slothfacekilla

I think the Wings will be much improved next season. Adding Compher, Kostin, Sprong and Fischer while losing Zadina, Erne, Suter and guys like Chiasson/Czarnik/Sundqvist who were there part time is a big net win in my eyes. Replacing Oesterle and Hagg with Holl and Gostisbehere is another improvement overall in my eyes, even with them not being perfect players. I have to imagine the corpse of Remier and Lyon can stitch together something similar or better to last season's backup goaltending, hopefully while giving Husso more breaks. Most of the roster will have played in Lalonde's system for a year and feel more familiar. Compher adds depth and PKing. Kostin is big and had the second most fights last season I think. He looked good last playoffs too i thought. Sprong is great depth scoring, will hopefully help the power play. Fischer is hard to play against, hopefully will help in situations like against Ottawa last season where the Wings got pushed around. I can see what Yzerman is going for, and I think the Wings will definitely be a threat for the playoffs.

Between the CTE and the drugs he's headed for an interesting retirement with how much he loves the spotlight

Get it done Stevie! A day later and I still can't believe Zadina is agreeing to terminate his deal lol

It wouldn't be much I imagine, he isn't a superstar to draw people in and those leagues don't pay a ton in general. I tried to google the highest salary in the top Czech league and didn't see anything right away. I can't imagine he would make even say $400k a season but maybe I don't know the European landscape that well. He has to really think he's going to break out somewhere in the NHL (which would surprise the hell out of me).

I saw a rumor that he wouldn't report to the AHL if assigned there. What an ending for a player I had such high hopes for. I can see him bouncing around rosters as a bottom six checker, but unless he suddenly develops some skating explosiveness and/or hockey sense I can't see him ever doing much more.

Drafting Cole Eiserman opens up a lot of joke potential (if it is pronounced like Yzerman), I'm in.

Broken kneecap! This is his first "game" action since I believe. Before camp I think he's just been healing, last I saw of him were pictures of him graduating high school with a few Jagermesiter bottles tied around his neck 😂. He graduated in Sweden and I guess they have a huge party for grads. It is great that he's healed up and ready for camp already.

I haven't been able to watch, random links I've found: I read that Brendan Ali looked really good at camp which is an exciting development, apparently Dylan James looked good too.

I just want this saga to end

This is a big problem for sure, his confidence evaporates at any slight adversity it seems like. I also don't think he has much hockey sense either. Now that he isn't playing against lesser players in juniors it gets exposed big time. He's great at zone entries and then does the stupidest stuff when he gets in there it is baffling sometimes.

Not too shocked that Zadina cleared, you would think that if a team wanted him they would have made Detroit retain on a trade for nothing.

I can't believe I bought a Zadina jersey

Is there a trade in the works I feel like the Wings are adding a ton of players…

No thanks!

Time to sign Anthony Mantha

So I guess the Yzerplan is to build more of an Islanders type of team that is theoretically tough to play against rather than what he did in Tampa Bay which I would say was go for a more skilled up-tempo roster. It makes some sense with the bad luck they've had in the draft lotteries (and he wasn't blessed with a number 1 defenseman and number 1 center like he was in Tampa when he took that job) but I can't say that it excites me a ton. At least now Veleno shouldn't be anywhere except line four as a center.

He seems like a solid player

Apparently DeBrincats agent has been given permission to talk contract with some teams. twitter is busted not sure if this will work

I wish they would have gone cheaper and maybe they wouldn’t have signed Reimer or Holl.

That Killorn deal is nuts

Well I at least like that Sprong signing. Cheap, he can score some goals. Maybe you can flip him at the deadline.

Wow I absolutely hate this offseason so far. We signed two backup goalies, the more expensive one had an awful year last year and is an asshole. Justin Holl sucks and they gave him 3 years at $3 million plus. I am not happy, at least Twitter is f'ed so I can't hate scroll my timeline.

Luff back on a two way deal

I am guessing they have something in place with Kostin but I dunno seems odd?