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I guess people missed the "thinking outside the box" part in all this. This is a discussion forum... why not at least talk about the possibility instead of jumping down my throat? If you take a second to actually think about the idea, its not as unrealistic as it may seem. If Stevie can't work something out, wouldn't you think the first place he would call would be Detroit? I was just throwing an idea out there for people to talk about!!!

for what its worth... Eklund is saying he will get between $10-11 million from the Bolts... I wasn't really saying this was something I saw working... just throwing the idea out there. How cool would it be though....

I don't see this happening. He lacks the experience to play in a higher skilled league like the AHL. Good numbers for every team he has played for, but he doesn't have the higher league experience yet.

Wow... trust me... i hate Cindy Crosby as much as any other Wings fan... but I could never root for someone to get hurt. Especially in the fashion of a concussion. I have experienced 3 concussions in my life, each worse than the last. There is no way i could ever justify being happy that somebody else has one. Plus what would be the point of hating him if he went away just like that....

watching ANYBODY drop down in front of an Al McInnis slapper is enough to make me cringe... especially when its The Captain. He was the definition of a WARRIOR!

i LOVE inge's defense at 3rd! that post that you quoted me on was a response to someones question. i said Avila should go to AAA, and let Martinez be the starting C, then if worse came to worse, Inge can cover at C, which would then be an opening for Raburn at 3B. But not that i think about it, Santiago or Kelly would be better choices to cover any of the infield spots.

why wont Filppula be there next year?

Ryan Raburn can play 3rd. Casper Wells in left. For some reason i forgot about Ramon Santiago also. He can play any infield spot.

I think Jim Leyland is a joke! WHAT is the deal with giving our starters days off for "rest" already!?!?!? Austin Jackson needs to pick it up a couple notches. Magglio can hopefully stay healthy. Leyland needs to figure out what Phil Coke's capacity with the team is... either a starter or coming out of the bullpen. If only Justin Verlander could pitch everyday....!!! When i look at their roster I could see 90 wins, but the guys need to show up! Cabby cant do it ALL by himself! Martinez is doing well for himself... I just wish he was catching over Avila. My ideal lineup for this team would be: Jackson (CF) Rhymes (2B) Ordonez (DH) Cabrera (1B) Martinez © Boesch (RF) Raburn (LF) Peralta (SS) Inge (3B) With Casper Wells being the first to come off the bench. I dont think it would hurt for Avila to get more time in AAA with Toledo... Inge and even Raburn can fill in at catcher in a pinch. As for the pitching, Verlander is a stud, and could very well win the Cy this year. I like Scherzer... he is really filling out as a dependable #2. Porcello could be good too if he could figure out some consistency. I am very convinced that Brad Penny will not be successful in Detroit, but i DO like Phil Coke as the #5 starter. The bullpen is ok as well, with Perry, Benoit, Gonzalez, and the biggest surprise on the team, Villareal. As for Valverde as the closer, he is the real deal. The names I figure we can see to be called up at some point this year are Fu-Te Ni, Scott Sizemore, and maybe even Timo Perez.

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bertuzzi didnt get anything for his elbow a couple weeks ago... i doubt abby gets anything

Jan Mursak, Tomas Tatar, Cory Emmerton, Francis Pare, Doug Janik, Derek Meech, Ilari Filppula, Brendan Smith, and possibly both goaltenders... Jordan Pearce and Thomas McCollum

I would LOVE to see Ilari Filppula get in there. Francis Pare, Jamie Tardif, Brendan Smith, Jan Mursak, Cory Emmerton, Joey Mac, Jordan Pearce, Derek Meech are all safe bets, and maybe even a guy like Jamie Johnson or Chris Minard.

hahaha!!!! i absolutely LOVE the boxing stance by Lucic!

Does anyone even remember this guy??? I know he dislocated his hip towards the end of the regular season last year, but does anyone know when he will be back? I think he has to clear waivers to get back on the Griffins roster, but I would love to see him back! He is one of the hardest working players on the ice every shift... and with all these injuries... right now would be a huge time for the Griffins to get a pick-me-up like that!

hahaha this is genius! didnt the Toledo Mud Hens do something like this for A-Rod when he was a free agent a few years ago?

Det: Holmstrom Dats Stuart Pho: Wolski

Detroit: Holmstrom Datsyuk Stuart Phoenix: Wolski

Here are the standings after game 1: 55fan: 52 CanadaBoy: 49 MCleveland89: 49 shaeb30: 44 Green Wing: 44 ToMaToToWnWinGsFaN_24: 43 SaCkaveli20: 43 germanwing: 43 BamaWing: 42 bellarina: 41 cjm502: 41 lookalive07: 40 Wingsequallife13: 39 8 Legged RedWing: 39 Jericho613: 38 hooon: 38 VanDer: 38 dat's sick: 35 marcaractac: 34 SeeinRed: 30 wingsdiehard13: 29 Dave: 14 My Picks: Detroit: Holmstrom Stuart Datsyuk Phoenix: Doan

