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Kane being nominated is an insult to the award and all previous winners.  Hard to not take his off-ice conduct into account here.

I see the "classy" Chicago fans are already at it with their "Detroit sucks" chant.  Let's shut these idiots up.

It's nice to have a "New Holmstrom" who annoys the crap out of people and makes room for Dats and Z. All four of our goals last night were a direct result of screens in front of Hiller. 3 of those were Abby in front.

 

There will probably never be anyone better at screening the goalie and redirecting pucks as Tomas Holmstrom, but Franzen, Abby and Cleary do a pretty decent job of "Holmstroming by committee," if you will.  It seems like this season there have been a number of goals that bounced off of some part of Cleary's body just because he happened to be in the right spot.

Why is everyone blaming Smith for that goal?  It was Quincey who threw that pass right to a Duck in the neutral zone then got caught standing still.  If Quincey makes the right play, that shot never hits the net or the crossbar.

Why do so many of you want Holland to horde prospects?   After years of letting our prospects over-ripen in Grad Rapids, we literally have a glut of prospects.   Where are any of these guys supposed to play?  We could deal 5 of our prospects and never miss them.  They barely have room to fit in Tatar and Nyquist - where are they going to put the other 10 guys that are in waiting?  Make a mega-deal for Vanek/Stafford/Pominville.   Give them are first two picks and 5 prospects.  I don't care who ... Jurco, Jarnkrok, Sproul, Mursak, Tatar, Nyqvist, Sheehan, Oullet, the list goes on and on.  They're not accomplishing anything if they're gonna be stuck in GR for the next 3 years.  

 

While the Wings certainly do have a good number of prospects that could be used in a trade, giving up 2 of them and a pick for a 41 year-old rental winger to play for a team that (in my opinion) isn't a true Cup contender this season would be a waste.

 

If the Wings are getting Vanek for a few prospects and a pick/s, then yeah.  But, so far I don't mind Kenny sitting on the Bouwmeester and Jagr deals.

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun1h

Wings were in it on Bouwmeester but not willing to move a 1st-rd pick in the package. Which frankly, for Detroit, was right call

 

Good to see that Kenny isn't going to give up that 1st round pick so easily.  With such a deep draft this coming offseason, I'd be surprised to see the Wings make many trades involving draft picks.

*UPDATE*

 

Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie)

 

With Western Michigan out of NCAA playoffs, sought-after UFA D Dan DeKeyser will be in Toronto Tuesday to meet with advisors/field offfers.

 

So, we won't know until at least Tuesday, it seems.

White would probably do better on a team that's all about offense first, but for what he brings, he really just doesn't fit on this team.

 

I'd rather see the Wings play several shutdown guys who make the simple play than have him out there getting beat along the wall and throwing errant passes up the middle.

At this point, just swap Cleary and Tatar.  I want to see what Dats can do with someone on his line who can handle a puck...

He's doing a fine job and having him with Ericsson has been a decent top pairing for this season.  He may not be a PP quarterback like Lids but I've noticed he's able to get shots through for rebounds that often lead to goals.

Well, Franzen looks pretty useless.  Can't hit and refuses to skate.  Awesome...

Didn't take long for the first Crosby dive of the season.

Experience and business sense aside, there are very few fans who actually respect Gary Bettman and want him to represent the sport of hockey to die-hard and casual fans in North America.

The expansion (in terms of revenue) has been a failure, specifically for the Southern franchises and this whole shady deal with NBC, should there be a labor stoppage, shows Bettman's true colors.

Unfortunately, the decision of whether or not to replace Bettman is up to the Board of Governors, and as long as the larger market teams are satisfied then there will be a majority vote to keep him.

Man I hope so, I have nothing but respect for Nash.

Where I live, usually the only guaranteed time I can watch the Wings play is on Fox Sports Ohio when they play the Blue Jackets. So needless to say I've watched Rick Nash play quite a bit, and anytime the Wings lose to the Jackets he is responsible.

You also get to hear Jeff Rimer clip the volume on his mic every time Nash does something positive.

Columbus wants 2 NHL ready forwards for Nash....Franzine I think would qualify as more than NHL "ready."  Mursak and Tatar are BOTH NHL ready...add the 1st round to sweetin the pot because we are within the Central....

That's all assuming that Howson would accept that offer.  I think Franzen is the only piece of that trade that CBJ would want from the Wings.  One (arguably) bad contract for another.  The rest is well... surely one of those 5 other teams can and will do better than Tatar and Mursak.  Plus, Holland can't keep giving up these 1st round picks.  I've never seen anything from Nash to make me believe that he's more than a one-dimensional, somewhat selfish forward.