chrisdetroit

Wow! I really expected an LGW meltdown but many of the posts were actually positive. How can you hate a guy that takes a big paycut and a reduced term just so he can stay on the Wings. I think even the Cleary haters (or most of them) have to respect him for this. OK. Maybe not.
I'm glad he's back as long as it doesn't affect Nyquist, Tartar or DeKeyser....

The increase in concussions is the result of several different factors. When the league returned from the 2005 lockout, they made several rule changes to make the game more entertaining and some of them resulted in more collisions and more violent collisions. They need to roll back some of those rules:
1. Two line passes were allowed. This creates more speed through the neutral zone.
2. The trapezoid rule was added that keep the goalies from playing pucks in the corner which results in opposing players racing into the corner for the puck.
3. There was a crack-down on interference. You can no longer hold-up a player racing to the goal.
If the league want to reduce the number of concussions and injuries in general, they need to change these rule back.
Trying to enforce rules against hits to the head as we have seen doesn't work. The rule is to subjective.

LOL. Try skating up and down the ice wearing a NASCAR Hemet.

The increase in concussions is the result of several different factors. When the league returned from the 2005 lockout, they made several rule changes to make the game more entertaining and some of them resulted in more collisions and more violent collisions. They need to roll back some of those rules:
1. Two line passes were allowed. This creates more speed through the neutral zone.
2. The trapezoid rule was added that keep the goalies from playing pucks in the corner which results in opposing players racing into the corner for the puck.
3. There was a crack-down on interference. You can no longer hold-up a player racing to the goal.
If the league want to reduce the number of concussions and injuries in general, they need to change these rule back.
Trying to enforce rules against hits to the head as we have seen doesn't work. The rule is to subjective.

LOL. Try skating up and down the ice wearing a NASCAR Hemet.

The increase in concussions is the result of several different factors. When the league returned from the 2005 lockout, they made several rule changes to make the game more entertaining and some of them resulted in more collisions and more violent collisions. They need to roll back some of those rules:
1. Two line passes were allowed. This creates more speed through the neutral zone.
2. The trapezoid rule was added that keep the goalies from playing pucks in the corner which results in opposing players racing into the corner for the puck.
3. There was a crack-down on interference. You can no longer hold-up a player racing to the goal.
If the league want to reduce the number of concussions and injuries in general, they need to change these rule back.
Trying to enforce rules against hits to the head as we have seen doesn't work. The rule is to subjective.

LOL. Try skating up and down the ice wearing a NASCAR Hemet.

I see people are comparing Smith to DeKeyser. They are totally different types of players. DD is a defensive stay at home defenseman. Smith is an offensive defenseman. He jumps up into the play alot and this on occasion has caught him out of position.
We need both types of D men. Unfortunately, it is a lot harder to be an offensive D man. Smith will be fine. It just takes some experience.

Brunner lost his chance with the Wings when they signed Weiss and Alfie. They no longer have the cap space. And $4M? Forget it.
They will have to shed cap space just to sign Anderson and Nyquist. Brunner and Cleary both blew their chances, now they will end up signing with non-playoff teams.
Brunner was a gamble anyway. He's not tough and not good defensively. Best case, he would need to improve his game considerably and who knows if he could last and entire season.
Move on.

Jesus, everybody is throwing around invalid comparisons. $3M is alot less than $5M and Sammy was signed for 2 years not 5.
As good as Zetterburg. That's ridiculous. Get a grip people.

Jesus, everybody is throwing around invalid comparisons. $3M is alot less than $5M and Sammy was signed for 2 years not 5.
As good as Zetterburg. That's ridiculous. Get a grip people.

WTF? Trade our #2 D-Man because???

That ALWAYS happens on the forum. I remember when they gave Kronwall $3M per year. Fortunately Kenny doesn't read this forum.

I don't understand how people can be so down on Sammy. He was out all season with injuries. He played what 2 games? But that means that he is useless? As far as Hudler, people may not like him but he has averaged 17 goals a game throughout his career. He had 20 4 of the past 5 years and 10 in 42 games this year. He's not a Rocket Richard candidate but he's certainly not useless.

Crawford is going to let his team down tonight.

