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Opie

Member Since 04 Jun 2002
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#2011804 Red Wings Making Play for Modano

Posted by Opie on 07 July 2010 - 09:15 AM

This isn't a team with no prospects in the system.
Eaves is not a long term Wing, Tatar will be ready next season and Mursak just to name a few, what do you do then.
Eaves and Miller, and Modano for that matter, are not going to be long term wings. Nothing says Ritola is gone but if he is how is he any less of a gamble than Modano on the third line.

Because Ritola has proven what in the NHL?

Modano is still a .5 ppg player.

Forward depth is a good thing, very good thing in today's NHL.

I agree 1.5 is a lot for Modano, but what are the odds he produces more than or the same as Bert?


#2011795 Red Wings Making Play for Modano

Posted by Opie on 07 July 2010 - 09:02 AM

UK do you know what I read from your posts right now!
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#2011792 How much production do you expect from Hudler?

Posted by Opie on 07 July 2010 - 08:58 AM

I put 40-50 because I think there will be an adjustment to the size of the ice surface.

I also think Hudler will feel a need to prove himself, to prove that he is still a Red Wing.

Not saying I feel he does, because I have no problem with him spending the year in the KHL, it was the only way he was not wearing another uni in the NHL.

I don't think he will jump right in and start scoring tons.

He will have new linemates which also takes an adjustment period.

I think next year is the year he puts up his best season in the NHL.

EDIT: Also the Wings are not the same team that he put up 57 points on, he will be relied on, counted on to score. Dan CLeary is not what he was 2 seasons ago (injuries or whatever facts are facts) Flip is better but I don't think they will be on the same line, though I think they should.


#2011141 Shane Hnidy

Posted by Opie on 06 July 2010 - 12:44 PM

Probably the top guy on my list of wants for the D in Det.


#2011055 Mindfly version of DRW 2010/2011

Posted by Opie on 06 July 2010 - 10:39 AM

Like I said earlier, if we have to give up young talent for Modano then I say no thanks. I'm tired of out young guys going to other teams and becoming stars. We really need to keep these young guys otherwise we will be drafting 1st and 2nd overall very very soon! I don't like us gambling our future with guys like Modano!



Drafting first or second overall, What? Are you nuts?

What player did the Wings give up that is a star?

Quincey, he is not exactly Lids now is he. He is a decent 3-4 d-man, maybe top pairing on a team weak in the top 2.

Flieschman?

Who has become a STAR that the wings let go?

What top 50 player have the Wings let get away from them via trade or before they were a UFA?


#2008671 Free Agency Thread

Posted by Opie on 01 July 2010 - 07:01 PM

Stuart never gets the recognition he deserves on this team. He has been incredibly solid since we signed him


Whatever we disagree with on other topics this will always be one of my favorite post you have ever made, I refrain from making this statement here because usually people point out one or two bad plays. It is like after losing to ANA in the WCF and making a compliment about Lilja, you got hosed for it!

Stuart has been imo one of KH's best acquisitions, without a doubt!


#2007638 Parents sue because kids suck at hockey

Posted by Opie on 01 July 2010 - 08:56 AM

Really, really, your kid gets cut and you call a lawyer, this is a direct result of the "Everyone gets a trophy" society we live in now.

Guess what folks, the world is not fair, ask the millions of people without jobs, and the ones who can't get jobs because employers are seeking "People Currently Employed"

Friggin' stupid parents, teach your kid to buck up and deal with it, eventually he will need to learn that lesson, and when he does, oh boy will it hurt.

They hurt poor Daniel's dignity, boo friggin' hoo

They were talking about this on the radio this morning... this is just sickening and I hope the judge not only throws this out, but fines the parents for wasting the courts time and makes an example out of them - THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD

If you don't make a team, use it as motivation, train harder, practice longer and make the team next time... nothing in life should be handed to you, it should be EARNED.



One of the most famous stories in sports is how at age 14/15 Micheal Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team, he used it to become the best of his era, and if I compared generations maybe the best of all time!


#2006820 Savard to waive no trade clause

Posted by Opie on 29 June 2010 - 07:22 PM

Drake whom are you refering to?

You would put Hudler in the top 6 over Savard? Or Homer? (he is only useful there) or Mule?

I won't bother making lines, but since it has been stated that Z and D will be paired together, most likely with Homer.

That puts Flip, Mule and Savard, or I suppose Hud Mule Savard if you like.

And a third line of Bert Abby/Flip Huds/Cleary something along those lines. I would rather have Flip in the top 6 than Hudler, myself.

Instead you would rather have Hudler in the top six and Savard centering the third line? (this was what my comment was based on, Eva wanting Savard to center the third line)

Edit: Since after all the premise of my post was that Savard would (He won't be so the point is moot) be a Wing next season, and I am not sure but the 4th not third line is the checking line IMO, the third line especially in Det is a scoring line.


#2006746 Savard to waive no trade clause

Posted by Opie on 29 June 2010 - 03:59 PM

NO but the only way your boy Huds makes one of the top two lines is if Dats and Hank are not reunited, so you keep making lines with Huds on one of the top 2 lines, thus demoting a clear second line center to the 3rd line.


#2003872 Bufyglien traded to Thrashers

Posted by Opie on 24 June 2010 - 10:00 AM

Fraser who was do an increase on your roster is now gone, 700k freed up, but yet another player they need to fill their roster spot.

Also if the Wings 3rd and 4th lines looked like that as well as the 3rd pairing most of this board would s*** their collective pants, juicy, runny, smelly, hungover mudbutt s***s at that!


#2002611 Holland Looking to sign an Enforcer

Posted by Opie on 22 June 2010 - 01:35 PM

Every team in the league would take a team like the 97 Wings, however with a Salary cap that is damn near impossible, guys that play like Vladdy or Shanny in their primes would cost a fortune so you can not afford Fetisov, Kozlov, Fedorov, Yzerman etc... all under the same cap. Unless they all take massive hometown discounts.


#1995987 Great or Bust?

Posted by Opie on 07 June 2010 - 06:50 PM

umm since when is one season enough time to say if a player will be great or a bust, what if he turns out to be just a decent hockey player, or average or slightly below average?


#1990015 Final Draft Rankings

Posted by Opie on 26 May 2010 - 02:19 PM

I love how people complain about the Wings drafting/scouting/Free Agent process when this is the most successful org in any sport in the last 20 + years.

How is it again that we as Wings fans get labeled spoiled all the time?


#1989358 Steve Yzerman named TB's new GM

Posted by Opie on 25 May 2010 - 08:54 AM

I got a say, big mistake if they make him the highest paid GM in the league.

I love guy and he did great things for the Canadian team, however in the Olympics he doesn't have to worry about competing offers, and players asking for more money or handing out NMCs.

Good luck Stevie, this is only a training stint until you come back to Det!


#1988514 It's Official: Happy Hudler is Back

Posted by Opie on 23 May 2010 - 04:17 PM

Not to be a dink Bring back the bruise brothers but you just named 3 Canadian players, he said Finnish players play more Canadian style than US born players.

His intentions (I think) were to say that Finnish players do indeed play like Shanny, Yzerman and the such.




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