Kp-Wings

You're such a cynical bastard.

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Tell that to Chicago Blackhawks fans.

Mikeal Samulesson is lazy and he sucks. Seems appropriate. Hey, all he needs to do is drop the gloves once or twice and instant love will befall him despite his shortcomings. Look at how everyone hopped on the "Pain Train" bandwagon last season with Lilja. He looked like Patrice Brisebois in that March 26th game against Anaheim (the one where he fought Moen), but because of the fight nobody said anything. Either they we're all too happy or too shocked that he fought to say anything. I will call it now: if Samulesson get's into 1, just 1 fight, people will automatically jump on the Samulesson bandwagon. And for those bold ones on here who say people don't like fighting, I laugh, because the proof that people do is all in the Lilja.

Discussing things such as our own attedance would be off-the-charts on the homer meters. Only teams in the south should have attedance problems, like Nashville!!1!!!1 Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Aflac!!!!!!!!!! Glad to see you've returned. Prediction: 4-1 Wings Zetterberg, Rafalski, Chelios, Downey I have full confidence Babcock will do the right thing and play Downey.

Agreed. I don't understand why they were so quick to waive Downey like that. He's been on the team for less than a week (officially), and I think the judgement on him isn't right at this point. Ellis really hasn't proven anything, either, but he looks like he's going to get the free pass here. Management already told him to buy a house in the Detroit area, which means one thing and only thing. Of course, he's still better then Kopecky, which is a situation I've covered many times. He's basically the Slovak version of Josh Langfeld. Big, useless player who doesn't do s*** yet still plays for some mysterious reason. Kopecky doesn't even work hard, which really confuses me. Babcocks thing is for guys who work hard, which is what guys like Downey and Ellis have shown this year so far in training camp and preseason. Kopecky just goes through the motions. He has no natural scoring ability, doesn't hit people, doesn't fight, doesn't work hard, doesn't do anything at all. He is soft and lazy like Alexei Yashin, except he doesn't manage to score every once in a while like Yashin does. His talent level is even worse then Langfeld. I could go on for days about how useless Kopecky is, and how much I want him gone. Of course, I know that'll never happen. It just so happens that every player that I hate or dislike in some way on the Wings sticks around until the bitter end. Ugh.

You forgot Lilja in that mix. You're slipping Lou.

I agree on that aspect, but Lindros will probably retire anyways. O'Neill will never sign with a Western Conference team because of his fear of flying. Again, it's that emotional baggage he brings that really isn't needed.

Unless you're referring to some meaningless regular season game that I can't remember, Kopecky didn't play against the Flames last year in the playoffs. I can't remember him ever doing anything of meaningful impact, even before his injury. There's a difference between actual hitting and pretending to hit by nudging a guy ala Yashin style. Kopecky fits the bill for the ladder catagory, and since he has no scoring abilities either, he's pretty useless. Unfourtuantly, Babcock likes him. Usually Babcock has good taste in the players he wants on his team (gritty, hard working, blue-collar guys) but I will never understand why he likes Kopecky. He's the exact opposite of everything Babcock does like in a player, except for his size (which he doesn't use at all, though, making that aspect pretty useless as well). I hope Kopecky burns his bridges here and ends up being traded, waived, or is just gotten rid of. He is worthless, and is stealing ice time from players who deserve it more (Downey and Ellis).

I think the majority of us don't want Barry Bonds here because we don't like him. I don't think anyone denies Barry as a player... but he's such an easy to guy to hate. That, in my opinion, is why most people don't want him here. Myself included. Leyland shot down the rumors anyways, so there's nothing more to discuss.

Probably the end of October, since he'll vacate to Russia if he isn't called back up. *holds back angry comments*

Wow. Too bad. Franzen is becoming a pretty decent player. On the bright side, hopefully Downey get's a chance now. Since he'll probably be gone by the end of October, I'd like to see him get a few games in before then.

Joe Thornton Make it happen Kenny!

QFT. I thought I'd never see the day when someone else on these forums finally sees the utter uselessness that Kopecky is. People on here actually act like he plays with grit or something. Just skating up to a guy and nudging him along is not grit in any way, shape, or form. Kopecky is about as gritty as Alexei Yashin. Just because he can pretend to be physical by giving the other teams love taps in the corners doesn't make him a physical player. He's useless in all catagories of the game, and it confidens me to wonder why people think he's a better player then Downey.

3/6 on Friday and 8/14 on Saturday. Not bad, but I definitly won't win this week. Damn the Wings. They just had to lose to Chicago last night.

The Canucks must have a huge fan base of homers, because no normal person can actually tell me they have a decent jersey. Their jersey's are so terrible.

Give me a ******* break. Stu Grimson was not the reason why we didn't win Stanley Cup's when he still played here. All you're doing is clutching at straws to make an argument against Downey, and it's pathetic. What do you got against the guy anyways? How exactly does someone like Kopecky bring more to the lineup then Downey? Sure, Downey isn't a good hockey player, but he at least fights. Kopecky is a terrible hockey player, and is the softest 6'3 player I've seen since... Josh Langfeld. Downey at least brings toughness to the lineup. You're arguements are so ridiculous. I can't believe you're going off as far to say as having a fighter will completely ruin the team of any chance of even making the playoffs.

^^^I bought the obstructed view seats, and they were pretty bad like you said. So, I just moved to better ones. Empty seats were in abundance at the home opener, so I had plenty to choose from. None of the ushors cared, either, which was nice.

Be more specific next time, then.

Nobody on that list sparks any interest. Forsberg and Lindros are vegetables, Markov is overpaid and wants too much money, Friesen sucks in the new NHL, Amonte hasn't been anything of relevance in almost 5 years, Carter is lazy, soft, and only scores when he's playing with the Sedins, O'Neill comes with a lot of unnecessary emotional baggage, and there is no point in signing Joseph since we already have Hasek and Osgood. He's purely a backup now, and doesn't fit here.

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Well, this is LGW.

If Grigorenko ever get's his s*** together, the guy could easily be a top 6 forward. He could automatically be a candidate for the Masterton Trophy also, because he would have came back from such a serious accident and be a dominant NHL player. Nonetheless, that hasn't happened yet, and may not at all. I don't see the point in letting him slide because of his accident, like some seem to be. If he's unmotivated and lazy, then he has no place on this team. Either he steps it up, or he's gone.