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...and Darren McCarty's not? I'd sign Chelios to my team before I'd let McCarty play for free... ...McCarty is the one who would be taking up the roster spot, plenty more forwards ready to make the jump than D-men. Darren Helm deserves a spot on this roster, and starting spot. Make Kopecky and Downey the 13th forwards to fill in for injuries, etc... ...great value, for knowledge alone. He will only play half the season (if that) prolly and he would lend years and years of knowledge to the likes of Meech and Ericcson and whoever else comes in to play some minutes...

...and they both should HAVE to wear SWEATERS like the old timers. Forget this RBK crap or even the old CCM/NIKE ones, I'm talking real knitted sweaters! Now that would be throwback!

...well, first it would have to be a day near my wife's due date (July 22,) then we'd schedule the c-section on the day I'd have it, then take it to the hospital, and after the baby was born, he would take his first bath in it, then I'd have the child baptised in it on the same day. That would be cool, of course the baby's name would have to be changed from Jacen to Stanley! LOL!!! (no it'll stay Jacen, but maybe his middle name would be Stanley or Niklas LOL!!!!) ...after knowing about my day (the baby cleaning after birth) you may not want to eat anyting out of it! LOL!

...here's an idea... ...a little crude, but you get the gist of it...

...well if they decide to go with a vintage throwback, why not go with a Detroit Falcons or Cougars sweater? Still not as cool as the Winged Wheel, but if they want throwback it's better than the striped crap...

...just a comment on your sig pic. SWEET! If those guys are up next year that is a total of 9 Swedes on an 18 skater roster! I do believe that would be a record and an NHL high! If they sign Sundin or Naslund... WHEW! Team Sweden for sure! ...ok, back to the regularly sceduled topic... ...just my naivity, but who is the Swede next to Holmstrom?

...some perfect choices. Anyhow, who's available? Who would want to step down/up to be an Associate? Oh well, here are my choices (in no particular order) Igor Larionov Gerard Spuddy Gallant Chris Chelios Larry Murphy ...yeah, I know, call me bias... ...do you think Quinneville would come here to be an associate? (did he get hired yet?) ...Someone mentioned Gretz (prolly as a joke) that would be cool, but isn't he part owner of the Yotes?

...funny, how many people on here didn't want Osgood back in Detroit? Or starting the playoffs? Now everyone loves him. Just goes to show, we as fans, really, know nothing...

...now who steps in to replace him? Murphy? McCarty? Larionov? Marc Crawford? Spuddy?

...he was refering to Sundin. If you read close, he mentions Sundin after he says he would mind seeing Fedorov...

...let the record show, I was not the first one to mention Fedorov... ...I think they should take a crack at Rolston. Not only does he have local ties, but he also has Devils ties in Rafalski. You know, if asked, Rafalski would call Rolston up and just paint a Picasso about how niceit is playing in Detroit... ...Drop McCarty, re-sign Stuart, sign Rolston, call it an off-season. If Stuart wants more money, let him go and let Ericcson come up to the party. Brian Rolston definately should be the UFA priority... ...and then there's always Fedorov, which probably sounds more like something Holland would do, considering he wanted him at the deadline PLUS he won't cost anything near what he was making last contract... ...either way, the Wings look good going into the next season...

#5, #30,#91. Period. In that order... ...maybe if they play a significant amount of time here, #40 & #13... ...No #33, no #25, no #18, no #14, NO #39, no #24, no #96 and No to #8... Hell NO to all of those...

...well, well... ...if you're talking about a team being loyal to someone who has been loyal to them and is in need of help, then why don't they offer me a contract? I need lots of financial help, I've been loyal to them since the late 70's... ...McCarty has earned nothing for this team. It's like what have you done for me lately? McCarty of the 90's has earned lots, McCarty from last year was one more give-away away from me throwing a shoe through the televsion. Aaron Downey has earned his place on this team. The ONLY reason the Wings offered him a contract is because they never wanted to get rid of him in the first place, but yet when it came down to it, he WAS expendable. Darren should be happy with the Cup that Downey helped him get. Just how many people did McCarty beat down prtectinghis teammates? NONE, as a matter of fact he got beat down himself. Downey barely lost ay of his fights all year, he desevered to play in the playoffs more than Darrenm and you see when push came to shove, Darren was riding the press box as well, so yeah, I would say that the Wings REALLY needed him to win the Cup. He is only getting his name on the Cup becuase he happened to play in the Finals when Franzen was hurt, and played s***ty too! If Franzen were to stay healthy then Darren wouldn't even be considered for the Cup... ...I think Darren Helm outplayed McCarty for his roster spot, and obviuously so did Babcock. McCarty should retire, Downey should be signed and he can be the 13th or 14th forward. If either of these guys are signed, where are they gonna play anyhow? They still have a healthy Kopecky coming back... ...Downey over McCarty and Meech over Quincey...

