Eklund: Tkachuk (or Guerin) a Wing soon?

[The Enforcer 13]

It is Eklund though, you have to give him credit for the forsberg thing...take it as you will

[Cicada 4]

considering he says "might be Guerin" after it...

don't believe the hype

[Kp-Wings 3]

Eklund only knew about Nashville being one place Forsberg would go because TSN and just about every other hockey rumor website reported it. I highly doubt Eklund knew anything about Nashville being one of the teams in the Forsberg sweepstakes.

edited for spelling

Edited February 23, 2007 by Kp-Wings

[sibiriak 84]

It is Eklund though, you have to give him credit for the forsberg thing...take it as you will

Since it is Eklund, that must mean that the deal with the Blues is indeed imminent.

Dallas Drake for a 4th rounder.

[Winged Scooter 0]

Eklund...ehhh

Take it with a grain of salt I guess......

[USAFWingedWheel 4]

great, 2 aging wingers that arent' worth a $hit...good way to address our lack of grit and toughness...

[hillbillywingsfan 794]

great, 2 aging wingers that arent' worth a $hit...good way to address our lack of grit and toughness...

wow!! first one to show that much hatred towards the trade rumor.

[SwedeLundin77 460]

wow!! first one to show that much hatred towards the trade rumor.

Yeah, he probably just doesn't like Tkachuk for one, so his only choice is to rip them apart. He is more than likely one of these "let's bring up over a year ago incident - Tkachunky" type guys... When in all realism, Tkachuk is our best bet in terms of what we need - a scoring winger/power forward with size and tenacity. Guerin doesn't address this need as well, but he is bigger and can score so of course he'll be considered.

[Wings_Dynasty 267]

Yeah, he probably just doesn't like Tkachuk for one, so his only choice is to rip them apart. He is more than likely one of these "let's bring up over a year ago incident - Tkachunky" type guys... When in all realism, Tkachuk is our best bet in terms of what we need - a scoring winger/power forward with size and tenacity. Guerin doesn't address this need as well, but he is bigger and can score so of course he'll be considered.

Plus, Guerin will throw his fists if he has too. That's makes one person on the team with more than 5 fights in his career.

[Kp-Wings 3]

Plus, Guerin will throw his fists if he has too. That's makes one person on the team with more than 5 fights in his career.

What about Norton?

[KATIEBARTHEDOOR24 426]

The one player I don't want on the wiings roster is Tkachuck. Mainly because he is not a playoff performer. We all know that and yet alot of people here like him.

[Heaton 1]

The one player I don't want on the wiings roster is Tkachuck. Mainly because he is not a playoff performer. We all know that and yet alot of people here like him.

Tkachuk has more points in less playoff games than Guerin.

[WingNutt 12]

all the suspense, I wonder which one it will be.

Will be funny though if we don't sign either, I'm not sure if anyone from the Blues is the answer for us but only time will tell. We need some power forwards.

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

It is Eklund though, you have to give him credit for the forsberg thing...take it as you will

Why do we have to give him credit for the Forsberg thing?

He had Floppa going to every team that made any sense to try and get him. And he "broke" the big news about the trade just before legit sites did.

I've not seen Eklund really be any more helpful than a site like TSN. He just puts every and any thing up there, so some of it is bound to be true.

[hillbillywingsfan 794]

yeah heres eklund..."carter to to the canes e1...wait...it happened already...see i told you"

[drwscc 212]

What if we get both?

[JayUp88 1]

Ihave a feeling come tuesday know ones going to be really happy

[Hank 0]

all the suspense, I wonder which one it will be.

Will be funny though if we don't sign either, I'm not sure if anyone from the Blues is the answer for us but only time will tell. We need some power forwards.

But is there really anyone else out there that has grit and scoring? I think Tkachuk and Guerin are our only options.

Besides, if we get Tkachuk then I can finally dust off my sign "Don't F*** With Tkachuk!"

[StevieY9802 6]

Why do we have to give him credit for the Forsberg thing?

He had Floppa going to every team that made any sense to try and get him. And he "broke" the big news about the trade just before legit sites did.

I've not seen Eklund really be any more helpful than a site like TSN. He just puts every and any thing up there, so some of it is bound to be true.

He broke the Forsberg trade to the Preds before TSN(or anyone for that matter) did. I think thats what he means. He gets somethings out there fast and then other things he just sounds stupid when he says them. Like Tkachuck (or is it Guerin?) wtf? I read it just for the sake of rumors. It entertains me personally.

[ShanahanMan 473]

the fact that Eklund says, "or is it Guerin?" shows this means absolutely nothing.

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

That's the thing. Yes Tkachuk and Guerin are older, and it would be great to have younger gritty guys that can hit, fight, and score some goals.

But those guys obviously come at a premium, and not many are available, so be prepared to give up a big chunk of the Wings future to get them.

Tkachuk and Guerin, or any one player they bring in, are not gonna solve the grit problem here in Detroit. But they'd at least be a step in the right direction.

To really fix it is going to take time. Over the last several seasons we've lost Shanny, McCarty, Lapointe, Fischer, and a few other guys who were pretty tough and would stick up for teammates. None of them have been replaced in that capacity.

It's gonna take major trades and drafting and developing guys to transform the Wings into a gritty playoff team. It can't all happen during one trade deadline.

He broke the Forsberg trade to the Preds before TSN(or anyone for that matter) did. I think thats what he means. He gets somethings out there fast and then other things he just sounds stupid when he says them. Like Tkachuck (or is it Guerin?) wtf? I read it just for the sake of rumors. It entertains me personally.

That's what I mean though, he puts so much crap out there and covers his bases so much that anything he says is meaningless.

And with Forsberg, I seriously think he only broke the story a matter of hourse before TSN had a confirmed report. That's not a big deal in my book. Combined with the fact that most of what he says is unrtrue, I just don't find his opinion particularly informative.

He cries wolf constantly, then people will point to the one time out of a hundred there actually was a wolf as proof he knows what he's talking about.

[ShanahanMan 473]

An article just came out of Atlanta saying...

"But word out of St. Louis is that Atlanta is the front-runner for Keith Tkachuk, who scored his 20th goal of the year the other night against Minnesota."

here's the think for those who want to read: http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-bl...ice_update.html

[superstarsingh 23]

the fact that Eklund says, "or is it Guerin?" shows this means absolutely nothing.

Hahaha its true. Pick one, we know one of it could be one of the two anyways.

[Guest Tunbo Batman]

eklund is a hockey psychic....he says so much and is so vague, and he always comes up after the fact and says "told ya so!" sigh. EVERYONE knows that qatchoc and gayrin may be detroit bound.

[USAFWingedWheel 4]

i've got a feeling that at the end of the deadline everyone here will ask "Who the F*** is _______?"....just like last year...who did we get last year at the deadline, I can't remember?

Edited February 23, 2007 by USAFWingedWheel