Earthhuman

Turn off the caps lock. It's just annoying. Also, if it was alphabetical, then why was his locker moved?

Good thread, these finals haven't been on my mind lately. Thanks for the reminders!

Sweet, good attitude. That's just good drafting. Tell me again why this guy was passed up on so much? Was it his size or something? He's big enough, as far as I'm concerned.

Did Howard ever accept that contract?

Give him a break.

Grow up, will you?

If he'd not good enough for the Ducks, then I don't want him anywhere near our roster.

That may be true for you, but my 4... no, 6 favorite Wings are European. I don't care what their name is or how they talk. I'm not going to demand a trade for that. And I prefer Kopecky over Bootland by a long shot. Same goes for any other European vs. N.A. I want the better player! Winning is more entertaining to me.

Your second best post ever next to your American Pie parody.

That attitude is there, the skill is there, we'll see: http://redwings.nhl.com/team/app/?service=...rticleid=367982

I wonder, do the Russian leagues have enough money to take the "ovs" out of U.S. hockey? Could be.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Nooo! The world I once knew is ravished, tainted, and grey...

I doubt all three of Zata, Dats, and Hossa will be in the top ten. I doubt that the Eurotwins will be so high in the top ten. I doubt Datsyuk will be lower than Zetterberg. And I doubt (unfortunately) that Zetterberg will play a whole season. Hopefully close.

I get why you feel worked-up about it, though. You are passionate about Stevie Y, how can you be a Wings fan and not love him? It's like when someone tells me that Nirvana only had one good album. I wont leave them alone until they admit that Kurt Cobain was a talented guitarist. Something in my brain clicks. I have to set it right, maybe to preserve his memory, maybe to justify that he's my idol, maybe because I'm so sick of hearing it when he was such an integral part of my musical development. Same thing with Yzerman. When you find out that someone doesn't know every little detail of his career, you have to get into a passionate rant about it. You end up talking about how Gretzky had Kurri, Messier, Coffey; how Lemeiux had Jagr, Francis, Coffey; how it wasn't until later that Yzerman got Shanahan, Fedorov, Coffey. People have to Know what a great story and inspiration he is, am I right?

Hmmm, not good enough, he should have to fight a pack of ravenous humans. While dogs bet on it. f*** him.

Right on.

Marc-Andre Bergeron, has played for Oilers, Islanders, got traded to the Ducks, and now has signed with Minnesota. He's very much in the mold of Janne Niinimaa, or however the hell you spell it.

In my opinion, a number should not be up there if a case has to be made.

Good to hear. I would love for him to get back on track. I signed him and his brother on NHL 05 and always enjoyed watching him when Bruins games were on. Probably my favorite Bruin.

Not anymore it's not! Not when you sign to a bad team.

This is absolute best case scenario. This is a team of second/third- pairing defensemen, Umberger as a first line center. There's not much there.

Demitra could have done better. He should have MILKED that team.

In that case, I'm still glad they made each other mutually worse by having to over-pay. But I don't think they're anywhere near the cap, especially not Vancouver. "This is all Kevin Lowe's fault."

But what are they supposed to do? Nobody wants to play for that team. They have virtually no offense. Not that that makes it much better. How are so many teams getting so bad in this league?