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I think he'll get a cup of coffee next season after starting in the AHL, though Petry is off the books this offseason so they'll need another defenseman somehow. Yzerman said last offseason he expects him to spend one more season in the SHL (this current season). Skelleftea has been having some drama this season so I wouldn't be shocked if ASP and MBN are both looking for other options next season. With the Wings wanting MBN to play in Grand Rapids this season I'm hoping they view him as potentially ready next season too.

With how this season has gone, I can't even imagine the amount of whinging from the fan base if they blew this team up to start all over on the rebuild.

Imagine saying SOL about this team and calling yourself a fan, get a grip.

It also looks like he's getting a ton of chances that teammates aren't capitalizing on too. He seems like he's really stepping up this season, it is great to see.

Welp Seider has bad gap control on Marner then Edvinsson isn't able to help clear the puck in front of the net, this will count for the Leafs.

Wings gave up a goal to the Leafs but it was called off for goaltender interference which I was a bit surprised about. They honestly got lucky in my eyes because the main reason for the goal was bad positioning then puck watching from both Gustafsson and Johansson. Bad plays by them.

In my eyes, Gus has played better compared to where he started the season but he's still who I want on the ice the least right now but that's just a personal preference. I will say he did make a random play last game that shocked me because it was actually pretty clever. Maybe he's getting more comfortable too. Petry isn't doing much to hold him off for me though, Petry looks old as hell out there.

I feel like Johansson looks more comfortable every game, I notice him making smart, small plays a lot with passes and gap coverage in his zone. It is a shame he isn't taller but at least he looks better than Gustafsson. I don't mind not re-signing Gostisbehere (their power play is doing better this season without him!) but I hate the Gus signing to replace him.

Might be the worst two teams in the league playing against each other tonight. Wings get a goal at the end of the first due to some sloppy play from the Hawks, and I thought the Wings were playing sloppy too but hey they scored I guess.

I haven't been able to make Twitter posts embed in here lately so it might kinda kill my posting for a bit. Buch has been playing well I think he's almost at a PPG through 23-ish games. MBN and ASP's coach just got fired in the SHL in what sounds like a player revolt of sorts, interesting. ASP played with Sweden (his age group I believe) today and scored a goal, I haven't seen it yet. Belcher finally suited up for the Griffins, that's great to see. After a fantastic start to the season Kisskinen is injured and out for four weeks it looks like, really bummed he'll miss the WJC most likely. Lombardi has been scoring well in the AHL so far, though it seems like the Griffins have hit a tiny skid perhaps. Danielson looks more comfortable from what I have seen and he's been their 2C. He needs to bulk up... I actually am not sure if Mazur is back from his injury I don't think he is.

I think he made the caps on a player try out contract? I was surprised he made the team either way, I think he scored in the first game like he always does lol. I'm very surprised he's in the NHL, hopefully he's figured out whatever was affecting him previously.

For anyone still pining for Walman

I have a bad feeling about this game, Tage Thompson is going to score a hatty or something lol

I would say you definitely answered your own question there lol. The first two seasons under Yzerman they won 17 and 19 games. Hronek was our leading defender in ice time both seasons and then it was Nemeth and Marc Staal in second place each season. A 35 year old Filppula was our 2C and then it was Namestnikov the next season. My thought is they wanted to try to field at least semi-competitive team so that when prospects are integrated it isn't a total losing culture. Plus I think the chances of Larkin re-signing go down without these incremental improvements in the team's success. Now I'll go back into hiding!

Maataa was pretty solid overall despite having stretches where I thought he played pretty badly (Lalonde's system?). Getting a third for him is more than I expected and gives us some cap flexibility, solves the problem of having 8 defensemen in the NHL, and allows Kasper to stay up.

He's not the only young goalie looking good in GR: I was really impressed with his lateral movement from what I've seen Amo has been on a heater so far this season: Buch looking good in Russia:

This is a really fantastic meme template

I know he isn't your prototypical high end guy that is dancing around people, but I do think Michael Brandsegg-Nygård at least has injected some offensive skill into their prospect ranks. His shot is going to play in the NHL and he looks like a beast on the forecheck who likes to hit. I think that skill set will play well in the current NHL on the offensive side because his shot is so good. Other than that it is a lot of projection so I can't disagree with you. They have guys like Plante's playmaking ability that could translate but other than that, not much. I do think Raymond will pick it up again, I expect him to be more like the player last year than what he's shown so far.

I am far from endorsing it but we just have to get used to this with Lalonde and this roster. It seems like the system is designed to grind it out as long as possible until they can get high danger scoring chances versus putting a lot of shots on net to create chances that way. The fact that the roster doesn't have much high end skill means they won't generate much outside of what's designed, so when the Wings win I think it'll be like this until the roster changes.

If anyone missed it

And Kane snipes a shot from the point on a power play, forget worrying about giving up short handers keep this going!

I don't expect the Wings to get another shot the rest of the game, they're at 15 right now

Fortunate sequence for the Wings, Fischer puts a hard hit on Dillon as Dillon is turning towards the boards. Fish made contact with the shoulder mostly but Dillon went face first into the glass. Dillon was rightfully mad and started a fight, wings get the power play from it. Larkin scores on a nice shot pass from Kane, good to see Kane contribute. Edit: just realized they had Kane at the top on the power play....I like that they're trying new things but wow that's scary from a giving up a short handed goal standpoint

I forget that Joe Veleno exists for such long periods of time, why did we re-sign him again

It seems like the other teams' strategy with him is to just hit the **** out of him and he hasn't adjusted so far