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Would you trade for him if he were on the block, and what do you think it would take?

Would you try to pick him up if he got bought out?

I only made this thread to not derail the Hossa thread.  I haven't heard anything about him being vought out or traded, but they are in a bit of a pickle with very  little payers signed... I will quote what I wrote in the Hossa thread and you guys can comment from there:

What would you give up for Kovalchuk?  You mentioned the impending retirement of Broduer, they could bite at Mrazek too... (not straight up of course...)

 

In all honesty, they do need some cap relief...they only have 6 forwards and 6 defensemen signed with $26M in Capspace....$26M sounds like a lot, but it could disappear quickly when you have to sign 8 forwards and a D...that is an average $2.8M per player, and it todays market, that is a lot of average to below average players or tons of prospects!

This guy indeed had prior chemistry with Dastyuk and at $6.6M cap hit, he is not too expensive considering the market...plus if he got bought out, he would be even cheaper...

Ok all you video makers!  It's time for a video highlighting this season! I unfortunately do not have the skills or the video highlights of this season to make this.  I found this vid of just a photo of a Phoenix reborn from the fire and an awesome song that would be perfect for pics and vids highlighting our kids...Brunner, Nyquist, Dekeyer, Andersson...along with, of course, Hank, Pav, JImmy....right in the comments of this video the guy says this can be used in other videos as long as it's not for commercial use....Thank you to Phil Rey for that!

DAMN! I wish I knew how to make an awesome video!!!! I am counting on one of you guys to make this thing awesome! Because this is exactly what we are witnessing here, the REBIRTH of the Wings....in your video, maybe start with last seasons defeat then into this season and end with the photo of the Phoenix out of the flames....something like that....BTW you can go right to this video on youtube and just download the soundtrack too...there is a link right there...as matter of fact, here it is: http://soundcloud.co...h-free-download

(MODS, if you feel this is in the wrong place, the by all means move it to where it belongs....)

...as of today, 5-1-13 there are three pretty important prospects that are without a contract and have a deadline set of June 1st, 2013 to sign a pro contract.

Tomas Jurco

Alan Quine

Philippe Hudon

....Does anyone know what happens to these guys if they do not sign? Do they become UFA's like Justin Schultz did? I would hate to lose any of those three...

...fixed! Hell for the past month all I heard was how bad Colorado wants to #1 pick to get Seth Jones because of his dad Popeye being a local hero in the Denver area...wow, what a coincidence! They got the #1 pick...

Uncle Gary needs to being just a bit more stealthy....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=422036

This stinks just as much as Pittsburgh drawing Sid after Sid lived with Mario for a while....NHL is so see thru.

I just wanted to start a topic for us to say Thanks to the Red Wings for providing us with a great regular season despite all the adversities and drama and odds against us! (Thank God, we didn't hear the "Too Old" card this year.)

So, despite all of this:

• Nick Lidstrom retiring
• Tomas Holmstrom retiring
• Brad Stuart trade
• New Asst. Coach
• Losing out on Parise, Suter, Schultz, Doan and every other "Top" UFA
• Countless injuries to our Defense creating our youngest average D since Nick and Vladdy were Rookies
• Gustavsson hurting himself and never really turning into a reliable backup
• Losing Helm for the season (again)
• Losing Bertuzzi's experience and Sammy to injury

(I am sure that I am leaving something out)

But anyway, despite all of this and despite the experts having us out of the playoffs for the first time since I turned 20, THE Detroit Red Wings proved once again, that when it comes to being a perennial winning team in the NHL, nobody does it better! Eat that Olsen Twins!

SO, Despite all the above mentioned scenarios that were supposed to have us dwelling at the bottom of the NHL, you guys did it.  No matter where you go in the playoffs, this is a winning season and every other team in the league is just shaking their heads right now!

Watch out NHL, don't look now, because the Red Wings just rebuilt on the fly and will be back on top sooner than you can say 22 straight years!

THANK YOU DETROIT RED WINGS for a regular season to remember! (now lets spoil some parties!)