Peter Tessier: Don't let Poile Decorate Your Living Room. Poile attempted to do the right thing but you have to have a centrepiece of furniture before you add accent pieces.

I liked all of the moves except for Radulov. He maybe talented, but he is a Lazy player that rarely back checks, and on a Defense first team that achieves through hard work he isnt exactly a great fit.

I am all for teams making a ton of trades to bring in key guys to win the Cup, such as boston did last year. However more of the time, we usually see teams who make just a single trade for a player that is a good fit go much further. Trades like Pho getting Vermette or Det a few years back trading for Suart, or Pens trading for Geurin (sp)

Peter Tessier: Don't let Poile Decorate Your Living Room.
Poile attempted to do the right thing but you have to have a centrepiece of furniture before you add accent pieces.
- Peter.Tessier

How about the Ice Caps? They have The Rock rockin'

Nash has a very bright future though, especially with the wings falling apart.

Nash has a very bright future though, especially with the wings falling apart.
- Deadmau55

Hear that every year from fans like you.

Hear that every year from fans like you.
- dcz28

Don't get what you mean by "fans like me" but I wasn't taking a shot at anyone. They just didn't look very good in the playoffs, and with lidstrom possibly calling it quits, i dont think they will be as good as before. I think Nashville is easily better right now.

Don't get what you mean by "fans like me" but I wasn't taking a shot at anyone. They just didn't look very good in the playoffs, and with lidstrom possibly calling it quits, i dont think they will be as good as before. I think Nashville is easily better right now.
- Deadmau55

By fans like you i mean fans that predict the end of the Wings as a contender or even a playoff team...hear that every year.

Wings (aside from a few players) looked like they didn't care and were not willing to pay the price to win as they have when they have won cups. They had the team to go further but like i said they weren't willing to pay the price and they could have use a bit more grit and a scorer at the deadline which Holland did not get.

Wings have plenty of cap space this summer (even more if Lidstrom retires) to add those things and Holland and the Wings management have already said they will address those things so i expect the Wings to be better next season than they were this year if they do. They will also add depth from their system with Nyquist and Smith (who were good enough to be on the team this year) being with the team. I expect the Wings to be the most active on July 1st since 2002 when they added Hull, Robitaille and Hasek.

Oh my god Pete, I just saw your blog on Jokenin. For the love of god NO!

Peter Tessier: Don't let Poile Decorate Your Living Room.
Poile attempted to do the right thing but you have to have a centrepiece of furniture before you add accent pieces.
- Peter.Tessier

Poile did what he did because he basically had to. If he didn't take this shot, he would have wasted an opportunity. This year was Nashville's one shot (probably in the next 5 years) to go for the Cup as serious contenders. Anyone who criticizes what he did is foolish. ANY GM would have went for it in Poile's shoes.

Small market teams don't get the luxury of being a serious contender for consecutive years. You build your team slowly, adding pieces as you go and every 4-5 years you take a shot.

I have zero issue with how Poile went along with his business. Sure I would have like it better had he gotten better playoff players, but he went and got what was on the market.

You don't win the Cup without taking some kind of risk.

By fans like you i mean fans that predict the end of the Wings as a contender or even a playoff team...hear that every year.

Wings (aside from a few players) looked like they didn't care and were not willing to pay the price to win as they have when they have won cups. They had the team to go further but like i said they weren't willing to pay the price and they could have use a bit more grit and a scorer at the deadline which Holland did not get.

Wings have plenty of cap space this summer (even more if Lidstrom retires) to add those things and Holland and the Wings management have already said they will address those things so i expect the Wings to be better next season than they were this year if they do. They will also add depth from their system with Nyquist and Smith (who were good enough to be on the team this year) being with the team. I expect the Wings to be the most active on July 1st since 2002 when they added Hull, Robitaille and Hasek.
- dcz28

I dont think suter or weber goes to the wings, in thats what your implying, but even if you do add someone the overall age of your group, is what second oldest in the league? Just asking.

The deadline moves were good but they shouldn't have brought back radulov he basically says f u to the franchise then runs back when the team is good and in cup contention. I say move his rights at the draft to a team like Washington that like underachieving Russians.....

I dont think suter or weber goes to the wings, in thats what your implying, but even if you do add someone the overall age of your group, is what second oldest in the league? Just asking.
- Deadmau55

An old joke...funny. Haven't heard that one every year either...yet the Wings are always a contender for the cup.

3 players over 35 (Lidstrom, Holmstrom and Bertuzzi) that bring the averge age up and one or two of them might retire. 5 more between 30 and 33 years old with the rest all under 30 years old. You call it old and the Wings call it experience...Wings have the cup rings so i will go with experience.

As for Suter or Weber i didn't imply anything other than they will be more active than they have been in a long time and if they can't get what they need from UFA's they will look at trades to get what they need. I'm sure they will try and get Parise and/or Suter if they hit the market though and there is no way of knowing where those guys will sign unless you know them personally.

Nash has a very bright future though, especially with the wings falling apart.
- Deadmau55

It will be hard to replace Lidstrom, and if Stuart leaves it will really hurt, but as long as the wings have Datsuk, zetty and franzen on offense and their Dcore is still deep, they will be just fine.

