Cicada

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    Red Wings Scoring Predictions

    didn't Z say that his wrist problems had healed beacuse he took some salt or something?
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    Returning to our Early 90's roots?

    i don't know... i think we could dress Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe for a couple of games, just to see if they still got it
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    Shanahan re-signs with Rangers

    Rangers have a real chance in the east next year. A detroit / NYR final might just save the nhl in the usa...tv ratings wise anyway. eveybody bemoans us hockey ratings, but maybe if it wasn;t just small market us teams vs canadian teams it might be better
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    List of UFAs next season...

    Osgood is a weird one. It all depends on Howard. If they don't think he;s ready, they might sign an #1 FA goalie, and use Howard as the backup, leaving Osgood out in the dark.. i think that if we see Ozzie next year, it will depend all on Howards performance. I don't see him being here next year if Howard has a bad year. if howard has a good year, Ozzie may be his backup
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    List of UFAs next season...

    we should make a priority of signing Oleg Turnoverdovsky
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    Wings Preseason Schedule Is Out

    glad we've got the Pens and the Blueshirts, since we on don't play them in the RS
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    NHL.com Online Sales Increase

    seems to me if sales increased so much for teams like the ducks, then that tells me sales were fairly terrible before. a 1400% increase means a lot if it's 20,000 up to 300,000, but not a lot if it's 100 up to 1500...
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    Crosby signs five-year extension

    good move for the pens.. you know that 1/2 the leage would have signed him to an offer sheet if he went rfa
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    Red Wings Central

    you don't. your ISP does it
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    Vasicek?

    god no! i'd prefer to have lang back
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    Vishnevski a Devil

    words fail me
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    So...you guys happy with your signings?

    blaming it on a single player is just as bad don't disrespect the pain train
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    whats next?

    i'd be suprised.. i'd still expect to see another foward before any more D coems in
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    Stars sign Fedoruk

    he's got more metal in his head than bender
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    Season Ticket Prices to remain the same

    there wasn't really a reason for lowering season ticket prices as they all sold out... playoff tickets prices is another matter though.. i'd expect them to be lowered if the economy in michigan hasn't improved, which it likely wont
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    Stars sign Fedoruk

    hmm...the fridge back out west... the stars have certainly got bigger this off season
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    Drake Siginng Probably Won't be The Last

    oh come on...it was a late hit...thats all... not much to go overboard about
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    Drake Siginng Probably Won't be The Last

    it's too much of a risk sending grigs down... he could just f*** off back to russia..it's in his contract
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    Wings sign Drake for 1-year, $550K

    i know johnson was meant to be on the roster. but i think drake will be 4th line / press box.. i can't see this being trade related either tbh
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    Wings sign Drake for 1-year, $550K

    similar move to the greg johnson move last year... i half expect him to be a 13th forward
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    Its Official. We Suck.

    so basically... it's bollocks
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    could holland be watching the arbitrations?

    no way avery is leaving the rangers. they love him there. only way he leaves is if Lundquist gets a massive pay out
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    The sky isn't falling guys...

    This is by no means a bad off season. We'll be fine. We're in a LOT better shape than any other team in the Central. I mean COME ON. The blues have pinned their hopes on Paul Karyia. in defense we lost Schneider and Markov. So yes we lost a vetaren defenseman and a good grindind defenseman. But we got Rafalski, who's a great defenseman, younger and right handed shot. Maybe our #1 PP unit won't be so one sided now. It also gives a chance for players like Quincy, Meech, Ericsson and Kindl to crack the line up, This is no bad thing. If guys know they're only going to come up if they'res an injury, whats their motivation? We've got the deepest defense prospects in the league, i we've still got Nik Lidstrom. It's not the end of the world. Yes, we lost Lang, Calder, and Bertuzzi. err....WHO CARES. There were more threads moaning at Lang last season than any thing else. aflacs gdt's renamed him LAZY AND SUCKS in the firgging graphics. He needed to go. Calder was an utter bust after his hot start. He just stopped playing and was utterly anonymous in the playoffs. And Bertuzzi... i was excited when we got him, but he really didn't live up to expectations. He wasn't the physical power we wanted him to be. He wasn't the scorer or grinder we wanted him to be and at times he looked lazier than Lang. I don';t consider it a bad thing that he's gone. So what Anaheim got bigger, well fk them then. I'm not worried about Anaheim. We've resigned Hasek, good. He's old, but great. If he breaks down so be it, but Howard isn't ready yet judging by his patchy form last year. Who else should we pick up. Belfour? Andrew "Roxanne" Raycroft? Make a trade? Whats they point? Hasek is still on of the best in the league...AND HE'S CRAZY! I hear all these comments about Hudler. what a waste of money he is. This "Kid" scored 15 goals and 10 assists while averageing NO TIME all year. He was one of the most productive players in the league given point totals to ATOI. When we had injuries and he played 2nd line he more than pulled his weight. "BUT he's a defensive liability", you say. Not really. The guy was a +16 for crist sake. Defensive liability my ass. He had a better +/- than Homer, Schender and your golden boy Valterri Flipppppulululula. He was certainly a lot more defensively effective than Bertuzzi was, who just seemed to hang about the red line most of the time. And you guys are moaning about us signing GR depth. Why is that a problem? It won't count against that cap. We have to consider that Dan Smith, Josh Langfeld, Matt Hussy, Brad Norton and the depth that Holland signed last season are gone. These are signings that need to be made. You can't run a team on prospects alone. Would i like more signings. YES. So would Ken Holland. But this board has spent the 6 years that i've been on it bashing him time and time again. And you know what? He ALWAYS gets it done. So we haven't won a cup since 2002. Thats not his fault. EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR we had the team to do it. And we'll have it again this year. I'm not worried if we don't sign anyone else. I like our line up, it looks solid. THE SKY ISN'T FALLING. just be thankful you're not a Nashville fan
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    A good update from Holland

    please STFU about O'Neil. He's softer than French cheese
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    Eklund Says Selanne To Philly I SAY BS

    flyers have NO CAP ROOM!