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LOL

Good goal. It bounced in off his skate..no kick.

There goes the lead...

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Damn you know this team sucks when the announcers are saying they're surprised the game isn't over already due to how many turnovers they had in the first. It's ******* Buffalo!!!! LOLLL

Agreed. Sick play by Vanek. How many breakaways has Helm ended up with because of his speed, but hasn't scored on? Hell, he's even shot it wide a few times. On. A. Breakaway. Shot it wide! How? lol

Damn Larkin.... No penalty on that?

VANEKKKK to NYQUISTTT!! That Vanek guy eh?

Yeah, I wasn't that big on getting Stamkos, not as much as others were anyways. I didn't think the Wings had a shot at him. Why leave a cup contender in Tampa to go to a rebuild on the fly/clusterf*** in Detroit. lol And he didn't. If Hamilton is available and Calgary wants Howard, now would be the time, because Howard is due for his yearly suck fest at some point. If not Hamilton, take Elliott. Less than half the cap hit and UFA July 1.

Well how many times have we heard Holland talk about "kicking tires" but finding nothing, and say that a potential trade partner wanted too much in return, or wanted pieces he wasn't willing to part with? Sometimes you have to give a bit too much or give away players you don't want to in order to improve your team. It seems as if he's always looking to underpay or get a steal. That doesn't happen anymore (often) to any GM, much less Holland. Teams know he's in a bind, and that the Wings have been THE NHL franchise that all others are measured by for 20 years, but now they are in a freefall to the bottom because Holland made a mess. No team is going to help him out.

Yeah, forgot bout Stuart. And Bert's first stint was a big trade, but he wasn't the same player who steamrolled everything in his path and scored 50 goals in a season in Vancouver. Then after the playoffs he bolted for Anaheim.

Pretty much. Wonder how long it'll take them to make the playoffs? Florida made the finals pretty quick after their inception. Starting with San Jose in 1991, there's been 7 new franchises added..two have won a cup so far (Tampa in '04, Anaheim in '07), and 5 have made the finals (Florida in '96, Anaheim in '03 and '07, Tampa in '04 and '15, Ottawa in '07, San Jose in '16).

The name is now officially the Golden Knights, according to TSN.

Speaking of drafts, it sucks with where the team is at this point that Holland basically traded one year of Dat's contract for Chychrun. He may as well have kept the money on the books and took him in the draft..things can't really get much worse from here.

Detroit needs this guy. Now.

I don't think they've been this low in the standings at this point since 1989. lol Whoops. Was 1993.

I can't believe the Red Wings are in a battle for LAST in the Conference with BUFFALO, and the Leafs are ahead of them in the standings. How times have changed, huh? They better come out flying and win tonight to fight for any dignity they have left. I wonder how long ago the Wings were in this position at the tail end of November...couple decades??

It actually does look a bit better there

Agreed. That's the best vintage jersey design the Wings have ever used IMO. Stop putting out junk trying to top it. Won't happen.

It's not hard to believe that Holland wouldn't have done it. Since the cap came into effect, he hasn't made one meaningful trade. He hasn't made one since the Hasek/Kozlov trade summer of 2001, and Avery+ other pieces/Schneider at the deadline in 2003 .

Not me. His resume speaks for itself, although only winning one cup in Detroit was disappointing when he could have won two (did come with one game, but leading the series 2-0, should have finished the job) or three. He's even gotten the Leafs ahead of the Wings in the standings. hahaha It was time for him to move on from Detroit when he did though. Not much more he could do there anymore with what he had, team needed a change, and Toronto offered him $10 million a season. Hard to turn that down.

Jurco will save us.

Not often anymore. It sucks, because I remember deadline day was a day to put everything aside and keep your eye on the tv to see who got who, and there was lots of big names moved. Nowadays it's nothing but depth players and veterans past their prime and are UFA in the summer that move. July 1 usually stinks now too.

Holland doesn't have the balls to make trades to land players like Burns. And $8 million seems a bit much, but I guess if you compare him to Ericsson at $5 million+, it's a steal. And Holland sucks at contracts. They couldn't have landed him even if they had pieces the Wild wanted. Cause you know, Holland. Hearing one of them was Hudler though...WTF Kenny?!??!

Golden Knights reminds me of the failed, consistently struggling, California Golden Seals franchise. At least Gary Simmons had a cool, iconic mask though: