ogreslayer

Commie plot you say?

And somewhere in a dark, quiet room, Brett Lebda & Derek Meech are waiting for their calls from Kenny too at this very moment.

Trading a young asset like Jurco or Tatar for Myers is the very definition of a panic move. I can't believe I have to explain why trading a cheap, up and coming, top six forward for a guy who's making 5.5 million on potential is a bad idea.

Commie plot you say?

Do you have a source to support your claim of Detroit actually acquiring said rock?

Kind of silly to be upset over this. It's a backup role. So what if there were a small handful of slightly better goalies? They aren't THAT much better, and Gus is a known quantity with an establishes relationship with the team. It's really a non-issue. I would've liked to have had Mrazek as the backup but its pretty hard to get upset over Gus coming back.

Everyone keeps bringing up Rafalski, but keeps forgetting that Rafalski could skate. Almquist can't. Remember Rafalski his last 2 years when his back and his knees went and he couldn't keep up? It was painful to watch opponents repeatedly beat him round the outside because he had neither the size nor the speed to stop them.

Man, I don't care if the guy's 42, 45, 58 1/2 - it's one less spot for Dan Cleary.

Brad Richards age 34 - Contract remaining - 6 years with a cap hit of 6.67 Million a season
Johan Franzen age 34 - Contract remaining - 6 years with a cap hit of 3.95 million a season
New York Rangers Goal differential +25
Brad Richards plus minus -8
Detroit Red Wings goal differential -8
Johan Franzen plus minus +6
Hits
Brad Richards 24
Johan Franzen 66
Giveaways
Brad Richards 46
Johan Franzen 28
Faceoffs
Brad Richards 49.8%
Johan Franzen 52.9%
Richards slightly outscored Franzen this year but was far worse defensively and he costs almost double what Franzen does. That's why one is employed and the other was paid to go away.

But in all seriousness, he was a very good defenceman and although goofy I could see him commanding some respect as a coach.

Think back to the ones with the lame staged fights.

How does that saying go? "If you love someone, set it free. If it returns to you, lock the doors & don't take any of his agent's calls."

How does that saying go? "If you love someone, set it free. If it returns to you, lock the doors & don't take any of his agent's calls."

Ultimately, I think this is going to be like a Draper/Maltby situation, an insurance policy in case one of the kids they're relying on blows it in camp. There's barely room for Jurco on the team, especially if Alfie comes back, let alone a broken down Cleary plus you got Ferarro & Callahan out of options. He either winds up in GR as a player/mentor or he'll take a job with the organization somewhere else.

How does that saying go? "If you love someone, set it free. If it returns to you, lock the doors & don't take any of his agent's calls."

"local boys" per season...
96-97: Aaron Ward (Windsor)
97-98: Aaron Ward (Windsor)
01-02: None
07-08: Brian Rafalski (Dearborn)
12-13: Justin Abdelkader (Muskegon), Luke Glendening (Grand Rapids), David Legwand (Detroit), Drew Miller (East Lansing), Danny DeKeyser (Detroit)
Good thing those good ol' local boys were around this past season to spur the Wings on to a Cup win, right? Right? Personally, I would rather have the front office concern themselves with building the best 23 man roster they can regardless of where the players come from.

"local boys" per season...
96-97: Aaron Ward (Windsor)
97-98: Aaron Ward (Windsor)
01-02: None
07-08: Brian Rafalski (Dearborn)
12-13: Justin Abdelkader (Muskegon), Luke Glendening (Grand Rapids), David Legwand (Detroit), Drew Miller (East Lansing), Danny DeKeyser (Detroit)
Good thing those good ol' local boys were around this past season to spur the Wings on to a Cup win, right? Right? Personally, I would rather have the front office concern themselves with building the best 23 man roster they can regardless of where the players come from.

Who cares where a person was born? They sign the best available players. It could be none of the local boys were as good.

Brian Rafalski could skate.
And then look what happened to him the last couple of years when his knees and back gave up. He still had the elite puck moving skills, but lack of size and inability to skate made him a defensive liability.

The Ducks are loaded in goal, and Gibson is a fantastic prospect. They would be near the bottom of teams I'd expect to pitch for Miller.

Vladdy as always, thanks for heading the effort up. My rounded up payment in now on the way. Sorry about the delay.

Plus he wasn't suspended for doing the same thing to Alexei Emelin about a month ago. The best revenge isn't a suspension anyways, it's continuing to get under his skin, taking him off his game, & taking the series.

Plus he wasn't suspended for doing the same thing to Alexei Emelin about a month ago. The best revenge isn't a suspension anyways, it's continuing to get under his skin, taking him off his game, & taking the series.

The other side are the people screaming about how he doesn't have the balls to make a trade or the ones who think that Cleary, Almquist, and Miller will bring back a quality player.

I will go with:
$5 per series win
$5 per series sweep
$5 per Kronwalling
$10 per Kronwalling if recipient is Brad Marchand
$1 per game played by Hank
$1 per goal from any player from the 2013 Calder Cup winning roster (Nyquist, Tatar, Sheahan, Jurco, Andersson, Glendening, Lashoff, & DeKeyser. Will add to list for call-ups if any)