DickieDunn

Offensive players like Smith and Jurco are asked to play defensive games, defensive players like Helm, Abdelkader, and Dekeyser are given offensive roles. But when the offensive guys don't get a shot and don't produce it's all their fault and the coaches know better than fans.

He went from being a highly skilled goal scorer to playing safe dump it in never take a chance defense only hockey. Do you really believe the coaches aren't telling him to do that?

Jurco was brought in and told to completely change his game because Babcock had a hard on for someone with size. If he had been brought up and allowed to use his skills and let his defense progress as he matured he'd be a lot better off than he is now.

Let me rephrase that. He has zero chance of playing a meaningful number of games.

Franzen had zero chance of actually playing

They planned on having Larkin make the team going into camp, the hype machine was rolling pretty good. He would had to crap the bed to not make it. Zetterberg Tatar Nyquist Larkin Nielsen Abdelkader Vanek guaranteed top 3 lines. Helm probably won't get dropped to the 4th line right after getting a bug contract. Unless they've given up on Sheahan, he won't be on the 4th either. So unless they put them with Gleddogmillionaire there isn't room for Mantha or AA

Let's put it this way. What's your expectations for Helm and Vanek this year? If AA and Mantha played the entire season in Detroit, what would your expectations for them be? If the answers are similar, they should have gone with the kids. Your team this year would be about the same, and it would benefit them more ling term. Ditto for Bertuzzi vs. Miller or Ott.

In the years leading up to 97 they put their top prospects in the NHL instead of leaving them in Adirondack until they were 23 or 24.

What good is it to make the playoffs if they have no real chance at winning the Cup, other than a few million in playoff revenue for the owners? I want another Cup ASAP. Signing Nielsen, Vanek, Helm, Miller, etc. And holding onto prospects instead of moving them for good players doesn't accomplish that goal now or in the near future.

I remember laughing at Chicago and St. Louis when they kept signing mediocre vets just to make the playoffs and get blown out in the first or maybe second round. Now Detroit is doing the same thing.

Sakic was the only Av I couldn't hate. Roy can go eat a bag of infected schlongs

And yet people are already talking about how he's going to keep the flies off and be some superhero.

Anyone who thinks Ott is still the guy who would stop this is going to be disappointed.

I'd do this, Zetterberg Nielsen Abdelkader matched up with other top lines Mantha Larkin Tatar Nyquist AA Jurco Sheahan Helm Glendening as a defensive line, their job is to hit and agitate

The best defense is a good offense

Most teams run a shut down line for a reason. Unfortunately Trashill thinks the Wings 4th line is the second coming of the Grind Line.

The best thing for the team long term is having AA and Mantha playing every night. The problem is, management is focused solely on The Streak and overloaded the team with mediocre vets.

I know, but if he had sent guards to take custody of the kids Cersei would have been powerless.

Ned git himself killed by not listening to Renley

Dick move of the week: mix laxative with food and throw it on the beach for the seagulls. Watch it rain poop.

HBO needs to stop with the girl power BS on Game of Thrones

A guy who scores 25+ goals and 55 points a year is a bad thing?

But he was the top rated prospect on redwingscentral.com that means he'd be at least as good as guys like Corey Emmerton, Jakub Kindl, and Brendan Smith

Detroit has a ton of offensive wingers and no good D coming in. A smart GM trades a surplus for something he lacks. Trading Nyquist and another piece or two to upgrade the D is a net gain. There's some mythical idea that bug guys have to stand in front of the net like Homer did. It's Bullshtuff, they should be told to play roles that their talents allow them to excel at. Babs and Blash love pounding square pegs into round holes though. Make a grinder a scorer and a 's over a grinder, and God forbid the let an offensive defenseman play offense and give him PP time, oh no smart coaches make them kill penalties and not carry the puck past the red line.

It's in response to anyone who thinks that just because he could have gotten that or more, which is really just speculation anyway, that it was OK to give him that. Holland used to know that, now he either doesn't understand or just doesn't care.