Aznknight

In the end, it's all aboutvthe money. If a team offers brunner a longer term it's securing HIS future. It's selfish but why not be when you can? Alfie, I believe was offered a similar contract but he wants a cup now. There's nothing else left for an elite player to do if he hasn't won it yet. Paid elite money for almost 18 years without a cup will have you swaying your loyalty. Dats and z never tested because they KNOW their value. Brunner is just starting to see that now. I'd be excited if I was him so I can't judge him. An extra $2 million a year for 4-5 years? You'd be insane not to take that and in the cap world anyone can win. I say he signs with us and sammy finally gets some bengay on his pectoral muscles and gets bought out.

If you could sign one of them during this off season which one would you take? They're asking for a 10 year/ $95 million deal. A little twist. Orr is 30 and Lidstrom is 25. Orr did not have his career ending injuries. Datsyuk has not been signed yet either. You have the current Wings team with the current cap space. I pick Lidstrom. He provides a sense of confidence in the back end during momentum swings and when it counts. Orr is number 2 to Gretzky in dominating a game but I believe Lidstrom trumps that by cancelling out their performance with his defensive prowess.

Forget 'it would never happen'. In Aznknight's world it does. Here's the synopsis: Crosby is getting traded to the Wings. Shero gives you three options and you MUST take one because Illitch says if you don't you're fired. Option 1: Zetterberg Kronwall Nyquist 1st round pick Option 2: Datsyuk Dekeyser Jurco Sproul Option 3: Mrazek Nyquist Dekeyser Smith Helm Discuss what your decision is.

You're only saying that cuz it will never happen

Agreed. But that's the point of choosing the lesser of the three evils no matter how satanic the decision could be. Of course I wouldn't do any of those trades that's why I chose them lol

He does what he's paid to do. If the wings need him they call him. He knows this and have accepted his role. I respect that. Peanut galleries don't He does what he's paid to do. If the wings need him they call him. He knows this and have accepted his role. I respect that. Peanut galleries don't

Fil was paid to backcheck and create plays. He's not paid to do what helm does. Regardless what he's asking is too much FOR US but not for what he's meant to do. Fil is not a goal scorer much like Darren Mccarty was not a play maker. Both had roles and fulfilled them quite successfully.

Fil scored 197 pts during his 5 yr/15 million contract. That's $76,000/point. Dats scored 342 @ 5yr/33.5 mil. That's $98,000/pt. Franzen scored 222 @ 5yr/21.650 mil. That's $97,000/pt Cleary is $83,000/pt. Horton is $100,000/pt Crosby was $117,000/pt Gomez was $204,000/pt (see how important this stat is) Hudler was $57,000/pt We pay them to score and fil has more than filled his duty if money is the question. He was our cheapest scorer. We let go of huds when he was the best bang for the buck. Fil plays D and is fast and can create matchup problems. His demand of $5mil is fair to the standards. If we paid him 5mil/yr at 197 pts he would be $126,000/pt. To get a fairl contract with him it'll have to be $3.8@5 yrs which would make him a $98,000/pt player. However, we can't afford it with the influx of new, cheaper talent so sadly we'll be letting go another better bang for the buck player again. No matter how anyone spins it that he's small, passess to cleary on a break away, doesn't give good enough massages, does not fight etc etc, one thing is certain. Fil has the qualities of a top player. He passess well, backchecks, and scores enough to be effective to the money he is paid.

Elaborate: worked out with great care and nicety of detail Nicety: a delicate or fine point Detail: to relate or report with complete particulars Complete: having all modifying or complementary elements included; thorough Just saying. Babcock should have won plain and simple. Q shouldn't even be there. Scotty is actually coaching him.

I say they have a fightout. Two, one minute bouts. That's 1/2 of a point and shootouts is another 1/2. Both teams have to pick the fighters AND the shooters. So if we play the hawks babcock can pick Kane to fight and quenville will maybe pick datsyuk.

Im happy with this move. More goals means a more entertaining game. Here we go 11-10 games!

Im on my android lol. Are the boys dominating?

That link doesnt work for me

Ping pong: Datsyuk

Ive gotten stamkos and crosby, etc before. You need to have a good relationship with the team i guess

I gave up Franzen, Filpulla, 2014, 2015 and 2017 1sts in NHL 13. I have a crazy first line of Datsyuk Abby and Malkin. Then downhill from there

How about 2 pucks. The insanity.

