Xraymind7781

lmao nice redirection there.

This has nothing to do with hall of famers and not one of the players you listed is an overpaid has been anyway....with the exception of Samuelsson...and Homer won't be playing for us this season so yeah.

If you knew anything about the wings you'd know we are notorious for keeping our talent in the minors for long periods of time. Smith has been NHL ready for years and only now is getting his first shot at a full NHL season. Has nothing to do with the caliber of the prospect and everything to do with our development philosophy.

Yakupov would be starting the season in the minors on this team. Unless your the next Pavel Datsyuk that's the way things work.

I argue that if you knew anything about the wings, you now know that for years and years holding back talent in the minors was a luxury for this club.  One that they are no longer able to afford i'm affriad.  Whith so many oppertunities now available for these younger players, I feel that it will only thin our prospects pool even further.

holland had always been able to draw free agents because they knew they were going to be contending for the cup.  that isnt the case anymore.  we are entering a different era in redwings hockey.  the future doesnt look so bright.  hopefully something happens to change that.  personally i don't have as much faith as some people here in our prospects.

You know they should make that a policy after every huge clean hit....but that'd make too much sense.

I don't think there's anything wrong with sticking up for a teammate after a huge hit.  If you're going to go out of your way to pop somebody, you should expect a little flak in return.  Penalizing a player for sticking up for a teammate would just suppress emotions and that leads to ridiculous chicken s*** hacking and things of that nature.

Conklin is not a good backup goalie.  He was 3 years ago. If howard went down for any period of time in the playoffs would you be comfortable with Conklin or Macdonald plugging that hole for any amount of time under that kind of pressure?  I wouldn't.  This team is too good not to make a move in my opinion.

Conklin and Macdonald are not going to do it if he's out any longer than two weeks.  They'd have to go out and get somebody.