rking72

I voted game 7 winner. I was watching NHL network this morning and they were replaying a couple of old Wings games(lidstroms hat trick and 1000 career point) I was thinking how great it was that we were able to take Cleary off the scrap heap and watch him produce. He was very good. I also noticed that another somewhat similar player, Maltby, was terrible to watch. I remember a lof of Wings fans really wishing he would retire or the Wings would let him go. Obviously this is where Cleary is now, but it was great to be reminded how good he once was.

I think the Wings could get Green for very little, not sure the Wings really want a player like Green though

How come Brent Seabrook is not getting mentioned anywhere as a possible target? His game has come down some, but he only has 2 yrs left on his contract. I would rather have him at 2 yrs 5.9 than most of the contracts other dmen just received. RHed and a huge upgrade over anything we currently have. The Hawks are in need of shedding a bigger contract.

I live around a lot of lifelong Hawks fans who really have no idea about anything other than the Hawks. another funny Hawks fan moment is when I was talking about how Kieths hook should have been a penalty shot. The their response was that it was no big deal, standard play...shouldnt have been a penalty shot. I said like game 6 last year?

I think Kenny's blind devotion to current and former Wings is his biggest weakness by far. It is not even always an age thing. He has way overpaid to re-sign players of all ages.

I have always liked Gaborik and cheer for him....but this is absolutely correct

I think if he played his prime years in some place other than Ottawa or Atlanta he would be a certain Hall of Famer. Going to get 500 goals...certain Hall of Famer the more I think about it. I dont think Hossa in his prime was much lower than any of those players you mentioned. And no matter what, always has been a much better player than Franzen

define superstar? It is a subjective standard, so saying Hossa is a superstar is not wrong. It's not like saying he is a top 5 player in the NHL or something along those lines. Pretty sure he is going to be a Hall of Famer

I think the Hawks may buy Hossa out this off-season

I wouldn't be surprised if the Hawks buy out Hossa this off season...that would be kind of funny

I dont think NBC likes to create a lot of controversy like ESPN or CBS during the NCAA bb tourney do...but they do usually at least suggest something. The fact that the Hawks first 2 goals were both sketchy at best seemed to completely miss them

I know this may not be the most popular thing, but after watching this series I would have no problem buying out Franzen and letting Alfredsson walk and using that money to acquire Iginla

I think sometimes being good(making the playoffs) prevents you from being great

The one positive I take away from this series is that I hope Holland sees are far the Wings are really away from being Cup contenders. As a side rant, I said it at the time and I will say it again....Suter and Parise were worth paying long term big time money to. Especially if you had to pay Parise to get Suter. Depth is much easier to find than elite players. Don't be afraid to sign top end guys because you are afraid of losing Ericssons or players of that level.

Franzen signed first, I don't think he was picked over Hossa. I dont think they wanted to gamble to see if Hossa would re-sign and end up losing both. Truth be told though, Hawks had a worse cap situation than the Wings at the time and still managed to sign Hossa. Holland worries too much about depth, depth guys can be easily picked up. Legit stars are much harder to come by.

I do not remember a 1st round series not involving the Wings that I have been this excited about.

embellishment has become routine in all major sports, not just hockey. The NHL actually has a rule to help prevent it, but rarely ever use it. And when they do they usually just have it as a matching penalty. Funny thing about last night is the only 2 penalties the Bruins got were obvious penalties....while the Bruins seemed to be spending a lot of time complaining about embellishing and well, actually embellishing themselves.

And playing in a terrible division kind of hid some of their issues the last couple of years.

I think if Old Man Wirtz didn't pass away the Hawks would still be trash similar to Edmonton. They went from the worst owner in professional sports to a competent owner(his son) who hired good people. These people made some smart and daring moves. Even when the signing of Hossa put them in cap hell, they won a cup, got under the cap, developed young role players and won the cup again in 3 yrs. As much as I hate to say it as a Wings fan living in the Chicago area, the Hawks are very well run and will be good for many years to come.

Why am I not surprised someone who believes in Don Cherry used are instead of our? just having fun I am not a grammar nazi The Wings have better make the playoffs. I have had them eliminated twice in my mind now and they keep bringing me back. I would be crushed if they missed out now.

I would say yes to a couple of these. But your point taken. I think the thing that really bothers me is how many seasons in a row are injuries going to be a major issue? These same core players are getting hurt year after year, what are the Wings going to do differently to stop this?

Can they buy out Kindl? I thought his contract was signed since the lock out

So is Weiss done for the year? He was coming back last week, how big of a set back could he have had?

maybe the Devils can get Scott Stevens as compensation for their troubles also

They should have included Bozak's and Clarkson's