LeftWinger

time for Howard to prove to us he is above average.

...and the refs taking the game from Detroit again.

eat that s*** refs

helm is horrible....refs are worse.

I agree Andy is the odd man out, but no way should the Jurco - Sheahan - Tatar line be split up.

yes three in a row is impressive, but more impressive is the quality of teams they beat. We have a huge week coming up. Not looking too much past tomorrow, but Columbus, Toronto then Montreal...big points there! I am gonna go with wins against Minny, Columbus and TO to solidify our spot in the playoffs. Who knows, if Montreal falters a bit this week maybe our game against them could have some ramifications...

in that case Bruins are better than the pengwines. Dude don't be mad cause you lost tonight, your team is much better than ours....when we have 11 injured starters that is. And just not tonight.

great win, but damn we need some losing from the teams we're chasing...

no tv.....is it good?

:SLAP!: right in the face....watch your tongue!

refs trying to give game to pit....typical.

If you recall, Scotty Bowman had Yzerman traded in 1994 to Ottawa....for Alexi Yashin! Yes, we'd still be talking about that one! Thank Goodness for Marian Ilitch!

really, the only injured players this team misses are Datsyuk, Jurco and Zetterberg and Abby to an extent. The forwards that are playing now, sans Bertuzzi, are what is making this team competitive. Focus on D, D, D this July or even maybe at the draft, then if a forward pops up that you can use, then maybe check it out. We need D, D, D for sure! A legit top 2 guy and 1 maybe 2 SOLID, DEFENSIVE guys to make this team hard to play against again. I would trade for Edler, then sign Morris and Mitchell.

which is why Barbie Helm has become very tradable...

sure glad that puck went in, because refs just turned the other cheek on the hook from behind on that breakaway.

Bert in, Pulk out....Wings lose...sorry guys, Bert brings this team down.

ok, so Ken Daniels just said if Bertuzzi cannot go, Ferraro will go...f*** Bertuzzi! He brings nothing to the game!

Malik says that Ray Ferraro is at the Joe in anticipation of Landon possibly going tonight...hell may as well let him play! But this is Babcock we are talking about, the same guy who knew The Millers were going to be in Buffalo because they've never watched their sons play against each other, yet Babdick made Drew a healthy scratch...prick.

have we heard if Ferraro is going to get a shot? Smith at forward, really? Babs really hates Tootoo. Does Holland even consult him when he is offering someone a contract? First Commodore, now Tootoo.

how many "next Gretzky's" have we heard about too? I do believe Jarnkrok will have a good career, but there is no need to compare him to anyone. For Nashville's sake, I hope it works out because they traded their franchise player for him.

This team makes us all laugh...stop bitching about it if you aren't willing to make it better by getting better players in here. Oh wait, you want to trade Kindl for Stamkos, I get it.

They need to get Igor and Fetisov back over here and on the staff before the fricking Iron Curtain goes back up...

Franzen calling out the team? Even when he is one of the guys who show up for a week or so then disappear for a month....trade him in June...He has been doing well so his value is high.

I can agree with that too! Besides, I have been working with capgeek regarding my scenario, and with modest raises and the trades I suggested, I cannot fit all under $68M...if we still had $71M then that would work out...oh well...

I do agree with the stop gap idea, but it may be needed for two to three years instead of one. Also, stop gap on the D is a great solution as well. I keep mentioning Morris and Mitchell, only as examples, just to get my point across. Sign them both to 2 year deals (ditch Kindl) and they would be a great defensive stop gap while Sproul, Ouellet, Marchenko learn the NHL game with tons of time in GR and spot duty in Detroit. I still think Holland should dangle that 1st round pick out there this June. With the likelihood of it being a top 10, I think the return could help us out tremendously! More so than drafting a player at that spot. I could get on board with a Heatley signing as well. But the problem we are going to have is, at the forward position, not even including the UFA's (which I would only want Legwand back) we will need to add by subtraction first. Too many forwards already and more coming without exemptions. I have not been one to beat the "Trade Weiss" drum, but with Legwand, I think Weiss could be asked to waive his NTC and submit a few teams he would be willing to go to. I think he would be a nice fit in Vancouver, although they are also in turmoil. I don't mention Vancouver because of the Kesler aspect either, but I could see possibly a trade for a Burrows and or Edler. Wonder what would have to be added to a package of our 1st and Weiss in order to land Edler and Burrows? I am sure it would cost more, but what really? We still have too many centers and even if Weiss were to be traded, there is still Andersson, Ferraro and Helm that would all be vying for that 4th line center. Not sure if we'd have enough cap room, but what a different team this would be with Burrows, Edler, Heatley, Morris and Mitchell on it. We would actually need to get a better back up goalie too (less injury prone.) I also would try to send Franzen to Vancouver in that package and just re-sign Alfie for the same cap hit as Franzen... to VAN: Stephan Weiss, Johan Franzen, 1st round pick. (What else? Almqvist?) to DET: Alex Edler, Alex Burrows, maybe a draft pick in return. sign Healtey, Morris and Mitchell. Trade off Kindl and possibly Andersson or Ferraro. that would give Vancouver a nice top line of Sedin - Sedin - Franzen and a second line of Booth - Weiss - Kesler (unless they trade him)