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True but Babcock basically hinted in an interview that he wasn't interested nor was it practical. But I really don't trust the word of Babs. After he kept saying he had no reason to leave Detroit he booked it for Toronto so..

Tampa might not have enough money to give him. Toronto might not actually want him since they are in full rebuild mode and Detroit is as close to home as he'll get. New arena, Larkin, face of an Original 6 franchise with the exit of Datsyuk and decline of Zetterberg. All of this is a good option only if Tampa and Toronto don't workout for him.

People like to spend money in Vegas. The NHL is about to bank on this. Vegas won't fail as far as money is concerned. The only issue is they might not have a legitimate fan base lol. It will likely be random tourists attending a hockey game. But Vegas is always full of tourists so.

https://twitter.com/detroitredwings/status/743487423242452992

Neither is Abdelkader's $4 mill

So with Chicago having to give up Teravainen to get rid of Bickell's $4 million dollar cap hit, it's starting to look like Datsyuk's contract might be a lot harder to move than expected..

Dustin Brown? He's worse than declining Zetterberg is. You're one of the many that has issue with Hank's play Joe, I think you might want to rip Brown's head off if he came here lol. Tomas Vanek buyout interests me though.

I thought there are 3 stanley cups?

No, they delayed the meeting by a week due to Gordie's funeral.

Nvm you edited your post and stance.

Beautifully said.

The problem ain't Sheahan. I was hoping Holland would use last year poor performances to his advantage. But it looks like the precedent has been set to where this past season may not matter much in the contract signings. Which means we should expect a lot of players to get some good money. I was hoping Mrazek would get a bridge deal for his poor performance Feb-March, but if that ain't going to count then he'll likely get a pretty nice contract. Which might mean they won't be able to re-sign Helm or go after Stamkos. We will see I guess. I could be wrong.

Ali was the face of boxing throughout the world. Howe was the face of hockey in North America. From what I read there were 100 thousand people lined upto 16 miles for Ali's funeral. Their popularities are not comparable at all.

Overpaid. I like Sheahan but not this much. Breakout year was supposed to be last year, but it wasn't and somehow his salary doubled. Gets a lot of PP time too. Oh well. Imagine what DK and Mrazek are about to get paid. Say byebye to Helm..?

Approximately 15,000 people attended the visitation today.

Gretzky again said that growing up his dream was to be a Red Wing just like Gordie Howe.

They'lle keep Oulette as 7th before Sproul I bet

Awesome, another city that will be filled with Red Wings fans at away games!

Is that real? If so leave it to the Penguins to dent the Stanley cup. Holy f*** this team is annoying. What a disgrace of a club.

Saw Gretzky, he looked completely down.

Lol right. There was a time where as a Wings fan, he might have been the most hated player after Claude Lemeuix.

As others mentioned the Pronger contract would go to LTIR so it wouldn't count against cap.

It's a tough call. But I'd have picked prime Zetterberg over Thornton simply because Zetterberg's ability in the playoffs outmatched almost all players. So if it came down to winning a cup, I agree with you for sure. But present day, Thornton's definitely taken a step back but I think Zetterberg has taken quite a few steps back.

Lefty makes a good point. Carolina needs a contract, needs a goalie and would likely benefit from a sniper. In an ideal world Datsyuk + Howard + Pulk would be a nice one shot transaction. I'm not sure what we would/should get nor do I see it happening. Hope I'm wrong though.