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Now your talking! I think someone needs to get an avatar of Moen in Jesus' robe and have a halo over his head.

Good point

I agree with the rest, but no way Oulahen scores 8, Malts can barely get 6 anymore.

Great move for the Pens, he's much better then Gill and got less then he did.

Hahahah, Josh Langfeld, what a hero he was. I honestly liked Ellis, but the other 2 were garbage.

Lets get this dude on skates!

Nah, Bertuzzi, Lang and Calder are all higher on my list of "Old Red Wings" free agents, I'd rather bring back Schnieder then frickin J Willy!

Lets just say Lemieux wouldnt have had an opportunity to make a comeback this year because he'd have been in a wheelchair since 1996... seriously if Probie and Kocur had played that game, Colorado would've gotten beaten into an even bigger pulp. And I'm in 100% agreement over the guys that didnt get in on the Cup years. Dino was a fiesty little f*****, his battles with Stevens alone should've gotten him the Cup, he was our best player against Jersey other then Feds IMO.

Philly and Toronto, to go along with Pittsburgh, hope some of these get televised.

Good guess, it was 3mil for 3 years, TSN's story was worded improperly.

Hudler getting jacked up, and people posting them after he defects to the KHL, is the same as a fan favorite almost dieing on the ice, and who has constantly said he'd give anything to get back in Detroit despite it not being possible? Thats not cool at all.

Two words: Tomas Kopecky Everyone, EVERYONE, laughed when that meatball would get knocked down by a gust of wind.

One of the classiest, and greatest of all time. He and Stevie were on a whole other level then everyone else, in my mind. Was tough watching the presser today. No Mess, No Lemieux, No Yzerman, No Sakic. It's a shame.

I believe they will. 81 points last year, and I watched them alot, they were garbage. They've gotten bigger, tougher, and harder to play against, plus there better. People talk about them having a bad offence, 250 goals for. More then Jersey, the Rangers, Ottawa, Montreal, Carolina, Florida, and the same as Buffalo. They arent done yet either. With 4 mil in space right now, and probably going to be moving Frogren and Finger out to make room, they'll have near 8million to add some defensive forwards (Moen, Betts, Niedermayer have been mentioned) and of course, Burkies faves (Bertuzzi, Morrison, May) They'll be an interesting team, I could see them anywhere from 5th-11th depending on a ton of different things.

I keep getting that feeling as well, just because Holland and co. made a push to get him re-signed in 07, reportedly had interest in him last year, and he can get you some points. Dunno if it's the right choice, but who knows, at least Kennys looking around.

Uh, no. 3 mil per year. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11850 s***ty deal.

I have a feeling he'll get Betts, Moen and Niedermayer and have himself a checking line that's on par with the great ones of the Western conference. If he could just get Kaberle gone for a dynamic forward, the Leafs would be in pretty good shape.

I should've thrown the sarcasm tags on there Opie, I think I've joked about that too much

IMO, Filppula and Cleary had there best seasons when we won the Cup. It was unfortunate that Samuelsson decided to ruin the playoffs for Dano and rip a slapper at his jaw, but what are you going to do (Just playing about the Sammy thing ). If Zetterberg and Datsyuk are together, I'll say Z gets 40 goals, and Datsyuk will get at least 30. Franzen should be getting 30+ with the icetime he'll see, and Leino's ability to control the puck down low will get him some goals. We'll be fine, No dummies (Kopecky, Samuelsson), No midgets (Hudler) and No choke artists (Hossa). This is just a good ole Red Wings team, hopefully it adds some more character and Babcock and the boys can get the strong defensive presence back, and we'll be one of the hardest teams to play against. I'm of the Brian Burke mindset, if your hard to play against, no one wants to play you, and your tougher to beat, even better is we have an incredible amount of skill compared to Burkies team. Nothings a sure bet, not Z, Franzen, Leino or Cleary. But people are saying "Oh Noezzzz, we needa topppp 6ixxx forwardd!!!" We'll, no sure bets are out there. Bertuzzi? I'd take him for cheap, but who knows what he'll be capable of. Comrie? Sure, but I imagine he'll be pricey, Kotalik, Afinganov? I mean none of the guys I mentioned are sure bets for anything. I'll let Kenny do the spending, and just be supportive. I've been one of the negative guys in the past, but I've gotten over that, this Wings team has been there and done that, and all they gotta do is be harder to play against. Numbers are for calculators, The game is played on ice.

Good. Hard work builds character, this team has gotten off on just pure talent way too much.

I dont see the need for the top 6 forward. If Leino does his job, Zetterberg, Cleary and Holmstrom bounce back, we're fine. If we're better defensively and tougher, harder to play against, we wont have to rely so heavily on high octane offense.

ENOUGH GRAMMAR GARBAGE!!! Hockey Forum. Thank You.

If there was ever an offseason to address that need, it's this one. Lots of players that can push back available.

I read on Mlive we get to retain Hudlers rights, so thats alright, hopefully he puts up 100 points and then next year we can deal his rights for a big nice package from some s***ty team with good picks and talent.

Less physical, and an effort much worse then Hudlers, only good attribute being speed... I'll pass.