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God this makes me happy! I love when they bring back old school names....Now bring back the old school division names!!

But I bet if you asked him what the top 5 grossing teams were he would know them like the back of his hand.

Yea I dont really get bettmen. He is all about revenue and yet the Wings can't get a home an away game with each original six game when those games obviously bring much more media attention than playing columbus a million times.

Its hard to say for sure about anything until its official. Especially with his agent saying Jagr won't sign anything till july first. Im trying to stay away from the media rollercoaster since things seem to change faster than the weather in Michigan.

This article says nothing about it being a done deal but rather that the ball is now in jagr's court and he still hasnt decided completely on Detroit or Pittsburgh

Do you have a link for this?

With Holland saying the ball is in Jagr's court and he wants to know before July 1st and the report by Jagr's agent saying they are going to wait till July 1st to sign a contract, Does that mean Jagr's chances for Detroit are now gone like his mullet?

I I would much rather see the hated penguins at the joe than any other Eastern Conference team. there is nothing more fun than ripping on poor crosby fans

We only play Pttsburgh once and its on the road? what is that all about?

yea I cant wait to play winnipeg!!!!

Personally it doesn't matter if we do get him or not. The wings problem last season was never scoring, but rather their defense and injury problems. They were second in league scoring only scoring one goal less than Vancouver. They need to focus less on getting another big scorer and more on fixing our blatant holes on defense. We won alot of games last year but it seemed that we were always winning games 5-4 instead of 3-1. If they get jagr, fine but Kenny needs to get two solid defensemen instead of throwing money at a guy like Richards. The wings offense will be fine this year if they can stay healthy especially since all the injuries we have had over the past two seasons (and there have been alot!) have made it very difficult for any lines to build any chemistry come playoff time. That being said, Jagr had a quote saying he still has a house in pittsburgh because he was too lazy to sell it. If he is too lazy to sell a house, is he going to have the work ethic for this team?

I emailed NHL.com and they told me that it should be coming out around July 15th unless they decided to change that

The joe doesnt offer that unfortunately...its gotta be on an off-day

Oh yea and done tours and everything. We have to wait for the schedule so we know for sure when there is not a game

I don't think Holland will waste much time pursuing Richards. Let's not forget that even though many people bash the likes of Hudler or Fill, the wings had the second best offense in the league last year (only scoring one less goal than Vancouver) but had the worst goals against out of any playoff team. Instead of paying 8 mill for another forward, it makes sense to try to solidify a defense that was completely lacking last season let alone the fact that Rafalski is gone. I think the only way Richards is wearing a wings jersey is if he takes a pay cut and wants to be in detroit (similar to what hull and Lucky Luke did in 2002).