DickieDunn

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    Future is now! Svechnikov called up

    Everything I've seen says that he's curbed the lazy dumb penalties. He'll never be a Selke caliber player, which could be an issue with Blashill's obsession over "system and process" but with a good coach who knows how to use players properly he should be at least as good as Nyquist and Tatar (when they were scoring 25+ goals) and could be a legit top line winger.
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    The Streak is officially over

    obviously
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    The Streak is officially over

    They haven't been good, no. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    Future is now! Svechnikov called up

    Hopefully​ Trashill doesn't play him on the 4th line Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
  5. There is zero chance that Homer gets his number retired. The Grind Line had more of an impact for more Cups, they'd be up there first and that's not happening either. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    The Streak is officially over

    If they believed that what they've been doing the last 3 years was going to lead to a Cup then they've lost their minds. Aging stars, no top D, signing average players, that doesn't get you a Cup.
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    The Streak is officially over

    Holland's admitted that he wanted to keep the streak going. Devellano admitted that was what they were doing. This isn't speculation, this is what the team said they were doing. WTF does that even mean? Draft players to keep the streak going? And no, when you're building a contender, you don't give Luke F-ing Glendening almost 2 million a year for 4 years, or an older 2nd/3rd line center like Nielsen a 6 year deal for that much money. Those moves are designed to "just get in."
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    The Streak is officially over

    The Wings don't need a full tear down. They need to not sign guys like Helm, Abdelkader, Nielsen, Glendening, etc. to 4+ year contracts for too much money. If they don't get those guys for short term deals, they find cheap vets like Vanek instead. They need to hold spots for their top young players unless the kid plays himself off the team in camp, not automatically send them to GR until an injury happens. AA and Mantha should have been in Detroit playing 14+ minutes a night from game 1. Both were good enough. They needed to have XO, Marchenko, Sproul, and Jensen up the last couple years to see what they could do, not stockpile them in GR. Holland's comments about a team never getting good again? Yeah, if your GM is a moron, keeps drafting the same types of players, and never gets the guys to compliment your top picks, and overpays average players, your team is going to stay bad. If your GM knows what he's doing, then your team is going to get 2 high end forwards, a #1 D, and acquire quality players to surround them, and give the supporting cast deals that allow you flexibility and not panic at the thought of losing your 3rd line center. Your team is going to be as good as your GM builds it. Apparently Holland believes that he'd follow the Oilers model instead of Chicago.
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    The Streak is officially over

    Signed and traded for players to keep the streak going, not to build a contender.
  10. Good leaders don't need their captain to come to them to keep their head up because the team needs them. Fedorov did.
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    The Streak is officially over

    The goal is the Cup. What has Holland done the last 3 years to win a Cup? Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    The Streak is officially over

    Blah blah blah, just get in blah blah blah, never know what can happen, blah blah blah, playoffs are the goal, blah blah blah, mediocrity is easy to achieve.
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    Former Wings

    He's really good for about half the time. Every other year in Detroit he was really good, then the next year he'd be hurt or mediocre, then good, then mediocre, etc.
  14. Fedorov was one of the best players in the NHL in his prime. The fact that he wanted to get out of Detroit for so long tarnishes him a bit, but I think eventually 91 goes up. Datsyuk and Zetterberg are linked together, I think either they both go up or neither does. Osgood is #2 in just about every category in Wings all time goal tending stats and is pretty under rated. Too many people put all of his success on the team in front of him, but then heap praise on Roy, Brodeur, Fuhr, et. al. ignoring the fact that they put up their numbers behind great teams as well. Yes, Osgood let in some bad goals, but so did everyone else (Patty Wah Statue of Liberty play anyone?) and when he did, he came back even stronger. That OT goal from center ice against Dallas was followed by a shutout. He still doesn't go up though. He turned down a big deal, held out, and signed an offer sheet from a non playoff team designed to make it extremely difficult for Detroit to match after saying he'd never play for Detroit again, then as soon as he hit UFA status he bolted to somewhere he could be the man. He wanted out.
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    The Streak is officially over

    “I sit back and shake my head,” Nill says. “The era that we live in right now, with social media and reading some of the comments about the franchise and Kenny Holland, I’m amazed at the lack of respect that occurred there. It’s an incredible feat and I don’t think it gets as much respect as it should.” http://www.torontosun.com/2017/03/29/red-wings-playoff-streak-is-over-but-it-was-amazing Nill needs to worry about his own team and to stop and realize that what people are complaining about is the last 2-3 years, and what happened 20+ years ago is irrelevant to now.
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    Time for a reset/restore

    You can be 10% over in the off season then you have to be at or below the cap. If a player is on ltir you can get relief equalling his cap hit. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    Time for a reset/restore

    No. It counts until the season starts then they get relief for his cap hit. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    The Streak is officially over

    Sticking with a bad coach is a worse idea, They need to find a guy who knows ow to work with young talent and let them play their game while working on their weaknesses. Blashill was supposed to be that then turned into Babcock lite.
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    Former Wings

    Sounds like he's being a whiny ***** and trying to blame the coach for his poor play. 5 points in 19 games even with an injury isn't going to help you stick around. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    Chelios Blasts Mike Babcock

    Hasek and Chelios were done in 08. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    Looking ahead at expansion draft

    If they take anyone of Ericsson, Helm, Abdelkader, or Glendening I'd jump for joy Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    Signs for the game Sunday

    2 signs. Might not get the Blash one in but I'll try. If you hear a fire Blashill chant, I probably started it. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    Signs for the game Sunday

    Both signs made it in but my nail file/screw driver I had on my keychain was a dangerous weapon. If you give me 5 minutes I could have left a really nasty red mark on your arm with it. Couldn't take it in. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk
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    03/26 GDT: Wild versus Red WIngs - 12:30 pm

    Did my 20th annual turtle pounding day sign make the TV feed? It was on the jumbotrom a few times.
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    Signs for the game Sunday

    IDK if it made the TV feed, but the turtle pounding day sign was on the jumbotron. First period, then the camera guy came back later looking for me, and they showed shots of the brawl in 97 interspersed with shots of my sign. I had "Good Bye Joe" on the other side of it, that made the jumbotron too.