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Not what I'm saying. I keep hearing Toronto would sell their building to buy Babcock if they could. I think he really pushes players, which is a good thing. Also, they are building a new arena but we're a couple years out. I'm just wondering if any of you might know what's going around the NHL watercooler. Clearly Ken Holland doesn't know, the Wings were shocked yesterday. They got denied by everyone they talked to and settled for Quincy who they wanted to jettison. Holland even said as much publicly.

People are just throwing out ideas of why no FA want to come here. I get Detroit itself has a stigma but it has for decades. Something in the past 4-5 years changed.

Honestly I feel the Wings could contend if they were able to add a legit top 3 D-man and maybe a 5/6 D-man. The young forwards with a healthy veteran core should be able to get past the first round if they have some help on the blueline. But, we couldn't even sniff a 1st or 2nd tier FA before they went elsewhere. I just wonder if there's a single reason or if this is a combination effect and unbelievebly bad luck.