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I agree with you points, but I think it had more to do with Holland wanting to get bigger on the back end. Right now our smallest d-man is Kronwall, and I think they probably like it that way.

Good for Carlo. Though I don't really miss him, I did like him, and thought he got the short end of the stick on that buyout.

Ok boys, win this one for me...because I'm just that d*mned important.

I feel bad for Stamkos and Tampa, but am I the only one thinking to himself, "f*ck team Canada"?

Babcock said this about Ville Leino, not Ericsson. http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2008/10/heres_the_deal_downey_waived_e.html

Well expect more of the same boys. With this roster situation and cap problems I don't see any help on the horizon anytime soon. On the plus side, I just watched Babs' presser and according to him it's the teams' fault and they just need to "play better". Because clearly the problem is that 23 guys just forgot how to play hockey, which means that at any time they could just remember again.

Well that was impressive. Ugh.

Well you just missed one of the best of his career IMO.

UN-F*CKING-BELIEVEABLE!!!!!!! Dirtiest goal of the season by a country mile.

There isn't any resistance to youth. There's just resistance to the youth that you personally want to see. Smith is young, Dekeyser is young, Andersson is young, Tatar is young, Lashoff is young. All of them have seen significant playing time this year and last. Mrazek will next year, and so will Nyquist. If Nyquist were playing right now you wouldn't be saying either Babcock or Holland were resistant to youth influxes. You're only saying this because you'd rather have Nyquist than Cleary or Sammy. We all would. But not playing one guy does not make an organization resistant to youth. But, but, but...Quincey is terrible and Quellet is sooooooooooooo good! Everybody used to say the same thing about Smith. In truth, most guys in GR need to be there another year at least, Nyquist, Mrazek, and Glendening aside.

Maybe the guy isn't drunk at all. Maybe he's just a mean spirited, mouth breathing, neanderthal. Chicago is full of these strange and hideous mutants, and it's status as "second city" has done nothing to lessen their detrimental effects. Detroit, by comparison, if full of sinewy, hard nosed, survivors, with keen minds and eagle-like vision. After years in the gutter, our herd has been culled.

I keep coming back here hoping to see that someone has picked him up. Not because I don't like Tootoo, but because I'd love the cap relief.

"Clitsome's going to the box". C'mon Ken Daniels.

I'm curious what face you do make?

Well that hurts.

Well in spite of everything, Brian Lashoff has looked really good tonight eh?

Todd Ber-Tu-Zzi!!!!!

Grrrrreeaat! There are at least five or six guys on the Winnipeg team that I would absolutely love to have on our hockey team. I have no idea why they're as bad as they are.

Well I wasn't able to see the first period, but according to Darren Eliot it was horrible. Everyone else's thoughts?

I think he has the ability to be a very good winger at the NHL level, but aside from some nifty stickhandling there's not too much of his game that's comparable to Datsyuk. He's bigger, faster, shoots more, is a winger and not a center, and has been compared to Hossa, not Datsyuk. But like I said, I agree with your sentiment.

Look who's keeping pace with Nyquist down in Grand Rapids. Tomas Jurco is going to be the real deal.

I was going to find a way to comment on that too, but I've got nothing that can top this. Touche.

I could have told you that. I saw him getting loaded in bars in Mt. Pleasant about three times over the last two years.

So that's what speed through the neutral zone looks like. Welcome back #43.

You guys have made this thread all about whether Weiss is a more skilled player than Filppula, which I think misses the point. The real concern is whether or not Weiss can be a better player, FOR US, than Filppula was. And in spite of his struggles, I'm not sure that he won't be. He's looking better, and so far this season it's not like anybody else on our team has set the world on fire...to include D and Z. Who cares what Filppula's totals are, we've seen what our teams looks like with him (for several years now) and it didn't win. Time to try something new.