Ruslan Salei signs with Red Wings
Dan Rosen has tweeted that Salei has signed a 1-year deal with the Wings.
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Weird. Is he old enough to be a Wing?
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He’s 35 so he’s just old enough to start playing for them.
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by Americanario on Aug 9, 2010 11:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Will that make him a Calder candidate?
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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 9, 2010 11:27 AM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
Who is this Salei person and why do we care if he’s a Red Wing now? Didn’t he used to play for the Panthers? Come to think of it, I have not heard anything on him for the last few years now. WEIRD
by MalachiConstant on Aug 9, 2010 11:20 AM MDT reply actions
Booooo
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by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 9, 2010 11:27 AM MDT reply actions
Early reports say that Salei will be out of training camp after spraining his wrist while signing the contract.
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by Dixomatic on Aug 9, 2010 12:40 PM MDT reply actions 2 recs
but he is expected to be healed by the Olympic break
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 9, 2010 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
So the summer of broken down, and old continues for the Red Wings huh? Maybe they can pull Hasek from the KHL, it would be perfect for them. He can back up the LORD
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Forget HoF lock Chris Osgood, who plans to spend yet another year on the bench polishing his HoF induction plaque.
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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 9, 2010 1:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I don’t want to see Hasek playing for them any more D:<
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by UZ on Aug 9, 2010 4:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow
Look at our roster. This team looks absolutely beastly.
Per a misdirected fellow/gal at Winging it in Motown. Did he/she see Rusty play last year? “Beastly” would not be the word that comes to my mind. I love the guy, but…
A couple of folks on there have been paying attention, tho, like this guy…
He’s got a wonky back…He’s a playoff body, not a regular season workhorse
I just like the fights.
so, Salei could keep his #24 – a number previously worn by Chris Chelios.
the number should be available – it was worn last year by Brad May
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 9, 2010 2:18 PM MDT reply actions
Still wondering if Chris Stewart will switch to 24 when he finally signs.
by c0nquistad0rian on Aug 9, 2010 5:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I just love how the tools over at EZ are trying to work in insults to the Avs and their fans.
I also love how they are desperately trying to find something good to say about the signing of Salei. Even going so far as to bring up his stats from his Anaheim years.
It must be fun to be an absolutely delusional Wings fan with no grip on reality.
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Odd, when I think of him, I think “bad turnovers all over the ice while attempting puck possession because his hip replacement keeps going out of line”.
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by UZ on Aug 9, 2010 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Apparently, when Wings fans think of him, they think “Bad ass.” Ummm, okay.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 9, 2010 4:42 PM MDT up reply actions
We, as Avs fans, can legitimately say that we have seen his badass side. When he first came over he was pretty damn solid. I would love to have THAT Rusty around any day. But something tells me ‘that guy’ won’t show up to the Joe this upcoming year.
Thanks Joe...
Remember the first game, a guy on the Avs got hit and Rusty went and fought the dude.
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by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 9, 2010 5:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah. I thought we had found a gem. Skrastins for Salei seemed like the best deal of that deadline.
Thanks Joe...
it was Steve Ott, IIRC. or some other Dallas douchebag.
Salei was awesome after the trade. well, for the rest of the season. the next year he was very inconsistent, and last year he was terrible.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 9, 2010 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
I was so excited about him at the end of that year. But that was SO long ago. He’s been a shadow of that person for so long, you can’t even begin to associate that word with him anymore.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 9, 2010 5:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I know, I was too. I remember watching that game and knowing very little about him at that point. I remember thinking that this guy was going to rock my socks off. Sure, he did… made me throw the socks at the TV in frustration.
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 9, 2010 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions
In case you’re wondering who the hell Red Brewer is, it’s me…..
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Hahaha,
Yeah, I clued in when I saw a few of the MHH’ers as friends in common, but thanks :) You’ve been added.
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by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 9, 2010 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
The aves paid salei over 3mil. The wings signed him for .75mil. You have to admit they do a good job getting revived play out of veterans. If he’s healthy, isn’t it reasonable to believe he will be very effective playing limited minutes against opposing teams 3rd. and 4th lines?
Well, I really don’t have to admit that. case in point- Bertuzzi. I would argue that the overall quality of the team hides poor performance by some of the older guys, or just detracts attention from them as they are in lesser roles. If by revived play you mean “former stud does ok in 3rd/4th line role” then yeah, but I think most teams could do that.
However, if they can get him to be “revived”, by which I mean a return to his post trade form in Colorado, yes, I believe he could be effective in that role. His declining performance in Colorado would argue against that, and back injuries are notoriously difficult to recover from; betting on him playing at his previous level is a gamble to put it mildly. I’ll put my money on him disappointing Wings fans, who will no doubt fail epically in their attempts to blame his performance on his prior tenure in Colorado and not some foolishness by the Wings GM/ the fact that he hasn’t been very good lately for whatever reason
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Why would anyone talk about him as a “great” signing if he was only signed to play 10 minutes a game against other teams 4th lines?!
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by UZ on Aug 10, 2010 3:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Especially for 1.1 million bucks!
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by UZ on Aug 10, 2010 3:05 AM MDT up reply actions
So Hocytrollnrth, are you going to respond or are you too in awe of our reason to show your troll ass butt crack excuse for a face here again? God I get sick of you red wing fan bois. I don’t come to your lame ass blogs, so, since because according to you the rivalry is over, wtf are you doing here?
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Wow. Just made my first visit to EZ. Wow. Wow wow wow. Do they all just sit in their moms basement , kicking their poor dogs and posting their… “wisdom?” Wow.
Me no like da Wings.
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