spydrwebb

you've been around too long to show signs of folding right now... a lot of hockey left in this one. believe.

i thought it, you said it.

damn these late night games... let's finish this one boys, 6am is going to come awful early.

welcome hockeygrl07. you'll find this to be a great place. by all means, jump right in, doesn't take long to get hooked.

nope, i'll pretend i didn't hear that.

carry on, take one for the team. osgod is one lucky wingman.

all this talk about ladies taking off their jerseys, ritual or not, in addition to playoff hockey... what are you trying to do to us guys??!!!!

...have this guy in the system.

i can't get it to work right so hopefully somebody hosts it for you.

on what grounds exactly?

i didn't say last season, i said rookie season... he played for toronto (ohl) and helped them win the cup. the stats i noted are from that season, 04/05. what difference does that make? have i said one thing about predicting his level of success in the NHL? several of you seem to have a difficult time with accepting that accolades are sometimes meant to be just that, a mention of some very impressive production. if you don't feel gagner's rookie season (regardless of where he played) was amazing, you're crazy... but i suppose that's for a different thread. this kid could very well vanish in the coming months but what he's done this far is nothing short of earning respect.

since when did it require your approval to give credit where it is due? these are impressive numbers, something you simply cannot deny. besides, gagner had 63 goals and 110 assists in 89 games played his rookie year. that's 173 points... do the math, the kid's honorable mention doesn't require justification. i suggest you take your own advice. this is true, however i'm sure you'd agree emmerton is also putting up some impressive numbers. his player of the week (opening week) was later taken by gagner... i suspect we'll have an interesting competition for the points race, where i anticipate seeing emmerton make the top 5.

yes, not a misprint... he plays for london in the OHL.

considering cory scored 38 points in 58 games his rookie season... and he's already got 16 points in 9 games this season... this kid is something special... it will be interesting to see what he's capable of at the next level when the time comes.

you've been around awhile, do you REALLY have to ask that question? i think you know why.

he'll have better games but the home opener last friday exposed some weaknesses... those will be addressed, i expect much better results as the season unfolds.

since we made a goalie move, i'm curious to know who supports it. three attempts were made to create a simple poll but LGW kept giving me errors.

ok, it's official... add bootland back to the list... he's on his way home. i'm also excited to see brandon kaleniecki invited to camp, which is the real reason for this post.

grand rapids, mi

my vote is for norton if johnson can't go.

i know... i know... point taken... isn't brendan morrison available somewhere? it was a joke gone too far, sorry. i like the way the griffins are looking right now, it'll be interesting to see how some of the wings camp returnees apply what they learned in TC.

looks promising for the wings' future.

fixed.

thanks for the update. i was hoping to see him in grand rapids but it sounds like he found a home, good for him.

i'm not predicting nashville to slide as bad this year so the wings are going to have to make a real push late in the season. they won't be able to rest on their laurels... like some other detroit team seems to be doing right now in the MLB. the MLB playoffs couldn't happen fast enough for the tigers. i know this isn't the MLB thread but i felt the comparison was relevant.