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As an ESL'er I know and understand about the language barrier, believe me. I've seen so many interviews where he'd make a joke and it went unnoticed. And agree with your point about the duties of a captain and how it could cripple Datsyuk. All I was saying is, as a fanboy, I wanted him to get the C, that's it. Dude you've make great points, and I think we're misinterpreting each other in some bits of the convo. I didn't mean it as they treated him unfairly, maybe there's a flaw in my previous phrasing. But you know that in any other team in the league could have offered him more money and give him the C just to lure him into their organization. And at no point am I making excuses for Datsyuk's decision to leave. Nor villainizing the organization. and about what you editted in: "Not treated as well as he should have been" is nothing short of ridiculousness. Well that's your input about it, sorry if it seems ridicule to you. but, that's as best as I could express my train of thought at that moment, what I had typed first would have sparked a greater discussion. For me not giving him the C was not treating him as well as it should have been and that's what I meant.

So one can't have a preferred player to be captain or their own perspective of how things could be without been called a conspiracy theorist or a whiner? interesting..., that's some sheep mentality over there.

Oh sh*t! I forgot about the no fun zone, ...again

because they wanted to showcase the NHL's future with McDavid, Eichel, Larkin, Gost, Trouba, etc. all playing on the same team.

Can we have GDT's for the WCH? It would be cool if you added a poll so we could all vote and predict the winner

Mrazek's new mask by @artofDave Mrazek loves puppies

You are better informed than me in this and I value your points, but, Datsyuk was never treated as well as he shoulda been here, imo he should have been wearing the C and didn't, he was our number 1 guy but still had him as 2nd Center for a good chunk of past seasons. I say damn the Swedish Mafia. I know Fedorov did finish his contract, but at the end he did pursue earning more money. Pasha went on to play in the Khl for far less money and perhaps get a shot at winning the Gagarin cup in his homeland in front of his nationals. And believe you me, I'm upset that I won't ever see him play live wearing a Red Wings jersey. But life goes on and at least we get to see more magic from him even if only on replays.

per Ansar Khan The Red Wings announced Frans Nielsen will wear No. 51, Thomas Vanek No. 62, Steve Ott No. 29.

what do you think about the smaller neutral zone? they have a lot more room to play in the O zone.

Damn him to hell, he crippled us, we couldn't move his contract, he effed up Jurco's back, hurt Kronner's knee, and I heard he was a Bernie Sanders supporter... smh btw he had one less point than Zetterberg and played 16 games less than him. You can't deny that when he came back from injury the team looked a lot better than without him... Let a player play and enough with the Pasha hate.

It's really interesting to see how the fans live the games in Russia, they dress the stands with banners, chant and play drums like you'd see in a soccer match.

I hope they're not as nasty as this...

Yep, same here, although I had to contact customer service beforehand and ask about that. with the eticket you can just download it to your phone, a day prior to the game, and show it at the entrance, seems better than having to pay shipping fees or the will call option, where you have to provide the order # + id + credit card at the box office to pick them up. What I didn't like about stub hub is those f***tards that price their tickets in the $5900 range, even upper level seats. I mean, Ice level first row seats, I 'd get a bit of a jack on the price, but upper level, row 15...come on

Datsyuk scores the game-tying goal vs AK Bars Kazan with 7 seconds remaining in the 3rd

I'd like to think I got the best I could with what I paid for. I got 2 tickets in the lower area (sec119 row 9 and sec115 row3) and in the upper level (sec 209 and 109) I purchased 2 in Stubhub and 2 via ticketmaster. the latter one was a pain in the a** and kept having problems until a representative contacted me over the phone.

I read, on the hockey writters, an article about the Calgary Flames PTO and 5 players to look for, and they mentioned KFQ, although I didn't understand if it was just a sure thing or just a player for them to consider.

I got my tickets today, next January I'll be attending games vs Pittsburgh, Montreal, Boston and Rangers. I'm even gonna go to a Griffins vs Cleveland Monsters in Grand Rapids. I'm so excited.

Trouba's expecting a big deal, since he's gonna becoe an FA I read he was asking 7-8 years for $56 mill and, as you said, Boston was offering about the same years for $50 mill. Do we have that kind of cash to buy him over? Not without moving some assets and freeing up cap space, right?

Maybe he's not that big a fan of slurpees and that's why he wants out. Perhaps he misses a good coney dog and a faygo, ...perhaps.

with those lines we'd finally have a right handed shooter on each line, although, with Blash's system we'd probably keep misusing them.

You make it sound so easy ...I don't know if there's a downside with moving Smith, due to having one year pending in his contract, is that gsomething that would benefit the Jets? I agree, I'd rather move Mantha than AA. Maybe going for both Fowler and Trouba is a bit too much for KH, but, i'd be happy if he pursues Trouba at least,

Trouba wants out of Winnipeg Jets http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/watters-trouba-wants-out-of-winnipeg~936567 Bill Watters on TSN Radio: When asked on the Trouba situation, Watters a Former NHL Executive responded by saying "[Jacob] Trouba wants out of Winnipeg [Jets]". He went to say, the Trouba camp could force the Jets to trade him. His asking price is set at a steep price. Watters says Trouba may not like the way WPG is using him at the moment. The Jets of tons of Righty's and that could force Trouba to play on the 2nd/3rd pairing or maybe even switch to the left side. All of this, combined w/the Jets not willing to give Trouba his asking price, is the reason why Jacob may want out of WPG. now that it seems plausible, what do you guys think it would take to bring him to Detroit? Come on KH the puck is on your end now.

Kronwall discusses his knee and missing the World Cup http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comments/roughly-translated-niklas-kronwall-discusses-his-troublesome-knee

I didn't know Larkin had Amish relatives