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Would someone please ban this dickheads account?

Agreed on Ras and Svech. Zadina and Veleno are not yet good enough to get top 6 minutes in Detroit. Until they are, they'll be better developed in GR. Seider is probably good enough to make the Wings, but not 20 minutes a game good. Put him on the top pair in GR until Daley and or Green get traded at the TDL. He should be ripe by then.

Nope. No misunderstanding. Just voicing my opinion to a sympathetic ear.

Unless u move Hronek or Green to the left side, Seider would be on the 3rd pair. Would rather play him with Cholowski as the top pair in GR. The Nemeth signing would have more to do with a kid not getting a spot than either of Daley or Green. They were already here, and Kronners retirement should have opened the door for Cholowski. Bringing in Nemeth after the acquisition of Kaski and then the drafting of Seider was a head scratcher for me. As for F, I don't see an issue here. I expect Moose and Svech to make the roster. Zadina and Veleno in GR logging top minutes makes more sense to me than playing behind Bert, Larkin, Mantha, AA, Hirose, Flip, Moose, and Nielsen on the big roster. Are any of Kuffner, Ehn, or Turgeon better than Helm, Abby, Glendening, or Nielsen? I dont think so. So would getting rid of them improve the team now or in the future?

Proof? Development should be the focus right now. If that means some of these kids are better off in GR for now, then so be it. No need to win right now. Even if there are prospects in the system who are better than some of the roster players, if the kids are better served playing in GR, then that's where they should play. Its not unusual for kids who are at an NHL level to play in the AHL even if they are actually better than some of the depth guys on the roster. We would all prefer to see these kids in Wings sweaters ASAP, but if someone like Seider is better off munching minutes in GR, than that's where he should be, even if he's better than someone like Bowey. Getting rid of guys like Helm, Abby, E, Daley, etc doesn't mean those kids would get their roster spots anyway. The kids aren't in the minors because of a lack of roster spots for them. If that was the case there would have been no reason to sign Flip or Nemeth. If any kids start in GR, its because the coaches and GM think its better for their development at this point, dropping the "dead weight" doesnt change that.

Petterson, Boeser, Hughes, and now Podholzin. I actually like their core more than ours.

So now I am picturing FMichael and CRL on a Brokeback camping trip together. FMichael is playing his crappy DRW guitar next to a campfire of Lidstrom books and CRL is singing "Kumbaya" wearing only his DRW thong.

So like CRL said...It will never get used

Or u decide to run for President.

Not sure about forwards, but looking at D, yes. Assuming Green, TD, DD, E, Hronek, Bowey, and one of Chokowski or Seider makes the Wings...that potentialy leaves Seider/Cholowski, MacIsaac, Saarijarvi, McIlrath, Lashoff, Kaski, Lindstrom to play in GR depending on who goes back to juniors and Europe. Edit: Forgot about the little guy - Hicketts.

I just hope Moose turns out to be worth a 9th overall draft pick, regardless of what forward position he plays.

Good point. Also... If u go by Barry as ur first name for the first 40 years of ur life, ur not really black either.

I needed a break. The wife was feeling neglected.

On a side note...The Alumni Game totally baited me. I get to the game, and what do I see? A home white jersey skating around with 'FEDOROV' on the back. I was stoked. "Feds is here!" Then I noticed the 91 was an 81. "That's strange", I thought. I then zoomed in on my camera to take a better look. As it turns out, it wasn't false advertising. It was the correct name on the jersey. But it wasn't Sergei. It was friggin Fedor. Who never played for the Wings. WTH is he doing here? Is this some sort of consolation prize? Did Feds bail on them and send his lil bro instead? Not cool. Why not bring in Wayne Primeau? Or Nikos Tselios? Hey..why not Brent Gretzky or Bart Hull? Not cool.

That's why he scored. Goalie went blind.