NHL Hockey

[Thrillhouse]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!! I know, I am a huge red wings fan too and woke one of my roomates up last night at 3 am by celebrating and yelling. This is a huge trade for us.

Micheal Peca went to the islanders. Lindros is rumored to be traded but hasn't been.

The flyers signed Jeremy Roenick. Other than that, nothing as earth shattering as the hasek deal. I did hear we will try to trade osgood for a good young forward or two. I am just now coming off the celebration mode of getting the six time vezina trophey winner!!!!

[LeslieAGD]

Ex-Greek, I know that Detroit is also looking at Turgeon, O'Donnell from Atlanta, and Magilney from NJ. There were talks about Lindross coming to Detroit but with the Koslov/Hasek trade, I don't see it happening now. I think Dallas has made him an offer but I believe he already said he doesn't want to go there. I wonder what they're going to do with Ozzie? Now we have four goaltenders! Maybe they'll trade Ozzie to Atlanta for O'Donnell and a draft pick?

[KSig RC]

-Turgeon signed with the Stars; brett hull's gone for good then, prob . . .

-The Islanders traded for Micheal Peca, yes, but also for Alexei Yashin - personally, i think these two may be more important than even the Hasek trade - when was the last time the Islanders ever did anything this big? It's been 7 years since they made the playoffs, looks like they're starting to realize it too.

-The Blues traded for Doug Weight - huge deal; w/ Tkachuk, now they don't need Turgeon any more . . .

It looks like it's going to be a crazy year in the NHL - now if only the Bruins get off their asses and do something!

[Thrillhouse]

Leslieagd, Odonnell signed with I think Carolina. I would love to have mogilny come to detorit. I heard the latest rumor is that the Philadelphia flyers just offered a 5 year 25 mill. contract to lapointe. I am not so sure the wings would match it, for the price may be a bit much.

Turgeon signed with dallas. Another guy I wanted, Doug weight, signed with STL today. So now it looks like mogilny is the best choice out there for us.

I have heard a rumor of the wings trading osgood to a lesser team, but getting a young forward or two in return. A

As for the lindros deal, The rumor was Lindros for fedorov and aaron ward. The wings gm turned it down saying he didn't want to give up a major player for a player who is injury prone.

Hey ksig, is dafoe going to be back in full form next year? A possible situation I heard was if dafoe did not come back at 100%, the wings would send osgood for that allison guy.

[LeslieAGD]

Hey Everyone...I am a huge hockey fan (go Red Wings!) and I watched the draft (I think it was on last weekend?) and there have been some crazy trades going on!

I just found out that the Red Wings traded Slava Koslov to Buffalo for Dominic Hasek (sp?) & a first round draft pick for next year. I was pretty floored! Can some other hockey fans fill me in on some of the big trades to other teams?

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[Thrillhouse]

LOL!!!!! Winning team, the sens? Heh, regular season is only half of what you want to accomplish. Getting swept out of the first round when you are a two seed is embarrassing. Sorry, we Michiganders like to poke fun at the Canadien loyalty to their teams. 8 years and counting ;-)

Just pulling your leg of course. I am sure you make fun of us (fill in the blanks) down here in hockeytown. The isles might be a winning team in a year or two if their moves pan out.

[moe.ron]

I know my team, NY Rangers, are in discussion with Pitsburgh for Jamr Jagr (spelling?). I hope they don't give away the farm system for this guy. Anyway, I'll be happy if the Rangers have a .500 record this year.

[LeslieAGD]

When did Turgeon and O'Donnell sign??? I never heard that they wanted Ward & Fedrov for Lindros, I thought that was for Jagr? Lapointe said he wants to stay in Detroit so they're still in negotiations...we really need him to stay.

[alphachiohmy]

St. Louis Blues lost Turgeon and Reasoner as well as two others. A little said at the lost of Reasoner and Turgeon both, but hopefully what they picked up will help: they inked Oiler's Doug Weight to a 5-year deal. Anyone know much about Weight?

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[LeslieAGD]

we lost Martin LaPointe to Boston...sniff sniff...

[Lil_G]

Ex greek , your comments prove how in-depth your hockey knowledge is. If I recall this past post-season Detroit was a number 2 seed that was ousted by a team that barely made the playoffs. In fact, within the last five years half of the #2 vs # 7 matchups went to the lower seeds.

I can't explain how much the team means to the city, the only way to describe it is for you to visit the city and feel it yourself.
This organization is always within the top in the league for attendence, corporate support and has by far the best scouting along with an excellent coaching staff. You wanna know why they choked in the playoffs? Maybe because most of their top players are all between 19-23 (havlat, hossa, phillips, rachunek, redden).

Oh yeah and Detroit they're a model franchise...let's go buy another stanley cup. Team trades away one of the greatest of all times for trying to start a players association.



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[KSig RC]

Well first of all . . . if the B's trade Jason Allison, it's all over, fold the franchise, pack up an Original 8 team b/c that's mental retardation, esp. for Chris Osgood (aka "Shoot from the blue line - 50/50 it's going in if it's playoff time"). But LaPointe is a step in the right direction . . . the B's need some DEEE-fense, and Dafoe to strengthen up those legs . . . groin/hamstring injuries let him play about 40 games a year, and that's not enough when your backup is basically my 16 yr old brother from Des Moines, Iowa.

[Thrillhouse]

I heard weight had 90 points last year and was 8th in the league in scoring. A good pick up for the blues. He was an all-star too.

[Thrillhouse]

How in depth my hockey knowledge is eh? Well for one thing, Ottawa has probably the best minor league system. I should know, ouy city has their top minor league franchise. You guys have a star in waiting in goaltender Chiounard down here.

We lost our series too, but we had our top two scorers out. Plus, we all know Fedorov is unreliable when it comes to crunch time. The kings exploited our biggest weakness, age. The loss was embarrasing but what can you do? We did take two games though, how many did Ottawa take? Just curious, I have no hockey knowledge so I wouldn't know.

But don't be bitter about your team not winning anything, or your country for that matter. I am not one of the dumb people who think that we will win it every year. Our team is way too old, though the addition of a 36 year old 6 time Vezina trophey winner might still help. Want proof of why we won't win it again? We signed an old robitaille.

"Let's go buy another stanley cup?" BWHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! Looks like someone had a case of the mondays! (Office Space) Come back and talk when you win something more than your division.

At least I can admit that we still don't have a chance next year. Colorado is too damn good. But as for you guys, lets see how your younger players produce. Can they improve enough to top jersey? Philly? I say one more year yet.

Hey if you want to continue this, e-mail me. No personal digs at you, just the thought of any canadien's view of the americans 'stealing' every stanley cup since 93.

[Thrillhouse]

Originally posted by LeslieAGD:
we lost Martin LaPointe to Boston...sniff sniff...

We didn't lose him now, he lost us last year in the playoffs. (wink wink)

The wings offered him 3.2 mill in which he turned down. How much did boston give him?