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Aha I forgot about his font. You know who I miss a ton? Crymson. I think he disappeared when this last bunch of knuckle heads rolled in. That guy was my daily Xanax bar. Come back Crym!

I can dig this up for you tmrw while I'm at work (on my phone) but a former employee of the wings did an AMA on reddit (very interesting read, I recommend to all, some very funny stories about Hudler) he basically stated that when Semin was an FA the wings were interested and went to Datsyuk about it. They asked Pavel if he'd like to play with him, and if he'd take Semin under his wing (watch his off ice antics). Pavs said no. I lost all interest in Semin when I read this.

Me too. Revenge is a must. Dishing out a clean hit must be paid for in blood.

Nick Leddy and Johnny Boychuck got traded not to us???? NOOOOO. Holland that POS. NYI sure is over the top now.

Send him to the AHL??? Have you lost your mind??? A knuckle dragger of his caliber would be wasted in the AHL, not to mention he would NEVER clear waivers. Shop wreckers like him don't just grow on trees Frank. If they did all the basement teams would be able to load up on them too.

Brian Mcgrattan... Fighting, leadership, depth scoring, not a liability... Brian Mcgrattan.

Your approach is the realistic one, others are just optimists. Rightttttt

Ah Frossa and Legkrok

So we have a 7 million (possible 8 million once Cleary plays 10) 5th line. Sweet

Hahahahaha another great zinger! Keep em comin joke man

In regards to Jensen, he is older and the time may be now for him. Would love to see him get a chance. On another note, plenty of you poo-pooed him till now. Welcome to the bandwagon.

So Franzen looked good tonight huh?

From what I've seen Babcock has never been the kind of guy to throw up media smoke screens. He means what he says. If he says he thinks he'll stay in Detroit, I tend to believe that's the most likely outcome. Ppl who think Babs is leaving I tend to group with the same ppl who thought fersure Dats was leaving. It's all doom and gloom till he stays, then those ppl who were 'so sure' he would leave disappear into the woodwork. Not saying that's you, but that's the tendency I see anyway.

Anthony manthing will probs play around 300 games this season

No really. Think about it. Callahan? Callashan? Shallashan? Shanahan. I rest my case.

Hitting doesn't mean you can play D. He got little ice time bc he couldn't play D, not cause he couldn't play O. He's been a shutdown D his entire career... One who didn't pan out.

Luke Schenn sooooo biggggg. Red Wings soooo small. Schenn, huge gargantuan scary player. Wings, tiny microscopic players.

Guys, we got Abdelkader, we're good

This Callahan kid's got Shanahan written all over him Not sold on Sproul yet. Could be 'ok' one day.

Didn't know where to put this. Mods feel free to move. Shares the same name and frame as Anothony, but doesn't seem to be related (as far as I can tell). Ryan was No. 55 on Craig Button's Dec 9th prospect ranking. He's 17, plays D, shoots right, stands currently at 6'5" 195 lb, and is from Clarkston, MI. Can anyone figure out if their related? They look alike, have similar stature, maybe cousins? Also comes from hockey pedigree like Anthony. Commited to UND next year I believe. Regardless of relation, could be a good 2nd round D pick up.

Schenn is a slightly more physical Ian white. Pass.

Get this Babcock guy outta here.

If your topic doesn't disintegrate into Cleary, Quincey, or Holland hate, or a discussion about enforcers, u r an LGW god. No worries brother, this is standard, thanks for the talking point.

That's why there's 82 games ppl. 30 of those don't paint the correct picture.

Ah, I remember when smith was but a griffin and LGWs coming savior. In those days things were simpler. Ericsson sucked but goddamn it we had Lidstrom. Now Ericsson rules and Smith sucks.... How times change.