LeftWinger

Without starting another thread, here's this choice (unfortunately this may be an actual choice for Holland in 2016)

 

 

 

Sproul or Marchenko?  Which one do you keep?

 

I keep Sproul. Not that I want to get rid of Marchenko, there just won't be enough room.

 

2016-17 D:

 

Kronner - Ericsson

Dekeyser - Smith

Ouellet - Sproul

Jensen

 

Sproul and Marchenko wouldn't be battling for the same role anyways.  

 

Sproul is a potential offensive defenceman while Marchenko is a defensive defenceman.

 

Regardless, we'll probably end up carrying 8 anyways for injuries and depth.

Larkin to me is the guy. Work ethic always goes a long way. This guy is a future captain.

I get the Yzerman-Fedorov point, though a more appropriate analogy may be Hull and Oates. The idea of a line of Larkin centering Mantha and Pulkkinen if they max their potential is pretty sick. I'd say keep them both.

Ericsson is Minnesota's MVP this game.

Been playing quite well without Franzen

 

               

Let's forget Yandle and get Doan for Franzen

I'll be the first genius to offer Franzen and Kindl!

Mrazek is def taking advantage of this chance. Absolutely great game for the win. Wins are good, may they continue.

Holy crap! Centcougar! I could not remember that guys name! I remember when he was here pretending to be a Wings fan talking about how we may or may not land the Olsen Twins that year! I also remember outing him when I stumbled across him on a Wild Forum using the same name! That was great times! Even though he was right about the Wild getting them, but it was awesome to out him on our forum! Dude, just be a Wild fan, we don't care!

Seriously. That was awesome when you outed him. The irony was he'd have been welcome as a Wild fan if he wanted to actually talk hockey. Some serious insecurity there.

I personally like when other team's fans come by to talk hockey and not be jerks. A certain Predators fan is pretty awesome about that, and I like the"outsider's" perspective. Trolls, on the other hand, can GTFO.

I think Mrazek could easily steal the number one spot......politics aside.

I haven't see cprice around these parts for a LONG time! He was our resident Blues fan...maybe he got tired of getting beat all the time?

Maybe he and centcougar are hanging out somewhere. Though cprice wasn't nearly the troll centcougar was.

Hossa and Franzen were both offered contracts.  Hossa dicked around, Franzen signed.  A mule in the hand is worth a Czech in the bush.  Not only that, but at the time Hossa's extra cap hit would have cost the Wings another player or two.  Since that time, looking at points an goals per game, compared to cap hit, Franzen is the better value.

 

I would gladly take Hossa's slightly higher cap hit when you factor in everything else he does that makes him worth more money than Franzen. Hossa is an elite two-way forward. He has obviously slowed down some from six years ago, but so has his counterpart. Even if it cost the Wings another player or two, we are still talking about Marian Hossa. He scored 40 goals and the Wings haven't had anyone hit 30 since. 

 

Imagine Hossa for all these years on Pavel's wing instead of Bertuzzi, Abdelkader, Helm, etc. It would have completely changed the dynamic of the team. 

Time share that forward spot, during the year, let a youngen play, near the end, warm the Mule up for playoff beast mode?  

There's no such thing anymore. He hasn't done anything in the playoffs for the past five years.

Pretty pumped about pulks, IMO he is an immediate upgrade over franzen so I think we get better here. Hopefully Babs puts pulks right into franzens spot so he has a chance to prove himself.

 

Obviously, we don't know what he can do at the NHL level so we'll see how it goes but it looks promising.

 

Just saw that it was from that hit.... I know some of these injuries arent preventable but my god Franzen is as soft as it gets.