RyanBarnes!

Webb is a wreck. He's been plagued by injuries for too many seasons to be effective anymore.

Should have kept Kocur around...

http://www.allsports.com/nhl/redwings/stor...sUncertain.html Bootland, Kopecky, Groulx or Robinson. According to the article at least two will be cut loose, maybe three. Who should stay? My vote goes to Bootland. He offers something the Red Wings can use.

You can't be serious.

Maltby, Draper and Holmstrom? Please! Bootland is a middleweight and Shanahan is a shadow of his former self. Detroit needs a tough guy badly.

Any word on Barnes?

Kopecky isn't from Sweden.

Somebody should update Eklund on the Red Wings post-lockout situation. He has every big name UFA on their way to Detroit, when Kenny has absolutely no money to spend.

LeClair is the one that made a career out of it. Leclair had 55 pts in 75 GP, Lindros had 32 pts in 39 GP. I think LeClair improved last season, Lindros not so much.

LeClair. He's the player that fits our need of someone that can stand in front of the net.

His SEL team brought in Boucher during the lockout, despite Liv's play not being the real issue of concern. Boucher didn't work out and left rather quickly.

Even if the article suggests differently, I take it that Detroit's interest in Liv has cooled significantly after last season. I also suspect that an additional reason for not bringing Liv over is that they don't want to pay the extra fee for placing Liv (a third pick) in the minors. According to the new CBA the fee would be around $100-150K, if I'm not mistaken.

For once it would be worth giving up a first pick, even though other teams could probably outbid that. Osgood is cheap and reliable in the regular season, that's about it. I'd rather take a chance on Thibault who could give Detroit a legitimate shot at getting past the first round. His potential is much higher than Osgood's IMO. Getting past the first round? That would require Thibault to match his career playoff wins number in one series. Dude is 4-11 in the postseason. He won one game in 95, two in 96, and one in 02. He was held decisionless in 98 (with a 5.58 GAA and .800 sv pct!!!) and had three losses in 97. His career playoff numbers are: 4-11, 3.57 GAA, .900 sv pct, 0 SO. Osgood, by comparison, is 44-33, 2.22, .916, with 10 SO. Osgood also has won playoff series before. Thibault has not. Give it up. Thibault hasn't played on the best of teams yet, so there's room for improvement. Osgood on the other hand is a veteran who hasn't won a playoff series since 99-00, when the Red WIngs beat the Kings 4-0 and later got beat by the Avs 4-1.

I believe both Kopitar and Bergfors attended the draft. They play for the same team in Sweden.

Cechmanek's stats are actually pretty similar to Khabibulin's prior to the last season. Only one series win. Osgood is the safe pick, but not necessarily the best pick. The guy hasn't won a playoff series since 99-00, when Detroit beat the Kings 4-0 and then lost to the Avs 4-1. In 00-01 the Kings beat us 4-2. His great games are all past him. Osgood is nothing but a regular season goalie.

Boy oh boy you are a tough one. What I'm saying is, you never know who the next goalie to pull a Giguere will be. Khabibulin had only won one series prior to last season and Kipprusoff had only one single playoff win. Let's worry about pulling a Giguere after having got past the second round for a change. If you think Osgood is the guy, THEN we're wasting our time.

I'd never do that deal. I'd ask for Dustin Brown and something more.

Cechmanek DOES have ONE series win in the last 4 playoffs as opposed to Osgood.

Apparently, Holland likes her size.

I'm guessing Edmonton or Florida.

About as many Stanley Cups as Khabibulin prior to his win last season, and more wins than Kipprusoff prior to those he had last season.

For once it would be worth giving up a first pick, even though other teams could probably outbid that. Osgood is cheap and reliable in the regular season, that's about it. I'd rather take a chance on Thibault who could give Detroit a legitimate shot at getting past the first round. His potential is much higher than Osgood's IMO.

Thibault is the best goalie available right now. It's worth taking a chance on him rather than go with Osgood.

Lindros on a small Canadian team would be cool.

I'm hoping for Lindros to end up in Edmonton.