GMRwings1983

I'm glad that Babcock said Modano probably won't make his decision until August 1st at the earliest.  Hopefully that will at least temper the, "Did he sign?  Did he sign?  Why won't he sign?  What an *******!" comments a little bit.

s***,that's another two weeks.  Unlike Brett Favre, we don't really need Modano for anything.  

He's just a third liner and should have no power to strong arm the team into waiting.  They should start looking at other players to possibly sign and not treat him any differently than anyone else.  First come first serve.  

He's not our captain or anything.

Yeah, Madonna is taking way too long, and I hope it doesn't screw anything else up.  

I can't believe there's all this commotion for some old man who's going to play on the 3rd line.

We could have spent that money to sign a top 6 forward and a grinder.    

Like others have said, this is pretty common.

Those people overreacting make me wonder how closely they follow hockey.

The last time Detroit won the Cup without Maltby on the roster is 1955.  

Thus, he's a must for our championship hopes.

A Wing? Or not a Wing? That is the question.

Hamlet made up his mind faster than Modano did.

Hey, what happened to that enforcer thread from last night?  

I hope he improves his 5 hole.  

Also, he and Babcock need to work out their differences, because it wound up becoming detrimental to us in the long run.

my right wrist is bigger than my left wrist.  what do you think i've been doing since hockey ended?

Writing with a quill pen?

Modano will sign with the Miami Heat.  

Since when?

Since he came into the league.

Have you forgotten his whining during the Olympics in 2006?

Bure? No way! He is one of the worst player who ever played this game. I said players bot scorers, not teammates, just players. He was a synonim for "not winning the Cup"... and Iäm Russian...

Bullcrap.

He carried them to the Finals in 1994, and came just a goal short of becoming the first European player to win the Conn Smythe trophy.

Not his fault they never surrounded him with great teammates, so they could contend in the future.

Mike...you're breaking my balls here :/

Detroit can only wait for so long for him to decide, if he takes many more days maybe it's time for a planB, plenty of money for a 3rd line tough grinder, 6th D and lock up abdelkader, helm etc

I agree.

Madonna is acting like Brett Favre over here.  Just make up your freaking mind already, since the decision also affects the team and not just yourself.  

Me thinks Willa Ford isn't keen on moving to Detroit after all.  Kind of like Pronger's wife in Edmontoon.

Little off topic here, but didn't a late 30 something Larionov center our 3rd line in 2002?

Either way Modano has played under Hitchcock long enough to have a fair idea of how to be somewhat defensively responsible...I personally think Modano will be okay.

No, our 3rd line in 2002 was the Grind Line.

You gotta give up on the Lilja being tough thing lol. He will never fight again since his brain got scrambled because he can't defend himself. Seriously he'll man up and drop em but he gardly even throws punches.

Read my sig.

I must be misremembering because I almost certainly remember Hudler Flip being third liners in the 08 run.

Nope, you're thinking of 2009 when we lost.

Hudler played on the 4th line in 2008 with Helm and McCarty/Maltby.  Flip played with Franzen and Sammy that year on the 2nd line.  The 3rd line was Cleary, Draper and Drake.