slothfacekilla

On the plus side, Johansson has been great. It is intriguing that in both his North American stints so far his offense has greatly improved compared to his time in Sweden. If he shows some offensive touch that would be a huge boon for the Wings. He'd be what I hoped Wallinder was going to turn out to be so it would make that sting a lot less. Maybe it is just Red Wings depression but after watching that Augustine game I don't expect Buium to ever play in the NHL

You'd have to be "content" to not have one for a little as you rebuild. It would basically be admitting this rebuild has failed and they need another. It also seems like Danielson's back injury from the preseason has been lingering, he isn't even skating right now. Not great.

I watched footage of Augustine's first game and thought he looked good. His movement and style really reminds me of Jon Quick. But good god, did Grand Rapids' defense look absolutely awful in front of him. Gustaffson especially looked like crap and I thought that Buium had a rough game not being able to keep up with his foot speed. Whatever is going on there probably has a lot to do with Cossa's current results but I was shocked to see how the team looked.

I think you could ride his Olympic popularity wave and trade him still. I'm starting to think it may be the move because he doesn't seem to be the captain/go-to guy to make a team break through plus at his age it seems like he won't be around if the Wings ever get good again. Plus I think his play style is going to age awfully since he is so reliant on speed. When he gets hurt and he can't move around well each season and then falls off a cliff it feels like a glimpse into his future to me. But I'm also still in the anger phase of the season so I'm fine with getting rid of anyone in the organization because it certainly can't get worse! I don't think Yzerman or McClellan could have done much different but at this point I don't care if anyone has any job security in the org because F it they collapsed so epically.

God this team is something........

This Islanders Senators game is intense

This is how I've felt since the Rangers game

Stole this from someone on hfboards: The only players since the award was first given out in 1981 to win it and to have been 19 or younger when the NCAA season started are; Paul Kariya (17) Jack Eichel (17) Caleb Makar (19) Cole Caufield (19) Adam Fantilli (17) Macklin Celebrini (17) Max turned 20 during this season. Pretty cool!

I think Tuch hits free agency and gets insanely overpaid because he's the only free agent worth a damn, but once again I'm wrong a lot! Maybe he likes it in Buffalo after the winning...

It is certainly getting crowded down in Grand Rapids. I have to imagine some of them will fill spots vacated by pending free agents: Hamonic (obviously don't need him back) JVR (faded hard down the stretch after providing some nice depth at first) Perron (he's old even if I love his attitude) Kane (I can take or leave him, it is nice to have him on the PP, maybe they re-sign him another year partly in hopes it helps DeBrincat extend) Talbot (Just bring up Cossa already) Wallinder should be up unless he looks absolutely awful in camp, he has to go through waivers and someone would claim him. I don't see any other defenders down there making the jump. Buium's skating seems to still not be NHL level from what I see, I would be shocked if he's ready but I'm often wrong. Anton Johansson is an interesting wild card but still probably gets an AHL year. Danielson, MBN, and maybe Lombardi have a chance to make the team I think for the forwards. Probably not all of them. The NHL free agent class is absolutely awful so I don't know what the Wings will do with a decent amount of roster spots open. I wouldn't mind shooting Rasmussen into the sun to make further room too.

NDN signed his ELC and is coming to North America

I'm so annoyed that the Wings waited until they were basically eliminated to play like last night lol. Go figure. Almost as annoyed as having the 12th best record in the league and missing the playoffs but they can only blame themselves for blowing multiple games they should have won, in regulation mostly too. I had to take a little Red Wings break earlier this week I was so frustrated.

Not surprising he signed now at all honestly, I never understood the doomer idea that he wouldn't sign with Detroit. Also tidy work to go with a tryout so that the contract starts next season.