ogreslayer

Can I pick a cyborg version of Nick if all the parts were made by Volvo so he would still be all Swedish?

Congrats Homer.  Does anyone have a picture they can post of him sitting on his new toy on the ice at the Joe the boys bought him lol

I haven't found any pictures.  Will a video do?

http://video.redwings.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=156892&catid=-6

With the Winter Classic officially announced, I think he'll play one more season for sure.

I hope they just play a looped video of Homer saying "for sure" in honor of his 1000th tonight.  

Got to say that I'm more nervous about tonight's game being the streak-ender than Sunday's with the Flyers.  Hope the boys don't overlook the Ducks like they've done with teams like the Habs, Islanders, etc.  Prove me wrong Wings!

I think this is a very different situation.He ended up marrying her...this wasn't a notch in his belt over a teammate.....the dude fell in love.  Shanny did not have a bad reputation or thought of being a prima-Donna. He alos wasnt injury proned and has never been accused of not having a ton of charactor or a huge heart. To suggest the 2 are comparable are kinda ridiculous.

Carter was only rumored to have slept with Hartnell's wife where Shanny did indeed do that & ended up marrying Janney's wife 3 years after the incident.  So I guess that means by your line of thinking, once Carter marries the former Lisa Hartnell & confirms that their screwing around is what broke up her marriage, the Wings organization (and by extension you) would be able to welcome him with open arms?

Oh and for Carter being a prima donna & making it known he wants out of Columbus being something that Shanny would never do here's just a little bit of an article from back in October of 1996 about a little transaction between the Wings & Whalers...

Hartford is finally in Brendan Shanahan's rearview mirror.

The Whalers granted Shanahan's wish yesterday when they traded the disgruntled forward along with defenseman Brian Glynn to the Detroit Red Wings for Paul Coffey, Keith Primeau and a first-round draft pick next year.

The 27-year-old Shanahan, a first-round choice of the Devils in the 1987 draft, made noise all summer that he wanted out of Hartford. He was held scoreless last night during Detroit's 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/10/sports/whalers-finally-trade-shanahan-for-coffey.html

Maybe take the Wings Rose-Red colored glasses off & see the situations aren't all that different after all.

Carter is not a team guy and the INSTANT you have to say in your arguement that he has a history of boning other guys wives, well get the ^$# outta here. Nash is a character guy...even Ryan, but *** Carter. It will NEVER HAPPEN and if you were a Wings fan and had some idea about the history of this franchise, you'd know that.

The Wings would never trade for a guy who boned another man's wife?  I think this guy would disagree...



But that's more about the history of another franchise I guess.  If you do want to talk Wings franchise history though, I think it's pretty safe to say that if the front office & the coaching staff really thought that Carter was the piece to take them over the top & win The Cup this year (like they did with a certain lad of Irish descent that they traded for in 1996) Kenny would find a way to get it done.

Some of the audio can be heard here:  http://blogs.theprov...rning-language/

If you move the Winter Classic off of New Years Day, here's what you do....

1. Move it to the weekend after the NFL Conference Championship games & before the Super Bowl
2. Get rid of the All-Star Game
3. Still select All-Stars who compete in the skills competition Saturday night after an alumni game
4. Hold the WC that Sunday where the only competition will be the NBA & college B-Ball

My vote goes to the NHL's PIMs leader at the goalie spot

Would I mind seeing Cleary get traded?  Not at all, given the right circumstances i.e. a serious upgrade.  Say maybe in a package deal to NJ for Parise.  For a gritty, older "Dallas Drake" style player capable of upping their physical game in the playoffs?  We have one of those right now & his name is Dan Cleary.  Regardless, if the Wings traded him, who would answer the phones at the Red Wings residence?

f***....we have to listen to Edzo tonight?  I would *almost* prefer to not watch the game in that case.

That's why you need to turn it into a drinking game.  Take a shot every time Eddie mentions either the Blackhawks or one of their players.  Make it two shots if he mentions Toews & the Hart Trophy in the same sentence. Granted doing that would mean you'll be drunk halfway through the 1st.  Might want to switch that to every time he mentions a Wings or Blues player during the game for the sake of your liver.

I'm really hoping that the Blues stay out of the box tonight as the Wings PP seems to do nothing but kill their momentum lately.  I'll say 2-1 Wings in a shootout again with Bert netting #300 & Pavs in the shootout.

My favorite part of the article is the byline:

BY CAM COLE, VANCOUVER SUN?

Is the Sun not sure if Cole writes for them or are they not sure that they still exist?

Apparently, Selanne declined as well.  

Grumpy old men.  

With age comes wisdom...


...that the All-Star game is really worthless.

Wow thats pretty ridiculous to get a suspension for saying that. He could've even just been making a joke about how one got thrown at him during that shootout.

Wrong player actually.  The banana throwing incident was Wayne Simmonds.  Barch made that "slip on a banana peel" comment to PK Subban.

I think he plays again in the regular season, only it's in a helmet that makes him look like this...



Ultimately, I would rather have him playing than have to put up with all of the media coverage of will he or won't he play.

Let's see, the Wings wanted less travel out west especially during the playoffs & more games with traditional rivals in the east.  And with this realignment they get....less travel out west & more games with traditional rivals in the east.  How did the Wings get screwed with this move?

And from the reports I heard, the reason the 2 eastern conferences have 7 teams each & a better percentage chance to make the playoffs is to get those owners to buy off on the additional costs & travel time of now having more games out west under the new alignment.  And for any complaints about teams missing the playoffs out west with more points than teams in the east, how is that any different than now?