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I still can't believe we drafted McCollum ahead of Jacob Markstrom. Worst draft-day decision in awhile.

That vid of Mirasty pisses me off so much. At this point I think I hate him even more than Trevor Gillies... but it's a close call.

Stu needs to knock every one of Kostopoulos' teeth out as payback for that ridiculous elbow in Calgary last year. Only then will I be satisfied.

Hudler on the point on the PP reminds me of when Jason Williams was back there. Scares the s*** out of me because if he makes a mistake he doesn't have the speed to recover.

As a guy that lives out of the Wings local broadcast area, it's very much appreciated that guys like you take the time to provide the stream.

Someone gave the GDT a -1? What the hell?

Not sure if this is mentioned elsewhere but it appears there will be no suspension for Neil.... http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=376975#YourCallTop

Absolutely Wisniewski deserved 8 games for that. He targeted Clutterbuck's head with his elbow after the game had ended. Clutterbuck didn't even have the puck, either. On top of that Wisniewski has been suspended four times since 2008. He's a meat head.

See Jonathan Cheechoo - Rocket Richard Winner

If true, I love this signing. Conks should be able to handle at least 20 games for us this year and give Jimmy a break.

Man you're a broken record. Chill out. There's a reason Kenny is regarded as one of the best GMs in the league.

That's one place I doubt he'd sign. They traded him for a bucket of pucks a couple years ago.

The Wings would do well to go after Carle or Coburn. Both would be great additions to the team.

I definitely wouldn't mind Kenny switching up his drafting tactics a bit this year. We haven't drafted a big stay-at-home defenseman since Sergei Kolosov in 2004. I know the philosophy is to draft multi-faceted D-men but we definitely need to beef up the back end in the near future.

I know some of you have been looking at the Flyers as possible trading partners and I agree. They are in SERIOUS cap trouble because they have a bunch of long term deals tying up a lot of payroll. A guy like Brayden Coburn would be a good fit for the Wings at a decent cap hit. He's big (6'5", 220 lbs), young (26) and led the Flyers in hits in the playoffs. He's also capable of 30+ points a season and can play some serious minutes. Since the Flyers are in a salary-shedding mode, he might be available for less than you'd think. Since they can't afford to take one any more salary, a pick and a prospect (such as Emmerton) might be enough to coerce the Flyers into trading him. Just throwing it out there.

Agreed. The Sheahan pick seemed to come out of nowhere last year. And, not that you mentioned it specifically, but I think it's pretty safe to say that Kenny won't be picking a big defensive defenceman with our first round pick. I definitely think we'll draft skill with our first rounder but weirder things have happened.

I would LOVE if the Wings picked Mcneil. Apparently he is a gym rat and may be the most driven guy in the draft. Work ethic to go with impressive size and skill. Here's to hoping he falls to 24.

I was just going by the ISS which have him at 13 and the Hockey News which has him in the top 15. Dare to dream though

I'd love for the Wings to take Armia but he's more likely to go in the top 10 or 15.

Sharks because it would mean the bandwagon-jumping Hawks fans would finally have to STFU.

Someone enlighten me here... how is it that a "stick parallel to the ground" is a penalty but a blatant crosscheck to the back of Helm by Jovanoski, Aucoin, Yandle, etc. is an acceptable hockey play?

Sorry I musta missed the thread with the "Don't Tread on Me" idea. What'd they look like? I'd definitely be interested in one.

CBC showed it a few times. It was as clean as a hit comes these days. And then after the hit, Jovo goes over and grabs Helm by the throat. Seriously wtf?! Gongshow.

Franzen's crosscheck was stupid but 99% of the time the refs call both guys. Aucoin retaliated enough that it should have either been coincidentals or the refs leave it alone because it's f***in playoff hockey.

Kevin Weekes is as mediocre doing color as he was as a goaltender. I almost switched over to NBC to listen to Edzo. That's saying a lot.