buddha

asp just got lucky. gave away the puck at center ice, then got manhandled in front of the net but brazeau missed it wide.

bull****.

come on finnie. wide open from 5 feet away and you dont put it on net.

lots of coaching turnover portends lots of player movement.

soderblom has been an average 4th line player at best. for where he was picked in the draft, that's a win. but he's a yo-yo guy in the lineup. you dont notice him most nights. he's rasmussen-lite (because he doesnt kill penalties) without the long term contract and draft position pedigree.

they called up kasper well before he was "overripe", and he got hurt in his first game. seider and raymond were both up immediately. mbn started the season in detroit without any time in the ahl. asp is not nhl ready and he's been here all season, after spending very little time in the ahl. even cossa was called up last year. he played one game and let in 2 goals on 14 shots. and then bombed in the ahl playoffs. the "seasoning" argument comes down to edvinsson, who was in the ahl probably after he was ready. other than that, i dont see anyone. wallinder and tuomisto did **** all in the preseason. they had an opportunity and didnt take it. unlike raymond years ago, and then kasper last year. lombardi and buium have looked better in preseason than either of those two. that alone doesnt mean wallinder and tuomisto will never make the nhl, heck even dennis cholowski is still in the nhl. some players take longer to develop and maybe wallinder and tuomisto are those types of players, but i'm not buying the argument that theyre ready and "the man" is just keeping them down.

i'm not concerned about an 18 year old kid who is starting a full season. would i have liked him to have gotten better as the year went on? yes. but i also remember JJ and he wasnt shining bright as a star in his first year either. most true freshman never play qb for this very reason. all this handringing is either overreaction or trolling. i dont think it means he's 100% sure to pop next year, but the results of this game mean nothing to whether that happens or not.

i'd rather see kasper on the top line and finnie back on the danielson "energy" line. maybe if finnie "hits the rookie wall" it will happen? or mbn getting another call up? seems like they prefer leonard to mbn for now. it just shows what they think of wallinder and tuomisto that neither of them are getting a sniff even with hamonic being one of the worst defensemen in the nhl. asp has been bad on defense but he's still here, but wallinder and tuomisto cant get a call up.

no marshall and no haynes really hurt them. but ultimately it didnt matter because the defense is so poorly coached. i imagine whittingham will fix that.

about as good as you cpuld expect from this team in the first half. under mcclellan, theyve been a playoff team. prashanth has a nice piece today about the resurgence of copp, and how copp-debrincat-kane has been one of the best lines in hockey, giving the wings two top forward lines. the weakness on this team remains aljo, asp, jbd, hamonic. asp absolutely has talent but must be sheltered in the 3rd pair if they have any hope in the playoffs. hamonic is unplayable. aljo cant be played with asp and will be a playoff scratch on a hood team. they NEED two defensemen, but if they could only get one it would improve them immensely. move asp to the third line with chairot and get a faulk to play second line with aljo/jbd and you might be able to bluff your way to some playoff wins. and i dont want to hear any 84lives **** about justin holl. he is not the answer. neither is wallinder (although i'd play wallinder over holl).

bryce underwood is a true freshman, nothing he did or didnt do today is "concerning" to anyone.

sloppy from both teams, but the wings are up 2-0. what happened to winnipeg? from the penthouse to the outhouse in one year.

obsessed.

i thought you were going to post a picture of deja vu...

i would be very unhappy if he came to detroit.

college refs are absolute garbage.

i think cade is playing better than luka right now, but right now is the regular season. let's see how cade does when all defensive effort - and they get actual defensive effort from good teams - is directed at him. i did see the lakers throw a lot of double teams at him last night, get ready for a steady dose of that come playoff time.

would there be a market for green?

i like how you put the accent on bedard...

i just dont think the lakers are all that good without reeves. the whole team is a bunch of nothing and three one on one creators. luka is still one of the best shot makers in the league. reeves is really developing. lebron is obviously not the player he once was, but he's still a very good point guard and can get to the line easily. but they have zero bench (marcus smart?) and little ammunition to get better now that nico has been fired. pistons bench ran them out of the gym.

michigan alums havr plenty of money. the only folks that worry about michigan's nil money cannon are you and G2.

cade is such a good player.

i'm fine with reaching out to him and seeing what he thinks. i wouldnt break the bank to bring him in. i'm more concerned with losing andrew marsh than gaining nick marsh. spend your money on the guy you already have.

i was just eating lunch at a bar and the cruise game was on tv here...

jyaire hill put nick marsh in his back pocket.