Dave Anderson

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    A thought for all of those hoping Holland will trade for a #1 defenceman:

    Going over Ken Holland's moves, I noticed that he has only traded two regular roster players (i.e. players that have played at least 82 games for the Red Wings) since 2002. He traded Jamie Rivers in 2006 and Shawn Matthias in 2007. Not exactly blockbusters.

    He has not traded a regular player in almost six years.

    1. Why do you think he has chosen this strategy?

    2. Do you think the strategy will change now that Lidstrom is retired?


    Ref: List of all of Ken Holland's moves.

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    What are we projecting him to be though?

    2nd pairing defenceman and on the top PP unit?

    He could be the next Rafalski or the next Lebda, depending on how he develops. I think he will get a shot at the NHL in 3-4 years.

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    Mindfly sure would be useful....

    And I really think Larsons comments are blown way overboard. If he's a solid tendy, they wont care about some comments said in Sweden

    Larsson definitly didn't realize his comments would make it all the way to Detroit. Even well spoken Swedish hockey players like Alfredsson tend to express themselves quite differently in Swedish media compared to North American.

    As for his play, he leads the SEL in save percentage and has easily been the best goalie in the league. There's no reason to think he isn't ready for the NHL. There's been nothing about it in Swedish media so far though.

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    Glad to hear he is putting up some points. For those who get to watch him play, please keep us posted how he's doing. :thumbup:

    Two goals today, one of them shorthanded.

    His current stat line: 7-4-2-6. Leads his team in goals and points.

    Considering he had 10 points in total last season he is off to a very good start.

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    I think they're pretty even. I do believe Lemieux minus his injuries would have been the best. He was better naturally then Gretzky, but Yzerman is definitely in the top 5. But when you look at the whole picture, not just their total points, but their entire skill set, it becomes much harder.

    As great as Yzerman was, he is not even in the top five players to play for the Red Wings. Here's the all-time ranking from the History of Hockey board: http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=669817

    1. Gordie Howe

    2. Doug Harvey

    3. Dominik Hasek

    4. Nicklas Lidstrom

    5. Red Kelly

    6. Terry Sawchuk

    7. Ted Lindsay

    8. Steve Yzerman

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    If you count the Lashoff and Coatzee signings (FA kids taken after the 09 rookie camp... Nill called them "bonus draft picks") the 2009 draft year is looking like a real gem for Detroit. Ferraro has been the biggest disappointment and in all honesty it's highly unlikely he doesn't bounce back this season. I'd be a bit shocked if Ferraro was a bust... it seems like he's got too much talent and character to disappear.

    Don't forget Almqvist.

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    Got huge credit today in their win today over SAIK

    http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockeybladet/sverige/elitserien/article6886618.ab

    "He's got mad hockey sense"

    Nice job Mr Andersson :clap:

    Nice video. More in this article:

    http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.1939167/hv-71-s-juniorstjarna-almqvist-matchhjalte

    "He's got everything. It doesn't matter if 110 kg of muscles is coming against him. He understands the situation perfectly clear," said HV coach Jan Karlsson. "

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    Could turn out a GREAT signing. Morrison and Knuble played together during the lock-out. In my opinion the Knuble-Morrison-Huselius line was the most dominant line to EVER play in the SEL.

    If they get some of that spark together again, the Caps are looking to be a very serious cup contender this year.

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    Honestly, what are you trying to prove with this thread? We know he hasnt been great, but your mistaken if you think he's been the worst.

    I'm wondering why all the focus is on signing Hossa and Franzén. Our offense would still be great without either.

    The top priority signing-wise should be signing a top goalie. Why settle for anything less than the best goalie in the league?

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    Oh good, another Ozzie thread. Conklin gave up four goals yesterday and has allowed nine in his past two starts. When are people going to realize the bigger issue lies within the defense? Neither of these two goalies are designed to carry the team when the defense doesn't play at a high level.

    I don't see how you can argue that the defence is to blame. Defence is in fifth place in allowed shots - Ozzie is in last place in shots stopped.

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    There has been a lot of talk about defence this year. Sure, there is room for improvement in our defence. But the statistics show that we have out-shot our opponents in 29 of 49 games this year. That is the best record in the league (SJS is second with 24). We have the fifth best defence in terms of shots against per game. So overall, even though our defence hasn't been as good as last year, it has still been one of the best in the league.

    One stat sticks out one the negative side though: Osgood's save percentage of 88.0%. Out of all 44 goalies that have played this year, Osgood has the lowest save percentage. That's right - Osgood is in last place.

    To me, save percentage is the only really relevant statistic for goalies. After all, stopping shots is what they are there for. How can Detroit expect to win the cup with the worst goalie in the league? Why are people focusing on the defence when goal-tending seems to be the obvious flaw in our roster? Our number one goalie is worse than the back-up on all other all other teams!

    In my mind, we need to:

    1) Short-term: Dump Osgood. Make Conklin number one, and bring up Larsson as the back-up (Larsson has a much better save percentage than Howard). To those who say Larsson isn't ready I contend that we already have the worst goalie in the league - Larsson only has to be better than one goalie to be an improvement on Osgood.

    2) Long-term: Make room in the cap to acquire a goalie before the next trade dead-line. Any goalie. Remember - all other goalies in the league have performed better than Osgood.

    Am I making sense?

    (All stats are from nhl.com)