LeftWinger

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!

...LOL! That would be great, but the routing on the tag was from Winnipeg to Minneapolis then stopping here in Detroit. So he is definately here for a reason, but I have yet to hear anything about it. If I had more time I would've gone in to meet him. Going back to the class thing, I know someone out there who would have dumped his bag empty all over the belt system and then went inside to meet him and watch as his jaw dropped when each piece of equipment came down the carousel indvidiually. That is like something you would see in a movie, but this guy would've have done it for sure, and not even lost a beat as Tootoo picked his crap up off the belt in front of him...

... ... ...Chill out dude! This was a jab at all the things we've read over the years like St. Louis fans wanting a bounty out on Yzerman or Pit fans wanting someone to break Ozzies legs for diving... ...the point was, all fans have players they "hate" a lot of fans say if they ever met that said player they would beat them sensless or even kill them. ie. Chris Pronger... ...I too do not like Jordin Tootoo (too ) and for a small window of opportunity the chance was there to do something 'classless' to his equipment, like throw it on another plane to ANC or LAS or NRT, or just simply put it on a different claim belt to cause him some inconveniece to his day in Detroit. BUT, I did do my job, as a matter of fact I made sure his equipment was the first bag to the claim area, why? Becasue I respect hockey players and instead of ACTING like a lot of our opposing fans and being an *******, I actually made his day because his bags were the first to come to the claim area, and we all hate waiting for our luggage to arrive, so he was probably a little relieved it got there first! Am I a hero for doing my job? That's an idiotic assumption from an obvious idiot. Was I excited to "RUN" back here and tell everyone that I soiled my undies cause I saw a hockey players bag? Another idiotic assumption. I've worked at this place since 1991 and have helped, talked to, met, befriended and carried the luggage of more Hockey players then you can ever think of, so, no, I was not in GAA GAA-Ville because I seen a hockey players bag. So you can put that idiotic assumption to bed. My point was, unlike a lot of things said here and other forums about what we (as fans) may do to an opposing player if we had an opportunity, in which I did, I simply did nothing, becuase I, like 99% of the hockey nation have more class and respect than that. Yeah, we "hate" you, but when your not on the ice, you are a human being... ...Let me ask you something? Ever lost your luggage? Did you tip your skycap? Ever had a feeling that something wasn't right with your pizza or carryout order? Ok, maybe you personally haven't, but I can guarantee and have witnessed when your don't tip your skycap when checking your luggage, I have seen that luggage get put on wrong planes (on purpose.) I know someone who was a pizza delivery guy and if you didn't tip him, the next pizza had a special ingrediant added, a nice big hocker in the center of your pie! And if you don't believe that kind of crap goes on, then you walk down a very narrow hallway. This year alone we fired two employees for rummaging through peoples luggage. Dude it happens, only a few people are classless enough to stoop to that level, but they do. I know a guy out there that used to open up luggage looking for womens panties and once he found them he would sniff them and have his way with himself on those panties. He also used to dry hump suitcases for no apparent reason. Of course after about 25 years of doing this, he eventually got caught a was fired... ...the reason I posted this is I tought it strange that he was traveling to Detroit (not laying over or transferring) with his equipment, and I was wondering why? I added the classy fans thing as a little anictdote and poke at everyone who says they would get "REVENGE" on a player if they ever had a chance... ...here's some advice, chill out, get a grip, come out of that narrow hallway and open your eyes. Oh yeah, relax and enjoy life a little. Always tip someone who provides you a service (even though it's their job) and you'll never have to worry about lost luggage or tainted food again...

...OH, sorta lke when during the finals he said he was playing like crap so he didn't expect, nor was he upset that he wasn't playing... ...Chelios's bench presence and lockeroom presence are irreplaceable. Plus, he has given so much to this team and to this town, and Holland knows that, so he is not just gonna be thrown aside like an old tire... ...Chelios knows his role, he knows what he will be expected to do and he'll gladly do it, especially if it means winning another Cup...

...Bowman, OUT! Take McCarty with you! Good for nothing, how could you turn your back on the WINGS! (trumpets blare) and how could you go to the Hawks, thine enemy of the WINGS (trumpets blare) .... Good luck Scotty, thanks for the 4 Cups! I know I know he only coached 3, but he was still very influential on last years team, so heck lets give him a little credit! ...BTW, since it is traditon in Detroit, when you leave the WINGS (trumpets blare) you will now have to get booed everytime you touch the puck. Uh, whatever it is you'll be touching, expect to get booed, because nobody shoudl ever leave... you guessed it, THE WINGS (trumpets blare!)

... Uh, reality, 2008, ALL GAMES PLAYED, ALL PERIODS, Give away, icing, too slow, can't fight, give away, icing. McCarty Out! ...sign Downey (he earned the spot) Tselios and Quincey, once training camp starts ONE of the defensemen will have to be traded. Either Lilja or Ledba, not unless Quincey brings us a higher draft pick (or more of them.) The can and will go into the pre-season OVER the cap limit and as long as they get under before the season starts, they'll be fine...