talex 1 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 Holland has already stated he wants to sign one of them before July 1st. We all know what Holland wants, he gets! End of thread! Who knows what will happen. I think I acknowledged the fact that at least 1 of the 2 will likely be signed, however there are a ton of threads about that topic. I started this thread to explore what the wings might look like w/o either of them. The reality of the matter is that we have 2 super star forwards (Dats and Z) and 2 extremely strong power forwards (Cleary and Homer), 2 great young forwards/centers in Flip and Huds and a pretty solid guy in Sammy already. With Goalie woes and D lacking, it is interesting at least to me to explore what options and possibilities could occur if neither of these 2 were signed. An imagination investigation, sure... but a fun and interesting process none the less. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 Who knows what will happen. I think I acknowledged the fact that at least 1 of the 2 will likely be signed, however there are a ton of threads about that topic. I started this thread to explore what the wings might look like w/o either of them. The reality of the matter is that we have 2 super star forwards (Dats and Z) and 2 extremely strong power forwards (Cleary and Homer), 2 great young forwards/centers in Flip and Huds and a pretty solid guy in Sammy already. With Goalie woes and D lacking, it is interesting at least to me to explore what options and possibilities could occur if neither of these 2 were signed. An imagination investigation, sure... but a fun and interesting process none the less. In case no one saw the other thread: Hossa basically confirmed he will take less money to stay. Not a guarantee that he's staying, but if you read his full quotes, it seems like he fully expects to be here next year, and long-term. Also, I know he's not an expert on it, but Hossa feels that Holland can keep both him and Franzen for next season. When all the teams were competing for Hossa last year, I worried he was a bit of a prima donna, but everything we've seen this year has shown and proven that Hossa is an excellent team player with a strong sense of being a part of a team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
talex 1 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) In case no one saw the other thread: Hossa basically confirmed he will take less money to stay. Not a guarantee that he's staying, but if you read his full quotes, it seems like he fully expects to be here next year, and long-term. Also, I know he's not an expert on it, but Hossa feels that Holland can keep both him and Franzen for next season. When all the teams were competing for Hossa last year, I worried he was a bit of a prima donna, but everything we've seen this year has shown and proven that Hossa is an excellent team player with a strong sense of being a part of a team. So one can still explore my personal preference which would be to Sign Hossa and do everything humanly possible to keep Flip, Huds, Sammy and gang... especially with Draps and Malts and Lids likely to be around only another year or 2, I like the idea of keeping these key role players around and bring up the GR guys to learn from them since they will primarily be role players as well. My Lines: Z-D-H Cleary-Flip-Hossa Sammy-Helm-Huds Malts-Draper-Lieno/Kopechy/Adbelkader Lids-Raf Nick Jr-Stuart Lilja-Lebda Errikson/Kopechy G Conks/Osgood or Conks/Howard-Larson Goaltending is a concern of mine having watched Howard be very inconsistent in GR, I just do not think he is the next starter, this could change but is where I currently stand on this issue. I also do not think decimating the rest of the lines ie: Flip/Huds/Sammy is wise just to keep Franzen. I also do not favor the idea of bringing up 3 to 5 GR guys all at once and hope they pan out, just not comfortable with that. How this will all playout is up to debate, I like the lines I put together other than I am concerned about goaltending, however signing either or both will leave very little to nothing to work on that. Edited February 12, 2009 by talex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AD2044 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 Holmer Z Pav Cleary Fil Leino Huds Helm Sammy Malts Draps Abby ex Downey Nic Raffy Stuey Kronner Lilja Ericsson ex Meech, Lebda Ozzie Howard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
