Detroit Red Wings aqcuire Robert Lang

[samichna]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=74026





Red Wings acquire Lang


TSN.ca Staff



2/27/2004

The Red Wings have done it again. TSN has learned that Detroit has acquired centre Robert Lang from the Washington Capitals for Tomas Fleischmann, a first round pick in 2004 and a fourth round pick in 2006.



Lang is tied for the league lead in scoring with 74 points (29 goals, 45 assists). In eleven NHL seasons, Lang has played in 640 games, tallied 173 goals and dished out 289 assists.



Lang has been in Washington the past two seasons and spent nearly four seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He has also spent time with the Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings.



The 19-year-old Fleischmann is among the WHL's leading scorers, with 28 goals and 69 points in 53 games with the Moose Jaw Warriors this season.

[samichna]

Holy shit.

[road doggy dogg]

LOL yeah just read that on TSN. Doesn't really make sense IMO, since Detroit is pretty good at center as is. But eh, I guess you can't really pass up a deal like that. :o

[MoRcHeEbA]

it's a good deal for the redwings gonna make them even better, but they gave up alot of future to get him.

[Yashamaga]

Well his point production is going to be stunted now because he's probably playing on the 3rd line. Kovalev would have been a better player for them to get.

And the price was pretty steep.

[Adder]

No his scoring will most likely soar. Because now the oppositions main checker won't be focused primarily on him. And 3rd liner I doubt he'll be.

[road doggy dogg]

LOL yeah, Adder's right. Silly Yash.

They did give up quite a bit for him. Good on Washington for actually getting a decent return on a player this time.

[RoXer]

WTF? This EXACT trade happened in my Dynasty mode in NHL 2004 like a few weeks ago. Talk about realism....(Coyotes are 60-15 :shifty: )

[Y2Ant]

Imagine if they still had Fedorov too :o

[MoRcHeEbA]

Imagine if they still had Fedorov too :o


they will next year ;)

[Y2Ant]

NOOOOOOOOOOO SERGEI :'( :'( :'( KLDFAFshkl;hk

[Y2Ant]

I bet Gonchar goes to New Jersey or Vancouver

[John la Rock]

I bet Gonchar goes to New Jersey or Vancouver

nope he'll go to Toronto baby

[sadio8]

He (Gonchar) says he would like to be a Maple Leaf but no formal request has been made yet.

[BCWWF]

They gave up a lot of future? Didn't that thing say he was only 19 years old? :wtf:

[road doggy dogg]

Well obviously. Guys like that are a future of your team. Giving up say, Yzerman, wouldn't affect your team in the long-run now, would it?

[MoRcHeEbA]

They gave up a lot of future? Didn't that thing say he was only 19 years old? :wtf:

they gave away a first and fourth round pick as well meaning they could have just given away the next wayne gretzky

[BlackRavyyn]

<font color=seablue><i>That's true Cheebs, but if Lang is still young then the Wings didn't give up much.

Lang is proven talent for now, and they know that Yzerman is running out of time and some of their other players are out of time too. Instead of spending money on unproven talent, they went out and got someone who is proven talent...a bold move :y:

Now if only Edmonton could do that :'( </i></font>

[Yashamaga]

No his scoring will most likely soar. Because now the oppositions main checker won't be focused primarily on him. And 3rd liner I doubt he'll be.

He'll be behind Datsyuk and Yzerman. that means less ice time and less scoring chances.

and no rdd, Yzerman will be a red wing for life. He's the greatest captain in the history of the game and he's worshipped in Detroit.

[YOUR Hero]

Yes Yash Yzerman is a Red Wing for life, but his hockey life on the ice is just about done ( :'( ) And Lang is the leagues leading scorer, you don't acquire the leagues leading scorer and put him on the third line. That will be Yzerman. His scoring will continue at or higher then it is already. After losing Jarg, after losing Bndra, having Gonchar out for such a long time, he continued to pace the league. He's for real.

[Yashamaga]

I agree that he should be on the top lines but you cannot split their #1 line right now (Datsyuk and Hull) and because of who Yzerman is, he might be on the 2nd. He'll (lang)probably be on the 2nd though with Yzer switching to the wing.

[da_king]

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the thing that matters though is the playoffs, for which i don't consider lang to be a proven performer in. still though they've upgraded their team from what they had and added more then just depth. there's a lot of grumblings here in vancouver about the need to make a deal to take us to the next level, especially considering that detroit, colarado and nashville have made deals to improve their teams heading into the playoffs. if the canucks gm doesn't end up doing anything, there's gonna be a lot of pissed off fans.



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[MoRcHeEbA]

you're an idiot yash they've already said they're gonna put Hull on the second line and he's said he has no problem. You don't aquire a guy that's tied for the league in points just to put him on a second or third line. That would be like the bruins aquiring naslund then putting him on there checking line.

[Yashamaga]

naslund's a gay

[YOUR Hero]

Burke's inactions in Vancouver are going to cost him his job.

Who knows what the future holds for the NHL, this may be the Canucks last great chance to do something.

[road doggy dogg]

Oh my God you are ****ing thick.


I was using Yzerman strictly as an example, because he is OLD and near the END OF HIS CAREER. Jesus ****.


Okay, if I said Chelios instead, would that be better?? ****ing retard.


And yes, Lang will get priority over Datsyuk. Lang > Datsyuk. Lang > Zetterberg. Lang > about 80% of their team right now. He WILL play on one of their scoring lines, so just shut up and stop trying to act like you know how anything works.

