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The Nashville Predators have traded forward David Legwand to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for forward Patrick Eaves, Calle Jarnkrok and a third-round draft pick. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=445352

This is unreal. What Red Wings are left? Good lord!

You know for me, even given the press, it still looks staged. Maybe the person inside Marty is a real pro, but after being driven to the ice and pulled. He's waiving his arms around like a wrestler. It looked like he was playing the exaggerated way that mascots are supposed to. Now I'd like to know if the mascot was playing it off for any kids who might be worried or if it was staged. If the mascot person was hurt and legitimately played along for the fans... good on him. If it was staged, it's now gone too far. If this is all legit, then yeah.. what a sad existence this guy lives. To get upset to the point of violence for what has already been said is probably a minor prize. A foot long sub or t-shirt.

I'm surprised no one has anticipated where this may be going. This year, force them to wear their jersey's untucked. Next year... allow advertising below the bottom seam of the jersey. I bet this is a foreshadowing of advertising to come. An advertiser is going to be pissed if they pay to have a product or company logo on a jersey and then the players are allowed to hide the advertising because that's how the player prefers wear his sweater.

Ericsson needs to worry about not turning over the puck, finishing some checks and playing D. The last thing he should be worried about is the fans booing an ex-teammate. Yes, we all know he left for a great reason; family. But if booing him is going to take him off his game, good. Ericsson needs to worry about himself alone.

Ooh. Name calling. I wonder how productive this conversation will be. How about something we can all agree on.. I miss hockey.

Steve Yzerman at 50% was better than 80% of the league at 100%. As for Cleary, he probably gets a lot of pressure from Babcock. If the guy can skate and isn't playing Babcock is poking him in the media. Talking about how he's skating but apparently isn't ready and almost seems to be down on the guys who try and get to a place where they can be effective. It's understandable that a coach wants a full bench but Babs seems determined to grind anyone down who isn't playing. So put a good deal of blame on Babs. If the coach has a beef with you he'll bury you.

I killed the cable bill to save some money. Now hockey season has rolled around and I'd love to be able to watch the Wings again. I know there used to be a Center Ice Online. Is it called GameCenter now? In any event, I live in an area where I'd be burned by Blackout Restrictions. Is there a service I can subscribe to to watch them live? I don't mind paying. Also, I have an Android phone. I know GameCenter Live is an option on Verizon but Blackouts would still apply. Is there a way to spoof the GPS? I guess I asked a lot of questions, but I'd really appreciate any help you'd be able to offer. Thanks.

Thank you, both of you, I appreciate the help.

Has anyone been out to the official detroitredwings.com site? They mention: They proceed to show the Winged Wheel with "presented by Amway" right under it. I hate seeing the Winged Wheel tarnished with a company logo under it. And it's not just because it's Amway. It just looks ridiculous. Maybe I'm being over sensitive?

This is the most overused statement in these forums. For god's sake people, you are fans of a legacy. The DRW are going to be fine. In Holland We Trust. Come on. So tired of the sky falling every time anything happens. "Datsyuk chips one into the woods" "OH s***! HE'S LOST HIS MOJO. WE'RE DOOMED." "Franzen sneezed." "OH NOEZ. FRANZEN HAS THE SUPERFLU THAT WILL KILL 80% OF THE TEAM." Every year there is panic. Every year it turns out alright. If you lower your expectations of a cup every year, this team and it's talent will be a blast to watch.

I wonder if someone hit it on the head with the use of a sponsor name. I.E. The HP Pavilions or the Detroit Little Caesars. Just to illustrate the point, not obviously suggesting that either of those teams would change their names. But we're looking for something that hasn't been done before. We've done states - Florida Panthers, New York Islanders. Cities, obviously. God help us we've done cartoon or kiddie movies (Mighty Ducks) so what's left?

Great memories! I remember seeing that live and laughing hysterically. It was just a shock to the system because you're so used to watching these serious gladiators doing battle and then boom a moment of levity catches you completely off guard. The "Kiss Cam" bit itself was funny, then Stevie? Forget about it. So funny.

I found the video annoying but I like his enthusiasm. I'd take him over Larry Murphy. And I like Ken Daniel's "Datsyukian Deke" phrase, but Mickey hold the trophy for best color commentator.

Redwing's Official Twitter & Facebook accounts have now reported Detroit is in talks with Nabakov.

Article just posted to Detroit Red Wings.com ... just the rumor report. But why would Detroit post that rumor if there wasn't more to it?

I saw it as showboating which is, whether you disagree or not, disrespectful. It makes him a target, but to an extent that's what you want. If you can be in your rookie tilt and have the other team thinking about you instead of someone else that's a plus. It raises his stock. It gave him instant recognizability. It was great for him. Good for the franchise. And you can bet it makes SportsCenter as a highlight, which is good for the NHL. Is it particularly impressive? Not technically. We are blessed to watch the likes of Pavel Datsyuk night in and night out. But it was risky. He would have looked like a total ass if he would have dumped it and fell to the ice. But he didn't and to top it all off he scored. The other team bellyaching is just sour grapes.

Someone offers you $500 to wear a shirt that says "Bob's Hockey Hut" while you take your afternoon walk a few times a week, wouldn't YOU take it? Why not? Amway is probably paying enough to offset the cost of the practice jerseys. That's just good business. Practice jerseys are one thing, game day jerseys are another. I don't care if they put the big STOP signs on the back either.

I think I said it best the last game that was on FSN+: The quality of FSN+ is so bad it's like watching hockey videos from the 80's. I can't tell if I'm watching Datsyuk or Yzerman, Howard or Cheveldae. I'm hoping Salei gets in a fight so I can relive the days of Probert.

From Twitter: @NHLShanny: Hey @MADDOG0415, I enjoyed everywhere I played but Wing years were the best. Proud to say i'll always feel like a Red Wing. Great times. This was in response to the question: How would you define the Red Wing portion of your career? Opinions? I think it's really cool to hear Shanny say that his best years were here and that he'll always feel like a Wing. edit: I messed up the twitter character count. In 140 characters or less. Not that it's relevant to the post or anything. -shrugs-

You guys have missed the point entirely. He felt pressure from the fans to put the penguin on? Fine. But notice when he's holding his guitar properly, the Winged Wheel is displayed properly and the Penguin has fallen on it's face. I consider it a nice little backhand. Sure the logo is on there, but it's displayed improperly. Maybe it's even a penguin taking a dive... hmmmm. symbolism is big to some, perhaps we needed to look at the deeper meaning.

Tomorrow at 8pm on TSN. Kovi: The Decision.

I'd take this case in a heartbeat just so I could take these people's money to add insult to injury. I'd half-ass it and work enough to not make them suspicious but I'd find every opportunity to require more funds put into the case and when we lost I'd be like.. "well, thanks for the money chumps."

You guys are something else. Hockey < Loved One. It was a fantastic video. Funny. Amusing. I believe it was real. I also give the guy full props for restraint. He seemed to kind of laugh it off too. Which is ultimately what he should have done. It was brilliant that she knew exactly how to punk him. When all is said and done, if those two have a future he won't care that he missed 10 minutes of the finals, he'll have a million other things he cares about more. This has been your "lets keep things in perspective" public service announcement... and I think Brendan Shanahan reads LGW because he tweeted this video too.

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