Jason_R

Whether Cossa gets traded in the offseason, during next season, or sticks in Detroit for a long time, kudos to the front office for finding Postava. That was the kind of move that created value out of nothing. If Cossa does get traded I think the market will be good. Lots of teams will line up for a chance at a player who projects to be a strong #1 goaltender.

Hey, Jesper Wallstedt is seven days older than Sebastian Cossa so it is no surprise that he is more advanced on his development curve. 🙃 Seriously, it is hard to know how much of the decision-making around Cossa is related to his performance and how much is related to the front office’s overall conservatism regarding prospects. I know there is concern about him losing steam at the end of the last two seasons, but if you go to AHL goalie stats and filter out goalies who have only had a small number of starts, Cossa is number seven in save percentage. Not bad overall. And remember these players are not accustomed to playing as many games as they play in professional leagues so conditioning can be an issue. And big guys can be a little slow in developing. The real story here is that the scouting staff apparently found a great prospect in Postava. It is encouraging to think about going into the season with Gibson as number one, with Postava as the backup, and Cossa being the number one in GR and getting some spot starts in Detroit.

There is absolutely nothing dishonest about citing facts.

Did I get this right? From behind the net he hits the puck out of the air backhanded, it bounces behind the goaltender, into his rear end, and back into the goal?

McGonigle has incredible poise as a player. Held up at first but when he saw Texas trying to throw down the runner at third, took the unprotected base at second. Then scored on the next at bat.

There was a tweet I saw the other day, I think it was from Friedman‘s podcast, saying that if McDavid doesn’t come back, Leon is likely to demand a trade. If McDavid goes, then they are looking at a serious retool, but if they are being honest with themselves, they might just take the opportunity to rebuild.

You have to imagine Leon told Connor, if you go I go. So let’s light a fire and see what we can get done this offseason.

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Kenny. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Yeah, Kenny inherited the two best players in the world. It is a failure that they did not win one together. One thing about Stevie is that i think if he had wanted to pull off the Hughes trade, with no extension or promise of extension in place, he could have. And the fans would have loved it and the press would have loved it and the players would have loved it. There are some out there on twitter and elsewhere who complain that Stevie didn’t have the guts to make the big trade. If anything, it probably took more guts not to make it. But he is a Red Wing for life and he absolutely will not make a move that he believes will make the team worse.

Heck of a job Kenny. He’s destroying the NHL’s most prestigious franchises one at a time.

Yes, it seems likely that Baltimore was going to take Moore. If Brad had him as his top rated pass rusher on the board, I don’t have a problem with the trade. He will be a substantial upgrade over the rotating cast of characters we’ve had opposite Hutch for the last few years.

That’s a lot of capital to give up for a guard. Would it surprise anyone if he ends up a bust in a floundering organization like Miami?

They can probably patch things up in the offseason.