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Hockeyy Insiderr ‏@HockeyyInsiderr
More on Semin: #RedWings also still very much in. Vision of Datsyuk having career changing influence on Alex. Expect them to up offer.
=> PIT offered 18 Mill / 4 yrs

HockeyyInsiderr is a DoucheyyIdiott

How exactly can they be expected to research neighborhoods and schools on that many markets when they don't even know where the serious offers are coming from?  

There is no doubt in my mind that researching neighborhoods and schools has nothing to do with waiting to make a decision. If a guy picks a team, he calls up the Captain or another one of his teammates and asks them where to live. It's not like these guys are on a team that is relocating. If Suter or Parise signs with Detroit, they call one of the Red Wings with a wife and kids and get the info in 15 minutes. Shoot, if my company wanted to relocate me to another office they'd have resources available to me to help choose where to live.

Assuming L.A. wins the Cup, it's Quick without a doubt.

Yeah, maybe you could quote it for us?

The Detroit Red Wings aren't expected to spend much more this offseason, not that they've committed much to the future at all. And there's good reason for that. The Detroit News' Ted Kulfman writes, "Next season's potential unrestricted free agent group is so good. Absolutely loaded, actually. While this free-agent class one had a bunch of depth players, next year's is filled with difference makers worth spending the extra millions."

The Wings could make a really big splash next offseason because they have no free agents they'll have to pay huge salaries, except maybe Nicklas Lidstrom -- if he decides to come back. If he doesn't, though, there are several elite free agents they could pay with that money, including Zach Parise, Brent Burns, Patrick Sharp and -- perhaps most intriguingly -- Shea Weber. Losing both Brian Rafalski this season and potentially Lidstrom next season could make them an ideal destination for the 2010-11 Norris Trophy finalist.

If it's simply about which city he likes best, I'd pick Montreal too. No offense to Detroit or Pittsburgh, but it's no contest.

If it's about being on a Stanley Cup contender, I'd rank them 1. DET  2. PIT  3. MTL .

I will believe it (DET to the Eastern Conference) when I see it. I think there's too much at stake for teams in the Western Conference to lose home games against the Red Wings. It would be great to see Detroit play more games vs Original Six teams, but I don't see them being moved before Nashville or Columbus.

The biggest issue with Glendale is that it's NOT in Phoenix.  It's almost a full hour northwest of Phoenix.

Maybe if you're walking from Phoenix. If you're driving, it's 15-30 minutes, depending on where in the Valley you're coming from.

Ask the players where they would rather be, Winnipeg or Phoenix.  I'm sure it would be 95% in favour of moving back to Winnipeg, hell the players even went on strike when they moved to Phoenix to protest the move.

You're smoking something funny, man. You think hockey players would rather be living with their families in cold, snowy Winnipeg than in warm and sunny Phoenix? Shane Doan has said numerous times that he much prefers PHX over the Peg. Many other players have said the same thing.