lordstanley

5 Red Wings games, 10 Tigers games. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/red-wings-announce-plans-five-143718184.html

Summer of 2023 was nothing to write home about either, although I did and still do like the DeBrincat trade. Signed Daniel Sprong, Klim Kostin, Alex Lyon, J.T. Compher, Christian Fischer, Justin Holl, Shayne Gostisbehere and James Reimer. Sprong, Kostin, Fischer and Reimer didn't work out, but didn't really cause any harm other than the opportunity cost of not finding others instead. Holl made no sense from day one. Compher has disappointed. Gostisbehere matched or exceeded expectations for 1 year @ $4.125mm, but then was lost after one season due to cap management priorities - 35 pts in 56 games this season is a bargain for Carolina at $3.2mm per season. Lyon was a solid signing, good value at $900k/yr.

Same age as Davis, both have played 7 years. Reed has played 12 more games than Davis, including a total of 8 more the past 3 years.

Speaking of selfies:

Good news for fans in Windsor, Sarnia and Chatham. Unfortunately for me in Vancouver, my time shift affiliate for CBS, NBC and ABC are all Detroit's, but Fox is Rochester, NY.

We will see. All we know so far is that he has hit on his three top #6 picks of Seider, Raymond and Edvinsson. Other than that it is too soon to tell. I don’t want to completely forget how the Wings played under McLelland in January and February. That bought Yzerman more time with me. But it has been a disastrous March so far.

My daughter arrived home from college for spring break last Thursday. The Wings have gone 0-5 while she's home. Good news (only from a Wings' perspective), she returns to Montreal later tonight! Our luck might turn.

5-2. Shorthanded goal. Total collapse. This week, this month.

4-2. Nice shot, but Talbot MUST start stopping those.

Caps score early in the 3rd and the Wings trail 3-2. Scorer is Chychrun, another player that with some creativity the Wings probably could have acquired in the past year or two.

Larkin scores from behind the goal line.

I would have traded Larkin and two firsts for signed Rantanen.

Yzerman would be on thin ice if the GM of 31 other teams.

I didn’t know Cholo was still kicking around.

Playing for a bad team though. I think the Wings could have got Thatcher Demko from the Canucks for a 2nd and a middling prospect.

Brandon Carlo from the Bruins to the Leafs. Carlo is a tough defenseman who could have helped the Wings. But ahh, just realized Leafs gave up a 1st, that’s quite a bit.

Sounds like more than rumor. NHL Network tweet:

And Berggren (#33 overall) and McIsaac (#36 overall) in that same draft. Felt like we had walked off with four 1st rounders. I think I described it that evening as a "potentially franchise-defining draft". Hey, I guess in a way it was, just exactly opposite to how I had hoped.

I have to think Mittelstadt was available for a reasonable price, given what Boston gave up. Coyle is old and Avs gave up Mittelstadt AND a 2nd rounder.

Back to the Mrazek cap hit. Signed for one more year on a $4.5mm cap hit. I’d have preferred he be on an expiring contract.

Mrazek wasn’t a goalie I had in mind, but I was interested in adding to that position since Talbot and Lyon seem to be running out of steam. So fine

Grumpy old man comment of the day from me: the word “fleeced” needs to be banned from message boards.