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Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:25 am
by Leftwing_lars
http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/4542216
"It was pretty interesting, we had May in a couple of games in exhibition, and no one got hacked or whacked or touched, and then we don't ha ...
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Aww... those poor Red Wings. I tell you. The world is going to hell when they start allowing touching in hockey.

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:15 am
by kodos
Every year I think to myself that this is the year the Wings start to sink back into mediocrity... and every year I'm completely wrong...

But I think we're seeing it now. It's happening. As soon as Lidstrom either retires or hits his wall, and players stop signing at a discount to play there it's over. Should be a year or two.

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:44 am
by cprice12
kodos wrote:Every year I think to myself that this is the year the Wings start to sink back into mediocrity... and every year I'm completely wrong...

But I think we're seeing it now. It's happening. As soon as Lidstrom either retires or hits his wall, and players stop signing at a discount to play there it's over. Should be a year or two.
Yeah, you'll start to see the effects of it this year I think.
They still have a really good team, so they are still going to win a lot of games, but losing over 80 goals from last year and with their goaltending that might be the worst in the league...they shouldn't be dominant over long stretches like they were in the past.

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:08 pm
by JPonder94
Maybe we could pay Patrick Kane to beat up Lidstrom? Just a thought...

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:15 pm
by SIU LAW
So was this signing in response to the Blues' nasty edge in Sweden or did the Wings have some issues during the preseason with team toughness?

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:46 pm
by gaijin
ProngerBlues44 wrote:Maybe we could pay Patrick Kane to beat up Lidstrom? Just a thought...
Probably wouldn't take much, taking history into account. :grin:

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:21 pm
by Leftwing_lars
SIU LAW wrote:So was this signing in response to the Blues' nasty edge in Sweden or did the Wings have some issues during the preseason with team toughness?
Based on the "we didn't get hacked and slashed in the preseason" comment, I think this is a direct link to the games in sweden.

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:25 pm
by SIU LAW
Leftwing_lars wrote:
SIU LAW wrote:So was this signing in response to the Blues' nasty edge in Sweden or did the Wings have some issues during the preseason with team toughness?
Based on the "we didn't get hacked and slashed in the preseason" comment, I think this is a direct link to the games in sweden.
Well they said a "couple of games" in the preseason. So I didn't know if something happened during those other preseason games -- without May -- that gave them some concerns.

Re: Wings sign Brad May - 1 year $500K

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:35 pm
by goon attack
Hey! They're going to goon it up so we should cut our fighters!

sincerely,

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