LeftWinger

just in case you missed it, Franzen is no Fedorov. Actually he blows, but he sure is worth the contract he signed! He scores in bunches and is FAR from consistent. Anything else that needs to be repeated? This team needs a shake up, and I certainly hope Holland actually does something this monday and shows the fans that he cares about them.

Team is falling apart. Wings need a Big Time Goalie, a mean Defensman and a ligit Sniper... Too bad they cannot afford any of them...

...and to think, after his 5 goal game, some folks were comparing him to Fedorov...

Two things we have learned recently. Wings need a MAJOR shake-up AND as much as most folks here tried to convince us in an earlier thread, Franzen isn't even a fungi on Fedorov's toenail.

So nobody can have a different spelled name?

BINGO! We have a winner! I will never like the scrub. He could score 80 goals and be a Hart Trophy winner and I still wouldn't like him. Sorry, just because he is a Red Wing, doesn't mean I have to like him. So, in my opinion, ANYBODY is better than Hudler. Doesn't mean I am right, just will never like him.

yet it's acceptable for a $2.8M cap hit for someone who only has 10 more points and has played in 9 more games?

This is a great cause! on the humorous side, the Pittsburgh fans should be used to bringing diapers to the arena, but how are they going to separate the ones for the moms and the ones for Crosby?

Must dump enough salary to acquire Vokoun.... Osgood LTIR gets rid of some, who do we trade?

I am glad. Maybe next year (if he isn't traded) he will actually earn his money. Of course then he'll probably want even more to re-sign. I hope he finishes strong and has huge trade potential in the off season... Not hating, just saying...

Which means, if he comes back and plays strong, and the Wings go deep, he WILL be back for another year. He has to feel like he barely played this year....oh wait

Very Cool! I like! +1,000,000 for you!

if so, Trade Hudler right NOW! I will take that trade for sure!

Then I am sold! Make It Happen Kenny!

Best.video.ever. Typical Lemieux! What a puss! Oh wah, I got punched so hard my legs don't work!

well, I think I found a team in the East that I like now! at Talbot The Turtle (and from the way you got your ass kicked later, you should just keep turtling) Fa-Q Mario! If your team was the one kicking ass and winning the hockey game, you wouldn't had said a single word! It's just too bad your whiney ***** Crosby wasn't out there to get his head ripped off!

not that I agree the $4m is good, I don't, but what are we paying Hudler? $2.9m? for what? We have our share of overpaid players...

How is he defensively? I see he can fight, stick up for his teammates and rack up some PIMs, but I don't want a pylon out there. The cap hit definitely favor us, trade Hudler and Kindl for Carkner and Neil. Of course if the pot needed to be sweetened, Holland could do it...

OK, Jakub Kindl and Jiri Hudler for Joe Corvo. Then somehow get Wisneiwski... I too would love to see Vokoun here, BUT he makes over $5M, it would cost us dearly to clear that much cap space!

дацюк COOL! and lfw.r is like a hyphenated version of Leftwinger! Man that Russian keyboard is confusing! so when I write ерфтлы, its not really thanks then? wow, I got a ways to go!

thanks, I will try it! увше Ерфтлы ше цщклув!!! Not sure if I have the correct dialect though, when I type Datsyuk it looks like this: вфеынгл. Not quite the same as above. Maybe I need to install more dialects? I dunno, but thanks!

One: thank you for some very awesome and educational insight on the Russian language! B: I do agree it'll be better with the correct spellings of the names. I wouldn't even mid seeing the actually Russian spelling of their names, it looks pretty cool! Third, My name is of German decent and has the "IE" in it pronounced "EE" but I constantly either get the pronunciation "I" or get it spelled "EI" by people! I hate that! and D: how are you able to type the Russian characters? I have always wanted to be able to type foreign letters but have never been able to figure it out! Thanks again for all the insight

...but...but...but...Franzen is the next Fedorov, didn't you hear? I agree, there have been a lot of invisible players recently, I just don't get it...

Good! Then they can make a fantasy of mine a reality, hire Larionov and Fetisov for the assistant positions! I know, Fetisov is not gonna happen, Larionov is an outside chance, but how about we give Chelios the defensive coach position?

This is the bottom line and flame me all you want... Forwards are to soft, I am not begging for an enforcer or even making this a NA s. EUR thing, they are just too soft, even Bertuzzi. Defense absolutely sucks! They've sucked for years, even 2008, too many offensive defensmen, Ericsson is NOT the next best thing and like it or not Stuart is the best defensman on this team. Lids is not playing up to par, but he is almost 41 now, that can be expected. McCrimmon has got to go. Goal-tending is good, but not great. Jimmy makes some timely saves, but he cannot stop everything with this sub-par defense, and he eventually gets tired and lets in some stinkers and has mental mistakes. Someone above said this team needs a shakeup, that's agreeable, but really it needs more like an earthquake. Where to start? I couldn't tell you, because of all the long term contracts and loyalty going on, it's gonna be hard to get this fixed for this or next season... What I think they need? Lights out #1 goalie, two DEFENSIVE defensmen, and a ligit sniper than can score pretty much at will. BUT, with the cap space they have eaten up, there is no way of getting that all at once. Ken Holland has a ton of decisions to be made in the off season. Goaltending (Nobakov is still a possibility) defense ( I still like trying to sign Wisniewski) then go from there up front... baby steps. Oh yeah, Trade Hudler and Fire McCrimmon...