Wingnut Times - Issue #1 - PHL 9 Offseason

THE WINGNUT TIMES

ISSUE #1 - PHL 9 OFFSEASON

The Red Wings proudly select Casey Zabotel

Casey Zabote18 0 R C 7 8 8 7 7 3 7 9 9 9 7 81

The Red Wings are very excited to see him play on the top line with the following linemates

Casey Zabote18 0 R C 7 8 8 7 7 3 7 9 9 9 7 81

93 Sergei Samsonov 0 R LW 1 9 3 9 4 9 9 5 9 4 9 71

61 Andrew Ladd 0 R RW 5 9 7 8 7 5 9 6 7 8 9 80

44 Kimmo Timonen 0 L D 6 9 5 9 8 4 9 8 9 6 6 79

4 Cody Franson 0 L D 4 8 8 8 5 4 7 6 8 8 5 71

Nothing against Tyler Spurgeon as he carried our team last season but our second line is just as formidable.

14 Tyler Spurgeon 0 L C 5 9 2 6 2 5 9 9 9 6 8 70

34 Dan Paille 0 L LW 5 7 7 4 6 5 6 3 6 7 9 65

99 Rick Vaive 0 R RW 6 8 8 6 6 4 8 6 8 4 9 73

defense to be determined

We are going to work with Paille in Training camp and see if we can improve his skills

The aquisition of Timonen saw Claude Giroux sent to Ottawa - We thought it was a decent value trade as last years defense didn't create enough offense from the back end and seeing that Giroux would be playing on the third line - even though Giroux has a long career ahead of him Timonen signed a lengthy contract with our team - good through 2013 which translates to 6 seasons in the PHL.

We also have Grant Lewis and waiver acquistions Luke Schenn, who will have a long career in the PHL, and Clayton Stoner:

24 Grant Lewis 0 L D 4 6 7 8 5 6 8 8 7 6 3 68

57 Luke Schenn 0 R D 2 6 7 7 8 9 7 8 7 6 4 71

43 Clayton Stone r 0 L D 5 8 7 2 3 8 7 5 9 7 7 68

The Red Wings improved our offense from the back end alot from last season and should be able to create alot more offense. Although our defensive side of things need a little work we are pretty happy with the team so far.

The Red Wings will have a busy free agent period as we have to sign a third line on the wings and maybe one more defenseman and some scrubs to fill out the roster.

thanks

Nick GM of the Red Wings/Spirit