[KleptoKlown]

how can anyone think that the wings would put the NHLs best points producers as of right now(tied) on the 3rd line? You'd have to be a ****ing moron to think that...this is the Red Wings, not the Rangers.

[Yashamaga]

LOL

you've been watching hockey for a year and your trying to tell me anything about the game? haha

if you were using him as an example, you picked a shithouse example

go back to cheering for St. Louis, if you even know what team he plays for

[KleptoKlown]

it just so happens that st louis is the guy that is tied with lang....

its funny that you mention how rdd has only been watching for a year...its even funnier that he's knows more about hockey than you, despite you watching for years.

[Yashamaga]

shut the hell up

I was just saying that they won't split up Dats and Hull. It doesn't matter if he's on the 1st or the 2nd line, it matters who he plays with

[road doggy dogg]

Hey wow guess what? Move Datsyuk to LW. HOLY SHIT PROBLEM SOLVED

[road doggy dogg]

It's sad that someone who's only been seriously watching the game for a year (me) still makes you look stupid when you try and say stupid things like "Naslund's gay" and "Lang will play on their third line"

[Yashamaga]

{lepto]{lown']its even funnier that he's knows more about hockey than you, despite you watching for years.

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[road doggy dogg]

Sammy-Joe-Muzz

[Yashamaga]

so just because I don't like Naslund, i'm a moron?

that's a good solid foundation

[road doggy dogg]

Okay, thanks for just totally killing your own argument.

[Yashamaga]

Sammy-Joe-Muzz


yep

[KleptoKlown]

its also because you seem to think st louis and lang suck because they're not as well known as someone like Thorton.

Its funny that you think the 3 top point producers right now suck...I didnt know scoring goals ment players suck. Thanks for correcting my errors

[MoRcHeEbA]

Burke's inactions in Vancouver are going to cost him his job.

Who knows what the future holds for the NHL, this may be the Canucks last great chance to do something.


what the hell are you a Maple leafs fan :foc: Burke has easily been one of the best GM's over the last few years. He has let his talent devlop he's traded for good players. He's got one of the best coaches in the game. If the canucks don't resign him they are really gonna be giving up someone special to the team. He puts them first and I hope they re-sign him. I heard he might go to boston or the islanders next year though :(

[MoRcHeEbA]

it's gonna be funny when boston doesn't trade Glen Murray, Mike Knuble, Brian Rolston, Dan McGillis and Sean O'Donnell. by the deadline then they're just gonna leave boston cause they're to cheap to re-sign any of them :lol:

[Yashamaga]

{lepto]{lown']its also because you seem to think st louis and lang suck because they're not as well known as someone like Thorton.

Its funny that you think the 3 top point producers right now suck...I didnt know scoring goals ment players suck. Thanks for correcting my errors

lol what the hell are you talking about?

I've never said that St. Louis sucks. He's the most entertaining player in the NHL besides Forsberg. Nope, never said Lang sucks either. I don't like Naslund but I don't think he deserves to be playing in the AHL.

and it's thorNton.

[YOUR Hero]

Yes Cheebs, but with the Canucks being as close to a real contender that they are right now, they need to keep pace with the trades other teams are doing. Christ, Nashville's deal for Sullivan alone should have had him wake up.

[YOUR Hero]

The future is now. Trade a 1st rounder if you have to.

[Yashamaga]

Yeah I'm rooting for the Preds.

They're doing alot with a little

[YOUR Hero]

There are some former PG Cougars on the Preds team, so I root for them abit. Hamius and Mason

[MoRcHeEbA]

but you see scotty Bertuzzi is there for another 4 years. The moose have about 3 players that will be GOOD players in time. I would take them as more of a contender in the next two years over this one.

[Yashamaga]

There are some former PG Cougars on the Preds team, so I root for them abit. Hamius and Mason

Yes, Mason is a former Yash(es?) also. Along woith Legwand, Walker and Timmonen

[YOUR Hero]

If there's hockey in the next 2 years

[da_king]

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yeah who knows if there's even gonna be hockey next year, plus when naslund signed his deal he said he might call lit quits when this contract runs out which i think is at the end of next year. it's gotta be now, they can't count on the farm team players to get them to the next level in three years time.


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[Yashamaga]

I was right, Yzerman is playing on the wing :cool:

and Lang has two assists. I told you guys his point production would increase :roll:

[YOUR Hero]

He had 3 assists.

:p

[MoRcHeEbA]

he put up some good points playing on that third line

[MoRcHeEbA]

Yes Cheebs, but with the Canucks being as close to a real contender that they are right now, they need to keep pace with the trades other teams are doing. Christ, Nashville's deal for Sullivan alone should have had him wake up.


Rumors got it that the canucks actually were close to getting him the other day right before the wings did... appearently they offered Morrison a 1st round pick this year and a 5th round next year, but the caps didn't want morrison cause he's got arrbitration this summer.

[YOUR Hero]

Should have offered 2 #1's and Jason King.

[YOUR Hero]

Wait, you talking about Lang or Sullivan?

I'm talking about Lang in this case.

[MoRcHeEbA]

Jason King is gonna be good :nono:

[YOUR Hero]

Yeah well I feel now is the time. Maybe they can get Kovalev or Jarg from the Rangers. If Burke can pull himself outta bed from his crying fit long enough that is...

[Yashamaga]

Patrice Bergeron > Jason King

and for that matter

Sandy Mccarthy > Jason King

:cool: