greenrebellion

Yup, just like last season after Callahan cleared waivers, people were including him in all kinds of trade proposals.

Yes, but it only frees part of his cap space.

yup, doubt he gets claimed

Most of these guys had really low contract values or short terms. I see Howard's contract as a big noose around our neck.

Let's face it, Mrazek has more than proven that he is capable of a full time starting gig in the NHL. Howard is, and always has been, a merely average goalie. And while it never hurts to have two NHL caliber goalies on a roster, it does suck to be paying the backup $5 million+ with multiple seasons remaining. Ideally, we'll find a trade partner, but honestly, what team is going to take an average (at best) goalie for the kind of contract he is on. I just don't think any contending team would ever be that desperate for goaltending.

Wow, should have had one there.

Petr is the better goalie at this time.

What has to be done to get Kindl permanently out of the lineup?

Didn't look like it to me, but I agree that the interference call was correct after seeing the frame by frame.

We should probably pull our goalie in the last minute of OT since Howard is in net for the shootout

No

wouldn't be a wings game if it wasn't headed to OT

Don't know what has gotten into this team, but I'm loving it!

Need Miller back in lineup asap.

Why doesn't anyone understand that increasing rink size decreases scoring. It has been shown to lead to more perimeter play and fewer scoring chances.

And Kindl

Pulk is pretty much one dimensional, but 4 on 3 in OT would be his dimension!

Holy Jumpin'

Nope, look at his linemate times last season.

Lawlz, Jurco has had plenty of time with more capable linemates and has consistently done nothing with it.

Turns out Babcock was an offensive genius. Can't believe how much this team struggles to score.

Holland has lost his marbles. 30 million in guaranteed money is absurd for a one time 20 goal scorer who will be on the wrong side of 30 for most of his contract. Between this, Weiss, kindl, green and E... This guy really just doesn't have the touch anymore. This team is incredibly bloated with wasted salary.

Getting rid of Ericcson would be a dream but his contract is a nightmare. I agree with the above post that we'd have to take salary back to move him. Not that he's a horrible player, but we've got plenty of depth on D and his $4.25 cap hit could be used elsewhere.

Yup...this team has real problems going into the 2016-2017 season which is going to at least partially offset the flexibility that should be provided by the influx of youth (and the associated cheap years) the Wings will have.

The real issue isn't what Nyquist may or may not get paid. He'll end up getting 4.5 million at a minimum, but could very well be more. The issue is that we have way too much dead money tied up in Howard, Ericsson, Kindl and Wiess. Next year we have a bunch of RFA's and not enough room to sign them all. And its not like this team is winning cup after cup so its ridiculous to me that we are going to end up with cap problems. Way too much money tied up in a D-corp that really isn't all that special.