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by IwoCPO on 01/14/07 at 05:05 PM ET
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Yeah, yeah, yeah…I’ve been delinquent.  But I have excuses.  In the last five days I’ve been back in Bubba territory, Diveland and finally into the Canes backyard…all last week.  And, no, I didn’t see any hockey.

I’ll be back with regular posting tomorrow around mid-day.

In the meantime, a little reaction from yours truly on a couple of deep diggers who did a little writing over the weekend.  First, stand by for Helene St. James.  Not since Khan(!)‘s “deal for Luongo” manifesto of last Spring has a deep digger gone out on a limb and actually graced us with an opinion.  Well, here we go.

Barring any disastrous injuries, by the Feb. 27 deadline the Wings will have more than enough cap room to acquire the roughly $2 million that’d be left on Forsberg’s contract. It has been a frustrating season for him because of all the problems with finding a boot to fit his surgically repaired right ankle, but at long last he appears to have rebounded. When he plays, he is still one of the top five forwards in the game, and better than any forward on Detroit’s team. If he doesn’t have any setbacks over the coming month, he’d be an amazing acquisition.

Ahhhh….I welcome your thoughts.  Me?  A healthy Forsberg? A 3/4 Forsberg?  Ok, but not if it means giving up the Pavel Datsyuk we’ve seen the last two weeks.  Delma may have just bought himself one more playoff to prove himself.  Has he ever played better?  If I had to choose today, which I don’t, I’d say bring Floppa to town, but only if it means we don’t give up much in return. If it’s a salary dump for Philly and we can afford it, do it. But give up nothing of value.

I see Hank has been added to the all-star roster.  Nifty.  Hasek’s been snubbed? Even better.  One less game, one less chance for injury.  Nonetheless, the decision to leave him off was ridiculous.

“I’m a little disappointed,” Hasek said in between lifting weights in the Red Wings’ dressing room. “I thought I was going to be there.”

Hasek owns a league-leading 2.03 goals-against average. Kiprusoff’s average, meanwhile, is 2.32. Hasek is 23-7-3, while Kiprusoff was 21-14-3 heading into his game against Edmonton Saturday. Both goaltenders have five shutouts.

Not much today. Back tomorrow with much more. Thanks for your continued patronage and patience. 

Signed/Management

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“If he doesn’t have any setbacks over the coming month…”

I find this prospect dubious.  Forsberg has had horrid luck with his ankle this year, and he still isn’t happy with his skate even now.

Posted by Baroque on 01/14/07 at 06:31 PM ET

I agree Baroque.  It wouldn’t be Holland’s style to make a risky move like that, either.

Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 01/14/07 at 06:33 PM ET

Floppa in Detroit?  How about Patrick Roy?  Get a life.  Besides, the guy is injured all the time.  Holland can do a lot better than that.  A Scary thought:  Does Helene know something from “inside”?

Iwo, it’s too bad you missed all the hubub about the “rabid dogs” doubling ticket prices for Wings games.  The result was an arena only half full…..all of them Wings fans!

And the Gretzky melt-down.  You would have loved that.

Lastly, I found this credit to Homer’s acute sense of humor:

Tomas Holmstrom joked that he scores off tip-ins because linemates Pavel Datsyuk or Zetterberg keep passing the puck between each other.

Posted by w2j2 from Alpena, Michigan on 01/14/07 at 08:46 PM ET

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