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by IwoCPO on 12/11/07 at 02:29 PM ET
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Thanks to Ken Campbell at The Hockey News for pointing this gem out.
You know the flagship network here in the states? Versus? Are you wondering what game they’re airing on New Year’s Eve? Of course you are. Let me help.
Dammit! As if we don’t have enough trouble with St. Louis and the BJs. Now Gary’s gone ahead and combined them as some sort of anti-Wing conspiracy? Good god. How will we stop the Nash/Tkachuk/Kariya line?
Campbell puts it very well…
Yup, this is the NHL’s main network in the U.S.
And the hits just keep on comin’.
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Not seeing Mickey in his traditional New Year’s Eve Plaid Tux is a heartbreaking proposition.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 12/11/07 at 03:06 PM ET
Does this mean that Fox sports is iced out of another Red Wings game?
Just a typo. It will be QUIETLY changed like OTHER items by the pro’s
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs don’t live up to my expectations on 12/11/07 at 03:17 PM ET
If teams are merging, fair’s fair - Detroit gets to borrow Ottawa to play against the St. Louis Blue Jackets.
Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom, Alfredsson-Spezza-Heatley, etc.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/11/07 at 05:21 PM ET
Speaking of the Central...I need a segue..
The Hawks were one of a number of teams rumored to be interested in Schneider’s services.
To make room for Scott Niedermayer. Sucks to be Schneids. I would be deeply annoyed if he went to Chicago, not because they seem to have our number but simply because it would so unoriginal. I mean, Chicago needs to stop being a collection of ex-Wings and get their own....oh what’s the word....LIFE.
Stop being a bad copies
like Xerox in the 80s
Posted by srt on 12/11/07 at 05:51 PM ET
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Posted by srt on 12/11/07 at 06:00 PM ET
This is all part of the same conspiracy as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch posting a story on their website last summer about Craig Leipold selling the Columbus Blue Jackets to Jim Balsille. Hmm.
We’re through the looking glass here, folks.
Posted by Sarah from C-Bus on 12/11/07 at 08:10 PM ET
The NHL actually wanted to renegotiate the transfer agreement because they feel that they’re paying too much money to Sweden, Finland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, et. al. for players that generally end up in the AHL. It’s bloody silly as nobody is happy.
The Wings tend to have good relationships with European teams (see: the clause in Johan Ryno’s contract that said, “Okay, if you’re not comfortable here, you can go home, you’re still under contract with us, but we’re cool with you being 20 and homesick"), so I’d imagine that the Wings will push hard to sign Dick Axelsson and Daniel Larsson to deals that have provisions allowing them to continue to play for Djurgardens until they crack the Wings’ rosters in some way, shape, or form.
I think that it’s possible, depending on the Wings’ “fifty-man roster” situation, that the Wings will try to sign the two before the Swedes pull out of the agreement in January, and possibly Andersson as well, but, as stated, they tend to get along pretty well with European teams, so I would imagine that they’ll tread delicately so as to not piss off one of the Swedish Elite League’s powerhouses.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 12/11/07 at 09:28 PM ET
Also: I think that the Wings should be allowed to form a one-time unholy union with the Blackhawks so that Mike Babcock can grumble about Jason Williams being on the IR with another groin injury, Brent Sopel can leave right before the game to sign a contract with a Russian Superleague team, and Babs can bench Robert Lang one more time, asking him where exactly his testes were hidden in his belongings, and how he found them when he moved…
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 12/11/07 at 10:49 PM ET
I’d vote for the merger with the Hawks just for the excitement of watching Lapointe lose games for us by taking stupid penalties near the end of the 3rd.
Posted by Defenseman from Grand Rapids on 12/11/07 at 11:48 PM ET
Chicago needs to stop being a collection of ex-Wings and get their own....oh what’s the word....LIFE.
*cough*Chelios*cough*
Posted by Paul from Miami Beach, FL on 12/12/07 at 02:02 AM ET
Hey, Cheli’s an ex-Hab. Get it right.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Dick Butkus' underwear drawer on 12/12/07 at 07:06 AM ET
Two words: Cheli’s Chili Bar
Posted by srt on 12/12/07 at 08:58 AM ET
Hey, Cheli’s an ex-Hab. Get it right.
ummmm....he started his career there, but came to Detroit from Chicago. You know, captain and all, won the Norris with Chicago, took them to the Cup Finals his first season there, .
Posted by Paul from Miami Beach, FL on 12/12/07 at 09:46 AM ET
Okay, okay, but I’m TRYING to engage in a willful suspension of disbelief. Washed-up Wings go to Chicago. That’s the natural order of things and the way of the universe. Everything else is reality playing tricks on me.
And he won his first Norris with Montreal, and captained them, and won his first Cup with them (though not in concurrent seasons). Do I get partial credit?
Besides, there are no Cheli’s Chilis in Chicago anymore. Two in Detroit.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Mike Ditka's master closet on 12/12/07 at 11:30 AM ET
Washed-up Wings go to Chicago. That’s the natural order of things and the way of the universe.
For sure.
Posted by Paul from Miami Beach, FL on 12/12/07 at 12:56 PM ET
Norris trophies, Stanley Cups and the captaincy mean nothing when put next to Cheli’s Chili.
Get your priorities and facts straight Paul. Jeez. You would hope that only people who know hockey would come to this place.
Posted by srt on 12/12/07 at 01:13 PM ET
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