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Kovalchuk MUST be a Red Wing and he MUST be one SOON! You let most if not all of the UF/A's go. Maybe offer small contracts to Holmstrom & Bertuzzi. Trade Leino. Of course re-sign Helm, Miller & Abdelkader. That leaves us with this: (not line combos, just a list) Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Franzen Cleary, Draper, Helm Miller, Abdelkader, Filppula Stuart, Kronwall Rafalski, Ericisson Kindl Howard Osgood ...now add Kovalchuk (?Holmstrom, Bertuzzi?(personally I would rather try to get Andrew Ladd) and a player from the farm (Tartar or Emmerton for example) then sign Willie Mitchell and Aaron Ward to UFA contracts. Cap World sucks, but get Kovalchuk here long term. (again this is just a list of players not combos) Kovalchuk, Datsyuk, Franzen Cleary, Zetterberg, Ladd Helm, Filppula, Miller Draper, Abdelkader, Holmstrom (Bertuzzi) Emmerton (TarTar) Stuart, Kronwall Rafalski, Ericsson Ward, Mitchell Kindl Osgood, Howard

http://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1990_entry.html Laugh at some of the players selected before him in the 1990 draft! Trevor Kidd? Brad May? Too Funny! I guess ya never know! (oh yeah, Keith Primeau!?!?!??!)

Do You Know How I Know You're ***? For Wayne It's ALL About The Butt-Hole Pleasures!

I was there, it was totally brutal to watch. Thank goodness for the Olympia Room and the Pizza Row! oh and for The Post afterwards! Game was sucky. Team looked out of sync, no effort, WAY too many passess, trying to look too pretty. It's been on a decline since Yzerman left. Sure we won in 08, but even in that year, we won a lot of games with great third period efforts after bewing outplayed for the first two. Lets just cross our fingers for the injury bug to end and that we make the playoffs and rekindle some magic! I agree all this falls right on the head and shoulders of Babcock. Anyone know what Larionov and Festisov are doing these days?

I am interested in Kovalchuk, Mitchell & Ward... as UFA's... of course there are a few RFA's that need to be re-signed in Abby, Helm & possibly Drew Miller... Homer should he re-sign, should be around $1MM as should Bertuzzi. Goodbye to Maltby, May, Eaves, Williams, Lilja, LEbda & Meech. Lids is the x-factor here. I say hang em up, but I hope he makes a decision FAST, so Holland doesn't miss out on the likes of Kovalchuk or Mitchell... I still like Ladd as an RFA option... We have $16M cap space. Highly unlikely we score Kovalchuk, but that would be #1 on the wish list.

I hope Kindl plays, we are going tomorrow.

This just goes to show that they are going for all the marbles this year and this year only. Next year, the team will be very different (not unless they can pursuede Campbell to ski-dattle!) Welcome to Detroit Andrew Ladd!

Make a deal NOW......

I am.... I am being very civil compared to then. I can see Holland saying he is gonna wait on Lidstrom and Lids wo't decide until August and there will be no quality F/A's left. I am not calling him names or for him to be fired. I am just pleading with him to have a deal done for LIds so that they can maybe ****** up some help.... I do, on the other hand, want to see a better goaltender here before the playoffs...

Yes to answer the OP's question..... very concerning, must make a deal NOW for a goalie and some scoring and some defensive help. Unless Holland is just content to BARELY make the playoffs and discount this season as a wash... ...just do me a afvor Holland, don't wait until Lidstrom drags his feet and makes a decision sometime in August of next year before you sign some folks! PLEASE! I beg of you! Tell Lidstrom he has to make a decision BEFORE July 1st or you're moving forward! (and please don't sign him for a penny over $4M!!!!!)

This is nowhere NEAR as bad as ricinding an instigator penalty! This goal has no bearing on us winning the Stanley Cup, Malkin should have been suspended, cut and dry, the rule is black and white. It was Malkin's intent to send a message, that is why the ref gave him the instigator, but the NHL felt it more important to steal the Cup away from Detroit. Without Malking in game 3, Wings win, goup 3-0 and win it in 5....The NHL proves time and time again that it rules on its own agenda, not by what is right. It's unfortunate that the Wings are 9 times out of 10 the victims of their agenda, I guess that is what you get for being the BEST NHL team in the world for the past 20 years! It's sad too, because Mike Illitch has generated so much revenue for the NHL, you would think he would eventually get upset with constantly getting screwed...

Wow, I really think Feds was upset, eh? This hurts Feds, this hurts. What's next, does he call this place De-Toilet? Nothing like stabbing yours fans to death!

This is fine for me, we'll just take Andrew Ladd off their hands...

he only wants back in the NHL so he can get ready for the Olympics. Same thing Hasek always did. He'll go somewhere that offers him the most icetime.

uh... actually he did. While I am not sure whether or not he had a NTC in 1999, but I do know that he gave Chicago a list of teams he would go to and Detroit was on that list, SO, ya, it is the same...

of course, they will overpay him U.S. currency TAX FREE, why not go there? Where do these guys get all this AMerican Currency? Proly all the TAX FREE businesses they own here and they shipped their money back to Russia!

someone said the rivalry is more fierce than 30 months ago. But THIS rivalry is not the rivalry he talked about. His rivalry is over. IF Detroit and Chicago are his two top choices, you'd have to believe Chicago would be his first choice (if he still thinks it would upset the fans because of the rivalry.) BUT, once again, you have to look at who plays for Detroit, some of the most respected Swedes in the game. IF he came here, he would be in the most exclusive Swedish Clubhouse in the NHL, he would definately feel welcome and comfortable, but we dont have much cap space (after our injuries are back) so how much could Detroit offer him? Not unless they make a dealine deal for some picks just to unload some salary... as always, if he stays healthy and signs for cheap, then sure I'd welcome him here, who knows tho!

Now we're comparing Cathy Lee to Bob Probert? I think I just threw up in my mouth..... yech, yep, I did... I do believe Datsyuk has "fought" just as many times as Cathy has, yet who was niminated for BOTH the Hart and Selke? Ya,m I think THAT would make someone the most complete player in the league... Kudos to Cathy Lee for standing up for herself, but, sir, I know Bob Probert, I've met Bob Probert, Bob Probert isn't a friend of mine, but Cathy Lee STILL is no (comparison to) Bob Probert... You sir, should be tarred and feathered for even making mention of those two in the smae sentence!

lol! I wonder if Cathy Lee got the extra 2 for slashing him? Doubt it! He did get the instigator though, which was later recinded by Buttman and his cronies...

could have signed him, I was laughed at for mentioning him, now we're gonna trade assets for him?

this is not Ozzie's, but this mask absolutely rocks!

PLEASE!!!! i Hope so! Nothing personal Brad, just business.... You're FIRED!!! (where's Donald Trump when you need him?)

Kenny, get Fedorov back here NOW! J/K! What would a thread be without the mention of Fedorov? anyhow, this team needs a shake up or a wake up or frickin something!!!!! We need EVERYTHING, our offense isn't going, our defense is blowing and our goalies are...well they just both suck!

Ok Holland, make so magic! Make a Deal, sign someone, we need HELP! Shanahan, Peca, WHO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? We are in DEEEEEEEEP DOODOO!

...this just in from the NHL, if you're a marquee player you get an automatic recinding of suspension because your team cannot win without you and heck, and besides, isn't the world tired of those "other guys" winnng all the time?