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by IwoCPO on 07/08/09 at 09:50 AM ET
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Back in Michigan for a week’s vacation...which is why I’ve avoided each of you for more than five days. Consider this a brief interruption before I get back to remaining unshaven and 12 ounces heavier.
Two guys. Two “snipers”. And a couple issues.
First. Oompa Loompa’s playing hardball? Is that what I’m to understand? He’s calling press conferences and somebody’s (his agent no doubt) saying he’s KHL-bound. George, of course, is on it and will stay after it.
We dig you Happy. You’ve become a favorite of the 19 and we’d like to see you make some money.
We would have also liked to see you score just once in your last twelve playoff games. Because, write this down, a “sniper” who doesn’t “score” doesn’t get to be “strong-willed” or “stubborn”.
In other words, take the money Tick Tock offers you, be a Red Wing and do your job in the playoffs. When you do, the payday you think you deserve might come. Or it might not. Maybe it never will and maybe your real reward is playing on the Best Team in Hockey and being a millionaire while you’re at it.
So, STFU about the KHL talk.
How about this? See this?
“After a while, he didn’t want to be in the (AHL) and lost his enthusiasm for being there,” Holland said.
Tick Tock Kenny’s talking about Ville Leino and that quote rubs me wrong. I’m wondering. When Leino is on the third line, or even the fourth, and his minutes aren’t what he believes they should be because he’s got a little issue with backchecking, is he going to “lose his enthusiasm for being there”?
Mark this down. Leino is going to spend the occasional evening hour in Uncle Mike’s doghouse.
As I told you, I’m vacationing back in Michigan and it’s awesome. In St. Clair Shores until Thursday then it’s Up North for three days with five of my friends from high school. My wife is promising me she’s going to be counting the amount of times she has to shake her head at me and say, “Bill....In. Appropriate.”
Oh, and I had a run-in with a Wing yesterday. More to follow on that because it was funny and I want to do the story justice.
Almost forgot. If you’re feeling “real lowdown today” (I’m back to quoting Seger because, bitches, I’m in Michigan)...consider this: 47 Tuesdays until the Cup comes home.
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Shane, the Radulov situation was exactly the same-- he was an RFA (not headed to arbitration, but the same status) when he signed his contract with Salavat Ulaev. Medvedev & co. got around it by saying the contract was signed two days before the ‘agreement’ was put in place, but it’s still the exact same situation.
Radulov was not a RFA. He had 1 year left on a 3 year contract, which makes it far worse than Hudler’s move and thoroughly indefensible from a morality standpoint, but also legal from a “there’s no transfer agreement in place, we can do this” view-- if you buy that it was done five days before the agreement, as the KHL claims, but obviously that’s a pretty sketchy claim.
Posted by shanetx on 07/10/09 at 03:55 PM ET
Travis Moen to Montreal for three years.
Folks can take him off your wish lists now.
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 07/10/09 at 04:08 PM ET
Travis Moen to Montreal for three years.
Folks can take him off your wish lists now.
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 07/10/09 at 05:08 PM ET
*Puts Mike Grier hat back on, jumps back into bandwagon*
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 04:11 PM ET
Oh dear, Baroque’s not going to live this…
(Sorry. Had to share. He’s genuinely out of his mind.)
He is not a member of my species, that’s for sure - I’m a human, he’s clearly some form of primitive scum-sucking aerobic parasite. What a waste of carbon.
Everyone out of the gene pool! Needs more chlorine!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 06:14 PM ET
He is not a member of my species, that’s for sure - I’m a human, he’s clearly some form of primitive scum-sucking aerobic parasite. What a waste of carbon.
Everyone out of the gene pool! Needs more chlorine!
Baroque, I’m a little ashamed to admit I chuckled because it occurred to me that it almost sounds like you’re stooping to his level and advocating eugenics or something. Or it could just be by irony detector is off today.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/10/09 at 06:29 PM ET
Or it could just be by irony detector is off today.
Sorry. Eugenics is ludicrous and based on bad, bad assumptions. I apologize for not being clearer. :(
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 07:04 PM ET
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter “c” would be dropped to be replased either by “k” or “s”, and likewise “x” would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which “c” would be retained would be the “ch” formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform “w” spelling, so that “which” and “one” would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish “y” replasing it with “i” and Iear 4 might fiks the “g
j” anomali wonse and for all.Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez “c”, “y” and “x”—bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez—tu riplais “ch”, “sh”, and “th” rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud
hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), ”A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling”
Discuss that, spelling nerds. LOL
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 06:32 AM ET
Sorry, I haven’t really been following you kids this week. But I was turned on by Baroque’s post here because I just last night finished reading “For Us, The Living” by Robert Heinlein and he figures (most likely based on Mark Twain’s idea of spelling) that in the year 2086 Anglish wil reflekt spelling that takes advantaj ov the korekt us ov letterz. Frazes lik Almanak, Astronomikal, Danjer and Korektiv Masaj.
