Jason_R

Gibson was not sharp on the second game of an away to home back to back. No more back to backs. No more excuses. No more margin for error.

Mazur and Raymond both turned 24 today. One of them has 324 points in the NHL.

I think I just saw him finish a check! This team doesn’t do that very often.

Not a good look for Seider and Edvinsson on that goal.

If someone told Decker he should or would get paid $20 million after the season he had last year, and if he believed it, that’s pretty short sighted, even delusional. It’s just as delusional now to be playing the victim. I get the sense Brad would have brought him back, maybe even on a deal that would have paid him in the neighborhood of $10m with incentives. But Decker, who is now complaining about hardball being played, played hardball himself. You hate to see it end this way, but even worse would be letting it end with Decker playing out the final year of a bloated contract as a shell of himself, or on IR. Brad did nothing wrong.

He won the game for them last night, despite having a 405 foot bomb robbed from him on a highlight reel catch. Amazing.

Already the best hitter on the Tigers.

That’s how you ice a game with playoff implications. Trade a few chicklets for a double minor.

This isn’t really 2026 NFL draft but the story is messed up. Dysfunctional Washington franchise picked a guy who has played safety through college, nobody knows where he should play, they end up playing him at MLB, he gets a concussion that messes up his vision and he is out of the league in just a few seasons. Tough deal. Can’t remember if Martin Mayhew was in their front office at that point but I’m too lazy to look it up.

I appreciate lord Stanley in here keeping watch. 😊 Hopefully tomorrow, and especially by the end of the weekend, we can all step back from the ledge a bit. 😂

What I said (or have been purported to say) is irrelevant. The players from Team USA all said they liked playing with Larkin. I said it was good for Detroit to have Larkin, Raymond, and Seider at the Olympics. On top of everyone on Team USA raving about Larkin, Seider was an assistant captain for Germany and Raymond was Sweden’s top scorer and third in the Olympics. Other teams may have had more players at the Olympics but the Wings were well represented.

I’m not sure what this is supposed to mean but the best chance for getting a Hughes brother to Detroit was when Ken Holland picked Filip Zadina instead of Quinn Hughes. Yes, it is conceivable that Yzerman could have traded for Hughes but most observers thought the trade assets given up by Minnesota were pretty substantial with only a season and a half left before UFA. And if you are Steve Yzerman are you going to bet that you can trade for Quinn and retain him when he has two brothers playing in New Jersey?

Does anyone in their lifetime as an MLB fan remember a better debut than what McGonigle had today?

Knucklehead

I don’t agree with the sentiment that nobody wants to come to Detroit. Detroit is the 12th largest media market in the NHL and an original six team. It is also home to many NHL players. It is a town known for an intensely supportive fan base. If you are a free agent and your choice is between Detroit and Ottawa does anyone really think that players will flock to Ottawa? Columbus? Calgary? Raleigh? Buffalo? Winnipeg? Maybe some prefer NYC, Vegas, LA. Maybe some prefer no tax states. But these guys want to get paid, they want to play, and they want to compete. Detroit wasn’t competitive five years ago or even three. They are on the cusp now. Also, maybe I’m forgetting someone but the only player I remember using a NMC to veto a trade to Detroit was Tyler Myers who apparently has a child with special needs, who was born and has family in Texas, and who ended up in Dallas. Faulk had a 15-team no trade clause, so either Detroit was not on it, or he willingly waived it.