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I think Holland will just go with his current D, if it works, then the streak lives. If it fails, he possibly gets a lottery pick. Either way, I'm willing to bet he is waiting and he will throw the wallet at Shattenkirk if he makes it to ufa. If not, then Fowler is a ufa in 18...if he makes it to July that year. If we could just rid ourselves of the two pylons from Sweden, we could let the kids play and grow, then adding a ufa would make sense. Keeping the Swedish two will only make signing someone better that much harder.

It looks like the topic has wandered from a GDT,

I agree, gives the kid a contract and let him try to prove himself and possibly make it to Detroit. Why waste yet another draft pick and let him go elsewhere? A 2-way contract to play in GR wouldn't cost more than league minimum I'm sure. He'll have his 3-4 years of waiver exemptions. At least keep this beast in the organization and we can watch him vash heads in GR for a while.

We need to get Stanley and Scotty to come here!

Problem is, he holds on to vets too long. Re-signs them for too long, then we have no room for the kids to play. IMO, he should not re-sign anyone for more than 3 yrs at a time.

Oops it posted twice...

Your best D was a healthy scratch last night That being said, I'd still take a short at Fowler this season, but not at what the asking price was early on. If they'd swap for Nyquist, I'm in. But..... Anyhow maybe take a run a Shattenkirk come July. Other than that, we need to dump the Swedish twins and let XO and Sproul play 100% and just hope they keep getting better.

I guess it's speculation since I don't know fact, but saying Todd wasn't on them is like saying Pudge wasn't either...somehow they both got emmensely smaller and worse after an incident and (in pudges case) rule changes. They both were half the athletes they used to be. Of course, they weren't the only ones in their respective sports, so it's not like they were bad people, they were doing what they were allowed to.

Plus Sproul out? I'm out....

So Kenny just said Larkin has been moved down to the 4th with Ott and miller...if you have any question what's wrong with this team, that should answer your question. Blashill has lost it.

Bertuzzi was on steroids back then and when he raged out and practically killed someone, he stopped and was never the same player. But for his health and life, it was for the better.

I also would trade Nyquist and Tatar if we had to make room for AA and Mantha to stay permanently.

I guess we were all waiting for blueadams to come in a make his line thread(s) I like Z and Mantha together. I like Larkin and Vanek too, but I think when Helm is available we should reassemble the Nyquist-Nielsen-Vanek line and see if they still have chemistry.

Number9 is GordieHowesNumber and who wouldn't want to wear that? I think even Christopher Reeve would.

Maybe he can wear the Number9 in Vegas.

Did they disallow a goal? The empty net goal made it 5-3 again.

I still think Larionov would make a great coach. But Spuddy would be an upgrade for sure.

Remember when they hired Adam Oates as an consultant? Holy Crikey, he has to be out of business by now.

Nyet. Howard too injury prone, historically s***s the ice after December. Consistently. You don't trade Mrazek. That would spell the immediate end of Holland...which I'd love, but not at the expense of Petr.

Can we hire Spuddy in place of Blashill?

Can't say it enough....We Like Our Team.

3rd period breakdown...motor city shakedown. Trade needed now. Either that or sit the Swedish Chef and Beaker for the rest of their contracts....

Not an expansion thread, but if Holland protects either Erection or Kringewall, he shall be sacrificed.

If he did, what a jackass. Hey Kringewall, LTIR is calling...

Damn...another 3rd period letdown. Someone is playing bad...can I blame Ericsson?