Krazi, that I just red this the other dai and heer it is on the muther ov al blogz.
OMG DEAD 2 Trolz 4 EVA!!!1!1!!!
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 07/11/09 at 02:54 PM ET
I know perfectly well there is porn on the internet - I just meant that from my words alone no one can tell that I am female. Not right away, anyhow.
You guys ... you know perfectly well what I meant. Why must you be so difficult? 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/11/09 at 03:05 PM ET
New Wings ...while you were feeding the Trolls....
Red Wings July 8: Agreed to terms with center Kris Newbury and right wing Jeremy Williams to one-year, two-way contracts and defenseman Travis Ehrhardt to a three-year entry level contract.
Red Wings July 9: Signed defenseman Doug Janik.
Newbury (C) 5’10” 200 lbs
Williams (RW) 5’11’ 190 lbs
Janik (D) 6’2” 209 lbs
Ehrhardt (D) no info
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/12/09 at 10:19 AM ET
Inge! Home run.
Go Tigers!
Lets go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 07/12/09 at 01:07 PM ET
Fee Arbys tomorrow with the Tigers Box score.Inge with #21. Go Tigers.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 07/12/09 at 01:31 PM ET
(First time poster, long time lurker)
So I was thinking about the signings the wings made so far; and how most of the team is swedish and whether that would attract more swedish players. Then my mind wandered over and thought.. “wow the swedish team is going to be awesome with Zatta and everyone from the wings basically”. Then I thought, wait Datsyuk is Russian, so their team would be good too. So then my mind wandered over to “hmm their line would be Datsyuk-Ovechkin-Malkin-Gonchar-Fedotenohsshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii”.
Just wanted to share that. Can’t wait for the olympics!
Posted by olympics from seattle on 07/12/09 at 03:58 PM ET
Travis Ehrhardt (C) 5’ 11’’ 190
SHOOTS: Left
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 07/12/09 at 06:01 PM ET
Travis Ehrhardt (C) 5’ 11’’ 190
SHOOTS: Left
How Old?
entry level contract.....he may still be growing.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/12/09 at 06:59 PM ET
Well looking at Jeremy Williams’ numbers as a Leaf…
GP 31
G 9
A 2
PTS 11
7 of those points came last season in 11 games...and he’s a right handed shot. Only 25 years old. Hmmmm could be some promise there.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/13/09 at 06:33 AM ET
This has absolutely nothing to do with hockey, but may be of use in your normal everyday life: Swearing makes pain more tolerable
http://www.livescience.com/health/090712-swearing-pain.html
(Actually, maybe it DOES have something to do with hockey, now that I think of it ...)
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/13/09 at 11:06 AM ET
I believe it has everything to do with hockey. Lessens the pain.
Posted by jennyquarx on 07/13/09 at 11:26 AM ET
Well serves me right for trying to get the discussion train back on the tracks...derailed by my boyfriend (Baroque).
I heard a Toronto transplant now living in Michigan say that Williams is the real deal. He could be our next Dan Cleary or something.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/13/09 at 12:08 PM ET
Another Dan Cleary? I like the sound of that. It’s almost as good as cloning him, except cheaper.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/13/09 at 01:00 PM ET
...and younger. I’m not saying he WILL be, I’m only saying he COULD be. I don’t know if his style of play is anything like Charlie Buckets’, but he did have a 0.636 pts/game output last year (only 11 games). But if he can transfer that into an 82 game season, that’s 52 points that we recover. As a rare right-handed shot, he could see time with the 3rd line and those stats could be very attainable.
Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Franzen-Filppula-Cleary
Abdelkader-Helm-Williams
Newbury-Draper-Maltby
Is it October yet?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/13/09 at 01:14 PM ET
I think the recent signings were more to replenish GR.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/13/09 at 01:26 PM ET
I wish it were. I wish it could be. I’m overly anxious to get the season underway already.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/13/09 at 01:26 PM ET
I think the recent signings were more to replenish GR.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 07/13/09 at 02:26 PM ET
Ok, so now we’re waiting for Kenny Boy to lie in the weeds until he picks out another diamond in the rough to replenish the big club? Whoa, too many metaphors for one sentance. Any predictions, Gramps? I’m all ears…
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/13/09 at 01:39 PM ET
another diamond in the rough to replenish the big club? Whoa, too many metaphors for one sentance. Any predictions, Gramps? I’m all ears…
Posted by Animal Drew from The Mitten on 07/13/09 at 02:39 PM ET
Diamond in the rough...?
