LeftWinger

...EVERYBODY knows who is coming home at the deadline... Welcome home Sergei, welcome home!

...just an FYI and I am in no way making or poking fun at you or of you. The Jr. Wings were never associated with the Red Wings, as a matter of fact the Jr. Wings were a Karmanos organization (formerly the Ambassadors and currently the Plymouth Whalers.) Barry Melrose was the head coach at Adirondack in the 90's, never the coach of the Jr. Wings. Adirondack has long since gone defunct and the Wings farm club is now, of course the Grand Rapids Griffins. In between they shared a minor league affiliate with the Ducks in, I believe, Cincinnati. They have also had some players under contract with the Toledo Storm (also defunct I do believe.) But you are correct about Melrose being bitter about the Wings not promoting him to the Detroit job, which he was being groomed for, but along came Scotty. Beam us Up! Melrose will never give the Wings their just deserve because of this. Too bad because it just makes him look like an ass even more than he already does...

...I am sure that it was far less than what Chicago was offering, but greed took over. Chicago has been and always will be the bottom feeders of the NHL...

...all I can say is he sure has his priorities in order. He chooses money over the chance to hoist a Cup. Oh well, we don't want money hungry fools on this team, we want Cup hungry fools!

...I absolutely LOVE this response! Couldn't have said it better myself!

...no, but, I have seen him every OTHER year, he blows! Oh yeah, I saw him give away the puck to end the series as well...

Fischer = FURTHEST thing from badass! He sucked!

...who's to say Downey wasn't mentioned because he already has made the team? Is there a guarantee that Kopecky will be there? I haven't heard too much about how he is in camp, maybe Kopecky isn't guaranteed a spot. But when it comes down to it, Kopecky fits Hollands mold and Downey doesn't. Like you all said, same old song and dance. I still think they should ahve invited Adam Hall to camp, he is better than Downey... ...also all this talk about the 7th d-man. I say cut Lilja and give Sopel & Quincey the spots...

...great photos! But, I think I missed the goal judge thing... Where are they sitting now?

...Sergei will be back, it is written in stone. Ward would be a nice pickup for playoff depth as well, but you can take Sergei to the bank. It is done...

Darren McCarty = Half Ass Tough Guy

...not to suggest that this is the other d-man, I know he is from here and I am not sure if he has already signed with some other team, but I ran into Darrien Hatcher at Metro today, he was down in luggage claim waiting for someone to pick him up. that being said, I am just throwing his name out there because I ran into him and now there are rumors of these two d-men trying out. ...like I said, I know he is from here and still has family so I am 99% sure that he was just coming home for a visit or so... ...but then again...

...first person I think of is Oates.

...are we to expect ALL teams to have the flags on their shoulders? Hmmmmm... The Michigan flag along with the Stars & Stripes.... I am not sure I like it... at all....

Hudler ready to break out? :caution: :rotflmao: :puke:

...he said that there needs to be changes this off season, that they need to get bigger up front, grittier on the blue line and get a top 6 forward to compliment Datsyuk & Zetterberg. He is going to re-evaluate the direction of this team and address the needs to be bigger and faster and more defensive minded. He needs to net a quality goaltender and maybe even a superstar winger. In other words, he didn't say much of anything...

...this guy should be ***** slapped for trying to extort money from Pappin! It is his obligation to return the ring to whom it belongs. Of course, this guy is a great example of what is wrong with todays society!

...Adam Hall is still available...

...bottom line is Nick isn't stupid. Plus he leads by example, as did his captain before him. in 2001-02 when both Yzerman and Shanahan took paycuts un order to sign Robitaille and Hull, why wouldn't he play for less here KNOWING full well that Holland is going to get him the surrounding talent to give him the best chance at winning more cups? Next season will bring loads of UFA's to the surface, but I really don't see Holland siging anyone huge unless he can get Zetterberg signed, in which he has TWO more season on his current contract, so he won't be a UFA until 2008-09 and I cannpt see Holland blowing lots of cash next off season either, he will need to keep a ton of it for Zetterberg in 09. He cannot even try to resign him until he is in the last year of his contract so he can't even work on that until the 2008 off-season starts... ....but it is nice to see Lidstrom is taking a page out of Yzerman's book and allowing Holland to chance to bring in more of a supporting cast. Maybe, the likes of Zetterberg will take notice and give Holland a discount in order to get a few top 10 UFA's in 2009 in order to make ourt future even brighter...

...or form one of our fans! ...I love Schneider we need him! I hate Schneider that greedy bsatard! ...Fedorov is the best center to ever play the game! I hate that guy Fedorov and he's too washed up to re-sign with Detroit, we don't need him! ...Dallas Drake is washed up, he is useless! What? He signed for only $550,000? I love Drake! He is going to be a huge hitter and he'll back up his words and probably help out on the scoring a bit! I've always loved him!

...I've always supported Fedorov. I have never booed him or cursed his name for leaving. He is good enough to come back to Detroit and step into the #2 center position with Flips and Grigs on his wing. The only issue I have is will Babcock be able to stand him? Will he use him correctly? I hear rumors that they didn't get along well in Anaheim. Oh well, in the end this is Ilitches team and if he says get Feds, then get him. I'd just assume that Babcock lose his job and Larionov become head coach, but that is a whole other thread/subject...

...same could have been said about Yzerman, Shanahan, Lidstrom, Fedorov, Larionov, etc... after 1997 when all their contracts eventually came up... ...I would say Teemu is probably considerig retirement, but, if a couple of teams came calling, I am sure he would play another year. I cannot see him going to the eastern conf. so I'd have to say that the list of teams is pretty short. If not Anaheim, then I would say Detroit would be on the top of that VERY short list. After Detroit, maybe.... I cannot think of another team that is close to winning the cup as Detroit and Anaheim. He wouldn't go to Colorado after his failure there, maybe San Jose...

...just like he was going to offer Penner a crap contract until someone else pulled the rug out from his feet. And you're right, there wil be lots of players available at the deadline, not just Fedorov, but a ton of younger forwards all of whom become UFA's next season... ...it'd be funny to sign Selanne and actually take a player from him and actually upgrade while he loses. The way I see it, if we could get Selanne or Forsberg on cheap incentive contracts, they'd be worth a gamble, for 1 year...

...don't be fooled, Burke signed our two guys to spite Ken Holland. Burke, while all the time whining about other GM's medeling and dirty doings, he is the biggest back stabber and under shoveling idiot. He is the Jeff Gordon & Jimmy Johnson of the NHL, if you cause the wreck, it's just hard racing, if someone wrecks you, they are idiots... ...Bottom line is, sure he signed Bertuzzi for $4MM but look he lost a huge future asset in Penner (if he doesn't match.) Bertuzzi will probably play very little this season, and Schneider, without Lidstrom's support, will not be as good. Sure, Scheid's is still a top 10 defenseman in the league, but playing with Pronger is not the same as playing with Lidstrom. Too much will be placed on the shoulders of Schneider and he will fall short of the fans expectations, ala Sergei Fedorov... ...that is fine, they actually made some latteral moves and we kinda upgraded with Rafalski. I can't imagine Drake doing much worse than Bertuzzi last season also. So if they get Bertuzzi & Schneider but lose Neidermayer & Penner, pretty much they didn't make their club any better. We never really had Bertuzzi and we had a small upgrade (although I really liked Mathieu) in Rafalski, I would say Burkes plan to make his biggest threat in the West weaker, failed...

...we all hated Chelios as well...