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I'm interested to see how Zid will fit in. I assume Marchenko goes back down now.

 

Marchenko will be sent down tomorrow regardless.  It's a paper move that allows him to play in the AHL playoffs.  Pulkkinen likely will go down like this too.

 

But yes, I can't imagine Marchenko supplanting any of the other 5 guys on the blue line.

 

5 Guys...  Man, now I want a burger...

Pick becomes a 2nd if we reach the finals. 

 

I don't understand this year's deadline strategy.  Not at all.  I don't hate it, but I don't get it. 

 

What is there to get? We picked up 2 legit veteran players and gave up prospects who are clearly not even close to playing in the NHL. We gave up a couple of picks which we can afford to do considering our prospect pool is pretty damn deep.  It's all about what you can afford to give up and what you need.  We needed another right handed d man and got one. 

Loving me some Kenny this deadline.

So do some of you guys even want to win or what? Kenny gave up 2 prospects who likely were never going to see time in the winged wheel. Cole is 36, have you seen him play? He's not Bertuzzi. He can still skate as well as he ever did, and plays a physical power game.

Completely agree. We can't make trades without giving anyone up, it just doesn't work that way.

I just hope this doesn't turn into another Jarnkrok trade, where these guys are mentioned in every thread. Cole is still a good player and will create lots of space for Pav to maneuver. I call this trade a winner, no matter what happens going forward.

Jesus Christ. 

 

I have my head up the azz of hockeysfuture.com as much as the next Red Wings fan, and I love my prospects, but this deal was a home run. Wtf are people complaining about? 

Janmark was 100% going to be stuck behind quite a few players. Athanasiou doing so well this season probably gave KH the confidence to move Janmark.

That is only 0.00083% of his $6,000,000 salary....that'd be like me getting fined $67! I have a feeling I'd miss the $67 more than he is going to miss the $5000. NHLPA is some COMPLETE bulls***.  In the video he even lifted his leg way back in the opposite direction to get a good whack at Smith.  I've never seen a worse slew foot, and am I hearing right that Smith is the one who got a hooking penalty on the play?  Wow NHL, Wow....

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I don't think there's a chance in hell that Howard gets traded even if he should absolutely stink in the playoffs this year.

Maybe not immediately but if Mrazek shows he can be a consistent NHL starter if he's given the chance next year I can see Holland trading Howard at the deadline

nobody here can defend Howard. He was total blame for this entire s*** stain. He s*** the bed in Dallas, he was the entire blame tonight. How much longer do we have to put up with this poor excuse for a goalie?

 

Relax.  Franzen is coming back soon.  

Hey remember when Howard had a great game a week ago. 5.5M lost us this one single handedly

Howard Sucks 

stop telling people to chill out! We have a good record, but its obvious we are not in the class of PIT. Can't blame people for being realistic. This game is going to make Holland do some thinking March 2.

 

What thinking?  As I said earlier, your boy Franzen will be our deadline acquisition.  

Thoughts on Jagr? If the price is a draft pick, I'd seriously consider it. Gives us some more size, scoring prowess up front. He can still protect the puck like no one in the league, operate in tough areas.

My least favorite part of trade deadline/free agency you (nobody) asked? 

 

Idiots speculating on asking prices and inflating the s*** out of them. 

 

Case in point:  George Malik (dummy) makes a fairly reasonable assertion that "the Red Wings would have to pay a inter-division premium" to get Cody Franson from Toronto.  Ok, sure.  How much George?  Well, the regular asking price seems to be hovering around a second round pick and (maybe) a prospect.  So George, of course, speculates that it will take a 1st, and a roster player OR  a "prospect or two". 

 

Elsewhere, Khan speculates that Toronto could refuse to trade with Detroit, so that the latter will lose early in the playoffs, and in doing so make Toronto (a non playoff team) a better option for Babcock in the offseason.  Because Brendan Shanahan would prioritize making someone else's team worse over making his team better.  And because losing early in the playoffs is somehow worse than not making them.  And because Babcock is clinically insane.

 

And Helen St. James thinks it'll take Tatar to land Myers.

 

And Ansar Khan thought Matt Niskanen would get close to 7 million per. 

 

And every single speculated trade involving the Red Wings starts with Mantha, and a 1st. 

 

Stupid. 

http://blogs.denverp...red-wings-crowd/20770

 

Terry Frei (@TFREI) takes yet another stale shot at living in the city of Detroit.  How long until this joke gets old?  We get it, Denver is a nicer place than Detroit.  We get it, most places are nicer than the city of Detroit, but WTF does it have to do with winning or losing a Hockey game or the lack of fan support in Denver?

 

 

 

 

so, winning or losing and fan support has nothing to do with the product on the ice, but everything to do with more Detroiters move to Denver than they move to Detroit because of the state of the city.  We get it, Detroit still has problems, but if your kid is failing school, is it positive to keep calling him/her a failure or a retard? No, is has the quite opposite affect. Plus it gets old and stale and they grow tired and irritated of hearing it and one day you wake up and your kid blows up a school...

 

Denver isn't nicer than Detroit, it's wealthier than Detroit.  Many places are wealthier than Detroit, but not many places are nicer.  Detroit has better beer, better music, better food, nicer people, more moxie, and most relevant to this discussion...better sports teams.  f*** Denver, and f*** any other place where people confuse having money with having heart.