It was in Canada. How does Randy Moss run over a police officer w/ a car and get away w/ it? Athletes can do these things.
And I'm totally with you on the fast, grinding style. But goons will hurt that style, not help it.
I'm partially convinced Lewis is half the problem on the style. Yzerman, Shanny, Drapes, Maltby, etc had no problems w/ cycling the puck down low when Bowman was in charge. It was when Lewis took over that all the sudden we started sniping all over the place and playing perimiter hockey. Babcock should help us get back to a faster style. This slow, methodical crap I've had a stomachful of. But in order to play a fast, physical style, you need to have players who are going to work and skate hard, not guys who are going to take shifts off and back away from contact, and not guys who don't know how to skate. I want strong skaters and aggressive personalities before straight size and WAY before fighting ability.
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 04:52 PM
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| It was in Canada. How does Randy Moss run over a police officer w/ a car and get away w/ it? Athletes can do these things. |
He also fought 4 or 5 cops in Florida when he was tasered. I know of at least 2 times he's been caught brawling with the po-po and gotten in no trouble. Hell, look at OJ, he killed 2 people!!
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| And I'm totally with you on the fast, grinding style. But goons will hurt that style, not help it. I'm partially convinced Lewis is half the problem on the style. Yzerman, Shanny, Drapes, Maltby, etc had no problems w/ cycling the puck down low when Bowman was in charge. It was when Lewis took over that all the sudden we started sniping all over the place and playing perimiter hockey. Babcock should help us get back to a faster style. This slow, methodical crap I've had a stomachful of. But in order to play a fast, physical style, you need to have players who are going to work and skate hard, not guys who are going to take shifts off and back away from contact, and not guys who don't know how to skate. I want strong skaters and aggressive personalities before straight size and WAY before fighting ability. |
You do make a very good point, but we no longer have the option to pick up anybody who is both skilled and tough which is why I'm all about an enforcer. Someone to take the heat off the top guys, which is pretty much or only way to go, unless we start trading.
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 06:45 PM
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When was Delmore named captain of anything? Your argument makes no sense. If you want to know the reason why Brown was expendable, it's because they already had Alex Henry and Willie Mitchell back there. If we had ONE mean D-Man with size, I'd be somewhat happy, we have none. |
just wonderin Barnes why you dont think Fischer has size and toughness? Ok after his ACL recovery he was not as effective as all hoped nor as physical. but have u ever recovered from a torn ACL? Im amazed he playewd that well. forget how he played in the last year of the nhl and look he played in the lockout. the most recent hockey for him. he dominated in the two world championships and was on the top line for the chzechs for the one championship....when they won gold....and he physially dominated huge. im not attacking your opinion or anything just lookin for your input. i do think we need one more physical D-man but we do have one in fischer.
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 07:03 PM
I think Fischer will do all right.
I had surgery on a torn ACL and MCL roughly 17 months ago, and my knee still hurts like crazy sometimes. I can exercise and it functions normally, but I feel it a lot more than my other knee that's 100% healthy. If I have an intense exercise, I usually come out with a limp for a while.
They take a while to recover from, and I'm no athlete. I'd expect Fischer to be fully or close to fully recovered by now since he probably exercises every day.
I had surgery on a torn ACL and MCL roughly 17 months ago, and my knee still hurts like crazy sometimes. I can exercise and it functions normally, but I feel it a lot more than my other knee that's 100% healthy. If I have an intense exercise, I usually come out with a limp for a while.
They take a while to recover from, and I'm no athlete. I'd expect Fischer to be fully or close to fully recovered by now since he probably exercises every day.
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 10:04 PM
Anyone who thinks that the Wings don't need to add some toughness (especially some form of enforcer) will probably be the same people complaining at the end of the season when 2-3 of our key players are on the injured list as a result of some cheap shot that could have been prevented.
The new NHL will still have fighting. Cheap shots will be responded to, unfortunately though we have nobody to respond to them currently on the Wings. Without that presence, physical teams will go all out against the Wings, punishing our soft forwards and defensemen. Sure, we may out-score them (in the regular season), but they have accomplished their task, to wear us down so that we fail again in the playoffs.
As a team, we need more toughness. One enforcer isn't going to completely tip the scales, but it would be a good start. Our only players with any sort of ability to keep the game in check are Shanny, Rivers, Chelios, & Fischer. Shanny can't hang with the big boys, and is needed more on the ice than in the box (not to mention the age factor). Rivers also can't hang with the big boys and won't play enough to make a huge difference. Chelios will play his nasty brand of hockey, but isn't a fighter and age is also a huge factor with him. Fischer doesn't have enough of a mean streak in him and needs to worry about developing his game more than playing any sort of enforcer role.
Without adding toughness, this team has only one shot of success in the playoffs. They need to draw teams as soft as them. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a lot of those teams out there...
The new NHL will still have fighting. Cheap shots will be responded to, unfortunately though we have nobody to respond to them currently on the Wings. Without that presence, physical teams will go all out against the Wings, punishing our soft forwards and defensemen. Sure, we may out-score them (in the regular season), but they have accomplished their task, to wear us down so that we fail again in the playoffs.
As a team, we need more toughness. One enforcer isn't going to completely tip the scales, but it would be a good start. Our only players with any sort of ability to keep the game in check are Shanny, Rivers, Chelios, & Fischer. Shanny can't hang with the big boys, and is needed more on the ice than in the box (not to mention the age factor). Rivers also can't hang with the big boys and won't play enough to make a huge difference. Chelios will play his nasty brand of hockey, but isn't a fighter and age is also a huge factor with him. Fischer doesn't have enough of a mean streak in him and needs to worry about developing his game more than playing any sort of enforcer role.
Without adding toughness, this team has only one shot of success in the playoffs. They need to draw teams as soft as them. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a lot of those teams out there...
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 10:13 PM
| QUOTE (Vladinator @ August 15, 2005 - 11:04PM) |
| Anyone who thinks that the Wings don't need to add some toughness (especially some form of enforcer) will probably be the same people complaining at the end of the season when 2-3 of our key players are on the injured list as a result of some cheap shot that could have been prevented. The new NHL will still have fighting. Cheap shots will be responded to, unfortunately though we have nobody to respond to them currently on the Wings. Without that presence, physical teams will go all out against the Wings, punishing our soft forwards and defensemen. Sure, we may out-score them (in the regular season), but they have accomplished their task, to wear us down so that we fail again in the playoffs. As a team, we need more toughness. One enforcer isn't going to completely tip the scales, but it would be a good start. Our only players with any sort of ability to keep the game in check are Shanny, Rivers, Chelios, & Fischer. Shanny can't hang with the big boys, and is needed more on the ice than in the box (not to mention the age factor). Rivers also can't hang with the big boys and won't play enough to make a huge difference. Chelios will play his nasty brand of hockey, but isn't a fighter and age is also a huge factor with him. Fischer doesn't have enough of a mean streak in him and needs to worry about developing his game more than playing any sort of enforcer role. Without adding toughness, this team has only one shot of success in the playoffs. They need to draw teams as soft as them. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a lot of those teams out there... |
AND I REALLY LIKE YOUR AVATAR!!!
Edited by Dominator2005, 15 August 2005 - 10:15 PM.
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 10:20 PM
BTW anyone find something about this ''signing''???
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 10:28 PM
| QUOTE (Dominator2005 @ August 16, 2005 - 04:20AM) |
| BTW anyone find something about this ''signing''??? |
I've looked all day and haven't found anything...
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