LeftWinger

...don't laugh! I guarantee, if Osgood takes a poop/injured this year, Holland will NOT go into the playoffs with Conklin/Howard...

...once again, the media and fans are making something out of nothing, like they can feel so proud that they are happy to be back in Canada, like their something special, oh gee, what are they gonna say "God is SUCKS to be here in Calgary and Canada!" Get over it, Canada (and I am part Canadian!)

...this is stupid! He was interviewed IN Chicago by a Chicago news reporter OF COURSE he's gonna say that he wouldn't mind returning one day! He also said he found a NEW home in Detroit, but Chicago will always be "Home." Well, guess what, Ottawa will always be "Home" to Stevie and guess where he retired, his NEW home, bet when asked a few hundred times about the possibilty of coming home and playing in Ottawa, guarantee Yzerman said stuff similar to Chelios, it would be cool, it would be nice to play where he grew up, but Detroit is his NEW home... ...Chelios is being politically correct when answering the reporters questions. No need to piss off what little fans you have left in your "Hometown."

...and soon, Hossa will have his ring to prove it. Hossa will tear the league up playing here! Zetterberg and Datsyuk are better than ANYONE he has played with yet! Look how good he did while playing with Crosby and that was for a very little time, he will be playing ALL SEASON with these guys, not to mention argueably the best starting 4 defensmen in the league to get him the puck as well! Wouldn't be surprised to see 50 from him this year if not more, but then again, with our sread out scoring, he could only net 30, but on this team 30-40 is pretty much leading the team, so, I expect him to lead the team in one way or another... ...we'll really wet ourselves if he works out, helps win us another Cup and THEN re-signs here for Franzen type money! Then let the wetting begin! Then I'll wake up! ...BTW, bought mine too!

...the ones that do finally come here are through realizing money doesn't buy you a Championship. Besides, more than likely they've already been a millionaire over and over, so how much more money do you need? Plus that fact that the best player in the World (Lidstrom) conmstantly takes less than he can get on the open market and that has to intrigue som players. Of course, some players just want money... ...here's an example, how many years now has Lidstrom been making over $4 million pers season? How much more money does he need? He would rather resign here and possibly win more than sign somewhere else for money he'll never see anyhow! He's not going to go through all the cash he has now let alone use any of the $10 million dollars he could get elsewhere! Same goes for all players who feel they've made millions upon millions of dollars already, may as well get the best chance to win a Cup. Marian Hossa, perfect example, he's already made how much in his career? I do believe this season he will be making more than ever, so it's not like he LOST money to come here, he'll never spend $7.4 million dollars (of course reasonbly, if he just blows money and buys 7 different million dollar houses that's different) but the three million is isn't getting this season (if he took the Edmonton offer) isn't gonna matter to him if he wins consistantly, same wth Brad Stuart, he'd rather win than sit back and collect money he'll never even get to touch in his lifetime. Of course this philosophy is coming from someone (me) who belives you shouldn't wnat more than you need. But I do believe that the players that come here for less are those type of players, they already have more than enough money, so why not come have fun and win for a change?!?! Which is why I also believe Zetterberg will be signed for less than the $7 million the "EXPERTS" and saying he'll get. He's not gonna ask for more than Lidstrom and why should he ask for more than Datsyuk? He'll sign for similar money as Datsyuk and he'll sign long term. Same goes with Franzen, he'll sign for Filpulla money (maybe a bit more) and he'll gladly stay for less than what he could get out there... ...bottom line, when players want to win, they'll take less to do it. Also, if they sign for less, there is a lot LESS expected of them, so there isn't a whole lot of pressure on them to score 100 goals and get 300 points. Poor, poor Malkin, if you couldn't handle the stress and haul of the playoffs last year, ust wait until he fizzles out again and the fans turn on him because of all the money he's making now. Poor guy... ....where do you go to win? Detroit. You go to Detroit to win, Detroit doesn't call you to win it for them. You need Detroit, Detroit is already a winner, so odds are they don't need you... ...Superstar cast, still make millions, hoist Stanley Cup.... Priceless!

Fixed It For Ya! ...I think he'd take a job in Toronto first, stop, oh wait, no, that organization is more corrupt than City Council, so yeah, let's start the campaign!

