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I'm swiss and I know Brunner very well. He has been the best player for the last couple of seasons. Apparently, he has a very good work ethic and he is a good finisher too. The gap between NHL and Swiss National Leaugue is big, but he has great skating abilites and he is fast with the puck. He never had problems playing against physical teams. MLive and Detnews say that Brunner will sign with the Wings, but Swiss sites are more neutral (as Switzerland is : ) ). We have to way a couple of days before knowing if he is going to sign. Apparently, he is not allowed to talk to the media because he still have a contract with Zug (until july 1st). I'll let you know!

As swiss, I'd love to see Brunner wearing the winged wheel! In our league he is one of the best. He is young, he can skate and he has good hands. Come on Kenny!!

Here's mine: F*** you Weber !!!

That's a joke. I've always had a lot of respect for Weber, but I really hope that Abby or someone else elbows his f****** head. In any case: playoffs = no suspentions (Shanny is already playing golf)

Hall Gill has just been traded to Nashville. Hope that this means that Suter will be traded, possibly to Detroit. What do you think?

Some thoughts… Red Wings have now lost 4 in a row and things do not seem to get better. At the beginning of the season Holland, Babs and all the players said that they liked this team. It is a few seasons now that I think that our team needs a big change. The players don’t change, the way of playing doesn’t change… this is pretty weird. In the same all the other teams are making changes. In this team we only have 4-5 guys which can make the difference in every game: Lidstrom, Z, Dats and Howie and sometimes Franzen. All the other guys are simply average NHL players. This team is full of players which play well 1 game and then vanish for the next 3-4 and this is unacceptable (if you want to be a cup contender). I’m sick of hearing: “this will be Flip’s breakout year”, “Huds is in shape and he will score 70 points”, “Commodore and White are better than Rafalski”, “we lost tonight because we played 2 game in a row and we were tired “ etc. Kenny Holland should change a little bit his mind. Sometime you need trades to improve a team!!! Hope this will happen soon.

I was just wondering, where is the best section to sit at the Joe... Thanks

Ok thanks. But which one is the best (not taking into account the price of the ticket)?

I was just going trough some rumors around the league, and I noticed that the Caps are probably trying to trade Semin. It would be a great addition to our team. It would allow us to have 4/6 highly skilled forwards. This team is too much loaded of "standard" top 6 forwards. What do you think? Am I dreaming or not? I know, probably it won't happen because of his salary (6.7 M).

It won't happen this season because we already have 7 D-men. Next year we'll add someone for sure, but not now.

By adding Semin, this team could easily go to the conference/stanley cup finals and beat them all. But I don't think this will happen (adding Semin). In fact Holland is already thinking about next year's free agents (especially Kronner -> his salary will increase) and about the salary cap that will probably go down (that means the we'll loose some players).

Let me say thank you to the Wings. They did a good job all season long and I'm proud to be a Wings fan! This offseason we need some changes. What do you think? - Lids has to stay for one more season - Mo, Drapes, Osgood, Salei have to go - Keep Joey Mac, he was fine for me - Try to sell Hudler or Filppula, 3 M can be better used (buyout?) - Re-sign Miller, Eaves, Ericcson - We have at least 6.5 M left (if the cap doesn't change)... who would you acquire?

Hi guys. During the first weeks of febraury 2012 I'll make a trip to the United States (tourist). I'm a Red Wings fan and I'd like to come to the Joe to see a match. Can everyone tell me the procedure to purchase tickets in internet? Thanks a lot! See you at the Joe!

FORWARDS Jiri Hudler ($2.875m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m) Alex Tanguay ($3.000m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m) Tomas Holmstrom ($1.875m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m) Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.000m) Jan Mursak ($0.550m) DEFENSEMEN Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / James Wisniewski ($4.250m) Nicklas Lidstrom ($6.200m) / Brad Stuart ($3.750m) Jonathan Ericsson ($2.200m) / Brendan Smith ($0.875m) GOALTENDERS Jimmy Howard ($2.250m) / Johan Hedberg ($1.500m) CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter) (these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion) SALARY CAP: $64,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $59,500,378; BONUSES: $0 CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $4,499,622

We need a 2nd line center, in order to let Pav and Z together (he should be able to score at least 25 goals and be a good playmaker) Defence: - Lids back at the same price - Wishni.... or one on the Vancouver's top line I'm fine with this...

So let's summarize a little bit what we said during these gloomy weeks... In order to have a stanley cup potential, the wings need: - a 2nd line center/winger who can score and handle the puck well (Richard'd be perfect) - a 25 minutes solid Dman (Weber is a dream...), 2 if Lids retires - Eaves, Drapes (min salary) back and a solid 3rd line Dman (similar to Salei) - trade flip or hudler - keep Joey Mac The lines would be: CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR FORWARDS Jiri Hudler ($2.875m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m) Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Brad Richards ($7.000m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m) Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Tomas Holmstrom ($1.875m) Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m) / Kris Draper ($1.583m) / Patrick Eaves ($0.750m) DEFENSEMEN Brad Stuart ($3.750m) / Shea Weber ($7.000m) Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / Nicklas Lidstrom ($6.200m) Brendan Smith ($0.875m) / Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) GOALTENDERS Jimmy Howard ($2.250m) / Joey MacDonald ($0.550m) CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter) (these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion) SALARY CAP: $62,200,000; CAP PAYROLL: $61,767,044; BONUSES: $0 CAP SPACE (20-man roster): $432,956 Isn't it a dream team??? Up to you guys....

I agree... Weber and Richard will never make the team... too much money. Do not forget that including Lids, we have 20 M to spend. Flip has proven multiple times that he is not able to play as a 2nd line center (that was Holland's goal). We need a skilled center in order to allow Z and Pav to play together... Huds was great 2 seasons ago.. maybe next year he'll be back in shape.

I need a well done website to see all the rumors related to the Wings (free if possible).

FORWARDS Brooks Laich ($2.066m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m) Joel Ward ($2.500m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m) Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Patrick Eaves ($0.750m) Tomas Holmstrom ($1.875m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m) / Tomas Tatar ($0.870m) DEFENSEMEN Nicklas Lidstrom ($6.200m) / Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) Brad Stuart ($3.750m) / Zach Bogosian ($3.375m) Brian Rafalski ($6.000m) / Brendan Smith ($0.875m) GOALTENDERS Jimmy Howard ($2.250m) / Joey MacDonald ($0.550m) CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter) (these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion) SALARY CAP: $59,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $57,237,044; BONUSES: $210,000 CAP SPACE (20-man roster): $2,162,956

Destiny. It was a battle between 2 similar teams. Detroit was more injured than SJ but this makes no difference (playoffs don't stop...). I'm proud to be a fan of this team, big hearts, big guys.

Let's push for Tanguay, Frolov or Prospal. We need a good 2nd line scorer!! Holland make it happen!

Hudler has to stay out, He was simply awful. Modano has to take his place, even if he is not 100% but he'll come out big, because these are his last days as a professional player. Lines combos: Flip-Dats-Franzen Homer-Z-Cleary Modano-Draper-Berts Abby-Helm-Eaves

1st: trade Flip and/or Hudler (6 M salary) 2nd: Re-sign Lids (no more than 5 M) 3rd: Sign a 2nd line scorer (30 goal scorer) Franzen-Dats-Homer xxxxx-Zeta-Cleary Berts-xxxxx-xxxxx Eaves-Helm-Abdelkader Question: who are xxxx?? Please discuss