Booster313

I'm not trying to knock anyones favorite sport but NASCAR is the number one spectator sport in America because all the tracks hold 100k plus people and they pretty much race year round.

I am still hoping the Columbus falls off and we are able to get Sergi back. Kenny tends to look for the aging super stars that may present a bargin and I think we could resign him in the off season for a reasonable amount. If he plays a few more years with us and retires a Wing we should retire his number.

Good ideas...I like the Sundin and Avery options. I would pass on Naslund. We don't have the long term cap space to resign Hossa so I wouldn't want to give up what we would have to in order to "rent" him. I could see Modano happening.

Que the photoshop crew...

So my question is, if that's true what does it take to get him in a Wings Jersey? Would he want to come here? For how much? If not then why? What are his other options.

Who's playing tonight in the final preseason game against Toronto ... Detroit Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Hudler-Cleary-Samuelsson Grigorenko-Ellis-Hartigan Ritola-Maltby-Maltby (Drake skated last night for Cleary) Lidstrom-Rafalski Kronwall-Lilja Ericsson-Lebda Hasek Howard I've heard of double shifting a player but on the same line?! Maltby is out for some year if he can pull that off!

I think they know Kindl is going to be playing in GR this year, he is our top four of the future. Might as well let some of the guys play who are actually trying to make the roster this year.

Glad Downey's not gone yet, I'd also like to see Grigs prove everyone wrong and earn a roster spot.

OSgod how come you don't have Berkhoel on your fantasy team...I thought he was the goalie of the future.

More updates please...No computer access, Just mobile. Thanks!

I have a picture of Dom from training camp, kneeling on the ice trying on different trappers and blockers...I will try to get it on my Myspace and provide a link.

Karma is a *****...In all seriousness Schneider was a great guy and a talented defensemen. I was sad to see him go.

Was anyone watching the Tigers game tonight when they interviewed Ken Holland? What did he say? No sound at the bar. Thanks!

You should change to name of this thread to..."Does anyone speak Russian???" because that jibberish makes little sense to me. I would be curious to hear exactly what it all means.

Allright Dom...he's in better shape than I and at almost 20 years older!

Look at the very tip of the Wings on the wheel on the new jersey the feathers tip up on the old one they went almost straight out.

Goal tending was the issue last year, We could have traded goalies with Calgary before the playoffs started and still had the same result. That being said, Dom will probably retire after this season I would love to have Kipper ready to replace him.

Your missing the point...I know Gordie is a great player...but only because of the stories I read and heard, I never actually saw him play, so to me Yzerman is the greatest Wing ever. There is no right or wrong answer, it depends a great deal on your perspective...in this case your generation. Actually ticket prices haven't changes in 8 years even though every other team in the NHL has raised prices in the that time period. We are the 8th most expensive ticket in the NHL yet we consistently have a competitive team. The problem is not the regular season it's the playoffs.

I really do agree with you a more accessable star would be nice, someone who did regular radio shows and hung out with fans in the bars. A working class hero if you will would help, but it wouldn't change the fact that there is less money to go around and more choices for sports fans these days.

Absolutely, and I see your point. I don't think it's a lack of stardom though, with the exception of Federov who had a national Nike commercial or two, outside of Detroit we have never had a superstar. Right now we have the best defensemen in the league and if you asked 100 people in say Florida who he was they wouldn't have a clue. The problem is that we have two other successful teams in the city right now and only so many dollars to go around. During the Wings glory days our other 3 teams were laughable. There is really only one Hockey player in the league right now you could say is a superstar in the same sense as Tiger Woods or Peyton Manning or Labron James. Datsyuk and Zetterberg are two of the best forwards in the game right now, certainly in the top 20 if not the top 10 and I don't think having Marian Hossa, Ryan Smyth, Joe Thorton, or even Oveckin would make a difference, only Sid the Kid could bring people to a rink that didn't already like Hockey

Let's take it a step further, I don't even think the regular season ticket prices are that out of line with what else is out there...the real problem begins when you double ticket prices for the first round of the playoffs and it only gets worse from there.

I disagree, I think the older you are the more you feel that's the case, just like a generation before us will tell you Gordie and Alex and Sid are the best Wings ever, I've heard that a million times and I've seen some video and heard some stories, but the one time I saw Gordie play (Vipers) he wasn't very good, so to me Yzerman and Federov are the two best Wings I've seen play the game, there's a whole new generation of Wings fans who barely remember the 97 and 98 cup, but they get to watch Dats and Z do amazing things on the Ice, it may be sad to some but it's a fact of life, teams change, stars change and one day in the future I will be sitting down arguing how Stevie was the best Wing to ever wear the Jersey and some guy will be telling me he was good but he couldn't have played in the league as it is today...

I think the Homer incident was the worst for me. On a side note I don't remember Dom trying to kill Bernie...can someone recap?

This thread isn't about a FA goalie it's about Kipper, he will be offered league max by someone.