...honestly, it's time to move on. How many "One more cup" season are the Wings gonna have before their prospects cannot be reassigned to GRR anymore? If Ericsson or Kindl are ready then, someone has to go. Chelios already said he'll be back FOR SURE, meaning he will pretty play for peanuts to remain the 7th defenseman. Who's expendalbe? Lilja or Lebda...

...does anyone have the entire parade on DVR? TIVO? I went out of town yesterday and set to DVR it and recored 4 hours from 9am to 1pm on NBC/Channel 4. Unfortunatey DVR doesn't record the show until it's over, it records until the time block is over, so at 1pm it ended, right when Lidstrom was on the WDIV stage talking to Carmen and her partner (Scillion?) anyhow, who very much appreciate it for my collection, I have every WIN and the entire night of celebration from Channel 4 and The NHL Network. Thanks In Advance... ..oh yeah, also Channel 4 aired something at 8pm last night, I also would like that if possible, please and thank you!

...all this reminds me of when the NHL had it's "NEXT ONE." Remember when Eric Lindros was the savior and everything was about him? Well look what happened to him with all the pressure of saving the NHL on his shoulders. Good Luck Sidney, don't put your head down too much thinking your untouchable or immune from an open ice "shiver..."

...I am glad Downey will get on. He was SO important to this team early on, must have killed him not to play in ONE playoff game. I am sure he is glad that he gets his name on the cup and actually was instrumental in getting the Wings to where they got before the playoffs. I hope they re-sign him, I don't know why he would want to go anywhere else considering that this team has to be a favorite to repeat or at least compete for the next few years. Take a league minimum and hang around and possibly win a couple more Cups... ...or, jet off to Anaheim and don't. LOL! Schneids and Bertuzzi have to be kicking themselves in the ass!! HAHAHA!

...after this season's result (I cannot believe we're talking about UFA's ALREADY!) I say NO to Sundin, Forsberg, etc, etc, etc... ...If they can get Feds for $200,000 I'll take him, but other than that, sign Stuart & Downey and give Helm, Abdelkader and Ericsson their chance to be the back-ups... ...hard to argue with a Stanley Cup winning roster, but really will the likes of Lilja or Sammy, McCarty or Drake be around next season? We'll see, I guess those answers would have been easier had the Wings NOT won the Cup. Good thing is, Helm and company are already Wings, so even if Sammy and Lilja are re-signed, they could eventually lose their starting jobs to the above mentioned. Other than getting Zetts signed before 2009 UFA, they should offer Stuart and Downey contracts to keep them here... ...UFA time is less than a month away!!!! YIKES!!!

...if, in this day and age of Salary Caps and UFA's, they can keep their team together. A huge amount of stars, will they be able to afford them all? Hossa is more than likely gone, rumor has it Malone is a goner as well (this from a Pens fan I work with) so there are two pieces that got them as far as they did....

...I will aplogize to Hudler :puke: ...He did great, but he is still not Omnipotent!

