Guest E_S_A_D Report post Posted August 11, 2009 Congratulations Detroit Red Wings, you have officially let every decent free agent for 2009-10 season that would offer an entertainment value, beyond Disney on Ice, to sign with other teams at bargain prices. Oh wait, Ken Holland DID sign an enforcer for our 4th line... Welcome Mr. Jason Williams. What a joke 2009-10 will be. MARK MY WORDS... WATCH HOW EMPTY THE REGULAR SEASON WILL BE IN DETROIT THIS YEAR.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broken 16 381 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 Congratulations Detroit Red Wings, you have officially let every decent free agent for 2009-10 season that would offer an entertainment value, beyond Disney on Ice, to sign with other teams at bargain prices. Oh wait, Ken Holland DID sign an enforcer for our 4th line... Welcome Mr. Jason Williams. What a joke 2009-10 will be. MARK MY WORDS... WATCH HOW EMPTY THE REGULAR SEASON WILL BE IN DETROIT THIS YEAR.... Hehe... Empty. Lets see... we have Pavel Datsyuk to watch all year. Henrik Zetterberg... Lidstrom... Kronwall... Ericsson... Leino in the full rotation. The Mule. Brad Stuart. Darren Helm for a full season. Not to mention a (hopefully) healthy Holmstrom. Flip getting big minutes. We get to see what Howard does with a full time spot. We get to see how Williams fits in. And we get to see how Eaves will contribute. Not to mention some new additions to the Black Aces that will see time. Some of you people are so spoiled it actually disgusts me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 Congratulations Detroit Red Wings, you have officially let every decent free agent for 2009-10 season that would offer an entertainment value, beyond Disney on Ice, to sign with other teams at bargain prices. Maybe there are some things more important than entertainment. Oh wait, Ken Holland DID sign an enforcer for our 4th line... Welcome Mr. Jason Williams. Jason Williams isn't an enforcer. What a joke 2009-10 will be. Yeah, darn blasted I hate winning more than losing. You certainly don't have to watch if it's going to be such a joke. MARK MY WORDS... WATCH HOW EMPTY THE REGULAR SEASON WILL BE IN DETROIT THIS YEAR.... Economic conditions also factor into this. You want some cheese with that wine? You want some tissue as well? :violin: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 Congratulations Detroit Red Wings, you have officially let every decent free agent for 2009-10 season that would offer an entertainment value, beyond Disney on Ice, to sign with other teams at bargain prices. Oh wait, Ken Holland DID sign an enforcer for our 4th line... Welcome Mr. Jason Williams. What a joke 2009-10 will be. MARK MY WORDS... WATCH HOW EMPTY THE REGULAR SEASON WILL BE IN DETROIT THIS YEAR.... im gonna laugh the game that you miss when kronwall sends some other guy into next week or datsyuk scores the goal of the year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holiday 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 (edited) Hehe... Empty. Lets see... we have Pavel Datsyuk to watch all year. Henrik Zetterberg... Lidstrom... Kronwall... Ericsson... Leino in the full rotation. The Mule. Brad Stuart. Darren Helm for a full season. Not to mention a (hopefully) healthy Holmstrom. Flip getting big minutes. We get to see what Howard does with a full time spot. We get to see how Williams fits in. And we get to see how Eaves will contribute. Not to mention some new additions to the Black Aces that will see time. Some of you people are so spoiled it actually disgusts me. E_S_A_D is right, we should have signed Floyd Mayweather during the offseason. That is the only way people can be entertained. DAMMIT HOLLAND! Edited August 11, 2009 by Doc Holiday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted August 11, 2009 Congratulations Detroit Red Wings, you have officially let every decent free agent for 2009-10 season that would offer an entertainment value, beyond Disney on Ice, to sign with other teams at bargain prices. Oh wait, Ken Holland DID sign an enforcer for our 4th line... Welcome Mr. Jason Williams. What a joke 2009-10 will be. MARK MY WORDS... WATCH HOW EMPTY THE REGULAR SEASON WILL BE IN DETROIT THIS YEAR.... Clearly Kenny is vying for enforcers, just secretly. We should make a bet that the Red Wings sign an enforcer between now and the second coming of Jesus H Lesnar, the super enforcer/goon messiah. If you don't like my bet, we can compare the size of our wangs, or fight, or have our wangs fight each other. Here, take controller #2 and lets battle it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 Any word of the salary hit he signed for? 1.2 million according to capgeek. For a one year deal. I guess he really wanted to go back to Buffalo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esteef 2,679 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 1.2 million according to capgeek. For a one year deal. Dammit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,804 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 1.2 million according to capgeek. For a one year deal. I guess he really wanted to go back to Buffalo. I think he would have come to Detroit if Holland had put a similar offer on the table. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted August 11, 2009 E_S_A_D even if you don't like how the team is build and has been for some years now you are very much free to go cheer for philadelphia or whatever. Support the team or leave. