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Lived here for 10 years and everything "Michigan" based is bulls***..... just go to VIllage Pourhouse in LES OR Lansdown Road in Hells Kitchen

Ebay is better for jerseys straight from where they are made

Trying to find some Wings fans to organize in New York City to watch some games... I made a group on facebook: Detroit Redwings Fans in New York City Join up and I'll send out info as to the when, and where! (com'on the Pens have a group in NYC, we can't have that!!)

I just want to see what people think about the Ovechkin celebration when he scored his 50th? I feel it's good for the nhl every so often to have things that are "flashy" happen. Why not? It's a game based on skill and in the past 10-20 years stickhandling and showmanship has because the forfront of youth development. You watch kids pick the puck up and do things nowadays, that would have never happened in the past. I compare the 50 goal celebration to Marek Malik's through the legs shootout goal for the Rangers a couple years back. Now every kid I coach can do the "Malik" move. And when I let my kids have a fun shootout in practice, they are trying to do the stuff from the skills competition.... it's good for the sport, and kids are feeling more connected to the sport because of it. There is nothing wrong with that.

Then why Ozzie....

The ice is great, I've skated there a few times.... back in the 90s the NHL didn't have standards in place for ice conditions, like they do now.

Seriously, it's the biggest city in the world... it's very safe, don't be so sheltered. You'll get robbed at the Joe way easier than MSG... !!!

MSG is one of the best places to watch a hockey game. It's "the world's most famous arena".... Nassau Coliseum is horrible, as well as the Prudential Center... so be happy you have MSG to go to... All of your complaints will be fixed once the renovations are finished anyhow! As for as retiring numbers go... if the player hasn't retired, what do you expect. The Rangers weren't big on retiring numbers, then they win the cup in 95 and retire half of the team. Adam Graves is an integral part in many charities and active in the youth hockey community, as well as scoring 50 goals in 95!!! So he deserved it... (Even though the Wings drafted him.... !) I am an implanted Detroiter in NYC as well. I have lived hear for 10 years, and the one cool thing about hockey in this city is that the community is tight knit.... Especially, if you play hockey here. Enjoy!

Beyond the math. Signing Hossa can only be good for our team. We have Z, Pav, Raf, Stuart, Ozzie, and Fil locked up for a few years. Having Hossa at say a 5.5 mil overall cap hit. Just like Z said in the Freep today: "It's not if you can live on 6 (million) or 8 million; I'd say it's more that you have a lower limit that you think you deserve, and we found that, and then they were great to give me the long term." Hossa wants to play with a good team, so we should be happy he is willing to stay. Then the wings have 3-4 30 goal scorers locked up long term, that can't hurt. BUT, the wings have to keep his close friend Kopecky to make this work!! As far as goalies, we would have to waive or trade Ozzie to get rid of him. I don't see the Illitch family waiving him... I say keep him around. Jimmy Howard has stalled in his development, and when he has played, he is nothing special. Why does the wing organization ignore their swedish tenders. Stefan Liv was on the Griffins, but they didn't bat an eye at his consistent all star performances in the AHL. Now we have another world class goalie in Daniel Larsson and all we hear about is Howard. Don't forget in 3-4 years we'll have Tomas McCollum whom is outstanding! I say sign Conklin next year again, he has been great. Split the starting duties, see if Howard is the real deal early in the season, if not, trade him for draft picks. Bring Larsson in for a couple games, he could be our Lundqvist!! Lundy was hugely underrated, but excelled in the NHL.... !! My projected depth chart for the next couple years would be: Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom Hossa-Franzen-Leino Filpula-Abdelakder-Cleary Draper-Maltby-Helm Kopecky Lidstrom-Rafalski Stuart-Kronwall Ericsson-Kindl Lebda-Meech Osgood Conklin Larsson McCollum Say bye to.... Hudler, Lilja, Chelios, McCarty, Downey, Samuelson, Howard We could win cup after cup without these guys.... We don't need enforcers, because the enforcer role has changed. Enforcers USED to be there to protect the star players, from other enforcers, BUT since the hard hitting players nowadays, aren't players who fight. Then who says we need a guy who fights!! Oh, Don Cherry said so, but I'll take Presidents Trophies, and cups over a good scrap!! So, now that I have ranted, keep the points coming....