstrom

Can someone explain his waiver situation? I've heard different things so far. If we sign him to a 2-way contract, do we risk losing him on waivers?

Umm. How could Modano be close to that if he is a FORWARD. How could you possibly compare a goalie and a forward?

Go Wings! Excited to see what Nyquist and Jurco can do. Thanks for the GDT, Hockeytown.

Wow. Awesome Jimmy.

How was that not a penalty on the Brunnstrom play? The Pens player slashed the stick right out of his hands.

Go Wings!!! Stay healthy and beat these guys.

The 40 million is ridiculous but I don't think they actually expect to get paid that amount. I'm certainly no legal expert, but isn't this somewhat common in cases like this? They ask for some insane amount of money that they know they'll never get with the hope that a settlement is reached for a much smaller (yet still significant) sum of money. Either way, I agree with most of you... enough is enough. I used to be one of the biggest Bert haters. I forgave him long ago because I genuinely believe he is penitent and seemed to do everything he could to make amends. Bertuzzi suffered majorly as a result of his actions, and it seems to have humbled him. He hasn't done anything remotely similar since it happened. It was a stupid, horrible thing for Bertuzzi to do, but the intention was not there to end his career. It was a heat of the moment thing with flukey results that got out of hand. I have seen several videos of our own Darren McCarty doing things VERY similar to what Bertuzzi did (possibly with even more malice and force behind the punch), and the reason we're still talking about Bert is because of the results of the injury, not the actual incident.

But but.... I wanted to see that Buffalo Philly game 3 another 2130913201239129 times.

You are amazing Pavel. Awesome thing to do.

You mentioned the carnation story in one of the other threads and it just shows how awesome a person McCrimmon was. I'm glad the Wings are going to the funeral, definitely the right thing to do.

Yeah this is how I feel about that series. I remember being terrified when Cleary scored because I was sure the refs would find a way to take that goal away from us. Plus the stuff they were letting Pronger get away with was ridiculous. The Hossa wrestle was unbelievable, and he started it off with a double punch to Hossa's temple driving his head into the boards. Grr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3F966bXC74

This. I'm shocked at how much praise he has been getting. He had one half of a decent season as a rookie, and is now the starter for a team whose defense got significantly weaker. 15 is about right for Howard in terms in of fantasy numbers.

02 Aves was amazing. The rivalry had been marinating for more than 5 seasons by this point and it was awesome to come out on top against them. 97 will always have a very special place in my heart, however. Being a kid and a huge Wings fan and being allowed to stay up to watch the game and celebrate will be something I'll never forget.

I think the NHL should have a small jersey patch or helmet sticker that pays tribute to all the NHL and hockey players lost this summer.

Rest in Peace Rusty and Brad and all of those on board. Such a horrible tragedy on a horrible scale. I was supposed to do a ton of work all day, but I don't think I have it in me anymore. Can't stop thinking about this. My thoughts go out to all of the families and friends of those involved. Can't even imagine how horrible it must be.

This is unbelievable. Speechless right now.

Wow how'd I miss Gretzky? I guess I AM that big of an idiot.

Good list. I think Gretzky should be in there for the Oilers though. And I'd have Yzerman above Lidstrom, personally.

Ovechkin/Backstrom

Wow I forgot about that. WTF was he thinking? Nice break for Kipper, lol. That's like in D2 during the first Iceland game when Goldberg gets pulled but Julie the Cat gets tossed from the game for kicking a guy or something, and then Goldberg has to go right back in.

I think the bigger problem is the rumor that he is currently weighing in at 286 pounds.

Tis true. I can only guess this is for some added competition in camp. If they had really wanted an aging 4th line center who can PK, they would have simply re-signed Draper.

...if youth hockey didn't require you to have games and practices at like 3 in the morning.