krsmith17 7,191 Report post Posted May 24, 2017 5 hours ago, kliq said: Their odds are definitely smaller then they were 10 years ago, but it doesn't mean that you "can't" get anyone, or that you shouldn't try. One thing they do have is the history and linage of being the Detroit Red Wings, and a down Detroit team is still going to have a chance. You would think the new state of the art arena would attract some players as well. Although that may have more of an effect on veteran UFA's than unknown kids that would have to play for a spot, likely starting in Grand Rapids. Either way, we still are attracting players every year, and people that say otherwise are just looking for s*** to complain about... 2 kliq and Keep Your Stick On the Ice reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kliq 3,755 Report post Posted May 24, 2017 4 hours ago, krsmith17 said: You would think the new state of the art arena would attract some players as well. Although that may have more of an effect on veteran UFA's than unknown kids that would have to play for a spot, likely starting in Grand Rapids. Either way, we still are attracting players every year, and people that say otherwise are just looking for s*** to complain about... 100% agree. We have landed a lot of UFA's over the past few years. Funny how when the "nobody wants to come here argument" is shut down the argument is always shifted to "Well look how they have performed" as if that has any connection to the original argument. In the minds of some, Suters wife wanting to live in Minnesota = Nobody wants to come to Detroit. 2 ChristopherReevesLegs and krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krsmith17 7,191 Report post Posted May 24, 2017 25 minutes ago, kliq said: 100% agree. We have landed a lot of UFA's over the past few years. Funny how when the "nobody wants to come here argument" is shut down the argument is always shifted to "Well look how they have performed" as if that has any connection to the original argument. In the minds of some, Suters wife wanting to live in Minnesota = Nobody wants to come to Detroit. People hate on Nielsen and his contract (I'm not a big fan either), but the same people would have been b****ing and moaning if Holland was rumored to be in on Nielsen but ended up elsewhere... "No one wants to come here. We couldn't even convince Frans Nielsen to come here"... 3 PavelValerievichDatsyuk, kliq and ChristopherReevesLegs reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted May 29, 2017 When I saw the name of this thread I thought we were in the running for this guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
