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7th round pick. Has "draft steal" potential. Bad luck with injuries. Holy hell, if even 1/3 of these defensive prospects pan out, the Wings are going to be stacked on the back end.

It's one thing to only have to outplay Ian friggin White to stay in the line-up. You're right about that. But, as Harold said, he averaged more ice time than Kindl.

They better clear some major cap-space if they plan on over-spending for Filpulla.

Babcock also had this to say about Filpulla's injury: "You guys watched the video, you decide," Babcock said. "He's hurt. He'll be ready for camp." So I guess Filpulla's going to re-sign? OR, Babs was just talking, much like the Helm quote. Basically, I woudn't put too much stalk in how the coach phrased his responses. Know what I mean?

Yeaahhhhhh, because Kronwall and Ericsson changing on the fly looked like two senior citizens with alzheimers at a buffet. Not Smith's fault.

Two month's ago it seemed like Holland would have to go all genius to fix this team. Like miracle-mode genius. Now all he has to do is sign one top six winger (Horton, Clarkson, Ryder, Ribero, Elias, Dupuis, etc) or trade with a team up against the cap. Then let his UFAs walk, and use his own amnesty buyouts. He can do this in one afternoon. Then Re-sign Brunner. All very very very very do-able, even for Ken "Captain Conservative" Holland.

This off-season is a no-brainer, and doesn't have to be complicated. Just make this team better than it was this year, and keep pushing the kids along. - Get a scoring winger for Pavel. All this player needs to do is shoot the puck. Ryder would do. - Establish a legitimate 3rd/4th line punch. Slide Franzen down to flank Andersson + Tatar. - Sign Nystrom to grind it out on the 4th with Helm. - Helm and Andersson can be interchangeable. FORWARDS Justin Abdelkader ($1.800m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Michael Ryder ($4.500m) Gustav Nyquist ($1.500m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Damien Brunner ($2.500m) Johan Franzen ($3.955m) / Joakim Andersson ($1.500m) / Tomas Tatar ($0.840m) Daniel Cleary ($2.000m) / Darren Helm ($2.125m) / Eric Nystrom ($2.000m) Patrick Eaves ($1.200m) / Jordin Tootoo ($1.900m) / DEFENSEMEN Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m) Brendan Smith ($1.500m) / Kyle Quincey ($3.775m) Danny DeKeyser ($1.350m) / Jakub Kindl ($1.500m) Carlo Colaiacovo ($2.500m) / GOALTENDERS Jimmy Howard ($5.292m) Jonas Gustavsson ($1.500m) OTHER Buyout: Mikael Samuelsson ($0.000m) Buyout: Todd Bertuzzi ($0.000m) ------ SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,019,545; BONUSES: $1,010,000 CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $1,290,455

Yeah. This is the type of year when all the half-assed hockey fans and morons do well in hockey pools.

Has anyone considered that Filpulla might not actually want to play for Detroit anymore? He has that choice now. He'd look great in Anaheim centering Selanne and Etem. Temmu loves him, and he already has Mad chemistry with Etem

I assume you are joking?

Vancouver?

Yup. That's what I meant,

Maybe if Smith played a full season here last year like he should have, the ride would be a little less bumpy right now. I feel like he's the one prospect the Wings have mis-managed up to this point. But I also feel like he'll be fine moving forward.

Just curious: what are these "horrible teammate" stories floating around. I haven't heard anything. All I know is that he was an idiot during the lockout, and he was an idiot when Babs benched him.

This series will be won based on who wakes up first: Franzen-Filpulla vs Hossa-Sharp. Both Mule and Flipper need to play with more jam.

I might have to get tanked for this one. COME ON BOYS END IT TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!

Normally I'd say the Pens would hang on to him. However, they'll need to dump salary before next season I believe. Tough call. As far as the Wings go, Jimmy's a work-horse. Play him as much as you can next year, and hope Monster is healthy and capable of playing a few games. Then bring Mrazek up for 14-15.

Re-reading some of these posts/comments. Sure am glad we didn't trade Nyquist for this guy...

Mc"Nail"

Bumpity bump for further discourse

He'll be a seasoned veteran by the time the Wings make this year's SCF

Crawford looked great today

"Both"? You must be referring to his chins.

Yeah, I doubt Scuderi would move from LA either. I just used him as an example. Any veteran under 35 that plays a solid stay-at-home game would do.

Kenny"s MO this summer should be to get a solid veteran stay-at-home guy to pair with Smith if they have any interest in developing him properly. If not, trade him. But yeah, something like this: Kronwall - Ericsson Kindl - DeKeyser Smith - Scuderi Quincey would have to be moved.