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You Can’t Always Get What You Want
by IwoCPO on 06/14/08 at 05:47 AMComments (31)
But, allegedly and according to Mick, providence somehow assists in providing what your spiritual advisors determine to be your greatest need.
Interesting.
Because I’d say we have the whole “wants” thing covered. Now? Well, now it’s up to Tick Tock to determine the “needs”.
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Tags: abbadabbadoo, babcock, datsyuk, fedorov, franzen, helm, holland, mccarty, ryan+malone, samuelsson, sundin, zetterberg,
Tags: abbadabbadoo, babcock, datsyuk, fedorov, franzen, helm, holland, mccarty, ryan+malone, samuelsson, sundin, zetterberg,
Sun-don’t?
by IwoCPO on 12/02/07 at 10:36 AMComments (28)
Published reports (definitely a phrase that doesn’t carry the weight it used to) out of--where else?--Toronto and Edmonton mention Detroit as a strong landing spot for Mats Sundin, when the Leafs move him out of a sense of loyalty to their captain. The speculation goes like this: Leafs are out of it already. Sundin’s been a loyal soldier. Moving him to a contender is good for him, good for them, good for the world. Sally Strothers would be proud.
And, of course, the Wings have the Swedes. The “published reports” have been posted by The Emperor and George Malik.
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Tags: Filppula, Franzen, Holland, Holmstrom, Hudler, Lidstrom, Sundin, Trade+Rumors,
Tags: Filppula, Franzen, Holland, Holmstrom, Hudler, Lidstrom, Sundin, Trade+Rumors,
Hold On St. James. You Wait One Damn Minute.
by IwoCPO on 12/02/07 at 09:54 AMComments (7)
Ground rules. Obviously...we need some. Or at least we need a reminder of them. Let me quote from my soon-to-be-released manifesto, “The Difference Between The Diggers and the Wing Bloggers”.
Chapter 19
“Red Wing beat writers must avoid any attempt at humor. It doesn’t suit them and it embarrasses us all. If the humor is unintentional and reflects their role as propaganda artists for the organ-I-zation, that’s fine. But an outright attempt to be funny? Absolutely prohibited.”
Someone didn’t get the advanced copy.
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Tags: Deep+Diggers, Franzen, Holmstrom, Kronwall, Lidstrom, Osgood, Samuelsson, St.+James, Zetterberg,
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Schedules and stuff
by IwoCPO on 12/01/07 at 01:32 PMComments (12)
...we could always talk Army/Navy? Nah. First half’s almost done and this game’s over. Scratch that idea. We could talk Les Miles to Michigan, as Kirk Herbstreit reported on ESPN this morning? Nope. Miles has a presser at 1:45 to announce he’s staying at LSU. One note on that: Michigan screwed themselves by opening their elitist idiot traps. If they’d stayed quiet, Miles would be theirs...after today’s game. Idiots.
Ok. The new schedule. The schedule we all wanted? Yeah. Getting closer to it anyway.
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Tags: Bertuzzi, Central, Downey, Drake, Fellow+Bloggers, Franzen, Hasek, Lidstrom, Osgood,
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Re-Thinking The Official A2Y Stance on Hudler
by IwoCPO on 11/30/07 at 08:33 AMComments (10)
I’m a big guy. In stature? Perhaps not. But, emotionally? Huge. It takes a strong man to do something like this.
December 15th, 2006/Me
What is the infatuation with this kid? Who in the organization is so tied to him that we can’t jettison him? Is Hudler better than Rem Murray or Boyd Devereaux...two players the Wings passed on the last two training camps? Can anyone tell me Hudler fits into the Babcock system...at all?
At what point does wasting a roster spot on his potential become too cumbersome?
Through 25 games last year? 4 points, all goals. I had lit the torches. Lit them, ran with them through the village. “Hudler must go,” I said.
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Tags: Babcock, Cleary, Datsyuk, Downey, Filppula, Franzen, Holland, Hudler, Kopecky, Samuelsson,
Tags: Babcock, Cleary, Datsyuk, Downey, Filppula, Franzen, Holland, Hudler, Kopecky, Samuelsson,
Franzen Shelved 3-4 Weeks
by IwoCPO on 10/07/07 at 04:15 PMComments (10)
1635 EST: Updated below with quotes from Holland.
Two games in and Uncle Mike has his first tough decision. As Dave pointed out in a comment below, Bruce MacLeod reports the Mule is out for a month.
Johan Franzen has a Grade 2 sprain of the MCL (medial collateral ligament) in his right knee. Franzen’s leg was injured during the second period of Saturday night’s shootout loss in Chicago. Tuomo Ruutu was tripped by Pavel Datsyuk and fell on Franzen’s leg.
The injury will keep Franzen out of the lineup for 3-4 weeks.
Detroit is carrying two spare forwards on its roster ... Aaron Downey and Matt Ellis. One will be inserted in the lineup for Monday’s home game, but isn’t likely to assume Franzen’s role on the top line. A third-line player—Dan Cleary, Valtteri Filppula or Kris Draper—could be bumped up to Datsyuk’s top line with Ellis or Downey skating on the third or fourth line.
