kindlwillbegreat 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2007 howards got all the tools and unlike rookie goaltenders coming up howard is gonna have it pretty good .......lidstrom chelios rafalski on defence, which will more then help him to set in and feel at easy , i got all the confidence in the world jimmy howard will be a good goaltender and as much as id like to see hasek hang around im more then looking forward to the 2008-2009 season that being said , with chelios looking like he can play another 3-5 yrs hows that helping our defence ?? i love chelios but doesnt anyone else thing thats slowing down the progress of our younger d ??? lidstrom chelios rafalski kronwall .......those 4 are a lock and going nowhere at least for a few seasons unless chelios or lidstrom suddenly decides to retire lebda has 3 more yrs on his deal and has been doing good ...so thats our top 5 ........lilja after next season is likely gone , and meech will play on the 7th spot unless we trade him and decide to bring up quincey we still got kindl, ericsson and hopefully brendan smith in 3 yrs time lidstrom kindl rafalski kronwall lebda chelios quincey lets just say thats our d for the 2008-2009 season meech is most likely traded .......what about ericsson though ?? hes a big big guy in the back end which we really need but we dont know if hes nhl ready and likely wont as long as chelios keeps playing , unless god forbids someone gets injured were gonna have some decisions to make , and as much as i like chelios and would love to see him play another 3-5 yrs i wouldnt wanna sacrifice our future in the back end as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
