1984Echoes

Best advise/ practice.

Yeah, I'll check back in a few years to see if he's actually doing anything... or not.

TRADE HUSSO!!! (or however Stevie can get that to work... maybe buying him out is our only choice?)

Erik Gustafsson for 2 years. Yzerman is loading up on Lefty D's... For some reason...

Has the looks of another 2-way to me... Meaning: GR.

Also: I'm fine with Cam Talbot as our 3rd goalie. I think he'll start more than Husso, and be a better mentor to ease in Cossa...

It's GOTTA be a 2-way and they're stashing him in GR... Just a WAG... Another lefty D, and he's scored almost 0 points in the NHL in 100 games (OK, 11 points.)

6th rounder Forslund actually sounds interesting though... 6'3" power forward scoring dude... Probably all depends on how his skating is though. Too slow & he won't get anywhere & will be a huge defensive liability...

What that means is he was getting zero interest for a multi-year term...

Give Malloy a 1B glove to see if he can field that position?

That's why I say: "Give 'em Petry!" It won't happen... but I'm holding out for a shocker like that... If it were to happen: Petry has 1 year left and Holl 2 so Rangers would go with the shorter term. Holl as 3rd pair is perfectly fine with me. I don't know what the 2023-24 problem was with him; but I don't care.

PS: As an aside... We're currently tied with the Rangers for #6. I'll revisit this in September... with 2025's Draft thread...

I would love to send either Holl or Petry to the Rangers as part of a Trouba trade... But that ain't happenin'... They can keep their money... Take Petry instead and... I'll do a cartwheel...

No. Not Copp. It'll be on defense, one way or the other.

7th round: Austin Baker, LW Fisher Scott, D

Red Wings #176: Swedish LW Charlie Forslund, 6'3" 212 #'s, Goal-scoring machine with a wicked shot, lower levels though...

Actually, John Whipple, 6'1" defensive defenseman. Big hitter per scouting. Relentless. 3rd pair LHD.

We just drafted MR. WHIPPLE!!!

We should run an Over/Under in EVERY Game thread for the inning of the Tigers 1st hit. Or the batter (even more tricky as they could get a couple BB's and still not have any hits...). Is it another rookie? 6th inning. Or... let me make this 1984 LIVES!!! Official: Opposing Pitcher: RHP Griffin Canning (NOT a rookie), 4.72 ERA, 1.33 WHIP. Over/Under Inning Tigers get 1st hit: 3rd inning. (IE: My guess: 1st. I'm guessing the lineup is Perez-Keith-Greene-etc... and one of them will actually get a hit in the 1st...). Over/Under number of Tigers batters BEFORE they get their 1st hit: 9

.889 Save % in the OHL the past year in 30 games. Developmental pick...

Red Wings, #126: Landon Miller, 6'4" Goalie.

I don't know what anyone else thinks about Plante... But he gives me Berggren vibes: Not quite good enough on D = Not quite good enough. Great playmaker but... what else is there? To make him an NHL'er I mean... Just a vibe...

I'll take a swing here: My low-round (non-first-two-rounds) guy to surprise and make the Wings is now Becher. Love the profile.

I would still be interested in Roy, and he'd be the better 2nd pair with Edvinsson... But I think, if we also are able to add Trouba... then Yzerman MUST be able to push BOTH Petry and Holl out the door (however he's able to do that), not just one of them... In order to add both Trouba and Roy, that is...

I take this to mean, if he attempted... he didn't get any interest in Chiarot or Maatta, so he was stuck only with the option of moving Walman. He may have been the easiest to move of the 3 regardless. That's 4 LHD in Chiarot, Maatta, Edvinsson, Johansson... and 5 if they re-sign Gost.