buddha

acquiring him would be a HUGE leap of faith.

but where there is this much smoke, there has to be some fire.  if the wings are truly interested in him, they must think they can tap into that potential in a way vancouver cant.  that the wings locker room and history with swedes will bring him out of his funk.

i get it.  but it would just kill me for a team hell bent on acquiring guys "hard to play against" and "tough" would acquire the softest player in hockey.  if they do, it better be because raymond and zetterburg and lidstrom think they can motivate him.

i'm pretty sure some of you have said this already.

but i have my doubts.

why would anyone want that guy on your team?  he would be making more money than seider, larkin, and raymond.

THAT'S who you want as your highest paid player?  because he once had 100 points before turtling in the playoffs.

please stevie.  please dont do it.

conor murphy to the oilers for a second.  half retained.

i hope they have something lined up for faulk or trocheck or something.  murphy for a second is pretty steep.

7 points clear of washington with the wings having a game in hand.

10 points clear of columbus with the blue jackets having 3 games in hand.

2 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

The JI trade moves us up from #30-ish to #21-ish.

At least as of today...

i believe that if that pick falls below 19 we dont get it, is that right?

2 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

 

Seems odd

how much draft capital are they giving us to take that contract off their hands?

if not, no need to revisit.

much needed win.

aljo!

and there it is.  😞

1 minute ago, slothfacekilla said:

****, Talbot in to start the second.  It would not be good to lose Gibson for any sort of extended time.

Sebastian Cossa come on down?

every march a key wing gets hurt and they spiral right out of the playoff race.

18 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Can we trade Ras for...

Anything?

Some pucks?

Yeesh... he's ended up being the exact same as Mantha.

both are lazy passengers too often but mantha was at least talented and could score.  ras is close to worthless.

1 hour ago, slothfacekilla said:

 

It's our trade deadline addition 😎

can we call him up and bench ras?

given that schedule, this is kind of a must win game.

wow.  i never thought they'd get anything for an aging monty.  great trade.

26 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

"Journalism" is so sad these days, a fake Friedman twitter account tweeted that Petterson got traded to Detroit for a 1st and Danielson.  Yahoo Sports somehow picked it up and now has an article saying it happened.

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/videos/red-wings-complete-blockbuster-trade-172238274.html

 

whoops they just killed it lol

you gave me a damn heart attack.

as long as the pistons have cade they have a shot.  he's almost always the best player on the floor  nowadays.  top 10 player in the league, maybe top 5.

0-13 from 3 and wont give heurter a sniff.

3 hours ago, Jason_R said:

Yes, Montgomery was upset about a lack of carries. Yes, he probably said use me or trade me. Yes, the Lions probably said we want to keep you but if you insist on a trade we will honor it. Yes, the Lions want to establish that they are not going to cut him or give him away.

Unsaid in the whole thing is that the Lions didn't go away from him because they think he lost a step. They went away from him because their offensive efficiency went way down, as did their total number of carries overall. They were relying on Gibbs to try to manufacture offense because their OL and blocking schemes were trash. 

I doubt he will be traded and I hope he is not.  

exactly.  monty got less carries becuase gibbs is one of the best players in the nfl, and a home run threat every time he touches the ball.  no offense to monty, but gibbs needs more touches if the lions are to win games.  monty is replaceable, gibbs is not.

28 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

That isn't Hongbit's point.

Will LANGDON follow your advice? Or will he sign Duren to whatever the extension costs?

That was Hongbit's point.

The rest of your post was moot point in the context of what Trajan Langdon will actually do...

Right?

he wasnt responding to bonghit.

i think its inevitable that the pistons re-sign duren.  and i also think he's getting the max or close to it.  so is ausar.

its the easiest thing to do, so that's what will be done.  

i think gores will pay over the tax.  spending money has never been his weakness.  his weakenss is vanity and his sister in law...

4 hours ago, Hongbit said:

All this talk about making a big move seems like fantasy until the GM shows that he’s willing to change his path and part with meaningful assets and draft picks.   

or for trade or free agent targets to want to come to detroit.

like i said a while ago: is cade/duren/ausar a championship core?  you'd have to fill the rest of the roster with cheap shooting.

because that's where they're going unless they let duren walk.

naw would have been nice.

why trade for monty when there are plenty of other good rbs available on the market?

32 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

I would love a Thomas/ Faulk combo...

What's the cost?

I'm assuming at bare minimum it's Danielson, a 1st or two, and maybe one of MBN/Carter Bear or goalie prospect (not-named Cossa).

Also... I would add a power forward to that. Someone who can take heavier playoff hitting and plow right through that to net front and scoring dirty goals. Or not dirty goals even...

you wouldnt trade cossa for robert thomas?

37 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

https://old.reddit.com/r/DetroitRedWings/comments/1rhptnz/todd_mclellan_we_have_some_guys_right_now_that/

anytime they want to move on from rasmussen will be just fine.