Players from both teams: Detroit: Justin Abdelkader: 0 Todd Bertuzzi: 10 Dan Cleary: 0 Pavel Datsyuk: 3 Kris Draper: 1 Patrick Eaves: 6 Jonathan Ericsson: -2 Valterri Filppula: 9 Johan Franzen: 12 Darren Helm: 14 Tomas Holmstrom: 0 Niklas Kronwall: 2 Nicklas Lidstrom: 9 Andreas Lilja: 7 Drew Miller: 6 Brian Rafalski: 0 Brad Stuart: 9 Henrik Zetterberg: 10 Phoenix: Adrian Aucoin: 11 Shane Doan: 4 Martin Hanzal: 15 Ed Jovanovski: 4 Lauri Korpikoski: 7 Robert Lang: 2 Sami Lepisto: 16 Matthew Lombardi: 10 Zbynek Michalek: 10 Derek Morris: 9 Petteri Nokelainen: 5 Taylor Pyett: 7 Lee Stempniak: 7 Radim Vrbata: 18 Daniel Winnik: 4 Wojtek Wolski: 11 Kyle Yandle: 8 Round Results: Round Winner: germanwing with 41 points germanwing: 41 hooon: 40 SaCkaveli20: 37 wingsdiehard13: 32 Wingsequallife13: 32 CanadaBoy: 29 ToMaToToWnWinGsFaN_24: 29 shaeb30: 28 VanDer: 28 cjm502: 28 dat's sick: 26 BamaWing: 26 MCleveland89: 26 55fan: 19 Green Wing: 16 And finally, the up to date standings: CanadaBoy: 151 cjm502: 135 shaeb30: 134 ToMaToToWnWinGsFaN_24: 133 germanwing: 130 wingsdiehard13: 130 VanDer: 130 BamaWing: 124 55fan: 124 hooon: 122 MCleveland89: 122 Green Wing: 117 SaCkaveli20: 113 Wingsequallife13: 106 dat's sick: 92 8 Legged RedWing: 88 SeeinRed: 56 bellarina: 41 lookalive07: 40 Jericho613: 38 marcaractac: 34 Motown4013: 24 Dave: 14

Took a couple days for me to get some free time, but here are the results! Phoenix: Adrian Aucoin: 8 Shane Doan: 19 Vernon Fiddler: 7 Martin Hanzal: 14 Ed Jovanovski: 6 Lauri Korkiposki: 11 Sami Lepisto: 4 Matthew Lombardi: 10 Zbynek Michalek: 0 Derek Morris: 8 Petteri Nokelainen: 0 Petr Prucha: 4 Taylor Pyatt: 6 Lee Stempniak: 2 Radim Vrbata: 6 Daniel Winnik: 7 Wojtek Wolski: 15 Kyle Yandle: 12 Detroit: Justin Abdelkader: 14 Todd Bertuzzi: 14 Dan Cleary: 4 Pavel Datsyuk: 16 Kris Draper: 5 Patrick Eaves: 2 Jonathan Ericsson: 7 Valterri Filppula: 19 Johan Franzen: 10 Darren Helm: 4 Tomas Holmstrom: 6 Niklas Kronwall: 12 Nicklas Lidstrom: 5 Andreas Lilja: 10 Drew Miller: 5 Brian Rafalski: 3 Brad Stuart: 21 Henrik Zetterberg: 28 Results for everyone who played: Round Winner: CanadaBoy with 73 points! CanadaBoy: 73 wingsdiehard13: 69 shaeb30: 62 Green Wing: 57 cjm502: 57 BamaWing: 56 VanDer: 54 55fan: 53 8 Legged RedWing: 49 MCleveland89: 47 germanwing: 46 hooon: 44 Wingsequallife13: 35 SaCkaveli20: 33 dat's sick: 31 SeeinRed: 26 Motown4013: 24 Overall standings: CanadaBoy: 122 cjm502: 107 shaeb30: 106 55fan: 105 ToMaToToWnWinGsFaN_24: 104 VanDer: 102 Green Wing: 101 wingsdiehard13: 98 BamaWing: 98 MCleveland89: 96 germanwing: 89 8 Legged RedWing: 88 hooon: 82 SaCkaveli20: 76 Wingsequallife13: 74 dat's sick: 66 SeeinRed: 56 bellarina: 41 lookalive07: 40 Jericho613: 38 marcaractac: 34 Motown4013: 24 Dave: 14

I will be able to add up the points from last game tonite after work! As for todays game: Detroit: Dats Franz Stuart Phoenix: Doan

So, the format will be the same, but we are starting everyone back at 0 for a score. Hopefully more people will play! My picks: Detroit: Stuart Franzen Datsyuk Phoenix: Doan

I have a kind of weird and possibly pointless question... but didn't the Wings take Jan Mursak up as one of the Black Aces? Just wondering, because the box score on espn.com has all of the other black aces listed as healthy scratches, but Mursak's name isn't on that list. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=300414024