However once those 3 on offense start to fade they will eventually have to rebuild. Their GM is brilliant, however the main reason they have lasted so long is because they have on of the best Dman of all time on the back end, an amazing coach, but most of all, have been flat out lucky in the draft

It will be hard to replace Lidstrom, and if Stuart leaves it will really hurt, but as long as the wings have Datsuk, zetty and franzen on offense and their Dcore is still deep, they will be just fine.

However once those 3 on offense start to fade they will eventually have to rebuild. Their GM is brilliant, however the main reason they have lasted so long is because they have on of the best Dman of all time on the back end, an amazing coach, but most of all, have been flat out lucky in the draft
- Meeqsb

I really don't think howard is that good, and losing lidstrom is a huge hole to fill on D. I dont see them being as good this year. But then again i find myself saying that every year

I dont think suter or weber goes to the wings, in thats what your implying, but even if you do add someone the overall age of your group, is what second oldest in the league? Just asking.
- Deadmau55

isnt the oldest team going to the qf

I really don't think howard is that good, and losing lidstrom is a huge hole to fill on D. I dont see them being as good this year. But then again i find myself saying that every year
- Deadmau55

Howard has the ability to steal games which is something the Wings haven't had since early Hasek. When the Wings play well, they just need the goalie to make the saves he should make and a couple he might not...Howard is good enough for that.


You can't replace a Lidstrom straight up like the Wings couldn't replace Yzerman but they can add guys that soften the blow like they did when Yzerman, Shanahan and others left. Wings prospect depth is the best it has been since the early 90's which also helps for the future.

I really don't think howard is that good, and losing lidstrom is a huge hole to fill on D. I dont see them being as good this year. But then again i find myself saying that every year
- Deadmau55

The Wings outshot, out faceoffed, out special teamed the Preds... they were periods that the Preds has a little as one shot. Doesn't sound like a "fall apart" to me rather than one team capitalizing on their breaks more than the other.

The Wings ran into the injury bug with the top units and couldnt recover. The same Wings team, was leading the NHL at one this season...

We have a young goalie who is learning and Howard did nothing to lost that series... Rinne was their best player, just like Mike Smith was the Yotes best player.

a few tweaks are needed in MoTown, but count the Wings out, please do...

The point I'm trying to make is that it's not that Poile went for it but it's what he did in his moves. He made the wrong ones IMO because I don't think he understood the nuances of the situation.

Poile is a smart guy and any owner would be lucky to have him on their side but he was in new territory for him and he made a tactical error. Many would have made similar ones but I think other GMs would have looked for different or understood that having Radulov come back was too big a gamble.

Radulov was the worst possible move this franchise couldhave madae.

An egotistical, above all idiot. Who didnt care about the team.

I knew it was a horrible decision. When people were saying it was unfair and shouldnt be allowed, I welcomed the decision cause I knew he destroy our competitors.

Should have just stuck with the formula that made you so successful in the first place.

The point I'm trying to make is that it's not that Poile went for it but it's what he did in his moves. He made the wrong ones IMO because I don't think he understood the nuances of the situation.

Poile is a smart guy and any owner would be lucky to have him on their side but he was in new territory for him and he made a tactical error. Many would have made similar ones but I think other GMs would have looked for different or understood that having Radulov come back was too big a gamble.
- Peter.Tessier

couldnt agree more on rads. i was strongly against the move when made. ill admit some of his skills clouded my vision, but that was quickly back in focus after his night owl activities. i give predaceous credit when she said at least thats over and hes now a thing of the past.

The point I'm trying to make is that it's not that Poile went for it but it's what he did in his moves. He made the wrong ones IMO because I don't think he understood the nuances of the situation.

Poile is a smart guy and any owner would be lucky to have him on their side but he was in new territory for him and he made a tactical error. Many would have made similar ones but I think other GMs would have looked for different or understood that having Radulov come back was too big a gamble.
- Peter.Tessier

I think AK was a bigger mistake. He was the vet in that situation and should have been a better influence. It tells me that the whole thing was probably his idea. I could be wrong. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Rads is a "team first" guy, but I have a gut feeling that AK was a bigger part of this than many are giving him credit.

Radulov was the worst possible move this franchise couldhave madae.

An egotistical, above all idiot. Who didnt care about the team.

I knew it was a horrible decision. When people were saying it was unfair and shouldnt be allowed, I welcomed the decision cause I knew he destroy our competitors.

Should have just stuck with the formula that made you so successful in the first place.

- vancity787

You should have taken Derek Roy-

The irony in all of this maybe that the team who has worked so tirelessly and hard to be competitive and gain respect amongst NHL peers and fans may be in far deeper trouble the winner of the series.


The team (Preds), fans and management are about to go back down that road again after coming off what could be described as their most successful season.

Are you serious, man?

You should have taken Derek Roy-
- Purple Eagle

Wow. The one Yotes fan in Phoenix is getting chirpy. How cute!!

Wow. The one Yotes fan in Phoenix is getting chirpy. How cute!!
- vancity787

I'll consider the source...