BigWillieStyle

If we can get another 3rd out of him, and he can put up a 40 pt season, it's probably a decent pickup. If not, we can still get something out of him, and $3 million isn't going to kill us.

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Right. Forgot about that. With Karlsson, and reigning Norris Trophy winner, Jonathan Ericsson, we should be unbeatable.

They still need help on defense. Not as bad as us, but...

Per Elliot Freidman, 7 years to Taranna. God help us all. Hope he fries under the microscope.

Anything that rips the heart from Taranna fans, I'm all for.

That's going to depend on how well he plays this year. What did Tatar bring us last year to be a healthy scratch?

NHL Network saying that J.T. is out of NY. Leaves Taranna, and San Jose.

And here I thought that Lefty used the nuclear option...

I would imagine that the conditions attached to the Russo deal, are somehow related to him making The Yotes roster this season. Probably won't get anything if he goes to their AHL affiliate. As far as XO, we probably couldn't find a team to take him without having to carry some of his salary, and it was probably cheaper to buy him out to clear the roster space. Just my thoughts.

I'm thinking these 3 pictures tell the story of the woman sitting on the steps. The first one shows the shocked look of the woman when she saw her lady parts on display. The second one shows her husband praying that his irate wife doesn't realize that he saw those lady parts 10 minutes earlier, and had been pretending to just be spacing out while completely gawking at Ms. lady parts. And the third one is another fan demanding they show the instant replay, in slow motion, on the Jumbotron.

I can't believe that they didn't take our offer of Ericsson, Glendening, and Nielsen.

Who says that that was a waste?

Never got to play basketball. All of our food stamps went to paying for ice time.

Duh. That's why he got to play hockey as a kid, instead of basketball. Or being on the debate team.

Didn't his father used to be The Wings team dentist? Pretty sure I've seen his name in scorebooks from a few years back.

I agree. Thanks to other GM's reaching, or trying to fill needs, Kenny was really left with just making the right decision for once, instead of being that GM that went reaching for that player. And let's face it, defense isn't our only need, just our most apparent one. Let's hope he and his crew can keep it up tomorrow.

I'm just baffled that we went into tonight with 2 first round picks, and a desperate need for defense, in a draft that had a lot of high potential Dmen in it, and we walked out with 2 forwards, and everyone seems to be happy with the results. It's like I've traveled to a parallel universe, where LGW's is full of happy, content people. All I have to say is, Keep up the good work, Kenny.

Haven't we had our fill of Samuelson's for a while?

So is Valeno going to be our new Fran's Nielsen? Or Valteri Filppula? Solid 200 foot center who does nothing exceptional, but also isn't lacking in any areas.

Yes.

Leafs just cockblocked Kenny's next pick.

True that, but dammit, that Cup was ours in '96. Damn you Patty Wah.