LeftWinger

So Holland's been lowballing him. Typical. All this is well worth having the highest payroll in the league. Nah, we don't want to buy anyone out or trade anyone. Holland is a ******* disgrace. He really should be sleeping with the fishes right now. Coke sucking bastard. There's no ******* reason why E is still on our payroll. Helm as well. If he was lying in a ditch on the side of the road, I'd piss on him.

What contracts was he offered?

Can we please get AA signed already? Of your 3 RFA's he is your most talented and you worry about XO and Tatar first? I understand arbitration, but AA should've been addressed well before Tatar. It should be XO still waiting for a contract, if anyone...

I griped and moaned that Tippett wasn't our pick more than anything. I said I admittedly didn't know much about Rasmussen and hoped he turned into the center we need. Do I still think we should've drafted Tippett? Yes. Do I still think Tippett will be way better? Yes. But that doesn't mean I don't want our guy to be impactful and highly successful. The name of the game for me is to force the mediocre players into becoming tradeable. Thus making our team younger and also opening up cap space for important needs.

Yes, but how many were ahead of Larkin. Then he came to camp and took the leap. I, for one, would not be mad. I'd like to see our first top 10 in decades dominate and stay.

Usually when a prospect signs an ELC, capfriendly lists them in the lower roster, Cholowski for example. Do you find it odd that they are listing Rasmussen on our main roster? Just as an example too, when Larkin signed his ELC, they listed him on the main roster as well. Of course he never went down...are we going to see Rasmussen get a SERIOUS chance at the big team?

We'll suck.....bring the draft lottery already. Can we just skip this season?

Ya, but nobody outside of Franzen is slated to go on LTIR. Holland says they'll play. So now what? If they can get Pits 1st rounder for Sheahan, that'd be nice. It'll probably be 25-31ish...

Good to know!

They're both signed to pro contracts, can they play in junior?

He ain't gonna trade E or one of Nyquist/Tatar...money's gotta come from somewhere.

Well that's encouraging. Maybe it need it's own thread.

Don't know who made this, but the benches are wrong, the Wings penalty box in wrong and "The Hit" Vladdy put on the poor Hawerchuk was moreso close to where it says Larkin Fastlane.

Don't forget Butcher!

Mike Witkowski?

I flew over the city yesterday on my way back from FLL tried to snap a pic of it, but we banked hard and I got a blurry one. I'm going back in 2 weeks and will try again on my return. It looks nice.

That is why I started my post by saying I would rather hire from outside. We need someone not loyal to these players that Holland just cannot seem to trade.

Rasmussen oft injured already.

Although I'd rather hire from outside, a good example is Jim Nill. He's an understudy of Holland's and he is way more aggressive than Holland. An issue I'd have with someone from within is possibly having loyalty to the same players Holland has. We need a GM, from within or outside, to come and clean house.

Just have to look at Conor Sheary's new contract. 3 yrs, $3M per. Playing with a star, his numbers are good. But now let's look at Abby, Helm and Tatar. That's giving away too much money and it's Holland being loyal to them. If they were being paid what they're worth around the league, they'd be making much less.

Could've had him at the draft...

Honestly, I have not even voted at all. Good to see though. Holland just needs to fire sale the team and show he wants to put them in the right direction. Enough "loyalty" it's getting you nowhere.

Everytime I see this BBC breaking news logo on Twitter, I think it's Red Wings breaking news...im desperate for breaking news!!!

We can fire sale now or at the deadline. Either I want that #1 pick. The Svech Brothers will be the new Sedins....sort of.