...can anyone say Ottawa Senators? One more year like last and Bryan Murray will be OUT!

...I was there! Yeeeee Hoooooo! I am sure everyone remembers that night and they will always remember it!

...yep, everyting about China is fake, even their female gymnists are fake, they are too young to compete, but who's gonna make waves when the games are in China? Duh! Oh, BTW, not that I am supporting McCain, but Huds, the guy in you Avatar is not gonna make a differene either, he only make this country worse (as will McCain) but it doesn't matter becuase 2012 is approaching and it has been written, so this is the path we must all follow! ...back to subject. We must support China so when we attack Russia, they will help us!

...Greg Stefan, Glen Hanlon... Good Times (although no Cups, oh well!)

here's a very recent picture of him (he used to be fat when he lived here) the youngin is my cousin, but Brian is on the right, he is about half the size he used to be, but you may recognized him. He worked there all through the 90's until the moved up north...

Brian Watson, he was at Wisne Design on the North side of Telegraph (the high(er) rise building.)

...oh, now I see! No, he is his own owner, Rousch is another owner (plus Rousch owns Fords, Tony is Chevy) so they would never partner together, unless one day, Tony actually drove for Jack Rousch's team (I just threw up in my mouth a little.) But I get your intent now, sorry for all the confusion in the last post! ...Tony is starting his own team, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony will drive the #14 and Ryan Newman will drive the #4. Jack Rousch has his own 5 drivers... ...I do rememeber going to one of the first games at the Joe in 1979, they re-dedicated Gordie's jersey that night, for a 9 year old it was pretty cool, I went to a few games between then and 1984, but didn't really get hooked until the Probert/Kocur/Klima era...

...Hey, I worked for Wisne Design briefly back in 1994! My UNcle is HUGE at Wisne, he started at the 8 mile building a LOOOOONG time ago and when the comapny expanded north (to the Upper) he was chosen to head up the company up there! God bless your Uncle!

...well, seeing that Rousch is a local owner, that would make sense, BUT I would rather see Tony Stewart finish last in every race next year before I would want to see the Wings logo on a Ford. Sorry, for me, Chevy all the way! That is why Tony is leaving Gibbs, he cannot stand driving a Toyota, plus all of his other owned cars and tracks are all sponsered by GMC/Chevy. Tony is a diehard Chevy man, and well, even though in todays world "The Big Three" don't mean much, he is true to his word. Anyway back on your subject, that would be cool to see the Wings logo on a NASCAR, but then I'd have to see it on Carl Edwards or Matt Kenseth if Rousch sponsored it, but I do believe Ilitch has contracts with GMC for advertising (in the Joe) so if Tony could land the Wings, that would be cool! (besides, Tony already stole Office Depot away from Rousch, why not the land the Wings! ) p.s. He's already driven a Kid Rock sponsored car in the Busch (Nationawide, yech!) series for Kevin Harvick (see pic) A nice Kid Rock/Red Wings car would be the shyt!

...alot of folks are gonna say Yzerman just because that is as far back as they remember. For me Yzerman kinda started it, I remember some news reports about him when he was a rookie ( I was 13) but what really drew me in was the year that the Bruise Borthers were hot, coupled along with the emergance of the (then) youngest Captain ever and Petr Klima. The come from behind 3-1 playoff run against Toronto, Klima's penalty shot. Of course the Red hair streak was **** at the time! ...I would say the combo of Yzerman, Klima, Probert and Kocur drew me in...

...not sure where else to post this, but he is in town for some reason. I happen to work for the major airline in Detroit and was transfering the local luggage from the aircraft to baggage claim. I was off loading a MSP flight when a Nashville Predator Equipment bag came down the belt, I looked at the name of the bagtag it was Tootoo. ...also for all you unclassy Nashville (or any other) fan out there. We Detroit fans are very classy. If I wanted to I could've "LOST" his bag or done something to it to extract a revenge on him, if I were that classless. Of course, being a classy Wings fan, I did nothing but deliver the bag. Not only did I deliver it, but I put the bag on the belt first! Just goes to show, that here in Detroit, you are an enemy on the ice, but a person off the ice... ...also, I ran back to the breakroom to log on and see if the Wings acquired him today, I have yet to find anything pointing to that, so I am left to wonder what he has going on in town where he would need his hockey equipment?