I want to see automatic icings too with the defensive goalie being positioned on the blue line but the team being able to do a line change. Imagine the chaos. Stanley cup game 7. Chicago iced the puck. 10 secs left. Chicago 2: Detroit 1. Faceoff in their zone and Crawford is beside Dekeyser. Datsyuk wins the faceoff. Crawford runs to his net. Wings win the faceoff. Horton takes the puck and shoots it but Seabrook dives to save it. Toews runs to the referee to cry about unfair hockey while his whole team is diving around the net to try and save a goal. Bickell, who was hired by detroit in the off season, takes the puck and muscles it to the net. 11 people in the crease. Crawford still trying to get position. Finally Datsyuk handles the rebound and shelfs it. Toews cries again and wings celebrate the tying goal.

Bickell is a talented Maltby. He's a player I hate playing against but would love in my team.

Used to be Bert. Abby played the role but not as skillfully. We should get Horton.

Toews was slso hurt...in the bum

I feel a sense of belonging in a city filled with pompous, self absorbed, pretentious, ignorant Canucks fans. Thanks guys!

I want him to stay. He's an example. Look at edmonton. All the talent in the world with no one to look up to...bottom dwellers.

No this isn't me expecting a last game Wednesday. I have been lucky enough to cheer for a team where every year was a competetive year. I arrived in Vancouver in 94 just after the riots and was very interested in this game called hockey. My cousin was watching the Canucks play the Wings and he was being all gooey about how this Canucks team was just one win away from winning the 'cup'. What 'cup'? The 'Stanley Cup'! The cup that caused the riots, he says. In the Philippines, we last took a stand and marched the streets, peacefully, for our rights. What is this cup that can cause a riot? The wings won that day and my cousin was angry. I said to myself: 'I'm gonna cheer for those guys'. I don't want a team that caused riots!. I go to school and I play hockey for the first time. I passed the puck to my goalie and i scored on my own net. My whole team was dejected but they said 'it's ok, we'll score back'. Although I scored another goal on my own net I remembered what it was like to play the game. I watched highlights on tsn and followed the wings religiously. NHL 91 was my very first video game. NHL 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 all followed. I put my faith in the wings. I prayed for them. I cried for them and I trusted in them. Every success they had, I felt, was also my success. I had something to believe in. 96 was a major year for me and all wings fans because this was the Yzerman goal. I remember me sitting down in front of the TV then jumping uncontrollably. It was 'our year'. Finally after losing last year. Then we face the avs and draper gets hit. We lose the series. I was still in grade school and had been bullied so I just went home, waited for wings highlights and got my taste of success. Then March arrives and mccarty pummels lemieux, scores the winning goal and exacts the full revenge. I felt a sense of euphoria knowing that there's always a next time. We win the cup despite being underdogs to the flyers. I watch vlad's crash video. I was dejected. Next year we play our hearts out after losing a key player and sweep washington. I see Stevie put the cup on vlad's lap and wheel him around while the whole team was behind him. I cried. I get teary eyed even now. They did something more than for themselves. I applied that in my life. Mediocre years came but I still got to watch hall of fame players wear a wings jersey. Fedorov, larionov, coffey, ciccarelli, vernon, shanny, hull, robitaille, murphy, clark, cujo. Then 02. Hasek takes us to the finals and during the year I watched Zata and Datsyuk play alongside Hull...i knew they'd be superstars. 08 and 09 come and last year. I reflect back and realized that I've been very lucky. I watched hall of famers, loved the game and applied everything the wings did, to my life. I go through hard times and know there will be a next time. I go through good times and enjoy it cuz there might never be that chance again. I never regretted anything. Last year was when the last of my childhood heroes left. Lids and homer. I loved them both. Then I look back at this team that they built. They're young and inexperienced still. But, like I did, believed. In a year that 29 teams would have used to tank and get first pick, we go to second round and take the best team to 7. I never once doubted. I prepared for the worst and always expected the best. It has been a joy to watch the new era carry that torch. In retrospect, we should have been all playing golf after the season. But this team made it possible for more palpatations and for wings fans everywhere to still believe. Let's go red wings *clap* *clap**clapclapclap*!

No Lidstrom, Stuart, holmstrom? No problem, we'll take the top team to game 7 ot in the second round after beating the number 2 team in game 7.