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,804 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 E_S_A_D even if you don't like how the team is build and has been for some years now you are very much free to go cheer for philadelphia or whatever. Support the team or leave. I didn't know you had such a flare for humor, mindfly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted August 11, 2009 We all knoe E_S_A_D loves fighting and gritty hockey but 1post is enough, he dont have to be ironic in every post after that.. enough is enough damnit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetts 236 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 I think he would have come to Detroit if Holland had put a similar offer on the table. Probably. Not really the best move cap-wise for us given that Williams has already been signed though. We had to get extra offence from somewhere even if it is Williams. I'm still convinced that Draper and Maltby are our supposed enforcers/grinders. Or at least those are the roster spots they're taking, they don't actually fill either of those rolls. I'm thinking that when they retire the 3rd/4th line roster spots opened up will allow for a little more grit. I don't think that Holland doesn't want those types of players, there just isn't the room right now. For anyone who says there is the room (ie. the roster spots that were just filled by Eaves and Williams)...we still need skill too. We can't have more players with zero scoring ability on our third and fourth lines. Draper and Maltby fill the quota for incompetent offensive players IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soultrain 43 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 Probably. Not really the best move cap-wise for us given that Williams has already been signed though. We had to get extra offence from somewhere even if it is Williams. I'm still convinced that Draper and Maltby are our supposed enforcers/grinders. We can't have more players with zero scoring ability on our third and fourth lines. Draper and Maltby fill the quota for incompetent offensive players IMO. Zing!...draper got a couple of empty netters last year! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holiday 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 E_S_A_D even if you don't like how the team is build and has been for some years now you are very much free to go cheer for philadelphia or whatever. Support the team or leave. This post just made my head explode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 I think he would have come to Detroit if Holland had put a similar offer on the table. His contract has a no movement clause apparently. Kenny probably thought it was too much of a risk to hand that out to a guy who he isn't sure will fit in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 E_S_A_D even if you don't like how the team is build and has been for some years now you are very much free to go cheer for philadelphia or whatever. Support the team or leave. Who are you and what have you done with mindfly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) As long as ken holland is the GM you won't have a gritty team with 3-4 fighters it will be skilled but soft players that will play the 200ft game, simple as that.. so i don't understand why you whine.. just deal with it, he's the GM not you. And especially people born and raised in michigan you just gotta support the team or it would just be sad. Edited August 12, 2009 by mindfly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 As long as ken holland is the GM you won't have a gritty team with 3-4 fighters it will be skilled but soft players that will play the 200ft game, simple as that.. so i don't understand why you whine.. just deal with it, he's the GM not you. And especially people born and raised in michigan you just gotta support the team or it would just be sad. Are you still goofing around? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 This post just made my head explode. Who are you and what have you done with mindfly? mindfly for Swedish Prime Minister!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitaljohn88 4 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 Zing!...draper got a couple of empty netters last year! Remember the 07-08 playoff goal off his face, or how he scored our only goal in game 6 of the 08-09 SCF... his quota is one important goal per year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uk_redwing 495 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 As long as ken holland is the GM you won't have a gritty team with 3-4 fighters it will be skilled but soft players that will play the 200ft game, simple as that.. so i don't understand why you whine.. just deal with it, he's the GM not you. And especially people born and raised in michigan you just gotta support the team or it would just be sad. Havn't you got better things to be doing like predicting how the Wings will lose every single game and generally soaking in a bag of pessimism? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted August 12, 2009 Havn't you got better things to be doing like predicting how the Wings will lose every single game and generally soaking in a bag of pessimism? I'm not the guy who watch hockey solely because of the fights.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Z and D for the C 712 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 I think he would have come to Detroit if Holland had put a similar offer on the table. I'm guessing you can say that for a very large majority of signings in the NHL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esteef 2,679 Report post Posted August 12, 2009 His contract has a no movement clause apparently. Kenny probably thought it was too much of a risk to hand that out to a guy who he isn't sure will fit in. He's a big body that can skate, hit, handle the puck and fight. He could play on any of our 4 lines and fit in just fine. It's just frustrating! esteef Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
