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Cleary haters might get there wish if there's no room for him at the end of the season.... Very much depending on how much are young guys are worth of course

Got my fingers crossed, that's for sure. He's completely worthless these days. At least before he was a pretty speedy winger. Now he literally brings nothing to the table. He loses puck battles 99% of the time, isn't physical, rarely scores, yet he plays on our 2nd line while Jordan Tootoo is a healthy scratch??? Completely mind blowing logic right there. I pray we move on from him

The only thing I don't agree with in this situation is no call being made at the time, by a ref who was three feet away.

 

Besides that, I'm okay with the rest.  A lot of speculation around the rule(s) and interpretation of this hit.  Doesn't really matter.  He clearly lined him up from at least 20 feet, drilled him at full speed, made contact with his head, and left his feet during the hit (like Michael Jordon type air).  The reality is that it doesn't really matter if he left his feet before hit, during, after...if he made contact with head or shoulder first, or how many strides he took before the hit.....whatever.  The fact that three elements potentially happened and debatable for a single play/hit....charging, contact with the head, and his feet leaving the ice, you're done.  Any of these three happened alone on one hit, he may have avoided suspension, but together it really a easy to see how he got suspended.  It's been like this for a while now in hockey, and all the players are very aware of what the league is trying to crack down on.  Is it better now than when players could absolutely destroy other players without recourse?...I don't think so.  But it IS REALITY.  Weber hit??....geez- ancient history.  What is Shanny going to give us a mulligan on that one.  For our mental health sake, get over it.

 

Abby should know better.  I give him an A+ on willingness to be physical.  F for execution.  D for intelligence on particular play at that particular time .  Full speed, contact with head, leaving your feet....You do that in the playoffs and a guy gets helped off the ice injured....the punishment will be heavy in today's NHL. 

 

Anyhow, I don't want to turn into Ducks fans who only talk about how they get screwed by the refs year-after-year and how they could have 8 Stanley Cups if it weren't for the league and the refs wanting them to lose.  As Wings fans, we're so many levels above that.  It's done.  He nailed a guy.  He's out for two.  Playoff hockey.  Let's tie this beeeaaatttttch up and win it in six.

Quit with the Shanahan hate.  Sometimes I hate being associated with other Wings fans.  I disagree with his call but its not crazy to see how he came to his conclusion.  Remember how bad things were before Shanahan got the job?  At least there is an overall consistency, and what's more, explanations on the decisions.  

And he owes the Wings no favors. He considers himself a Wing but he has a job to do.  How about we hate Yzerman for not offering us Stamkos for a 7th round pick?

My god what a bunch of  little cry babies. Enough with all the shade your throwing at Shanny.

I read In here everyday that we as  Wing fans are better than all the opposing teams fans and we are all class and blah blah blah blah.

Bunch of hypocrites!!!

Theres af****** committe that decides this and Shanny is the poor f*** that has to be the face and mouthpeice for Gary.

f*** Stevie for going to Tampa,f****** sell out traitor and Nill is a bag of s*** too!

Get your venting out and lets move on to some positivity for tmmrrws game!

Not making room for Bouwmeester I hope 

The baffling thing is that Babcock traditionally doesn't put up with lines that look great on paper if they don't produce right away or hit a rut. In the past, he's been known to break up Datsyuk and Zetterberg by the second period of their first game back together if the team isn't lighting it up. Same thing with lines that look stacked and work well in training camp/pre-season; if they don't fly out of the gate, they are retired never to be tried again.

 

So why, oh why, have we endured so much of Cleary-Datsyuk-Abdelkader when its proven to be completely ineffective? Abdelkader actually has much less production on the 2nd line than he has had on the 3rd or 4th, and its rendered Datsyuk null and void.

Imagine if Tom Brady had all crappy receivers.  Thats Pavel's life.  Wayne had Jari.  Pavel has Dan Freaking Cleary.  Its sad.

Great hit for sure. I can't say I ever remember Stuart putting his shoulder into someone like that in Det. I cannot stand the SJ announcers, they are terrible!

 

PS I miss Stuart, hit or no hit...

I can see the "******* All-Star" being bought out, along with Seto....isn't it ironic?

 

I am also willing to bet Tim Thomas gets bought out as well...They'd still be over the cap, but maybe with his concussion issues Marc Savard can also be bought out of Boston.

 

Luongo is a good candidate along with Edler...

 

This could be the year that Iginla leaves Calgary...or maybe just J. Bo. I can see them buying out Hudler too (just as long as he does NOT return to Detroit!)

 

In Philly it may be a given that Pronger gets bought out, they'd still have to drop about $2M, but they could shave that pretty easily...

 

I think San Jose finally says goodbye to Marleau

 

Chicago will dump Hossa which will pave his way back to Detroit!

 

I believe Lieno gets the Heevho out of Buffalo!

 

Say goodbye to 1 goal Gomez in Montreal!

 

Hamrlik and Wolski could be done in Washington!

 

Toronto is a hard one, it all depends what the pick up Luongo for....

 

I could see Brewer, Salo or Ohlund out of Tampa

 

All that young talent in Edmonton, could Smyth be done?

 

Penner or Mitchell may be sent packing in LA LA Land...

 

In the Motor City, such a pity, but because of nagging injuries, Eaves will bid adieu and just to clear some more space, Emmerton and Kindl, for a possilble pick up or two...Could big Bert be done?

 

Last team over the $60M cap, but not by much, I can see Pittsburgh setting free, Pasqal DuPuis...

 

 

I could see Holland not buying anyone out, but I'd hope it would be Franzen.

 

Maybe 4/5th now, with how lazy he plays. But for 10 more years (or whatever it is)? No thanks.

 

 

 

I bit my tongue on Franzen just so I wouldn't get flamed because of my well known hatred for that puke...Buy out Eaves, Franzen, Emmy and Kindl...Pick up Hossa and Mitchell

Question is, will Holland be man enough to cowboy up and admit his mistake by buying out Franzine and picking up Hossa? If he has ANY integrity, he will!

Can anyone think of another player that had a career that was anywhere close to want Homer had? I don't remember anyone else that didn't have a ton of skills yet spent most of their career on the top line and played regularly on the power play. He took a beating every game he played yet rarely missed any. And to me I always thought he was going to fall down every time he skated with the puck. We have to thank Scotty for seeing what a unique talent he was and putting him in situations that made him successful.

If you think about it he was a big reason that our defenses through the years put up as many points as they did. Who knows how many fewer points they would have if Homer wasn't as good at screening goalies and defecting pucks as he was.

Wings aren't gonna get Nash. I can't see how any of you can think otherwise. Traded to a division rival? Just not gonna happen.

Agreed. If Columbus wants the Rangers to blow them out of the water, the price for the Red Wings will be completely insane. I can't even imagine a package that would suffice considering the Rangers have a plethora of more viable assets to offer.

Wings aren't gonna get Nash. I can't see how any of you can think otherwise. Traded to a division rival? Just not gonna happen.

It sounds like Holland did pretty much everything he could to land Suter here. Just sounds like family is more important, no one can fault either of them for choosing where they wanted because of family ties

How many f***in days does it take to go through a couple of f***in offers?!!  I mean he's already narrowed it down to just a few.  SHIIITE!

esteef

How does eklund still even have a voice in hockey?  the guy is a total joke.

When there's guys like McKenzie and Dreger out there, I don't know why anyone would give Eklund a second thought, other than a need for drama or something.

Politics, the whole MTV lineup, tabloids, TMZ, etc...

stupid people love stupid people and the drama that surrounds them?
That's the only answer I have...