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He's an old buddy of Federov. esteef

Everyone seemed fine with it when it kept Nabby from going to Detroit. A "punishment" for not signing by season start if I remember correctly. esteef

So just because he didn't play any games over in europe this year means that it's impossible to construe that Colorado was hiding him over there? The rule sucks, he should have to go through waivers just like Nabby. To me it's irrelevant if they actually played this year or not. esteef

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What a sissy! esteef

Fake Fake Fake Fake. esteef

Why is Draper wearing Z's jacket? I guess he's a big fan! esteef

Why don't Snow just trade us Nabby? esteef

Hudler better challenge Carkner or he's a puss! esteef

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Prust went down like a sack full of Franzens! esteef

Who would win the Red Wings tough guy contest? Big E? Bert? esteef

You're just saying that cause Mursak's a euro! esteef

Mursak would give Helm a run for his money on fastest skater and Eaves is pretty good at picking the corners too against Mule. esteef

Funny thing is this is where most of us are on this subject until somebody shows up and blurts out "Enforcers are useless!" or "Euros are *******!" then the whole thing starts again. See ya next enforcer thread! esteef

Toews doesn't play for the Wings so I really don't care what happened to him. I agree the enforcer role is somewhat lessened during the playoffs but again I would say the opponent is the determining factor there. Again, I'm pretty happy with our bottom lines but really think a Prust type player would greatly benefit the players you mentioned, and I would add Ericsson and Salei in that mix of beneficiaries too. We need a hammer! esteef

And the ace of spades for the anti-enforcers has always been that enforcers don't play in the playoffs which is simply untrue. The Hudler example was just to show that maybe a tougher player (if we had one) could've played against Anaheim more instead of little Huddles getting pushed around every game. One example that's all. esteef

Hudler had 2 goals and 2 assists in the four games before the hit, and 2 goals and 6 assists the next 18 games after the hit. Draw your own conclusions. esteef

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The big unknown here is the contract "tolling". If it's not tolled, he will certainly not report to the Islanders. If it is, well he has some decisions to make. However, nothing will be known about the NHL's tolling decision until that process is initiated, and that would only happen if Nabby doesn't report at all. It's a gamble for sure and I bet he and his agent are already talking to the NHLPA about where they would stand in that regard. Here's a question, what happens if the contract is tolled, he has to play for the Isle next season at that ridiculous price, but he still doesn't report? esteef

Thank you Captain Obvious! esteef

Really? How do you know? And what about the "useless" players getting playoff games? esteef

Yet Asham, Laperriere, Carcillo and Eager all played during the playoffs for a total of 71 games and that's just from the two teams who went all the way to the SCF. It would've been more had Lappy not been hurt. I guess those teams were just lucky considering all those guys are useless? Maybe Detroit could learn a thing or two from this instead of letting guys like Hudler get lit up at center ice then disappear for the rest of the playoffs. Enforcers play in the playoffs and are not useless. It depends on the player and the opponent. esteef

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Road Trip! esteef