esteef

I like the "need time to get ready" angle.  He's still hoping Snow will waive him and teams will let him go through waivers.  Stick to your guns Nabby!

esteef

His hatred of the Wings is so painfully transparent.  

The rule itself only caused chaos and drama.  Given that Nabby's apparently refused to report to the Islanders I really don't see how this was a good result for any of the parties involved.

Exactly.  The rule f***ed everyone. The signing team is pissed cause they didn't get their player, The player is pissed cause he's claimed by a bottom dweller, and the bottom dweller is pissed cause he shockingly doesn't want to report.  It's a lose-lose-lose!  Nice job NHL!

esteef

All this is illustrating how dumb that waiver rule is.  Players are just flat out denying to abide by it.  Must be cause it's so "fair".

esteef

Nabby lies.

Or does he?

esteef

Who said anything about being fair.  Until the rules are changed, that is what everyone has to work with.

I know, but that is supposed to be the intent of rules correct?  Fairness, parity?  Every team was able to make a deal with Nabby and didn't.  Now that Detroit got something done other teams can swoop in and take him, and not just other teams, ALL other teams.  Again, if Detroit already had him before he went to europe I can see where it might be construed as they were "hiding" him, but that's not the case here.  Just doesn't seem right, and not just because I'm a Wings fan either.

esteef

No one wanted him for a large contract, but at 570,000, he is a bargain.

Irrelevant. So Detroit works out a good deal and now every gets a crack at "our" deal?  How is that fair?

esteef

1. I think all the waiver s*** is retarded. He was a free agent at the end of last season. Why should he have to go through waivers. Dumb

Agree.  We didn't try to hide him in europe, he was never ours.  So why should we have to expose him to waivers?  He was sitting in the KHL and no one wanted him.

esteef

He has a no move clause, meaning he MUST stay on the roster if claimed. No team will take him unless they really want him.

And that's the beauty of it.  Holland keeping the douchebags that are just out to spite us out of it.  If a team claims him, they'd better really want him, and he'd better really want them.  

esteef

Patience!



esteef

esteef

He's picked up by NJ, then the Wings trade Hudler for Hedberg and Clarkson.

esteef

He will clear waivers.



esteef

But who cares? Let's talk about it and bash Crosby because there is a news article painting him in a negative light, regardless of the truth behind it.

Here Here!

esteef

Not so fast you idiots.

My link

Seriously, someone go start www.letshatecrosby.com  

The attention this kid gets on our boards has seriously detracted from the quality of these boards over the past 2 years.

And people bitching about the attention detracts even more.  It's a front page story that puts a player we loathe in a negative light.  But yes, we should all just ignore it.  

esteef

They didn't keep Lilja, that's why they're sucking.

esteef