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Im still baffled as to why Ericsson is on the 1st pairing...I know we wanted to split of Lids and Rafs to strengthen the D, but putting an ineffective E with Lids doesnt make alot of sense to me. Kronwall should be with Lids and Big E with Salei

If you look historically at Lids defense partners all all tend to have career numbers in both points and +\- sure he has been paired with some good players but a lot of that is Lids himself, that's just the thing to inspire confidence in a young E with budding potential.

I already have tickets to a concert Friday, and then I have to work during Saturdays game. Hopefully they banner ceremony will cause the game to start later Saturday.

Priorities man, I wouldn't go see Elvis Friday, even if he rose from the dead.

top 15 sounds good.  horcoff as a captain in the NHL is embarrasing though.  he's a 2nd/3rd line player on a good team.  guess that's why the oil finished dead last in the league last year.

You don't have to be the best player on the team to be a captain, you just have to work hard every shift, and be a leader on and off the ice. Draper for instance was never one of the Wings better players but would make an excellent captain.

I'm kind of surprised they have enough people attending their practices to get advertisers just for that.

Photographs in newspapers both local and national, also local news coverage on tv.

If Eaves is waived instead of Maltby I will not be buying my 19 game season ticket package. To be honest i think we should have waived draper before Ritola.

In that case I hope they do waive Eaves, I wouldn't want some fair weather fan sitting next near me at the Joe. You'd have everyright to be pissed but come on we're talking about which 4th liner you might see 7min a game from, hardly a reason to boycot the Wings, besides aren't you a little late getting your package since it includes 2 preseason games?

I hope not because he has really stood out throughout the preseason.

He stood out for being a no-show. He only played in 4 games due to an ear ache. When he did play he was limited to under 10min and under 5 on one occasion. He had 1 assist and was -1. Ritola has shown nothing that the Wings can't get from someone else. Will he play well somewhere else? Maybe but these are the tough decisions that we have to make now with the CBA. The fact is this years Red Wings are better without him and than with him. The Draper argument may be a valid one but Draper embodies the Red Wings philosophy of taking care of your veteran players, it's the reason FA's want to take a discount to come here, and the reason our own players don't leave for larger paychecks.

When I read the title I was like yes Im sick of loosing to the leafs in preseason dosnt matter if its preseason or not the leaf fans around here seem to think if they beat detroit they will win something special, all i got for you is a round of golf with an early tee time.

BUT THEN.... The goaltenders????????? ack! why why why. Better win dammit I wanna put flags up on my car on Saturday

Are you ashamed of your team if they lose? Why not put the flags on your car either way.

I like it, Ken Kal was broadcasting the Red and White game on the radio and mentioned we needed a linemate for him named Fish, so we could have Fish and Tartar on a line together. Just think if we could actually sign guys with the last names Fish and Sauce,

Tartar skates up the wing, floats a pass to Sauce, Sauce dishes it in front of the net to Fish, who reels in a defender before passing back to Tartar, he shoots, he scores!


Detroit goal scored by number 27 Tartar assisted by number 21 Fish and number 57 Sauce.

On a more serious note Darren McCarty would probably be better suited for "The Sauce" since it sounds like a nick name for an Alky.

i would say since 97 then, when i went to my first wings game as a kid. yes he used to be a great roll player, but i think spending the money to put his name on a jersey is kind of ridiculous when there are so many others you could do. if you like the way maltby plays, then why dont you put helm on your jersey. he is 1) young, 2) gonna be on this team for a long time (hopefully), 3) a very likable player with good work ethic.

so yeah, i will speak my mind and say DRAPER AND MALTBY NEED to retire. its time, when you presence in the line-up hurts the teams talent quality, your time has come. and please DO NOT say "well they have a good locker room presence for the young kids"..... cause so does every other veteran on this team... i.e. lidstrom, zetterberg, cleary, osgood, rafalski, holmstrom, kronwall, stuart, datyuk...

This is the problem with the new generation, no respect for adults. Yes Draper and Maltby are falling fast, but what you fail to realize is the thing that makes this team what it is, is loyalty to veteran players, you take care of them as long as you can and they take care of you, it's why we don't have contract hold outs, it's why our players defer salary. I have several jerseys with retired or aging players, I also have several with new players or prime players. The point is, to say Maltby is in the twilight of his career, and that he won't be around much longer if at all is one thing, to laugh at a person for suggesting they wear his jersey, and saying "he needs" to retire is something entirely different. Have some respect for the players that helped mold the Red Wings into what they are today, because Draper and Maltby were both a big part of that.

I think this is bulls***, why would they "approve" the contract then fine the team afterwards!

Talk about a mixed message.

Ritola because he'll probably get demoted and hopefully pass through waivers.

Then why would they bring him back up, just to pass though waivers again... It will be Maltby for sure.

To the OP, they can see what he has in GR they aren't stupid. If he brings it in GR then he will be up here (due to injuries or for the playoffs when the cap doesn't count) or signed to an extension. They know when a player has NHL type skills and when they don't. He doesn't need to play a game up here for them do decide that.

Hmmmm I hate to be cynical, and I am sure that the good folks here at LGW would pool together the 120 bucks or so for a year of center ice for a worthy cause, but someone signing up on here and asking for something the same day. Seems a bit fishy for me.

Already have an Osgood figure (yes, it's in an Isles uni...):

McFarlane.com

I know, I think Ozzie at least deserves a repaint.

Red Wings figures sell better than any other, hence Howard. However I agree Franzen, Osgood, Rafalski, Kronwall, Bertuzzi, hell probably even Modano should have gotten them first.

Could not resist! Must watch!

That's actually really funny, I still contend that it is the way everything operates that makes the iPhone a great phone, I know there are phones with better performance in certain areas. I just haven't used one that did so many things really really well.