Another year in the minors will do him no good at this point, and he'd be considerably cheaper than Hasek.Chelios has already said he's coming back That is if management lets him. However he's become incredibly inconsistent and can't step it up in big games like he used to.Detroit has Jimmy Howard primed to be Osgood's backup next season. If he comes back only a team like Detroit suits him because he won't have to face many shots. Hasek has already talked about getting another chance next year and Holland has said he hasn't ruled out bringing him back, but I see otherwise.Hasek is 43 years old going on 50. Dominik Hasek, Andreas Lilja, Brad Stuart, and Chris Chelios are the four biggest ones and none are vital to the team.Let's start with Hasek and Chelios.

A lot can happen in 8-10 months.However, there's no denying the Wings prospects for next season for the time being at least appear to be pretty sunny.For one, there are no significant UFA's on this team. People say "if they play like this next year, we'll repeat for sure" a phrase I'm already sick of. I'm not going to use that dreaded R word that always seems to come around after a team wins the cup.Every team's prospects look good directly after winning hockey's Holy Grail. No. He has been clocked by compubox as throwing upwards of 100 punches per round. He has shown that he can adapt and change strategies during  the course of a fight if plan A is not working.Antonio Margarito is a hard nosed fighter with an aggressive high punch volume style.

Few players in sports possess Bryant's dangerous competitive fire and his redevelopment has Los Angeles in another Finals.They got here through hard work. That is the definition of a fair NBA barter.I still imagine that Chris Wallace-Mitch Kupchak phone conversation:Mitch: So, Chris, how about giving me Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown.Chris: Sure, just send me a few draft picks, who probably won't amount to jack squat, and we'll call it a deal.The Memphis Grizzlies' fans, even if they are few, deserve better than their cost-cutting general manager sending a franchise player and All-Star to Stern's favorite Western Conference team for the worst No. The Spurs owe the first round victory against the Suns to Kurt Thomas' veteran presence and post defense.The difference between what these teams did and what the Lakers did? The Mavs sent "half of their roster" to New Jersey for an aging point guard who coach Avery Johnson decided behind closed doors "could no longer play."The Suns sent their best perimeter defender and versatile forward to a miserable Miami team to land a flat-footed, obscene foul shooter who proved more harmful than helpful against the playoff Spurs.These six teams and their trade partners, New Orleans Hornets, Seattle Supersonics, Sacramento Kings, New Jersey Nets, and Miami Heat exchanged pieces of value They gave up value to get get value. The Utah Jazz management graciously terminated his contract.Fisher knew one thing about his new-old team: he won three championships with it's crabby star and needed to work some of his locker room magic.Maybe Fisher is that good a peacemaker, or maybe a fire sale says all to much about the matchup Stern wants to see.Seven teams completed deadline deals, but one of them was fishy from the start.The Suns, Spurs, Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Atlanta Hawks all engaged in significant roster upgrades. If his Lakers-Celtics erection subsides, maybe he will see the deluge of wrong he let happen right under his nose.Derek Fisher, one of sports' five most honorable athletes and dads, signed with the team on his own accord.