I’m thinking more in the line of a Holland retread....
Still hoping for Dandenault or Grier.
We don’t need another Dallas Drake, or Dan Cleary…
we need 2 of ‘em.
I think what he has now, will fill in for the lost offense.....
given the increased TOI for his current…
‘Diamonds in the rough’.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/13/09 at 02:20 PM ET
And ANOTHER THING
I am still upset he let the Conk get away, the thought of Howard is scary…
There is no need for Biron to play in exile in Russia,
I bet he would be happy to sign with the Wings for minimum and wait for Howard to play himself onto waivers.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/13/09 at 02:26 PM ET
wait for Howard to play himself onto waivers.
What’s the over/under on that? November 1st? The day the club gets back from Sweden?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/13/09 at 03:02 PM ET
wait for Howard to play himself onto waivers.
What’s the over/under on that? November 1st? The day the club gets back from Sweden?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/13/09 at 04:02 PM ET
Management is going to be very reluctant to admitting the mistake,
but Ozzie is reaching that brittle age.
My bet is Howard will have to reach 6 consecutive starts......
There will not be a 7th.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/13/09 at 03:25 PM ET
Frickin’ pessimists. If Howard lasts the season, I’m quotin’ you guys.
(Yeah, I’m hedgin’ my bets. Ya wanna make somethin’ of it?)
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/13/09 at 04:13 PM ET
My bet is Howard will have to reach 6 consecutive starts......
There will not be a 7th.Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 07/13/09 at 04:25 PM ET
I’m in complete agreement. Howard is not the guy.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 07/13/09 at 04:32 PM ET
So Biron may have to look for a job in Europe or the Kontinental League. Same with the other NHL proven UFA goalies Manny Fernandez, Manny Legace, Martin Gerber, Brent Johnson, Joey MacDonald, Curtis Sanford, Wade Dubielewicz and Kevin Weekes. That’s nine looking-for-work stoppers and a shrunken market.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/13/09 at 04:47 PM ET
I fear this past season has maybe given ozzie a bit of over-confidence in the “i can turn the switch on at any time” departement. And if he has another regular season where he needs more mental vacations, well Howard is not going to be the guy to fill in. I was hoping we would get Jonas Gustavsson, but since that’s past I think I have the answer. Josh Harding. he’s an RFA for minn currently and he made 725k last year. I honestly think he will be a great great goalie in the future. call me crazy, but i mean top 4 or 5 in the league great someday. we need to get him somehow....just please don’t bring back joey mac. hmm rhymes.
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Ann Arbor on 07/13/09 at 05:09 PM ET
p.s. the Wild took HIM to arbitration...haha you don’t see that everyday
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Ann Arbor on 07/13/09 at 06:44 PM ET
Blair Betts is still unsigned. I don’t know what he’s looking to get paid -900K cap hit in previous contract, but that was inked before he was the PK leader for the Rangers- but he’d be a huge help for the PK.
I like the idea of a Dandenault signing too, if only because of the speed and tenacity a Dandenault-Helm-Cleary line would have. The only problem is that line requires Homer and Leino playing top 6 minutes for the whole season which I’m not sure is realistic.
Posted by UMcastaway from Ann Arbor on 07/13/09 at 06:57 PM ET
To anyone watching the MLB home run contest.. Pujols hitting a 420 foot line drive is freaking amazing. Pure power in that swing right there, maybe not the winner but what freaking rips on a couple of those in the “hit off”.......
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 07/13/09 at 08:57 PM ET
Hopefully Landon is to Ray as Prince is to Cecil.
Posted by UMcastaway from Ann Arbor on 07/13/09 at 10:03 PM ET
Frickin’ pessimists. If Howard lasts the season, I’m quotin’ you guys.
(Yeah, I’m hedgin’ my bets. Ya wanna make somethin’ of it?)
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/13/09 at 05:13 PM ET
This is exactly the kind of attitude that makes me feel less alone in the universe. When Ozzy had a bad season, and everyone, I mean EVERYONE, including you Chief, had your doubts about his upcoming play in the playoffs, I never did. I tried my best to hope for Ozzy’s better side to show in the playoffs and thought it terrible that we get so down on him. In other words, in the Great Ozzy Debate of 2009, I was FOR Ozzy the whole way. Whether I said anything on this blog (I think I refrained from making any statement, actually) I never forgot about the 2 framed Ozzy posters I have in my room nor did I forget the miraculous saves he makes even in a losing effort. I knew he’d come up big. I believe in him always. And to support AndrewFromAnnArborWithAsManyPassportsAsWeHaveStanleyCups, I believe in Holland’s decisions to back up Ozzy as well. Even though he is shaky at best in his starts thus far, Howard can still turn it around.
