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Kopecky + 2nd rounder to Ottawa for Neil and a 6th rounder I can dream can't I?

That's good to hear, we need someone to stick up for our teammates that isn't making $7.45 million to score goals. Lilja is a pretty good fighter but he doesn't seem to go looking for revenge.

Filppula isn't going anywhere this season, if at all. I wouldn't mind seeing him moved in the offseason to free up some cap space, but to gut our depth this far into the season for a somewhat talented fighter would just be retarded (no offense). If we really wanted a fighter, then Kenny might be willing to give up that 2nd round pick for Neil. But we survived the playoffs last year with McCarty providing the only fight of the playoffs. With as much as I and other of you folk would like to see a heavyweight in a Wings uniform, I just don't see it happening this year. Isn't Ericsson a pretty good fighter? He's a big boy and he fought at a Griffins game I was at last year (if I remember right he did pretty well). He'll be in a uni next year.

10 seconds before that goal Datsyuk tried to get cute with the puck and get a breakaway. Should've just slapped it down the ice...

Part 2 is pretty good. His non-teammate line choice is pretty interesting, but I can tell he really likes playing with Zetterberg. Babs better not split them up ever again.

Yep. Kind of seems unlikely, but I could see it. He could stick around with a few moves if the Wings lose all faith in Ozzie and their goalie prospects. I was excited thinking about this at first. I just don't know how I feel about a rental. Of course, I thought Hossa was a rental at first and was fine with it. But I'm not the one making decisions. This just makes the deadline more interesting to me.

If Minny can't re-sign Backstrom by the deadline, I could see Holland giving up Filppula, Conklin and a prospect/pick for an upgrade in goaltending that will only last the rest of the season. This will free up cap space to re-sign Hossa and Franzen. Then we could potentially get draft picks back by a juicy offer sheet to Hudler. The Wild are the Lions in this case, trading away an upcoming free agent that will possibly not re-sign (Roy Williams) to look out for the future of the team. The only issue is if the Wings management feel losing Filppula is worth a quality run at the cup this year and only a temporary fix at goaltending. I think Ozzie will work harder if he's bumped to backup again. Then maybe he improves before next year and provides a viable solution at goalie once again. But right now, things aren't looking good. This is a chance for the Wings to pull off outstanding goaltending with outstanding offense. That isn't something that's really possible in the land of the salary cap, but leave it to Kenny to figure out a way.