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Which Holland did. Cross is better than Rivers.

Nobody is saying that, all i am saying is that this guy brings nothing to the table that benefits the Wings where as Simpson would have atleast provided some toughness for the playoffs and he would have been CHEAPER. You can't seriously be happy with trading a 4th round pick for a guy who couldn't get a game for the worst team in the league. Yes I can. Jiri Slegr wasn't getting any roll with Atlanta when we acquired him and he proved to be perfectly useful down the stretch - and Atlanta was the absolute dregs of the league at the time.

Oh come on. Who here thinks the Wings would DEFINITELY have won the Cup with Todd Simpson and are now SCREWED because they have Cory Cross instead? Raise your hands.

Wrong. Cross had his best season in 03-04 with EDMONTON. Cross > Rivers because Cross can move the puck. Rivers can't. We CAN'T PICK UP PHYSICAL D-man for anything lower than a 2nd rounder because depth D-men who are physical CANNOT move the puck, and thus can't play for us since they would render the rest of the players less effective. That said Witt or Mitchell would have been IDEAL, but not worth the price. I said it before, I'll say it now, and I'll say it again as many times as I have to get this through people's skulls: Cross > Rivers. The defense corps is improved. When Chelios needs a break or if someone gets one of those ever-present playoff-style groin injuries, I feel a lot better with Cross stepping up to the plate than Rivers.

Wow....some of you people act as if the difference between Todd Simpson and Cory Cross is THE Stanley Cup difference-maker. Bulls##t. Cory Cross > Jamie Rivers. The team is improved at the deadline. End of story.

Pistons beat the Bulls tonight and clinch a playoff spot 22 games left, 22.5 games ahead of #9 (Chicago).

Patrick Ramsey will visit the Lions, Jets, and Dolphins as he seeks a trade out of Washington. Link The price would be a second-day draft pick, probably a fourth or fifth rounder. Huh. Better than Shaun King, anyway.

Hopefully a completely untrue rumor. Thanksgiving is OURS.

I'm just glad the WBC is actually up and running. Seemed like it was always on the brink of collapse and I got REAL tired REAL fast of all this crap on who's in, who's out. Kinda reminded me of the repeated attempts at getting the "new" WHA up and running.

I woke up at 6:30 today. This is my idea of sleeping in.

Shaun Alexander has like 15 MySpace pages, 15 of which are likely to be people who are not the running back for Seattle.

9 10 12 27 36 40 those were not winning lottery numbers.

i was gonna cheat and not post but I changed my mind.

I never watch the Oscars. Who gives a crap? Big self-love fest for all the stars to stroke each others egos and tell each other what great people they are, and to give pretty awards to those artsy-fartsy Brokeback Mountain films that "nobody truly appreciates."

i keep looking hoping someone has something interesting to say. no luck. so it's joke time: Guy walks into his bedroom, where his wife is laying on the bed, and he's carrying a sheep under his arm. Guy says, "This is the pig I've been f###ing." Wife says, "You idiot, that's not a pig, that's a sheep." Guy says, "I wasn't talking to you."

i'm not bored.

looked again, damn me.

its not easy to come up with a clever and witty post at ten past midnight.

the FIRST online advertisement I've ever clicked on is that Fart Button ad. it told me "you know you want to" and gosh darn it, they were right, so I did.

never seen it.

pop goes the weasel

oh goody....I wish my bosses would give out stickers, I think my work performance would be significantly improved if smiley stickers were attached to the stuff I did well.

this must be my lucky day for not understanding a word of other people's posts in this thread. what does it mean then?

oh no...I've given ideas to the crazy Scotlander...