It’s the Detroit way. Not everyone is a Nick Lidstrom or Stevie Y or Pavel Datsyuk, some players need development at our level. Just like Ozzy did. And many others. So even if he loses his first two or three games, I’ll be focusing only on the positives for this kid. If somebody said “he’s terrible, he’s the next Chris Osgood” I’d be happy as a little girl!
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 07/14/09 at 03:02 AM ET
So how ‘bout this Tallon geting the can in favor of Stan Bowman?
Is anyone else salivating about the prospect of watching the Hawks implode? It’s like they had a bomb with a lit fuze at a decent length. Long enough to give them some time to do something before the bomb went off - heck, maybe even defuse the whole situation. Then Scotty came in with a pair of scissors, cut the fuse down and lit it again with his cigar.
Interesting loyalty to show a guy who’s made some huge mistakes but really turned that garbage team around. I’m sure staring down the barrel of Brian Campbell and Cristobal Huet’s contracts is unnerving, but to up and fire the guy AFTER the draft and AFTER the free agent frenzy… Over what? Failing to mail the RFA offer sheets on time, which turned out to not be an actual problem. That’s just priceless.
Reigns are in Stan’s unproven hands now. Now he’s got to find a way to sign Toews and Kane with candyland money. Hopefully daddy can help him. Even for the Blackhawks, Scotty is still working wonders for our organ-i-zation.
...is it October yet?
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 07/14/09 at 09:58 AM ET
Tallon had to go after the qualifying offer debacle. However, I think his fate was sealed before then. I’m wondering how Chicago’s late playoff run affected things. Do you think that the end of their run came too late to fire him before the draft and free agency? You can’t really fire your GM during the playoffs as that’s a huge distraction. Think he might have gotten canned before all of this if they had lost in the first round to Calgary?
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/14/09 at 10:40 AM ET
Tallon had to go after the qualifying offer debacle. However, I think his fate was sealed before then. Posted by J.J. from Kansas
I think this move was in the works all along....
The old man has not been gone all that long, and the pace of the New Blackhawks since has been amazing. It is a case of delayed action because too many changes, too fast can derail your progress. Nobody with a lick of sense dumps a GM just before the draft. Of course some of the delay may have had to do with the question of Stan’s health.
Thanks Chicago, for keeping my summer somewhat interesting.....
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/14/09 at 10:52 AM ET
This move was in the cards after Dollar Bill’s death-- a clearout of the old guard. The only question was how long success would delay the inevitable, and there’s the answer. Now there really is nobody in the Hawks’ front office tied to the old man, aside from his son...who as we’ve all seen is not his father’s son.
That being said, this has Scotty’s “The Prince School of Management” fingerprints all over it. The man’s a genius, no two ways about it, but if I were close to him I wouldn’t trust him with a burnt-out match.
The King is dead. Long live The King.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/14/09 at 11:43 AM ET
The only question was how long success would delay the inevitable, and there’s the answer.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/14/09 at 12:43 PM ET
I agree. If they Hawks didn’t overachieve in the playoffs last season (which they did), an early round exit or not making it at all, Tallon would be done.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/14/09 at 12:07 PM ET
...before the draft, I mean.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/14/09 at 12:08 PM ET
If they Hawks didn’t overachieve in the playoffs last season (which they did), an early round exit or not making it at all, Tallon would be done.
...before the draft, I mean.
Posted by Animal Drew
Don’t assume he is done....
reassigned Dale Tallon to the position of Senior Advisor, Hockey Operations.
And
You don’t just dismiss a guy who spent the last few months preparing for the draft, and
then assign the task to the new guy.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs dont live up to my expectations on 07/14/09 at 12:56 PM ET
Don’t assume he is done....
reassigned Dale Tallon to the position of Senior Advisor, Hockey Operations.
And
You don’t just dismiss a guy who spent the last few months preparing for the draft, and
then assign the task to the new guy.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 07/14/09 at 01:56 PM ET
Hey, I have the right to assume all I want...whether it is wise to do so is another matter, but when did that start being important?
His new role as Senior Advisor, Hockey Operations now consists of Scotty leaning over and saying “Don’t speak until you’re spoken to.” At the beginning of all manager meetings. Aw crap, did I just make another assumption?
As usual, Gramps your sensible demeanor and almost poetic prose is the voice of reason. And I love ya for it.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/14/09 at 01:05 PM ET
Hopefully Landon is to Ray as Prince is to Cecil.
Yeah and not as Mark is to Gordie.
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Ann Arbor on 07/14/09 at 01:59 PM ET
Hopefully Landon is to Ray as Prince is to Cecil.
Yeah and not as Mark is to Gordie.
Nor as Stan is to Scotty
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 07/14/09 at 02:19 PM ET
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