Sleight 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2007 Who will the Wings have as free agents? And do you think it's going to be possible to sign Bertuzzi and Datsyuk while still keeping some cap room for other FA's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mighty Wings 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2007 with all due respect -- can we please enjoy an entertaining day in red wing nation before talking about the offseason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
superstarsingh 23 Report post Posted February 28, 2007 with all due respect -- can we please enjoy an entertaining day in red wing nation before talking about the offseason. atta boy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saran 1 Report post Posted February 28, 2007 too excited for this season/playoffs lets think about this stuff after our cup? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteLightning91 105 Report post Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) This is how I wanna see it next year... Grigorenko - Datsyuk - Bertuzzi UFA - Zetterberg(2.7) - Holmstrom(2.25) Hudler - Filppula(850K) - Kopecky Franzen(900K) - Draper(2.128) - Cleary(675K) (Samuelsson(1.2)) Lidstrom(7.6) - Kronwall(1.5) Kindl - Markov Lebda(550K) - Chelios (Lilja(1.0)) I'm not gonna get into goalies for now. All I know is that Ozzy is signed for next year at 800K. I just do not see Robert Lang wanting to re-sign here. He could be a #1 center on many other teams and is nearing the end of his career. Why spend the last couple years on a 3rd line when you can be on the #1 elsewhere? I do not think we will re-sign Maltby. He is not what he used to be and is showing that he has lost a step since the lockout. He is still a great PK'er but with guys like Draper/Franzen/Cleary/Kopecky/Datsyuk/Zetterberg able to kill penalties, he is unfortunately replaceable. Samuelsson is going to have to make a pretty good case in the playoffs this year to prove to me why we should put him in the line-up instead of Kopecky. I wanna see what Kopecky can do and he was really growing on me before his injury. I think with more confidence he could be a decent physical player for us. Needs to add a few pounds still. On defense I hope to see Chelios and Markov back again. Chelios really has proven he is still very much able to play. I wanna see Kindl in the line-up as well. They said he almost made it out of camp this year but with Lebda and Lilja already on the squad, there was no place to put him. He is having himself a damn fine year and has proven to be looked at as a big part of the future of this team. Evidence would be the fact that he was a definite No-No when it came to any trades this year. I would like to see another winger signed by us in the offseason as well as Bertuzzi. Preferably another physical/power forward type. (In no order) Scott Hartnell, Jamal Mayers, Todd Fedoruk or Ruslan Fedotenko are the kind I wanna see. If Chelios decides to call it a career, I wanna see a big/physical defenseman take his spot. Preferably Sheldon Souray, Chris Phillips or Cory Sarich. Not knowing what the cap will be next year makes it difficult to put salaries to each player we would sign. We have approx. $22.153M spent on 12 players next season. We could really be a solid team if we get one more big/physical forward and defenseman. Goaltending is going to be the only question mark. Edited February 28, 2007 by WhiteLightning91 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Never_Retire_Steve 35 Report post Posted February 28, 2007 The playoffs will have a huge impact on what decisions need to be made in the offseason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
