Ya...I said a long time ago (as recently as 2011) that Hank would be our next captain..but I settled on Datsyuk when the situation came up with my #2 being Hank.

I considered Datysuk too, but the more I thought about it, it looked like the situation with Yzerman/Federov in that while Federov may have been the better player, Yzerman had the better leadership qualities ... Datsyuk has problems speaking English too, that's the main reason he won't get a "C", IMO.

Who was captain before Stevie Y?

Danny Gare, #18, RW, 1982-1986 ... it was a dark time,



... my favorite Wings Captain before Yzerman was Alex Delvecchio, #10 ... between the time he & Yzerman wore the 'C', it seemed like the Wings had a new 'captain' every year or so ... I remember Marcel Dionne, Reed Larson, Dennis Polonich, Terry Harper ... hell, I think even Mickey Redmond had a 'C' on his sweater one year, .

Fixed!

Ya...its just too bad the goalie can't be captain..I think Howard would have that spot in the bag. Ferris is finally going to have a Captain and 2 assistants (according to rumor) as opposed to just a captain. Last year, we had 2 captains. Captain spots are pretty much reserved for seniors.

... , that's what you guys will be saying in Tampa Bay ... Stevie's that good, you forget all about who came before him, .

Penguins deal Jordan Staal to Carolina, Michalek to Phoenix and enter the Zach Parise/Ryan Suter sweepstakes?

Penguins trade Jordan Staal to Hurricanes in win-win deal for all involved - Yahoo! Sports

Blasphemy! When the smoke clears, Parise WILL be in a RedWings sweater ... Suter too ... please, oh please ... make it happen Mr. Illitch ... I supported you when you overspent on Prince Fielder to bring him to the Tigers, just give me this one thing ... I'll never ask you for anything ever again, .

This move by Pittsburg to clear up some cap space doesn't bode well for the Eastern Conference, ie Philadelphia ... if the Penguins get Parise, it's gonna' be lights out, especially on their power play ... Sid & Zach got chemistry from way back, and while they usually didn't play on the same line in their youth (in order to showcase each's individual talent), when they did play together, it was a thing of beauty ...

Pens will drive the price of Suter and/or Parise up another 10-15%, but long term probably can't pay Malkin, Crosby, Fleury and 1 more more superstar.
Got to give it to Crosby for NOT taking a max contract. Again.
A power play with Parise, Sid, and Malkin would be frightening.

FYI to my DET friends- I am with family in Pittsburgh and went in to see Pirates v Tigers yesterday. Pleaseantly surprised to see that Verlander was pitching. Great ballpark, bad result.