Wings sign Brad May to 1 Year Deal, $500k

[CupCrazy22 8]

Cool signing,

anyone wanna explain to me how he was the 14th overall pick?

Year Team League GP G A Pts +/- PIM SHOTS PCT

1990-91 Niagara Falls OHL 34 37 32 69 - 93 - -

1989-90 Niagara Falls OHL 61 32 58 90 - 223 - -

1988-89 Niagara Falls OHL 65 8 14 22 - 304 - -

[Theophany 110]

hope he plays tomorrow against against the hawks!

Yeah, let's start the whole GR team against the Hawks!

[mjlegend 155]

Great! Now the fighting guys here will have nothing to ***** about.

Anyway, he's a nice guy. Good for him and good for his family.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

Beauty. He adds what Downey did but with better skating, which is a huge plus (especially in Babcock's system).

[Jedi 1,865]

Great! Now the fighting guys here will have nothing to ***** about.

Yeah... First game that we lose where May's not playing, and it's all we'll hear about for days...

Anywho... Good signing, he brings something that's needed to the lineup, and you darn sure can't beat the price.

[dat's sick 1,002]

He seems like a great guy, and actually looked pretty good in pre-season, so this is good news.

[RusDRW 155]

he is exactly what we needed to be competitive with the so-called "hit-first and then let's see" type of teams e.g. SLB, Anaheim. The next step should come from Babcock putting May-Newbury-Abedelkader (Helm) against them. We still may go with something like Draper-Helm-Abdelkader (Maltby) against those who think they can outskill us e.g. Chicago, Pittsburgh, etc. LEt's be flexible a little bit!

[Zion 93]

Cheap signing!

Let's hope this guy can provide some forechecking to go with that toughness.

From what I've seen and am reading, I shouldn't get my hopes up.

[Jasper84 333]

Sweet. This dude was brought here for one reason, to punch people in the head - every other thing that he can do, other Wings can do better. I like that we have a head-puncher. The league has other, better head-punchers, but this one is ours. Better than nothing. Good work, Kenny!

I couldn't help but laugh at this... I agree, though. You just made it sound the best out of anyone else here.

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[RusDRW 155]

Sweet. This dude was brought here for one reason, to punch people in the head - every other thing that he can do, other Wings can do better. I like that we have a head-puncher. The league has other, better head-punchers, but this one is ours. Better than nothing. Good work, Kenny!

this made my day! the best post I red in a while

[C-TownWing 0]

Man what is with the negativity?...I mean jeez.

Actually, I'm kind of surprised your side of things is so thrilled with it. Pretty decent chance we see a replay of this at some point, except with the guy getting his face caved in wearing red:

Edited October 8, 2009 by C-TownWing

[Mors 201]

Nice way to start the day before the big game tonight

[HOCKEY MATTERS 167]

Sweet. This dude was brought here for one reason, to punch people in the head - every other thing that he can do, other Wings can do better. I like that we have a head-puncher. The league has other, better head-punchers, but this one is ours. Better than nothing. Good work, Kenny!

Epic post! I hope he spends a lot of time playing on the big ice.

[Doc Holiday 0]

Man what is with the negativity?...I mean jeez.

All he said is he shouldn't be getting his hopes up.

Not a huge deal.

[Aussie_Wing 354]

Great news. For same price as Eaves, better player plays, get er going Brad!

Bit too early to be writing off Eaves don't you think? The season hasn't even started yet (sorry, not counting the Swedish disaster), give him time and he'll soon be a regular. He offers more than May.

[mmamolo 287]

Start: 2009 End: 2010 Total Salary: $500,000 (breakdown)» 2009-2010: $500,000

Cap Hit: $500,000 (UFA)

Contract Drilldown

START YEAR: 2009 END YEAR: 2010 TYPE: STANDARD EXPIRY STATUS: UFA

SEASON:2009-2010

TYPE:TWO-WAY

AHL SALARY:$105,000

SALARY BONUSES CAP HIT: $500,000 — $500,000

[e_prime 1,936]

Actually, I'm kind of surprised your side of things is so thrilled with it. Pretty decent chance we see a replay of this at some point, except with the guy getting his face caved in wearing red.

Fights: You win some, you lose some.

I think we're thrilled that we've got someone that will regularly drop the gloves when it is needed.

That is... when he is in the lineup.

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[Zion 93]

Man what is with the negativity?...I mean jeez.

No, actually I'm happy to have this type of player, especially seeing how the first two games went.

My only concern would be that any ineffectiveness may leave him in GR and that doesn't help us on game night.

I won't watch the Janssen fight, because that dude is just nuts. Just happy to have a guy that will stick up for some of our guys.

[hockey23 79]

from mlive.com

Last night, MLive.com's own Ansar Khan reported that the Red Wings signed Brad May to a one-year contract, and the Detroit News's Chris McCosky reports that the Wings swapped out Justin Abdelkader for May's sake:

October 8, Detroit News: The Red Wings signed veteran Brad May to a one-year, two-way contract this morning. To make room for him, the Wings sent Justin Abdelkader back to Grand Rapids.

He will reprise the role that Aaron Downey played the past couple of seasons, an enforcer-type player the Wings can deploy against some of the more physical teams in the league.

May is 37 and has played in 1,001 NHL games for six different teams. He has amassed 127 goals and 2,182 penalty minutes.

Expect May to bounce up and down from Grand Rapids as necessary, though I'm starting to wonder whether the Wings might very well send Darren Helm back down as well.

Obviously, it's much better for Justin Abdelkader to play for 20 minutes a night as the Griffins' #1 center than it is for him to play 8 minutes a night on the Wings' fourth line.

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Great.

Now we might actually win the Stanley Cup.

[stevkrause 1,247]

not sure if anyone else already posted this, but it was just reported that Abs was sent to GR and May will most likely play tonight

[ManLuv4Clears 7]

Skating for Abs with Abs being sent to GR? I wonder if he replaces him in the line-up tonight. I'm going to the game, so I hope so.

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

not sure if anyone else already posted this, but it was just reported that Abs was sent to GR and May will most likely play tonight

I just had my first multiple orgasm ever.