Guys missing from last years team:
Lidstrom
Holstrom
Stuart
Hudler
Bertuzzi
Helm
that's 6 regulars out 18 regular skaters - fully 1/3 of the team.
Veteran guys that they brought in to help
Coliaccavo
Sammuelson
Tootoo
2 of the 3 have missed almost the entire season.
Rookies that are filling in:
Lashof
Smith
Kindl (partial season experience)
Andersson
Nyquist/Kindl
Based on this, just to make the playoffs have been a struggle.
I am glad we didn't mortgage our future. One or two more expensive free agents were not going to replace the 1/3 of the team that we lost.

Guys missing from last years team:
Lidstrom
Holstrom
Stuart
Hudler
Bertuzzi
Helm
that's 6 regulars out 18 regular skaters - fully 1/3 of the team.
Veteran guys that they brought in to help
Coliaccavo
Sammuelson
Tootoo
2 of the 3 have missed almost the entire season.
Rookies that are filling in:
Lashof
Smith
Kindl (partial season experience)
Andersson
Nyquist/Kindl
Based on this, just to make the playoffs have been a struggle.
I am glad we didn't mortgage our future. One or two more expensive free agents were not going to replace the 1/3 of the team that we lost.

The Wings will be amped for this. They WILL beat the Hawks in regulation. It would be great to see Kane get Kronwalled.

There was no possible way that they could have beat Vancouver on Sunday and they not only beat them, they embarassed them. They were playing with 8 injuries, less than 24 hours from their last game and using a goalie that was supposed to be resting. Vancouver had only lost 4 times in regulation. 8-3 and they outshot Vancouver like 13-2 in the 2nd period.
Just like there was no possible way that they could lose to Columbus 3 nights before.
So much for predictions.
Wings 4-2.

You "smell a loss" but will be optimistic? For God's sake man, pick one. Win or Loss. You can't have it both ways.

There was no possible way that they could have beat Vancouver on Sunday and they not only beat them, they embarassed them. They were playing with 8 injuries, less than 24 hours from their last game and using a goalie that was supposed to be resting. Vancouver had only lost 4 times in regulation. 8-3 and they outshot Vancouver like 13-2 in the 2nd period.
Just like there was no possible way that they could lose to Columbus 3 nights before.
So much for predictions.
Wings 4-2.

You "smell a loss" but will be optimistic? For God's sake man, pick one. Win or Loss. You can't have it both ways.

Let's see, the Wings are playing the 2nd time in less than 24 hours, they have 8 guys out with injuries including the back-up goalie that was supposed to start. They are playing one of the best teams in the league who are well rested and only have 1 injury. Our powerplay and pk are near the worst in the league.
Taking that all into account, there are people that still feel that need to come on here and predict a loss. I guess I don't understand the point of that.
I'm going with a robbery. Jimmy is going to steal the game.

Let's see, the Wings are playing the 2nd time in less than 24 hours, they have 8 guys out with injuries including the back-up goalie that was supposed to start. They are playing one of the best teams in the league who are well rested and only have 1 injury. Our powerplay and pk are near the worst in the league.
Taking that all into account, there are people that still feel that need to come on here and predict a loss. I guess I don't understand the point of that.
I'm going with a robbery. Jimmy is going to steal the game.

If he went chasing the flavor of the month every year like San Jose does you'd be happy. BUT look at San Jose, they have depleated their prospects to the point where their prosepect are LAST in the NHL. But hey, they always seem to land the hot commodity. A hell of a price to pay. Mortgage the future for the flavor of the month.. LOL
We could probably get a top D man for Nyquist, Tartar, Smith, etc.
No thanks.

If he went chasing the flavor of the month every year like San Jose does you'd be happy. BUT look at San Jose, they have depleated their prospects to the point where their prosepect are LAST in the NHL. But hey, they always seem to land the hot commodity. A hell of a price to pay. Mortgage the future for the flavor of the month.. LOL
We could probably get a top D man for Nyquist, Tartar, Smith, etc.
No thanks.

LOL. The expectation on LGW are always low. We could have the best team in the league and the LGW posters would want to blow it up...

Yes they are, but they didn't get that much hype. Especially not Z. Not like that guy in Pittsburgh...
There should be a "Whipping Boy" thread pinned and we can just change the name on it every so often.

Yes they are, but they didn't get that much hype. Especially not Z. Not like that guy in Pittsburgh...
There should be a "Whipping Boy" thread pinned and we can just change the name on it every so often.