Johnny Diamonds

You know what though? That stigma may be out there in NHL circles.

Winners: Sharks, who are already BETTER than the Wings right now. Have put the Wings in the rearview mirror. And have taken it up a notch and are now looking to take down Vancouver. Made a bold trade on draft day getting Burns. This is still the best move of the off-season so far. Losers: Red Wings, talked a big game after losing a top 2 defenseman with a right handed shot. Only to fail at every turn trying to fill this huge whole. Watched team after team outsmart them, and beat them to the punch acquiring rights, and then signing every target Ken Holland had on his list.

Bet we end up with turco or the return of the Conkblocker

Holland must be asking too much for Hudler, Leino and Hudler are the same player, Why the hell can't he move the guy?

Is Holland trying to drive Babcock off a cliff?

Commodore adds some toughness to the team defensive minded defenseman. For the price and term, I like it.

Not surprising, the Flyers are always the most active team during the offseason. Not that it's brought them any championships, but atleast they try.

Or it's Freaky Friday, Holland switched places with one of his children and the child inside Holland's body is too busy camping and getting 40 kill streaks playing Black Ops right now and has no idea that his father's body is supposed to be signing players today.

What I don't get is that Lidstrom re-signd because Kenny probably assured him the Wings will be very competitive next season. But it seems Kenny is doing nothing to improve this team since then. Re-signing players is not improving the team. Especially when you're re-signing the same group for even more money and taking up even more cap space.

The joke is on us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WcOQnMpKPg

Richards wants a long term deal. It would be sweet if Holland offered him a Hossa deal for one season.

Same article If they're not gonna sign a defensemen and just stick with the kids. They better go all out and get a top 6 forward and boost the offense. Because they're gonna have to score alot of goals to win games if the defense is as lackluster as it was last season.

via FREEP There's a good chance they may not sign anyone today.

Breaking News from Sportsnet.ca "Red Wings join Pens in dropping out of Jagr sweepstakes."

You have to expect the unexpected. What if Howard got hurt and was out a few months of the season? You need a dependable backup you can lean on. And Ozzy is just not dependable any longer. He can't even stay healthy as a backup with limited starts.

As I said, PANIC MOVE.

Leino or Cole? Are these guys on TSN retarded?

Ken Holland's cap philosophy is to: Sign players near or under market value, and have them play above their pay grade. This is a huge overpayment. I just don't see Ericsson living up to his cap number. He's basically a 6'5 Lebda. Could Ericsson improve his play? Sure, and he better! The Wings need to get someone in here and teach this guy how to use his size out there. Maybe someone needs to piss in this guy's breakfast everyday and get him pissed off. He needs an edge. As far as Ken Holland goes, he needs to get his sh!t together. This has PANIC MOVE written all over it. I think it's fair to assume a hand full of the D-Men he was targeting got scooped up before today. And this is the result. A huge overpayment. Totally against his cap philosophy.

The NHL Network needs some new sponsors. I'm sick of seeing that commercial EVERY commercial break.

That's sig worthy.

Which just doesn't make sense when one of your best players is russian.

Things like that may hurt them during Free Agency, Players see how they treated Huet. That may turn some players and agents off.

I'd take a Draper type deal for him at this point.

It was the only video of him on YouTube.