motorcitykid

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Let's not have Carter and his agent lower his demands too much, or Holland just might sign him. I wish John Ferguson would hurry the hell up and sign dude already. Damn.

It is interesting though because alot of posters refer to him over & over again in here. Not sure why. As for what he said on radio today, I think some of us who know a little about the players & team needs could have said the nonsense he "reported".

Some good points, especially about Mathieu, but nothing can distract from the fact Holland is simply sitting on his hands. I keep hearing the same lines about coming "this close". Whatever. When teams like Calgary & St. Louis, hello ST. LOUIS! are players, something is really f'd up. Just like I started to hate Lewis once I saw his Detroit old school mentality & softness towards players, i'm sickened by Holland, who simply refuses to make necessary moves. A little tweak here. A little tweak there. I'm sick of players not performing in the playoffs & not held accountable. If a guy doesn't do his job why the hell is Holland looking at rewarding him the next season? 4 million or 3 million? I don't care. Shanny isn't worth it. It's time to make a change. You wanna keep paying guys for past performances? You want to claim guys like Pavel are untouchable? That is a dangerous road we are going to go down. You're handicapping this franchise long after you've left, Ken. There are many, many, many players out there .... MANY players that Holland can land. The new NHL gives you every chance to change the look of your team each season. There are moves that can be made. What the hell is he waiting for. Don't Mr & Mrs Ilitch see this for what it is?? Barnes once again you are bang on! I mean check this out: the way Ken is sleeping through this off-season, he'll be content to roll out Ed Belfour & maybe Shanny resigned & say we are ready for '07. And let's not kid ourselves waiting on guys like Kopecky or Hudler. Huge doubts exist with management about them being able to contribute here. This is UN - REAL!!

I started a thread with sources about Belfour coming to Detroit. It was deleted. Nothing doing on the Shanny at this point but posts that he's gone are allowed .... Strange. Anyway ... it's going to be funny if/when Belfour signs here, and the boards slowly change to "OK, this might work with him & Ozzie in a tandem ..."

Who the hell wanted fat boy, famous sulker, boo-hoo, whiner Tkachuk? My problem with Cross is there were other guys available that are a helluva lot better than him. And if there's no point in arguing over a guy who "ain't gonna play" why'd we pick him up. Yeh, uhh, ok, Holland's thinking well Cross ain't ever gonna play so who cares, lets get him. Again what are you people talking about? Looking for depth, and all we come away with is Cory Cross. It seems to me Holland always grabs someone, everyone is like .. "HUH?" Simpson went to Montreal for a sixth rounder. Hello? And a change of scenery, and being in that locker room .. yeh he's gonna act like an ass and take penalty after penalty??? Stupid, stupid, stupid! I doubt it. And if so, he'll be glued to the bench. PERIOD! At least we grab a guy CHEAP ... who might bring something to the table we need. TOUGHNESS! Not a slow, over the hill, d-men. I've seen this dude play in Toronto.

And now people in here are now saying who wanted Witt anyway.

Doesn't matter. I want a guy off the bench who can jump into the lineup and play. Cory Cross had his best days in Toronto, and THAT, MY FRIEND isn't a compliment. How is Cross and upgrade for Rivers? I mean hmmm, let's some 800 thousand on .. geez i don't know ... CORY CROSS? OMG. This is some kind of funny. Uhh, not really.

Just starting to check the trade wire. We trade for Cory Cross? CORY FRIGGIN CROSS????? Cory Cross is as soft as they come, can't hit for s**t, and is OLD OLD OLD. And we lose Rivers? I'd rather have kept Jamie and done nothing today. This helps us how? I'm in shock. For the first time I can remember, i'm with alot of fellow Wing Fans in saying i'm very, very disappointed in Holland!