Johnny Diamonds

The NBA, Where Amazing happens...

One good thing about this schedule is that it doesn't interfere with the NFL draft. 1st round of the draft is on Thur the 22nd, 2nd and 3rd round of the draft is on Friday the 23rd and should be over by 10pm or 11pm. And the last rounds are on Saturday the 24th.

And it's deserved. To have that much offensive talent and to not atleast make the playoffs as an 8 seed is a crime.

Prediction for Game 1 post-game press conference.

Hot off the press

Only Canadian playoff teams like the OILERS!!!! are allowed to kick goals in the net. Toronto then turns a blind eye to it.

I'll bet this song is in Datsyuk's Ipod.

Why can't teams sign players before they enter the draft like in baseball/soccer?

Take Teemu Selanne's word for it.

"la-la-lala-la-la-lala-la-la"??? Is it this one?

lol Love it!

If the WIngs were gonna sign some RFA to an offer sheet it should be Nick Backstrom. He's the only one worth losing picks over. He's only 22 and he's going to be a superstar!

Babcock talks to Huds and he said he will be back next year. Huds isn't really feeling Russia all his friends and whatnot are here.

Zetterberg *backchecking steals the puck, passes it up the ice to Filppula for the breakaway* I can see it now.

There is always a stronger connection to players who come up through the Wings system. You follow them through the minors and you keep up hope that they become the next great player on the team. Obviously Filppula's regular season stats won't wow you right now, but the guy shows up in the playoffs and has a knack for scoring big goals in the playoffs. Filppula has all the tools to be a really good player in this league and now that Babcock has decided to move him up to the 2nd line with Zetterberg you might see Filppula fully blossom.

I'm sure noone is gonna believe this but I do have a witness. I was talking about this exact move the other night with a friend on the phone. Look Filppula is 26 he is either about to breakout into a star or he'll just stay what he is for the rest of his career. But I think he has Datsyuklike star potential written all over him, but only if he is given the opportunity to show what he can do ie more playing time and playing on a line with better players. When Datsyuk was a younger player with the Wings he had an advantage to play on a line with a great player like Brett Hull. Playing Filppula on the line with Zetterberg is exactly what he needs to take his game to another level. Great players make everyone around them better and that is what Z is gonna do for Filppula. Great move by Babs!

on the pencil crayon

Man I feel sorry for these Michigan men soon to be surrounded by all that buckeye trash.

Poor guy gonna be surrounded by all that buckeye trash.

Visnovsky cap hit $5.6 million until 2012-13 season.

Michael Peca is sitting on Tradecenter with his thumb up his ass. Sign him up Kenny!

Craig Custance twitter:

Pierre and Panger fussing like little girls.

An expiring contract and picks are valuable assets to teams in financial trouble looking to dump salary and get in the black next season. s*** happens in the NBA all the time. In our situation you just gotta match salary for salary sending an expiring salary to the team we trade with.