"It's Bad You Know..."

Best reason I’ve heard for an auto industry bailout:

Pierre LeBrun mentioned during the Hot Stove on HNIC (ed: that’s Hockey Night In Canada for the uninitiated) tonight the Wings have had a few conversations with Zetterberg’s agent, The numbers being tossed around are 8-10 years and $7-8M a year.

The two parties have not found that “sweet-spot” or else a deal would have been announced.

Al Strachan chimed in with this- If General Motors goes bankrupt, and it could very well happen, the Wings would not survive in Detroit. The city would be a ghost town.

My tongue is only partly in my cheek, ya know. (a week-old item from Kukla’s Korner)

While we’re talking Wings… another lil item from KK:

This season- Johan Franzen- 11 games played, 8 goals, 4 game winning goals.

Last season, playoffs- 16 games played, 13 goals, 5 game winning goals.

Last 16 regular season games of 2007-08- 15 goals, 6 game winning goals.

Totals in that time period- 43 games, 36 goals, 15 game winning goals.

Most major hockey markets, he would be in super star status, in Detroit, still known as the Mule!

It ain’t the number of goals that’s notable (although that is impressive); it’s the number of game winning goals. Now that’s amazing.

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R.L.Burnside on the state of the economy… or the outcome of the election. Take your pick.

“It’s bad you know…” R.L. is bad in his own right. God, but I love the riffs… harp, organ, vocals, you name it… in this tune.