...so what if Babcock said somethig to Hossa. "Great Series, you almost tied it there, I'd love to have ya here!" Big deal! ...anyway Pitsburgh fans are Steeler fans first then Penguins fans, they don't even look at the Pens until February. (must be nice to have a good Football team! LOL!) ...anyway, we may singning the same tune if he leaves in 09. He's gonna have to take a huge cut in order to stay here after we sign Zetterberg and Franzen. Will he? Doubt it, even if we repeat I think he'll cash in his worth to someone who can give him $10 million (or whatever the max will be)

...problem here is, ANY trade involving Gretzky to Detroit would include Yzerman as compensation... ...if they would have gotten Gretz (and was able to keep Stevie) they would have been a better team in 1988-1989 then guess what, the 1989 draft goes WAAAAAAY different. You're in a different draft position and you possibly don't get: Lidstrom, Fedorov, Drake (who brought us Draper) and Konstantinov. They make the playoffs in 89-90 and you don't get Primeau (who brought us Shanahan) and in 1991 you probably don't get Osgood or Lapointe. So, if Gretzky would've come here, odds are he would have taken Yzerman away from us, eventually convinced Devellano to trade for all his former Oiler mates (just like LA, St. Louis and NYR did) and I think we'd still be looking for our first Cup since 1955... ...Not coming to Detroit is the best thing to happen to the league AND to Detroit! How many Cups did Gretzky win AFTER being traded? And How many does Detroit have since then? Thanks but no thanks to Wayne Gretzky...

...that about puts that to bed! Ozzie in the Hall, Ozzie in the rafters... PERIOD!

...ok, here goes, a little obscure fun! These are players that were born in the said country. Using the Brett Hull theory, even was born in the US, he could've have played for Canada because he father was in fact Canadian () So some of these players could've represented their country of birth in international play. Most our actually "FROM" that country, so here we go! (confused?) All-Time Best NHLer's from around the world! (besides the obvious) (all players listed have played in the NHL) Belgium - Jan Benda Brazil - Robyn Regehr (did not know he was from Brazil!) Brunei Darussalam (where?) - Craig Adams Denmark - Poul Popiel (the pocket fisherman?) East Germany - Mikhail Gabovski (I'm not making these up, I swear!) France - Paul MacLean (he was actually born in France) Germany - Dany Heatly (again, he was born there, so he has citizenship) Haiti - Claude Vilgrain (former Red Wings draft pick) Indonesia - Richie Regehr ( any relation to Robyn? If so their parents were frisky world travelers! ) Ireland - Jim McFadden Italy - Nelson Debenedet Jamaica - Graham Townshend Japan - Yutaka Fukufuji Lebanon - Ed Hatoum Netherlands - Ed Kea Nigeria - Rumun Ndur Norway - Espen Knutsen (obvious) Paraguay - Willi Plett Poland - Mariusz Czerkawski Korea - Richard Park Russian Federation (where?) - Sweeny Schriner South Africa - Olaf Kolzig (and you though he was german! ) Switzerland - Mark Hardy Taiwan - Rod Langway (yep, born in Maag, Taiwan) United Kingdom - Steve Thomas (honorable mention to Owen Nolan, Ken Hodge and Steve Smith was born there too!) Republic of Tanzania - Chris Nielsen Venezuela - Rick Chartraw Yugoslavia - Ivan Boldirev ...did you know Peter Bondra was actually born in the USSR? Yep, in a town called Luck...

...if Mario would've stayed healthy and not turned into a crybaby (like Wayne) he was have blew Wayne's stats out of the water!

...now since you put it that way, SKILLWISE Nick Lidstrom is NOT the best Swede in the NHL. Zetterberg has more SKILLS than Lidstrom, so there you have that... ...career accolades and downright hockey smarts and greatness Lidstrom tips his hat to NOONE... (but is not quite as Skillful as Zetts, sorry!)

...if ANY of these guys get in, then Osgood is a shoe-in!