dirtydangles

please no white or babchuck. do not want. they are just plugs. much rather have a young up and commer for the future. id rather give up lots now for a young dman like yandle or bogosian than have another plug. lids leaves next year likely and following this years FA sweepstakes, its not likely we land suter next year at all if he isnt re-signed by then. you basically have to suck a players **** to get them now as seen with richards. gotta trade.

EDIT: and kenny doesn't seem to apt on sucking dicks as of late, he wants everything on his own terms including hossa asking to come. so ya, its gotta be a trade.

im pretty disappointed at this point. we had the money, there were good players out there, and now we have to settle for the scraps? call me crazy, but i expected at least ONE biggish signing/trade this offseason considering rafi leaving and all our cap space and what happens? Ericsson overpayed, commodore, and re-signing eaves, miller. thats dope...

lol. if he's planning on previous successes to get him through this, he's not getting my approval. its not like the leafs are cool with not winning the cup anymore just because they won it a lot of times in the past. you have to constantly strive to improve. i want my gm to be greedy and try to hoard as much talent as he can, not "see" whats around the corner...

Just curious, and I'm not saying I want Gagne, but who DO you want the Red Wings to sign? I've been lurking here awhile now and I've seen you shoot down literally every player mentioned as a possible acquisition.  Who would you like?

ahaha i totally agree! he's shut me down many times but u just gotta ignore it. like i said earlier, unless we're buying a clone of datsyuk crymson won't want that player on the team.

i mean holland is a complete ass if he ropes lids into another year and then puts a team on the ice that is far worse than last years...

well, i suppose this forces holland into a trade now. i really dont see him signing kaberle or white at this point. these are 2 players that aren't worth overpaying for in FA.

Great, let's take a power forward and pure goal scorer who is on a reasonable long-term contract (in an era in which contracts become more and more bloated EVERY YEAR) and trade him. And let's replace him with a guy who scored a whopping 34 goals over the last two seasons combined and has an extensive history of major concussions. Oh, and let's pay him more than Franzen would have cost. And let's bear in mind that the lack of a top-level prospect and a first-round draft pick means that this deal probably wouldn't have gone through anyway.

Good call, bro.

franzen's contract is going to look terrible in a couple years. he's injury prone and signed till hes like 40.... i'm not a fan of that contract.... burns is a great dman. u can't just point out his faults and then say franzen has none. franzen is very injury prone. so pluses on burns... young, loads of potential on a great team like detroit, young, big, right shot....

this is a TERRIBLE signing. there's no silver lining here. ericsson brings minimal offense and he's not the strongest defensively. is there a clause in his contract that says we're off the hook with him if he keeps taking boneheaded penalties at the end of games? jesus. holland gonna do the sign and trade? i hope so. but who would take that contract? its terrible.

FOR TEN YEARS.

its gonna feel like 10 years by the time ericsson's 3 year contract is finally up

LOL. You AGAIN! You've completely failed thus far to present a deal that would have beaten out San Jose's. Would you care to FINALLY go over that?

Franzen, Kindl, 2012 3rd rounder. said this many times. franzen > seto
sign gagne to replace franzen done. boom.

everyone was saying below 2.5 max. what the f***? everyone should have big rigs agent apparently.

f***

I know I'll get flak for this...but why not go for Richards? Ask him to take a little less money than what he could get from Toronto or NYR for a chance at the Cup. He's already said that his biggest consideration is being on a contender, so it's worth a shot.

6-7M for Richards, 5M for Wisniewski/Ehrhoff, 1M for a
backup goalie. I think it's worth it.

I totall agree on this. Smith will be ready next year at the latest. No need for both Hoff and wiz. Richards at 7.2 or lower would bolster our team bigtime. Take some scoring pressure off z and data. The better teams like sj have 3 top guys that makes it impossible to contain everyone all the time, that's why they end up on top IMO.

i really don't want ericsson. he sends bad vibes all the way through our defense. with smith and kindl developing we need solid guys for them to play with, not mistake ridden garbage that needs taking care of himself....

semin is not cumming to detroit.... hahaha