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Man that came out of nowhere, he was just at the Habs game. Crazy.

It is really crazy how Montreal's offense can just disappear for huge stretches of games. Still can't believe they beat Tampa in game seven only putting 9 shots on goal the whole night lol.

Not interested in Shane Wright at all, Beniers is intriguing. Wright had a crazy high shooting percentage the one season he almost put up 50 points. His percentage regressed and he put up 27 points last season. His faceoff percentage sucks, he doesn't average more than 14 minutes a night on a bad roster, and he's insanely sheltered with his zone starts. He has decent underlying possession numbers relative to his teammates, but a 71% offensive zone start is going to help that immensely. Beniers is largely the same overall, but a better version of Wright in my opinion. Lots of offensive zone starts but less so than Wright, better underlying possession numbers, and Beniers has put up points more consistently than Wright. He also plays over 21 minutes a night for Seattle. I forget who it was on here that was touting Wright as someone the Wings should have tanked for, and I think he's more of a cautionary tale. I imagine prospect wingers are higher valued than prospect goalies too. You need more wingers on your roster and they're usually much safer/project-able than goalies. Just my guess though, I figure a top 1-3 winger prospect is worth more on the market than a top 1-3 goalie prospect coming from similar prospect pools. But I'm also just talking out of my ass.

Injuries really boned the Avs it seems like. I hate to see Carter Hart succeed.

Unless someone blows you away with a first round pick or a really good roster player I think the smart play is to keep him

You could really see his comfort and confidence improve as the season went on, hopefully he can do it in Detroit next season

Yaroslav Askarov!

Seravalli never gets anything Red Wings related right, seems like he's out here just guessing

I mean the Wild and Panthers both employed Jeff Petry the last two seasons as playoff teams so I think you'd be surprised haha. I would be shocked if there isn't a team out there that wouldn't try a younger guy over someone like that. I also don't see why a team would be forced to keep him in the NHL all year. If he looks that bad in any sort of NHL time you just waive him again and either he goes to another franchise or he's on your AHL team? He isn't due for a huge raise as a RFA either so it really is a low stakes way to get a look at a guy with good size that is still fairly young. But I could also be wrong!

I feel like Wallinder would get claimed on waivers, but only because there are organizations with a lot worse depth than the Wings and there is going to be plenty of cap space available. He looked a lot better than Tuomisto last night, so I think someone would at least give him a try for basically free. Wallinder at least has "tools", Tuomisto has no foot speed so he's never looked like he had a real NHL shot. I doubt Wallinder develops into much though because I think his issues are mental/how he sees the game. But I'd be shocked if there weren't a couple teams would would give it a try. I could also just be overrating him haha.

I would do Edvinsson - Seider AlJo - Faulk Chiarot - AnJo Wallinder / JBD scratched I imagine it'll be Edvinsson - Seider Chiarot - Faulk AlJo - JBD Wallinder scratched

Kasparaitis, now that's a name I haven't thought about in a while. Probably celebrated with a knee on knee hit after the goal

Wonder if Alex Tuch cost himself some money with his playoff performance (probably not). Seven points in six games in round one but then didn't manage a point in seven games in round two, which is crazy with the Sabres scoring 25 goals against the Habs. Free agency is so bad overall it probably won't matter one bit but it was definitely interesting to see him disappear last round. Seems like a lot of people have been hot and cold this playoffs, but it has certainly been entertaining.

Thought he looked overall solid last night, some nice passes. He looked a little tentative at times but wasn't backing down from the other team. I think he's the most NHL ready of our D prospects right now, Wallinder didn't stand out much last night but I'd say that's a plus. I'm looking forward to Gustafsson's contract ending this offseason, I thought he looked awful last night and he's supposed to be their steady vet. Him and Lagesson were an adventure in their own zone. I was pretty encouraged by ASP's play. Showed creativity in the offensive zone (man he's good at the top of a PP) and some physicality and positioning on defense.

Kane is pretty intimidating if you're a cab driver