Signed Wings sign Carlo Colaiacovo to 2 year deal, $2.5m cap hit

[datterberg1340 626]

http://www.mlive.com...of_pre-loc.html

well at least they finally did something

[martinezsvsu 240]

yay

[MabusIncarnate 5,347]

Cool i'll take it. I feel mildly better about our D now going into this potential season.

[ShanahanMan 473]

He's a plus player, good age, and if he can stay healthy, he's good for a solid 30 points. Given what was out there, this was our best bet.

Better than Kindl at least.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

[Salviaman 104]

Good news everyone!

[Guest irishock]

Love this signing. And Tootoo's. Holland has answered the grit/tough guy calls, possibly a sniper call, NEEDS that #1/#2 defenseman though.

[brett 1,029]

decent. and still have roughly 9 mil left

our D might be a little tougher, but we need guys to step up offensively. like kronwall wouldnt hurt to have another 50pt season

Edited September 14, 2012 by brett

[Esquire 324]

_{This signing annoys me for no other reason than that he is the third player on this roster to have worn the cursed Maple Leafs sweater in recent years.}

Edited September 14, 2012 by Esquire

[Hey man nice shot! 144]

yay and yay

[predmonkee 47]

Terrific signing IMO. A great stopgap until more opens up next year. Solid dman, will eat up some ice time... Good move for you guys

[St. Michael (the Red Wing) 422]

Good signings minus the fact were about to be in a lockout.

[wingslogo19 281]

It's a good depth signing for our D.

[Din758 371]

there its is boys and girls, our 22nd consecutive playoff team

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

Colaiacovo will work. He'll chew up valuable ice-time for us.

[esteef 2,679]

Not bad but he's no "tough guy".

esteef

[robb himself 143]

works for me. Good signing.

[Guest Hatethedrake!]

I'm not sure what the lines will look like. Hopefully Eaves is healthy when there IS hockey. If there is hockey.

CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER

My Custom Lineup

FORWARDS

Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.955m)

Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Mikael Samuelsson ($3.000m)

Damien Brunner ($1.350m) / Darren Helm ($2.125m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m)

Danny Cleary ($2.800m) / Justin Abdelkader ($1.800m) / Jordin Tootoo ($1.900m)

Drew Miller ($0.838m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m)

DEFENSEMEN

Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Kyle Quincey ($3.775m)

Brendan Smith ($0.875m) / Ian White ($2.875m)

Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m) / Carlo Colaiacovo ($2.500m)

Jakub Kindl ($0.883m)

GOALTENDERS

Jimmy Howard ($2.250m)

Jonas Gustavsson ($1.500m)

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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)

(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)

SALARY CAP: $70,200,000; CAP PAYROLL: $60,358,712; BONUSES: $462,500

CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $9,841,288

Edited September 14, 2012 by Hatethedrake!

[Valas19 50]

meh

[13dangledangle 968]

At this point I'll take it. Carlo should fair well with a shorter season this year, hopefully he can hang on for most of it. He certainly helps boost the back end, it really doesn't look so bad now, Im excited actually!

[Jedi 1,865]

He was the "best of what's left", so not a bad signing if your expectations are in the right place.

He's not going to be a top pairing guy, but for additional depth, I think he'll do well.

[Echolalia 2,961]

He'll push the bottom four to play harder, and gives us good depth for the inevitable injury.

[Uncle Danny 155]

I love this signing if only because it means I'll get to say his name a lot more often this season. Go on, say it with me now: Carlo Colaiacovo, Carlo Colaiacovo, Carlo Colaiacovo. Fun, isn't it?

[kook_10 1,705]

[Dabura 12,228]

Kronwall - Girardi

Ericsson - White

Colaiacovo - Smith

Kindl/Ellerby