jimmyemeryhunter

I type my lgw posts on a typewriter at Starbucks.Ban playoff beards..... unless they're trendy.

This would be hilarious.Why is everyone so averse to "hipsters" And doesn't hating something because its a trend right now make you a hipster?

If Arizona drafts hanifin, maybe we could gdt OEL, But I doubt they move him. I would be happy if we got him though.

My girl was coming out of work last week and someone tried to mug her, and she didn't let them. Ha. What a bad ass

I kept my bill straight, when my grandpa and I bought matching hats. He doesn't bend his. But now that its got some axel grease on it, I bent it.

I think id be okay with giving up mantha for Tyler myers now. And then maybe try to work something out for phaneuf, why not take one more run at that cup thing. Kronwall-myers Dekeyser-phaneuf Ericsson- young d Looks kinda good.

Ha. This makes Jimmy ds comments seem like they may have came at the worst time.

I don't want to give up nyquist, but on HF boards there was a proposal of Nyquist for vatanen straight up. Which isn't bad. I wish vatanen were bigger, but I'd still want him on the wings.

Yep.http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2013/09/red_wings_sign_daniel_cleary_t.html

Lawyered?

Pretty awesome

I think we only have 3 years of Weiss remaining.

I get what you're saying, for sure, I can justify it very easily, which is why I wonder about it... but its probably also in large part to my attachment to players we draft and develop.And on Stafford, I was looking at old stats, and going off of what he scored in the lockout shortened season+ next half season.. So my bad on arguing that point.

he wouldn't have to teach Abby, or helm...they're the next wave of leaders to teach the young guys ( if they both stay past next season) aa for Glendenning and sheahan, neither are as effective offensively as he is in twice as many games, Glendenning shouldn't even be in that conversation, he's a shutdown center...But sheahan/Jurco could definitely learn from him...just because franzen doeant go out of his way to hit someone, doesn't mean he doesn't play physically along the boards, or in front of the net, which is what he was supposed to do... Do I wish he would've used his frame as a more classic power forward who scores his twenty five goals, and hits like McCarty, definitely, But that's not who he is. Which is fine. When he's healthy, he is a better option than anyone elseat every aspect of the game than we could get for his cap hit, and when he's not, they throw him on ltir and its like he was never there... It seems like the perfect situation.

Asset management.That phrase gets alot of play around here, but why go out and give someone more.money to come here and be that, if you can do it with someone in house. Plus, the potential for him to grow in that role, the forwards at this level, for the most part, you've seen what you're going to get... the fact that he's already so offensive minded leaves room to imagine hell grow as he learns the role. Then trade other parts that'll take to upgrade the d, his value isn't great as it is, but if he doesn't start improving then its going to plummet as he ages. So I'd be fine with them trading him now, but I don't see that happening... And if you can move around your pieces to a place that suits them better, why not get all you can out of him. They know who he is, they know his character, how he learns/how he doesn't... Plus he's going to be relatively cheap for the next few years. Stafford may or may not be a good guy to bring in, he looked like he was going to consistently score 50pts, but that's dropped off.. and someone's going to pay him more than he'd be worth just off the potential he'd recapture that, so why not pay smith half of what Stafford will get for those twenty points. Which smith could score up front, he scored 19 two seasons ago on the back end, 13 last year which isn't far off what he brings anyway. I know those guys aren't hard to find, but the devil you know blahblah. But I get what youre saying, I just kind of want to see blash shake stuff up and try something different. I know if won't happen, because your logic on it is more rational than mine, but still.

because his speed, his offensive awareness, and he hits.I like what he brings to the team, and agree we have a a logjam of forwards, and probably some that can bring that in Cally and Ferraro, but I think smith could be a more offensive version of that. Plus, his shot from the point isn't that great, but I have seen him let go a decent snapshot/wristshot, and with his size he'd be good net front. I don't think he'd ever be as good as holmstrom in front of the goalie, but he's big, fast, and strong on the puck... Like how they justified using Abby on the top line with pav and z to begin with, Puck retrieval... And its not like it would take long to get him into the groove of playing offense, he didn't look out of place at all on the fourth line when we were destroyed by injuries two years back... He gave the fourth line someone who could Carry the puck up the ice, which it could have just been because of the fourth liners he was with at the time, but he stood out in a good way there. Plus, having that kind of versatility would make him much more valuable to us... I get that its a lot different moving up to forward from d, than from wing to c, but its the same general concept... And I'm sure he's played forward before, I only got to bantam and I played everywhere but goalie, which I'm sure is the case for almost everyone of these guys

That's not a bad plan of action, maybe that's what babs saw in him and tried to push him into a more defensive role.If he can become that, I'd be ecstatic. As for the bolded, I said something about moving him to forward full time a while back, and if I recall correctly you were against that... If it was, why would you be averse to that? I'm also wondering about Quincey under blashill, he was becoming a decent point producer in Colorado and LA, I wonder if the new coaching staff will try to recapture some of his offense now that he's shown he can be a adequate in his own zone. It wouldn't be a stretch to say hes going to put up better number next year than he did last, especially if he and did are still together.

I don't think his shot is that bad, I do however see the huge problem with him getting it on the net.Which kind of means he doesn't have a good shot, but I think he can learn to control it better. Kindl should get another chance this coming year though... Worse Case, we can sign him to a lower contract and make him our 7th guy. This is the last year of his deal, right?

Ha.He's still young, hell be alright. I'd rather he starts coming along and showing signs of progress under blash, then trade him and watch him become an amazing offensive d. Which he very well could, he has the tools to do so.

Yeah, I remember reading something on that with the chips in the jerseys or whatever.

Yeah add me to the list that would not retain any salary on Weiss, but he would seem to fit well in Arizona, he's done well enough playing first line c in Florida. Plus he could help shelter/tutor strome, if they choose him over hanifin. Which they should, seeing as how they have no centers, and already have OEL, who plays the same side as hanifin And I'd rather they promote any one of Larkin/athanasiou/even nosek over signing hodgson if they decide to keep z and pav together. He's had points where he looked good, but he doesn't seen like he'd fit here. Datsyuk Sheahan Larkin(aa/nosek) Glendenning Not too shabby...

I liked the real time speed clock, that's kinda cool.The glow got annoying fast though... And I thought it was blue all the time, or was that just fox track or whatever?

Which I think is a combination of because we were built to compete in the west, plus, babs knew the other coaches in the west very well.

Agreed.I'd also like to see you become a huge fan of rileys brother. Not for any personal reason, or me thinking smith is awesome, but I think the conversation would be funny between you and krsmith. Plus. I will admit, the last two years he's been one of our better playoff d-men.

Ha.Fair enough. He could be good for us, and I would welcome him if we got him, and be happy if you got to say that... But you're right, chances are we won't get him. Someone is going to offer him too much, and price us out. Or maybe he really is set on going back to Toronto, or going to Vancouver. But what about green, or oduya? Then only reason I could see us not trying for one of them is if the bidding gets too high(which I can definitely see happening)