jimmyemeryhunter

Would anyone on here support me saying id be okay with bringing quincey back for less money? He's really not that bad, he just needs a solid shutdown d man to cover his mistakes and to try to get him scoring. Bi mean were not grtting our first rd pick back for him. May as well bring him back on a short/cheap deal.

That was beautiful.

So you wouldn't give up Sammy, and Quincey....for filpulla.At worst, a very tradable asset. For Quincey. And Sammy.

There ya go Alf

Are you playing the part of tampa?

Quincey and Sammy for filpulla, then call up oulette.

Quincey getting some love from mick. Go figure....

How do you not do everything you can to keep the kid line together in the big league, they're dominant night in and night out.

I just hope we can resign ~&~ (Theplayerformerlyknownas) Edit: I also really hope we bring in Fedor malykhin next season and give him a shot like we did with Brunner.

Honestly. I understand the notion of not over paying the best free agents on the market, just because they're the biggest fish in a small pond... But with the cap rising, after we pay our rfas well still be relatively near the cap floor unless we give severe raises to players who haven't fully earned it yet. If Alfie resigns, awesome. But assuming all the dead weight is gone,and Alfie doesn't resign we could still add a $4-5m d, and a $6-7m scorer and have cap space to where we wouldn't be in this kind of hell next season. Also. Even If we signed vanek at 7m at 7 years by the time his contract is up the cap limit will be $100m+. I don't necessarily think we should go after him unless we can get him on a shorter term deal, maybe convince him he can benefit from hitting free agency again with the cap rising so drastically. I'd like for kh to put an offer sheet in on Kane, or that well luck out and one of him or toews will decide to test free agency before the 15-16 season. Long shot, but not impossible. I think some are putting too much into the idea of throwing top dollar at vanek, but even more that his contract will be that big of a burden. Because the cap is rising, fast. And will probably go up faster after next season because of the new TV deal, and the rising popularity that's bringing in more And more revenue.. So you're both right to an extent. But anything is manageable. And I don't expect to have the amount of young guys step into the lineup and flourish like we had this season, so comparing our cap space/best possible roster this year to what well be dealing with in the next few years says nothing. Nyquist Tatar jurco sheahan and to a lesser extent glendenning are all pleasant surprises out of a bad situations, and the only problem with them now is the clearly, Sammy, bertuzzi deals. Which all signs point to then not being back next year... Will there be better options than vanek for the next three years, most likely not. Will there be options that turn out to be better between the 4 and 7 yr marks, absolutely. theres no crystal ball, but the superstar cap hit in 2014 will be your average stars hit with the salary cap of 2017. by that time the young guys will be able to step into larger roles, most of them will be coming out of the 2-3 yr bridge deals, plus datsyuks contract is up after that season. Then we'll be signing our next level talent to bridge deals or young superstar deals if they pan out. Oh and if you're questioning where I'm getting these figures from, http://spectorshockey.net/blog/get-ready-for-a-100-million-nhl-salary-cap/ There's good arguments for both sides. Vanek isnt known for his defense, which probably wouldn't work out all that well here. So Go with the young guys, resign alfie and try to bolster our d, then at the deadline we can give up lesser packages in return for eating salary of cap troubles teams. And if nothing comes along we have the rainy day fund waiting for the UFA we can't live without, if and when he comes around. Or. Go all out and over pay the likes of vanek and girardi in the off season and have less cap space, but still enough to try to make a deadline move. Both have their risks, both have rewards.

We need two here. We play like hot garbage with a two goal lead.

Awesome.

There we go boys

Ha I'm not saying i necessarily think its true or not, I just said i seen it being talked about.But he was on the ice with deke, so it nullifies any point anyway.

I seen a few more tweets and stories claiming the problem was more widespread, but all had the same picture.So whether theyre just using that as the prime example or not, it does seem a little weird that with all the reporters and multiple happenings, that that would be the only picture taken.

He shouldn't be on the pp. There's been talk that smith isn't on the pp just to keep his value down for when they resign him. And he's a rookie. Everyone makes mistakes.

Florida has 1 goal on 2 shots. Awesome.

The way he plays against us you'd think he'd be starting for em'.

Helms getting so many chances, its ridiculous. He's bound to get one eventually.

I'm thinking(hoping like hell) you're right. If he is healthy the big ice surface of the Olympics will be awesome conditioning for him. They did say during red wings live the first game back is easier because you're just surfing the adrenaline though. Well see the rest of the game if he can keep it up, but he does look awesome.

I was thinking that the other day. They both have that caveman protruding brow thing.

It's the lighting in Florida's arena.

Dats looks good so far, but helms gotta hit that.

Yep.He returned for the game against the wings, and now is out until after the Olympic break. Who knows. Maybe pav is ready. Maybe he skates tonight, realizes he's not healthy enough to go and sits out the Olympics like Henrik Sedin did. Well find out soon i guess.

http://redwingsfront.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/babcock-hopes-datsyuk-isnt-coming-back-too-soon-in-order-to-participate-in-the-olympics/