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hmm. Maybe Mickey did let the cat out of the bag!

I was watching Wingspan and they showed a close up of one of the players and his teeth were nasty yellow. Got me to thinking, which NHL Players do we know smoke? I am not saying yellow teeth = smoker. Coffee, red wine, etc could cause it. Pretty sure Danny Markov is a smoker. And Dion Phaneuf (spelling). Who else?

Except they are saying Mickey circled Lilja's face and said he might be back next week.

You call that flaming? You are reading my post as a post with a negative tone then. Not what I intended. Words are easy to misinterpret on the interwebs. I was not flaming you sir. lol I was just saying that they won't be "snipers" at any point in their career. If you disagree, I won't consider it flaming.

There's this guy named Anderson. You may have heard of him. He plays for the Colorado Avalanche.

Touché!!

HGH.

I just don't see it this year. There are better options out there.

lol, no way. Not even close.

I think he was bored in GR. This is the Howard I remember at Maine. Glad the Wings never gave up on him like 80+% of the fans did in recent years!!

Have Z or D ever shown us to be a "Sniper" with the likes of Kovalchuck or Hossa or even Franzen in his recent years? I think not. I don't ever see Dats or Z being tapped a "sniper". They are 2 of the best 2-way players in the World and can score 30 goals a season, but in no way are they snipers like some of the guys that score 45+ goals a season, nor will they ever be. Better to just face the facts about our guys.

Great article. Thanks for posting it! Things sure are looking up for us! Really the first time this season I can say that.

Interesting. And Lebda can fly on the ice like none other. Just by watching him, I wouldn't guess that he was a smoker.

I mean, that is a pretty bad ass roster and w/ cap room to play with. And the after the 2011 season we'd even have more cap room to play with. I think it'd be a great situation. PLAYER BONUS CAP HIT FORWARDS * Kovalchuck — $6,750,000 Pavel Datsyuk — $6,700,000 Johan Franzen — $3,954,545 Valtteri Filppula — $3,000,000 Daniel Cleary — $2,800,000 * Todd Bertuzzi — $1,800,000 * Tomas Holmstrom — $1,750,000 Kris Draper — $1,583,333 * Darren Helm — $1,100,000 * Patrick Eaves — $950,000 Ville Leino — $800,000 * Drew Miller — $750,000 DEFENSEMEN Brian Rafalski — $6,000,000 * Nicklas Lidstrom — $5,450,000 Brad Stuart — $3,750,000 Niklas Kronwall — $3,000,000 * UFA DMAN — $2,500,000 Jonathan Ericsson — $900,000 GOALTENDERS Chris Osgood — $1,416,666 Jimmy Howard — $716,666 BUYOUTS NONE LOST VIA REENTRY WAIVERS NONE CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS ROSTER SIZE 20 SALARY CAP $56,800,000 PAYROLL $55,671,210 BONUSES $0 CAP SPACE $1,128,790 AUTO-GENERATED CAPGEEK.COM LINES FORWARDS * Kovalchuck ($6.750m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) /* Tomas Holmstrom ($1.750m) Johan Franzen ($3.955m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m)/ * Todd Bertuzzi ($1.800m) Ville Leino ($0.800m)/ * Drew Miller ($0.750m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m) Kris Draper ($1.583m) / * Darren Helm ($1.100m) / * Patrick Eaves ($0.950m) DEFENSEMEN * Nicklas Lidstrom ($5.450m)/ Brian Rafalski ($6.000m) Brad Stuart ($3.750m) / Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) * UFA DMAN ($2.500m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($0.900m) GOALTENDERS Chris Osgood ($1.417m) / Jimmy Howard ($0.717m) CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS ROSTER: 20; PAYROLL: $55.671m; CAP ROOM: $1.129m BONUSES: $0.000m

All emotions aside and w/ my Wings' Blinders off; I'd seriously consider trading Zetterberg for Kovalchuck. Not sure if I would, but Kovalchuck is younger will score a ton more, for sure going to be a HOF'er and we would be able to keep Flip as our 2nd line center. Also, it would be like having Kovalchuck's salary replacing Zetterbergs. So would be in the same cap situation next year anyway, meaning we'd still have $$ to spend to help fill the roster needs even more. Even if Kovalchuck's cap hit ended up being a little higher than Zetterbergs, I think it'd be worth it. Okay, everyone can jump me now. LOL. Oh, and for all I know Z has a NTC.

NO. #1 is it'd have to be a dollar for dollar trade. So something like Dats or Lids salary going the other way. That's #1.

Hmm. Didn't know we were playing the Kings tonight.

Even funnier is I lived in Waterford for about 4 years!! lol Great minds.......

Exactly. I can't believe what they can do given they are smokers.

That whole scence looks like something from the 70's. Not that I was around then, but geezz!! Looks like backstage at Harpos or something!!

Yep. That is exactly what got me going on this!! LOL. I had this thread up before the show was over (just watched a rerun of it today). Glad I'm not the only one who noticed!!

Email him a nice letter man.

Who knew we'd be saying that Zetterberg doesn't look like a HOF'er @ this point. But I think I agree with that. But I could see it going either way.

Wow, RANDOM. Are you saying Bertuzzi is the future of the club? lol