Johnny Diamonds

My bad, Anyway if we think were getting a top foward, I wouldn't count on it. I just read something about Kozlov per Spector that made me think there's noway we can afford to pay a top foward with the market as it is now. THRASHERS STILL TALKING WITH KOZLOV. ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: Craig Custance reports Thrashers GM Don Waddell continued contract negotiations with UFA winger Slava Kozlov but was no closer to a deal. Custance reports if Kozlov signs elsewhere Waddell won't try to replace him with an expensive signing but could instead spread his money throughout his roster, looking to perhaps bring in a defenceman, another center, a winger or a combination of the three. Custance also suggested former Islander Alexei Yashin might be a potential target. Spector's Note: The fact negotiations are ongoing are a positive sign for the Thrashers, but the number of quality UFA wingers still available are dwindling and that's likely raising Kozlov's stock. Sounds like Kozzie is looking for 4-5 millon per yr.

Jedi,Transformers? Let me guess, you were first in line for the iPhone

Yeah it was yesterdays news dated July 2nd, but the point of the article still remains, Holland will not stand pat. He will get a couple depth guys. Personally I would like to see him Grab a nasty Defensemen, and another two way foward like Cleary, Dean Mcammond is still available.

Ok how about Brad Ference

It sure would've been nice to have his shot on the power play

Lol I guess he'd rather continue getting hammerd by the Wings instead of joining them.

Had our Power play been just a tad bit more effective in the playoffs, we'd be talking about the WIngs as Stanley CUp champions and all that without a blueline full of Pronger type thugs.

I'm very happy with this signing, Welcome Back Brian!

How about both Kozlovs, Slava and Victor Slava Datsyuk Victor 90 goals between the three of them!

I wish we could land both Slava and Victor Kozlov

Some of it is funny,some of it is harsh LINK

Some things Holland said in an Ansar Khan article, it sounds like we may not have a very big offseason. Don't get your hopes up. "Really what I've tried to do is get a sense for what they're thinking of and see if we have enough cap space," said Holland. "..We're not going to be able to fit them all with the cap space that we have left." Hasek, at the very least, will almost surely be back. "Obviously I have to get Dom back. Then we're going to decide," said Holland. "We'd like to have Bertuzzi back, we'd like to have Schneider back, certainly Danny Markov played well for us. But again we don't have that kind of cap space."

I really felt Holland should have traded up and got that Russian winger before NY nabbed him up, The Wings will hardly ever get a chance to get a top 4 talent.

Doesn't the cap increase + the cap space we already have allow the Wings some room to sign a couple more players?

Nice feature, I wish they would use something like this on the ESPN boards.

How about we sign both Kozlov's and put them on a line with Dats.

Rafalski is a UFA if I'm not mistaken. If Schinds doesn't come back Rafalski could be an option, he's decent on the PP as well.

Thats a bunch of crap, players like Howe and others from his era didn't make hardly anything compared to Yzerman and the millions he was paid.

Dom attending both Conference finals game 5 meltdowns coincidence???

I would like the Sens to win for a few reasons. 1) I don't ever wanna see Pronger raise the cup. 2) Canadian team vs. Mexican team, I gotta go with Canada 3) It would be nice to see Ron McLean and Don Cherry eat some crow about Euro captains. 4) Sens=exciting team>>>> Ducks=booooooooring

The way they played last night for 2 periods. They deserved to win that game n thats all I will give em'

It sure was a great season alot of our young players gained some inbvaluable experience in the playoffs and it should pay huge dividends in the future. GO WINGS!!!!! F#CK THE HATERS!!!!!!!!!

I'd like to see Nagy, Peca and Rafalski.

Kinda speechless here...............

Maybe the Matchups on the line changes.