Recalled/Assigned: Riley Sheahan
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InjuredChoker
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next year yes.
which makes it little surprising that ferraro hasn't been called up, as has been discussed. if kenny would believe in trades, he would seem like an odd man out. i hope not though, he won't be the scorer he was projected to be but there's almost definitely nhler though he likely tops out as very speedy bottom 6er who is good to very good on pk. who can piss the opponents off well.
WesNichols14
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I know. Finally the over ripe process is making sense to me. maybe they weren't as crazy as I thought. (remembers Cleary signing..... well I guess they are still crazy but not as crazy.
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Kiddington
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It's still early, but it looks like we might have a winner. He's already got as many points as Weiss in half as many games (and at half as much money!).
The one I really don't get at this point is Glendening. From what I've seen, he's not even good at faceoffs; that's already a cardinal sin for a good center, let alone one that does literally nothing else aside from exist.
The one I really don't get at this point is Glendening. From what I've seen, he's not even good at faceoffs; that's already a cardinal sin for a good center, let alone one that does literally nothing else aside from exist.
detredWINgs
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detredWINgs
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Its quite possible that Ken Holland might not have the slightest idea what to do with the amount of young talent (read: capable 4th liners/7th defenseman or better) the Wings have had stockpiled in Grand Rapids the past couple years because its never really happened before. He had a hard enough time fitting Nyquist and Tatar into the lineup. Now we've got 3-4 guys out of waiver options next year and another 3-4 who could be getting regular minutes on a rebuilding NHL roster.
Cyborg Yzerberg
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Even without Bertuzzi, Samuelsson, and Cleary, next year's roster will be a bit of a log jam.
Jurco-Datsyuk-Alfredsson
Nyquist-Zetterberg-Franzen
Tatar-Helm-Sheahan
Abdelkader-Andersson-Weiss
Miller; Ferraro; Callahan
Hopefully Weiss rebounds strongly after surgery, it'd make us a better team and permit more flexibility.
Jurco-Datsyuk-Alfredsson
Nyquist-Zetterberg-Franzen
Tatar-Helm-Sheahan
Abdelkader-Andersson-Weiss
Miller; Ferraro; Callahan
Hopefully Weiss rebounds strongly after surgery, it'd make us a better team and permit more flexibility.
Henkka
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Think a second. Which one is easier, trade a package of prospects/picks for quality, or try to trade washed up veterans?
It has nothing to do with that does Ken Holland have idea or not. Other teams are interested in young talent.
And as long as we stay at the playoff hunt, we aren't selling our veterans either.
right now i prefer sheahan over helm as he is actually capable of playing games in the NHL which is the most important part of being in the NHL, the actual playing..
detredWINgs
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Nothing in this post is relevant to my post. I'm not talking about playoffs or trading vets. If anything, my point is that we've held on to too many youngsters who are now either getting minimal minutes, injury minutes, are out of waiver options, or aren't out of waiver options but look like NHL players. In other words, we've had so many prospects pan out that now our farm is flooded with kids who are hitting NHL-capability levels at the same time. And Holland has allowed this to happen because he's never before been in a situation where so many of our youngsters are NHL ready at the same time.
Its certainly not a bad thing, and its not a knock on Holland either. But this is uncharted territory for him.
detredWINgs
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send jurco down and you are likely within the roster limit (allowing for 7 defensemen). i like this roster, but i doubt cleary doesn't get resigned.
WesNichols14
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I agree completely. the odds of so many prospects panning out just aren't good, and yet here we are.
5 years ago we were in the opposite situation. it seemed like the only players getting to the NHL were bottom sixers and there wasn't many of them at that. so Holland got used to picking up castoffs (Miller, Eaves) and grabbing Vets to stay competitive. and it worked.
then we have 3 back to back great drafts (09,10,11) that all look to bring at least 3 quality players to the NHL. for a GM who has Won championships on the strength of vets, its just new to him.
and I honestly believe if we can scrap our way into the playoffs our team is only going to get better over the next 3-7 years as these kids grow into there primes. and will be seriously contending for a cup within 5 years.
i see what you did there but no, datsyuk isnt a 3rd line centremen and hasent played just 15 or so games in the last 20 months of NHL action
