"Keep your bad signings" in regards to a player who has played as a top line caliber player for a majority of the extension you are referring to (signed in 2009) until recently when he needed back surgery and still returned to playing at a respectable level in his mid 30s. A guy who was the Conn Smythe winner on a Stanley Cup championship team, has had a HOF worthy career, and has served as one of, if not the most consummate captains of his time. But you're right, that's a bad signing and we probably should've let him walk...
Value of: Zetterberg to Habs
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"Keep your bad signings" in regards to a player who has played as a top line caliber player for a majority of the extension you are referring to (signed in 2009) until recently when he needed back surgery and still returned to playing at a respectable level in his mid 30s. A guy who was the Conn Smythe winner on a Stanley Cup championship team, has had a HOF worthy career, and has served as one of, if not the most consummate captains of his time. But you're right, that's a bad signing and we probably should've let him walk...
Habs should be trading Weber and Price to start a rebuild but management is too dumb to realize we have no chance to compete with what we have today on the roster and in the system.
Absolutely no one in Detroit wants to trade Zetterberg. This is one of countless threads created over the past year by Habs fans trying to get Zetterberg.
Cobra Commander
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No thanks on Zetterberg great player but not what we need, we need a young center or a left D to play with Weber
Who wants to trade him? Pretty sure OP is a Habs fan, and the first page is filled with us saying we're not trading him?
Yeah check the OP. Asking what Detroit's needs are and what the price would be for the Habs to get Zetterberg would be an indication that this thread doesn't represent Detroit's desires. Between what the organization has said and what Zetterberg has said, there is a mutual agreement that he isn't going anywhere because we wants to finish here and the organization will respect his wishes.
Honestly, this thread doesn't even need to exist because there will never be even a hint of productive discussion on this topic.
Jared Dunn
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Yeah I suppose, just seems a little unrealistic especially with how resistant Ken Holland seems to be with letting just about anybody leave that team
Randy Randerson
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they had a ridiculous run of being competitive too, maybe that outlook changes now that the team is in rebuild
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Uh, we don't want to trade him. Not a single fan or member of management has ever once even suggested it. The OP is so very obviously a Habs fan, not a Wings fan, did you even bother reading any of this thread before posting in it?
Stop trying to backtrack for your awful, completely misinformed posts in this thread. There's a reason everyone is tearing you to shreds here.
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Number1RedWingsFan52
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Zetterberg would've been the leading scorer on the Habs this year, So you were saying.
Go Wings
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Gordie how had 34 goals and 96 points in a season at 50 years old. Might want to find someone else to bash.
BinCookin
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A few select statements:
1) this thread was started by a Canadians fan looking for a temporary (few years) of an "OK" top line C, or great 2nd line C. (what u may not know is you will only get 1 year)
2) Zetterberg is a still a good player. He will play 1 more season. And then likely LtIR his final 2 years (1million per season). So he is likely only available for 1 year.
3) Detroit is rebuilding, and could use a draft pick for Z. But... we really like the guy, and we are ok with letting him "retire". I am pretty sure we can rebuild without getting a 2nd round pick for the man.
4) If Z was traded, we could open ourselves up to an organization that convinces Z to "retire" the proper way, thus opening us up to the first team ever to be hit with a cap recapture... it will be harsh... seriously harsh. So its a big Risk to move Z
5) Z is a class act, and helps with teaching our young players how to be professional.
Bottom line is our team is rebuilding, and Z's production wont matter for his last year.
We could trade him, but its likely to have a weak return, and a huge cap risk for us.
Its both safer and more honorable to have him retire a life-time wing.
Z has already won a SC Ring. So he doesn't need to move in his last year to try and get one like R. Bourque
1) this thread was started by a Canadians fan looking for a temporary (few years) of an "OK" top line C, or great 2nd line C. (what u may not know is you will only get 1 year)
2) Zetterberg is a still a good player. He will play 1 more season. And then likely LtIR his final 2 years (1million per season). So he is likely only available for 1 year.
3) Detroit is rebuilding, and could use a draft pick for Z. But... we really like the guy, and we are ok with letting him "retire". I am pretty sure we can rebuild without getting a 2nd round pick for the man.
4) If Z was traded, we could open ourselves up to an organization that convinces Z to "retire" the proper way, thus opening us up to the first team ever to be hit with a cap recapture... it will be harsh... seriously harsh. So its a big Risk to move Z
5) Z is a class act, and helps with teaching our young players how to be professional.
Bottom line is our team is rebuilding, and Z's production wont matter for his last year.
We could trade him, but its likely to have a weak return, and a huge cap risk for us.
Its both safer and more honorable to have him retire a life-time wing.
Z has already won a SC Ring. So he doesn't need to move in his last year to try and get one like R. Bourque
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