buddha

one spot currently open on defense with petry leaving. if lane hutson can do what he's doing in montreal, i see no reason why ASP cant be here next year and not in GR. they need a left handed defenseman to pair with seider. is that edvinsson? if so, they need a second pair defenseman in the worst way to pair with a rookie (buium or ASP). that would allow them to move chairot down to a better matchup and leave simon and mo to do the top line stuff. or mo and another left handed shot like keandre miller. and everyone knows they need a forward. preferably a big one who will actually play big, unlike rasmussen or elmer. marner is a pipe dream. rantanen is gone. not sure there is another ufa you could get. another possibilty....MBN plays his way on the roster like kasper did. big, strong, big shot, high compete, goes to the net.

next year they have seider, chairot, holl, gustafsson, and johansson under contract. johansson is an rfa. not a lot of room for buium, wallinder, or ASP. i think a trade is probably coming. maybe we deal for one of those RFAs? at forward they lose kane, smith, and motte. berggren and soderblom are rfas. that's three spots for a free agent, danielson and mazur? i have a feeling they will bring kane back. berggren will be allowed to walk. soderblom probably comes back on a cheap deal or is part of a trade. rasmussen at 3 more years at $3m per makes me puke. i know he has defenders here but i dont get it. he does nothing austin watson doesnt do and watson will at least hit somebody. they have to get at least two impact players out of this offseason. and they have to prepare long term for edvinsson's extension. dont even ask about goal. mrazek at $4.25 and 40 year old cam methusala. sorry cossa, no room at the inn. tarasenko at $4.75 next year is an abomination that should get someone fired, but wont.

How many red wings are basically 4th line replaceable junk? rasmussen? compher? motte? tarasenko? berggren? smith? soderblom? at least soderblom has skill, unlike rasmussen. maybe not compher but i'm mad at him for missing a wide open net. how many defensemen deserve to be in the bottom pair? chairot? petry? johannson? holl? gustafsson? i mean, does holl even belong in the league anymore? and he's on the hook next year for $3 million. the odds of detroit "running it back" with a couple of rookies thrown into the mix are much higher than them making real changes. they signaled as much with getting mrazek on the books next year for $4.5m. that was husso's money coming off the books that they just added back on for a bad goalie.

if only they could shoot somewhere other than right at the goalie. if only our bottom pair wasnt an overmatched rookie and the corpse of justin holl.

come on canucks. i bet a cool $5 before the season started they would miss the playoffs.

he's such a bad player. so passive. sits and watches all night.

theyre not even good!!!!

time to root for them to lose every game. which means they'll go on some useless winning streak and end up picking 14th.

all that's left now is for mcs to come on and tell us how steve yzerman should be fired RIGHT NOW IF THE TEAM HAS ANY RESPECT FOR THEIR FANS.

and so it ends. not with a bang, but with a wings player helplessly searching for his helmet while the other team scores.

wings are outshooting the habs by a ton, but if it werent for talbot they'd be losing 4-1.

they may lose this game, but lets go back to justin holl getting out muscled by a 5'8 winger and jt compher missing a wide open net.

that was a comically bad goal. first, tarasenko turns the puck over with a ridiculous pass to center ice right to a hab. then the canadiens cycle as holl and johannsen crash into each other behind the net. johannsen loses his helmet and instead of checking the man standing alone in front of the net, he goes to retrieve his helmet and the guy he left all alone in front gets a tap in. amazing.

well....

if the wings had drafted lane hutson he'd still be in grand rapids.

raymond in all alone....misses the net.

no coby white, no giddey, no vucevic. somebody has to shoot.

outshooting them 34-11 and its tied. its really just not their year.

they dominated that period. worried that theyre only up 1-0.

lebron is still better than mitchell. come on.

theyre due to lose!

maybe someone really likes holland or duren? throw holland and a bunch of picks to phoenix and see if you can get booker. although i'm sure they'd want ivey or ausar. i'm not the biggest ausar fan but i'd hate to part with him over duren or holland.

beasley went on a run but seems to have come back to earth. he's a good role player, not someone you spend big - or even medium - money and term on. they must have a backup point guard next year. but either ivey develops into that #2 scoring option or they're destined to be cade and the try hard gang every year. we'll see how the playoffs go but i imagine that you'll see a ton of what you sae tonight: stick around for a while but when it gets to crunch time they double team cade at midcourt and make tobias harris or tim hardaway beat you. maybe beasley gets hot and they steal a game. cant see them winning more than one, maybe two.

yeah....but who? nobody wants anyone who might be available.

montreal has detroit, at ottawa, at toronto, chicago, and carolina. ottawa and toronto will go all out to beat montreal. but those last two games are with a team trying to lose and a team trying to rest for the playoffs. if the wings should get lucky and keep winning, its not likely montreal drops all their remaining games. the most liky outcome is montreal wins tomorrow and the season is over.