...I am probably the biggest whiner when it comes to Ken Holland. I still wish we could've gotten Fedorov, but, after I heard that Columbus wanted Filpulla, was glad Ken Holland didn't give him up. I am still not the biggest Ken Holland fan, but I cannot argue his hockey smarts. I guess that if I were that hockey smart, I would be a GM too. It was a great job by Holland NOT making the Fedorov deal and I apologize to all the Red Wings faithful on here that I spewed a lot of junk about the non-trade... ...I guess if I want my official Lets Go Wings.com "Fan" status back I have to start new and be on probabtion! I'll take it. I am still hoping Fedorov comes home to finish his career (ala Dallas Drake) and hope that Holland can find room on his Stanley Cup roster for him, but I will not( and this is a promise) whine about it if he doesn't re-sign him. More importantly for me now, I hope Holland finds room to keep Stuart since I believe he was invaluable to this team during this Championship run. Hopefully he doesn't cost too much, for obviously Zetterberg is gonna get top dollar wen he signshis contract. Cheers to Ken Holland and Cheers the Wings and Cheers to ALL OF YOU!!! ....We'll see you on Draft Day!

...how about the Pittsburgh Cindy's... ...or the Kansas City Crosby's... ...I heard that the NHL will now be called the NCHL, you guessed it, the Natioanl Crosby Hockey League... ...honestly, other than taking after his coach and whining too much, I like Crosby. I thought he was gonna dive all over the place, he didn't. I thought he was gonna get the namby pamby calls, he didn't. He needs to get out of Pittsburgh though, the more he lives and plays for Mario the bigger whiner he will become. Monkey see, Monkey do...

...I am probably the biggest whiner when it comes to Ken Holland. I still wish we could've gotten Fedorov, but, after I heard that Columbus wanted Filpulla, was glad Ken Holland didn't give him up. I am still not the biggest Ken Holland fan, but I cannot argue his hockey smarts. I guess that if I were that hockey smart, I would be a GM too. It was a great job by Holland NOT making the Fedorov deal and I apologize to all the Red Wings faithful on here that I spewed a lot of junk about the non-trade... ...I guess if I want my official Lets Go Wings.com "Fan" status back I have to start new and be on probabtion! I'll take it. I am still hoping Fedorov comes home to finish his career (ala Dallas Drake) and hope that Holland can find room on his Stanley Cup roster for him, but I will not( and this is a promise) whine about it if he doesn't re-sign him. More importantly for me now, I hope Holland finds room to keep Stuart since I believe he was invaluable to this team during this Championship run. Hopefully he doesn't cost too much, for obviously Zetterberg is gonna get top dollar wen he signshis contract. Cheers to Ken Holland and Cheers the Wings and Cheers to ALL OF YOU!!! ....We'll see you on Draft Day!

...now now, gonna play devils advocate here. The Wings have been winning for a VERY long time. They have been good since about 1987. BUT, when the Dead Wings were playing in the late 70's and early 80's, nobody went to those games either. I remeber my mom's store (Perry Drugs) used to get her free tickets from somewhere ( I was very young) and we used to go all the time. We went to one of the first games at the Joe and even when Ilitch bough the team, he had car give-away's to intice fans to come to the Arena. So even the Wings fans were doing something else when the Wings weren't winning. Back in the early 80's all we had were the Tigers and that's pretty much where our money was spent when it comes to sports... ...back on subject, I will be praying for a win tonight, but I am very comfortable if the Wings need to come back home for game 7. Just hate giving these Pens more and more confidence. I think if Malkin can get something to go in, he'll light it up after that, lets keep him down Wings and bring that Cup home tonight!!!

...I'll get nervous when the Wings are down by a goal in game 7 (if necessary) with 34 seconds to go. Man, they were that close!!! I really didn't see what happened, how the heck did they not get the puck out of the zone? Guess I was blinded by the Stanley Cup images in my eyes (as were some of the Wings I think.) ...anyhow, Wings will win tonight if they play with the effort they played with last game. Take away Kronwall's "goal" and the Wings win. Bounces happen, oh well. Fortunately Bounces don't happen like that every game. Game winning goals don't bounce of ref's skates every game. You don't get called for 4 penalties overtime ever, Hudler's was a good call, but the two goalie interference plus Pittsburghs hooking call were ALL crap! This is OT, let them play! BTW, Hudler's penalty could have been let go, I seem to remeber Lidstrom getting a highstick in the chops that drew blood and BOTH refs looked the other way... ...Bounces happen, penalties are called, non-penalties are called. Bounces happen, for some reason I believe we are gonna see a bounce again tonight, Pittsburgh being bounced. I was hoping to see the Cup won in Detroit, but game 6 will do...