dirtydangles

i'd rather have jeff carter. more versatile as a rh center and on a less lucrative (but still huge) contract. would cost less than nash too imo. same age as nash if I'm not mistaken (27).

I honestly believe that the addition of a top 3 player will solve this. Add ryan, perry, parise, or carter and z will be back at it. That allows for z to get set up and have more space on the ice. But hey thats just my opinion

god im just finishing cleaning all the jizz off my computer screen! i literally exploded when I saw the forsberg.

Why do people keep saying Detroit needs scoring?

We're third in goals for. Third.

Point percentage, fourth. Goals against, fifth. Sixth on the power play. Third in shots for, third fewest shots against.

The only worrisome ones are faceoff percentage -ninth- and penalty kill, twentieth.

Find a solid PK guy or 1B goalie, sure, but I fail to see the need to keep fixing an offense that simply isn't broken.

well franzen isn't getting any younger or less injury prone so it would be nice to have reliable scoring. his contract isn't that great either for the future. also i'd like to mention that detroit is highest in the league in dman scoring so the total goals for has a lot to do with our d corps. forward corps could use some more work imo. we have eaves who has only played 10 games for the pk guy you talk about and a guy like nabby at the deadline would solve the goalie issue.

so im not okay with this at all. if a lightning fan ever walked into the joe with that he wouldn't be leaving with it attached to his body.

We're for sure going to hae to give up a lot to get those two guys. They arent going to come as ufas for free. Look at what happened with ehrhoff and wiz. Its gonna take guys like franzen and cleary or some young guys as well as a our first rounder to make that happen.

Why would they want Stuart when he'll be a UFA next season? Why would we trade an arm and a leg for Weber when he could easily bolt next season?

god i love this argument. u said the same thing about burns when i brought that up and he re-signed before playing a single game. dude, we have the cash to give him the contract he wants. IF we somehow were in a position to land weber i wouldn't be concerned about bolting.

if they were leaning towards a trade who would you offer up? On HF there are preds fans saying that they aren't going for prospects and picks obviously, or a large number of 4th line players. They need some scoring and a replacement Dman. Other teams would offer up nice packages so thats what im interested in.

I'd offer up Franzen, Stuart, Higher Pick for Weber give or take some smaller pieces from both sides (no lebda).

Both these guys are legit players that anyone would want on their team. Stuart is a great replacement for them at about the cap hit they are interested in and franzen is the legit scorer they want. Hudler, Kindl, 2 firsts isn't gonna cut it. With Smith coming up next season and lids probably retiring this leaves our d pretty solid imo.

pretty disappointed... i mean, there might not be another chance to get a guy like nabby or emery for under 600,000. oh well, in holland we trust...i guess.

Winning More Games
Holding Onto Leads
Datsyuk Doing His Thing
Zetterberg getting at least 50 to 60+ Points
Fewer Injuries
Hudler Improving Or Being Traded By The Deadline
Seeing What Commy and Whitey Can Do For Us
Howard, Helm, Abdelkader, and Ericsson Continuing To Improve
More Kronwalling
More Young Guys Getting A Chance To Play More
A Stanley Cup Championship

He better be well above that or we are in trouble - at least 80 points - im hoping he breaks 90.

hope solo and alex morgan... just kidding... wrong sport.

Z putting up 30+ goals while reaching 90 points - its been a couple seasons

Dats being dats

Fil over 60 points

Howard with .930+ sv%

Hudler putting up decent points - trade deadline move as a result

Kronwalling

Ericsson playing like a 3mil player

Brendan Smith break in for a stretch

Kindl establish himself - start looking like a 2nd pairing guy.

Top 5 d in the nhl.

Franzen playing 75+ games

Further than the 2nd round of the playoffs.

Lids in top form still, and a + player this year so people get off his back.

Bobs or nabby would be dope

He evenf****** talks like babs.

I, like many others here, would love to see Jiri Hudler gone. He floats around from line to line. Babcock doesnt know what to do with him. Ive got an idea. Buy him out of his contact. They have the capspace to do so and to replace him. Just my 2 cents

we wouldn't need to buy him out... we can get a return for him - its just going to be something small at this point. holland doesn't want to give him up for anything and certainly doesn't want to have to buy him out.

Filppula - Datsyuk -Holmstrom
Hudler- Zetterberg - Franzen

Cleary - Abs - Bertuzzi

Eaves - Helm-Mursak

     I love the combos.  I just think that Abby would do great with Clears and Bert,  they are all cut from the same cloth so to speak.  That leaves Helm on four, which is almost my favorite line on the team.  The "Wheels" line as I will call it of Eaves, Helm and Mursak.  These guys will leave almost any line one thru four spinning round watching them fly away.  I am really digging this team right now, and I have a feeling it's a best for last sort of thing...we shall see.

I totally agree with these lines, but i also see homer and cleary swapping spots from time to time depending on the matchup with opposition. but ya, agree with the abs, helm positions. i see babs playing that 4th line A LOT. These are very balanced and i would be confident playing all of them anytime. I just wish kenny could get one of yandle or bogo, cause that would make our team scary good.