CamNeely08

Who in your opinion was the greatest Red Wing Player?

go to www.kuklaskorner.com or spector to get your juice, I'm pretty sure that Eklund just makes stuff up as he goes.

Got word a few minutes ago from an aquaintance who is a scout for a major sports agent that the wings are poised to make an offer to pick up Eddie Belfour saturday at noon. Also, word is that the wings front office is high on Bill Guerin, who they are hoping to sign and have a similar effect as when Brendan Shanahan signed before winning the cup.

yea, lets get rid of Lang... he only had the 2nd most points on our team in the playoffs (tied with Zetterberg), why don't we fire up the whole "lets trade Schneider" oven as well, hell, he only had 8 points... realistically Schneider and Lang are 2 of like 5 or 6 guys that we should NOT trade.

for 1 mil... yes for 3 mil.... oh my god no.

umm are you sure that wasn't Lapointe that was weaseling huge money out of the B's??? oh, wait, this is 2006.... ...... oh yea, one more thing.... Eklund is an idiot, don't trust anything he says.

As nervous as it makes me having an injury riddled Eddie B..... I do like that Holland looks as if he's ready to give the team to Howard in 07/08... an Eagle signing facilitates that.

I agree that the wings would be lucky to have the "THEN" Eagle... the one that is one of the top 10 goalies in history, but the "NOW" Eagle has had plenty of injuries and lets face it, he's no spring chicken.

Eklund is an idiot.

I think its a pretty touch question myself... my heart wants to vote Yzerman because I've seen him play for the last 2 decades and have lived and died through him, but you have to take everything into account, Howe and Sawchuck are widely considered the best that ever played for good reason, even guys like Lidstrom- 4 Norris, 3 cups, 30 min/game, all with the Wings.... how can he not be considered, very tough... even Chelli, he's considered maybe the best american born player that has played the game, physical, offensive when needed, etc. obviously a lot of that was before the wings but... he's great too. screw it, I can't choose, I vote for Homer!

With the news of Eddie in town for an actual physical, I dread ever hearing this information. makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

"With all due respect guys, I've said all along that we'd HAVE to have a gritty type winger on that line. Doesn't Bell match that? " - yes he does, but he's an RFA, we'd have to trade with Chicago for him.... not that I'm against it, I like him... I just think Chicago would have a difficult time parting with him.

Rolo is not the answer for our team. The guy had good post-season stats last year but a large part of that was the fantastic own-end play of edmonton's gritty forwards and, well, chris pronger. Rolo is in his late 30's and has largely been viewed as a guy that can't get it done by himself for the majority of his career, plus the fact that after making it deep into the playoffs, his pricetag will be quite inflated, I'm guessing he goes for 3.5 - 4 mil, way to much for that history between the pipes, and what about his injury? How will he rebound to the 2006 post-season form at 37 or however old he is. I'd pass. and don't get me wrong, Belfour isn't at the top of my list either, I like Biron; the price works, and as long as our D is solid he'll put up good numbers, plus it gives us an opportunity to trade someone. If we want to change some players, we have to get rid of some. I see Turco as the dark horse in all this, if rumour out of Dalles is true that they want him out, he'll be a hot commodity, I'd love to see him here in detroit, but then we're back to the 5mil/year problem. Maybe we should convince Greg Stefan to strap the pads back on, he was the goaltending coach for the Hurricanes last season and did a great job with Cam Ward and Martin Gerber, he might have some gas left in the tank.

I'd have to agree, Samsonov had a good post-season this year but his knock is that he's small, soft and doesn't show up at crucial times.... I'd rather have Guerin. could we make a line out of Datsyuk, Samsonov, and Hudler? the pee-wee's.

none taken Barnes. I have a friend who is an ex player and is now a scout for one of the big sports agents, obviously I can't mention either of thier names but I talk to him quite frequently as our kids play on the same hockey and baseball teams. does everything always work out that he tells me? No. but some has. he mentioned the pronger trade to me before it happened as well as the cujo signing by the wings as well as the coyotes this past year before they happened. There are obviously a bunch of factors involved. As far as Doug Weight, I am told that he still would love an opportunity to play here, although after the cup win in carolina as well as the wings depth at center he feels that it's more of a pipe-dream. Take it for what it is, a Rumor.

I wish. I like Guerin, but the Eagle is to old.

I remember when we got Luc Robitaille the press was asking him about his new teammates, he stated that Maltby was the #1 guy in the NHL that he and alot of other players hated, it was because he's just an incredible pest and makes you do dumb things. Malts is the man, we could replace Draper before Kirk, Draper is making over 2mil per year and what did he do last season? I'd take Grier but not in lieu of maltby.

There really isn't anyone on this team that I wouldn't consider trading for the right player(s)... well, outside stevie of course, but guys like Lang, Z, Schneider actually showed up last year in the playoffs, so unless it's for the "right" deal it wouldn't make sense... and before all you Z-lovers out there start bashing me, let me say, I think that he's our best player by far, but if someone like say, Calgary, offered something like Kipper and Iggy for Z and Hudler, I would jump all over it... obviously this trade would happen in a fantasy world but that's just an example.

You are an Idiot ShaunLang

I just spoke with a friend in the Phoenix area and it seems that while trade talks heat up for teams to rent Joseph for the rest of the year and playoff run, apparently Detroit is on the list of potential suitors. With Cujo's lower contract (900k) and Detroits need for a playoff goaltender it seems that the 2 may be a match again. Phoenix Sports radio confirmed with thier "Insider" that Detroit is a potential destination... as well as 3 other cities. Not 100% sure about what would be going to Phoenix, but rumor is Legace and a pick/prospect.

Word on the street is that Doug Weight wants more than anything to become a Red Wing, apparently he told his agent and the blues that he would accept and would like a trade to Detroit. However, being that Detroit is close to the cap this year and depth at center for the playoffs he acknowledged that his best route to his hometown would be through Free Agency in the Summer.

my next season: Shanny - Datsyuk - Kovalchuk Samuelson - Z - Doan Homer - Thornton - Iginla Naslund - Weight - Ovechkin Lids - Jovanovski Schneider - Pronger Neidermayer - Kronwall until he breaks something then we'll pick up Chara Zubov Luongo (Lunqvist/Vokoun) you figure out all the trades...

the "street" is from a friend of mine that works with Steve Bartlett. And remember that this is not from the wings side but from the Weight side of the story, the wings would have to move some guys around to make this happen too, I mean who play center right now? Lang, Pavel, Draper, Franzen, Stevie... all of them are centers depending on the situation, I believe Land and Datsyuk are the only ones in that group that don't play wing sometimes. Anyway, I think there is room on the roster for Weight, I think the bigger question for next year is how much $$ Holland is going to drop on a top tier Goaltender, because I don't see Ozzie and Legs coming back just to split time, maybe Oz as a straight backup but I feel Manny is out.

I have a friend that is a scout for a MAJOR hockey agent, apparently Holland inquired harmlessly about Loungo's status, in reply he got an offer from Keenan for a Loungo & Rostislav Olesz (??) Trade for Datsyuk, Legace & Howard. I'm not quite sure who the Olesz guy is but I like the trade. Apparently I'm not in charge of the redwings though...

I don't know... I think Loungo is the best Goalie in the NHL. However, when I asked where this trade was going I was told that is either still on the table if not already dead... apparently Holland did't like it to much.