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Adidas probably..

Heck, if they wanted to get wild and mix up the retro look they could've added a dark purple(the octopus) as an accent color. Not sure how much I would have liked that but it atleast be fun. This is not fun.

Yeah, which is why they should have dropped the winged wheel on this one and done something out of the old Cougars jerseys.

Avs Nords-alternate looks real good tho. shame

This have been debunked. +/- is a Teamstat.

Bruins and Wings in on Hanifin Source may be s*** but since nothing is happening I’m posting it anyway. Hanifin would be a nice addition, no?

Looks that way. No news saying otherwise.

Yup. Luleå have three confirmed cases and suspicion of six more. Of todays games three have been postponed. It's each teams medical staff that makes these decisions. A total of 13 games have been postponed this season. All of them are planned to be played late november.

Glad to see Team Sweden realizing their mistake to not include Niederbach. Regarding the HYPE:

The tweet says OHL, not NHL GM's.

Why should he bother the arbitrator with how he views Bertuzzi beyond this next season? And why should the arbitrator care at all about the usage of the Red Wings dollars? The second part though I could see being more of an issue.

I don't think you have to go all Mike Milbury on your players. I fairly confident Stevie handled this hearing just as classy as he does everything else. Just state your case. Show them the numbers that supports your claim. In arbitration you don't have to concern yourself about the future of the player as only 1 or 2 years can be rewarded. So any discussion about how the team views the player long term shouldn't take place at all. It's all about next year. (I don't know anything about baseball but that's an interesting read. Thanks.)

Yzerman is probably very pleased in how this turned out.

Maybe Abdelkader could get a job as an organist? Heard that he is real gud at pulling the piano.

I think I remember posting before the start of the season that people here in sweden are really hyped for the kid. Like you, I had no real expectations or hopes for this season other than him being healthy. Now I'm working real hard on tempering my expectations of what he can become.

Daley is the first ex-wing to get a new job this offseason. Off the ice.

Well, that sucks. Could they move Hronek to, say, Finnish Liiga? I want that boy playing games...

So whats going on with the Czech league? Covid-break? Postponed? Maybe @ely s can shed a light on things?

Even tho I don't like this going to arbitration thats works for the Red Wings. I think it's safe to assume term was the hangup between Detroit and Bertuzzi. “When you get into the longer-term contracts, generally you’re locked into them,” Yzerman said. “We’re just trying to move cautiously. In the climate we’re in, with uncertainty about our salary cap for years to come (it remained flat at $81.5 million), we just felt this was a good way to go. We’re prepared to sign players to longer-term contracts, but we’re going to be careful, including our own players. We’re going to move slowly for the time being and be careful about handing out long-term deals.” Steve Yzerman: Red Wings looked to upgrade every position in free agency

re Nielsen buy-out Upside: Get a bad player off the roster and save real money, Downside: A cap hit of less than 700K under two years where it wont hurt us.

When can we expect to hear of a verdict?

No settlement between Detroit an Bert apparently. Going to arbitration.