Mikähän siinä modanon päätöksessä kestää..? Itse olen vesikielellä odotellut jo jonkun aikaa miken päätöstä vaan eipä kuulu mitään. Omasta puolestani olisin enemmän kuin tyytyväinen jos modano saapuisi kaupunkiin.
Vaikea on kuvitella miksi mies valitsisi esim. wildin uudeksi kodikseen vuodeksi tai kahdeksi!! Ellei tässäkin ole kuitenkin taustalla se raha....
Vaikea on kuvitella miksi mies valitsisi esim. wildin uudeksi kodikseen vuodeksi tai kahdeksi!! Ellei tässäkin ole kuitenkin taustalla se raha....
Nuorennusleikkaus on väistämättä edessä ja rosterissa on vain muutama alle kolmekymppinen joka tulee olemaan kuvioissa 3-4:n vuoden päästä.
En tiedä mikä kestää, mutta joku aika sitten Holland mainitsi että päätös menee todennäköisesti elokuun puolelle.
Babcock pohdiskelee rosterin painotusta "tough guy"-vinkkelistä:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...attern-while-waiting-for-Mike-Modano-s-answer
Enforcer necessary
Hockey justice is not always served by referees and, a decade ago, the role of players like Darren McCarty, Martin Lapointe, Brendan Shanahan and Bob Rouse deterred opponents from cheap shots and aggression.
That assignment has been in question in Detroit for some time. McCarty returned to the team for 17 playoff games during the Stanley Cup run in 2008. Aaron Downey and Brad May both filled-in periodically over the last two seasons as the Red Wings' cop on the ice, but neither played well enough to allow the Red Wings to use four lines when they were in the lineup.
The increased need for exacting retribution seems evident. Large and physical opponents frequently run at Rafalski, whose back is sometimes a concern. They also seem to increasingly target Lidstrom, whose 40-year-old reflexes have reduced his once Houdini-like talent of always escaping. And among all of the Red Wings injuries last season, at least a couple more than Kronwall's occurred as a result of a tough, even dirty, hits for which there was no reckoning.
"It's been a decade-long question," Holland said. "But I guess the question is do you want Helm on the team, or a tough guy? Do you want (Patrick) Eaves on the team, or a tough guy? Do you want (Kris) Draper on the team, or a tough guy ...?"
Holland went on with the sequence of questions, until he had mentioned several more players.
There clearly was a sense, Holland said, that the Stanley Cup winners in 1997 and 1998 were built on toughness and skill, with Martin Lapointe and McCarty especially suited to the roles of third- and fourth-line forwards, and Brendan Shanahan, Bob Rouse and Jaime Pushor on the roster.
But all of those players brought clear talents to their game, beyond quick fists and an enthusiasm to serve and protect.
"But, Scotty Bowman was never one for the one for the one-dimensional tough guy," Holland said. "I've never been one. I think come playoff time those guys are obsolete, although they can be more valuable and important over 82 games.
"It's been an ongoing topic of conversation, for us. At times the answer's been, yes. At other times, it's no," he said. "But whether you have a guy like that on the team, or not, I don't know, does Georges Laraque decide not to stick his leg out? Probably not."
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...aiting-for-Mike-Modano-s-answer#ixzz0vArHSkJX
Niin, ja se hanskaaja taidettiin löytää: Vanha tuttu Aaron Downey tulee training campille tavoittelemaan kaksisuuntaista sopimusta.
Lähteet: http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/07/enforcer_aaron_downey_to_atten.html ja http://www.freep.com/article/201007...2/Mike-Modano-Ill-decide-on-future-next-month
Uskoisin, että ensi kaudella Abdelkaderista tulee Hockeytownin suosituin pelaaja.
The title is not a prediction. Nor is it a nightmare though that’s what it seems like. It’s the very near future, and it’s real. No I don’t own a Deloran. I didn’t travel one week ahead to find this out. But quite possibly the next best thing.
I have it from a source very close to the team and Mike Modano that he will announce it in the next week or so when he returns from his trip to Scotland. It will be a one year deal with the dollar figure not exceeding more than a million dollars.
Modano Detroitiin. Linkki: http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/jaakiekko/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/jaakiekko/2010/08/1165624
Modano Detroitiin. Linkki: http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/jaakiekko/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/jaakiekko/2010/08/1165624
Eiköhän tuo virallista ole joo omastakin mielestä, mutta eikö tuo maikkarin uutisointi ole taas edes hieman ennenaikaista?
"We're trying to get back to being the Red Wings, not like last year when we were taped together all year, had no depth and we rode people too hard so when we got to the playoffs we were exhausted," Babcock said. "We think Nick (Lidstrom) has some left in him, but not if we're defending all the time. We need to get the puck and go. Our goal is to be loaded up."
Babcock also tells Rosen that Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader will play "where they should be" for one more year, and he believes that Modano could post 50 points alongside sniper Jiri Hudler:
"Hudler is a better player than people think," Babcock said. "I missed him way more last season than I thought I was going to miss him. To me, the kid is magic. We're thrilled to have him back. I like our team here. I even said that to my wife."
“Do you think it’s time for me to quit? I turned 32 just recently, and I plan to play for five or seven more years,” Datsyuk wondered in an interview with Sportbox.ru.
“On average, the NHL players finish their careers three or four years later than in Russia. And the reason is – I do not want to offend anybody – is that there is more one professionalism [in the NHL]. I have long realized that if you want to achieve something, you must sacrifice something,” he said.
Helm 2 year ext with Det. $825,000 and $1 mil.
Sais nyt sen Modanonkin palkan jo tuoda julkisuuteen, niin pääsisi laskemaan tarkasti paljonko Abdelkaderin sopparin jälkeen jää tilaa kolmosparin pakin hommaamiseen, vai jääkö sinne lainkaan järkevää tilaa. Siinä miljoonan nurkilla sitä pyöritään, mutta kun tarkkoja lukuja ei vielä tiedä.
Sportti.com "tietää" että Modanon palkka olisi 1.25miljoonaa.. Taitaa olla kuta kuinkin puolet viime kauden liksasta!?
http://www.sportti.com/uutinen.asp?CAT=2-3&ID=178066
Tosin on tuo sama lukema jo ilmestynyt capgeekkiinkin, mutta en nyt oikeen luota siihenkään.
Sais nyt sen Modanonkin palkan jo tuoda julkisuuteen, niin pääsisi laskemaan tarkasti paljonko Abdelkaderin sopparin jälkeen jää tilaa kolmosparin pakin hommaamiseen
Et luota kun tuli hieman liian iso lukema? ;)
Viime kaudellahan mies pelasi ylhäällä 13 ottelussa mielestäni tuon oman roolinsa ihan OK. Pari kautta sitten mies pelasi Tampassa 75 ja 61 peliä eli ei mies mikään rookie kuitenkaan NHL tasolla enään ole. Voisihan miestä tuossa Liljan paikalla ainakin kokeilla.