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Personally, I would love to see Patty, hell anyone really, bring some speed and energy on Pavs' wing so we don't continue to see Pavs having to enter the offensive zone with no other Wing close to him, try to stick handle around 4 players, lose the puck, & have it come right back out of the zone.  Getting soooooo sick of seeing that happen multiple times a game.

No. Columbus didn't even want him last year.

And a huge part of the reason for that, and why no other team claimed him on waivers, was the ridiculous contract Columbus signed him to.  At the price Kenny signed him for, I think there would be a pretty good chance some team would claim him at least on re-entry waivers seeing as how they would only be on the hook for 50% of his salary.  I'm pretty sure there are enough teams out there who need help on the blue line that would take a chance on Commodore on re-entry waivers for $500k.

Time to try Eaves on the point imo

I'm blaming it on a Stanley Cup Hangover...from 2008.

I lived next to a chick that was banging McCarty; but haven't we all at some time or another?

Which one, banged McCarty or lived next to a chick who did?  Neither for me, thanks.

I blame Kirk Maltby for all this.

Did you know that he was a 50 goal scorer in juniors?

You know, this is starting to turn into a situation where I would actually be happy if Bettman turned out to be a liar & the Wings stayed in the Central.  Come on Bettman, be the little weasel we all know you can be & get the BoGs to move Nashville to the SE!  

He also mentioned it on Insider Trading on TSN during the Sens/Wild game

So does that mean that someone hacked Bob McKenzie himself?  

Blah I hope not. Just switch Nashville to the Southeast. Winnipeg to the Northwest and move Minnesota to the Central. Problem solved.

As much as I want to see the Wings move East, if all the NHL is going to do is slide a team into the SE, it really makes more sense to move Nashville or Dallas.

This pretty much sends a zero tolerance message in regards to head shots & in my opinion, also sends the message that the player who gets hit is not expected to take some responsibility for putting himself in a position to take a dangerous hit i.e. Ben Smith trying to make a last minute move & changing the angle of the hit from shoulder-on-shoulder to shoulder-on-chin.  If that's the message the league wants to send, fine.  But if there's a similar situation down the road, whether this season or not, they better be consistent.  Your move Shanny.  We'll be watching to see if you turn into Colin Campbell 2.0.

Rule #2: It's the Board of Governors that has to approve any realignment plan, not the commish.

Interesting tweet from EJ Hradek on the Wizniewski suspension...

EJHradek_NHL EJ Hradek
Among scouts, the knock on Wisniewski is his lack of on-ice smarts. During his career, he has done little to prove them wrong.

I for one am glad Kenny didn't go out & overpay for him like C'Bus did.  Makes me like that Ian White signing more & more.

Same as saying dirty - it's a synonym.

And here I always thought that Pronger was a synonym for 'douchey'

This is the quote that got me most excited -

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2011/09/red_wings_jakub_kindl_in_battl.html

Now let's see if he puts his money where his mouth is, so to speak...

I'm hoping he gets the chance & maybe if he does, he can inspire Big E to do the same.

You can send anyone down before the season starts

If teams could do that with players under contract that would be a HUGE loophole, so no it doesn't work like that.  Any waiver eligible player has to go through that system to be loaned to the AHL i.e. any player that has a contract with the Wings organization, from an entry level contract like Mursak & Emmerton all the way to someone like Homer.  If a player is not under contract with an NHL club but is on a prospect invite to training camp, they of course can be sent back to their junior club at any time.  A contract with the big club though means you have to be waived to move off of it & that can only be done during the waiver period which is defined as starting 12 days before the start of the season & ends one day after a team's season ends according to the CBA.

For younger players like Mursak & Emmerton, they may be waiver exempt depending on at what age they signed their entry level contract and/or games played at the NHL level but once their exemption is up, they have to go through the waiver process to be sent i.e. loaned to an AHL affiliate.  Mursak & Emmerton are out of waiver exemptions meaning they would have to go through waivers to be sent to Grand Rapids & that can only happen once the waiver period begins which is 9/25 this year I believe.  If a team could simply send any player signed to a contract down to the AHL prior to the season, or prior to the waiver period more like it, Kenny would send Emmerton down to Grand Rapids before this Sunday & would be in no danger of losing him at all.  By the same token, he would have done the same thing with Ritola previously.  Can't be done though according to the CBA.  So yeah, if the Wings wanted to send Homer to Grand Rapids to start the season, odds are a team with the cap space & looking for a final and unique piece to round out their team would certainly pick him up.