Jason_R

Well that was a disastrous 51 seconds.

OTOH I also saw a tweet that said he has been getting Seider-like minutes and usage, so maybe sliding in underneath Seider/Edvinsson will help.

Early report was picks only. This shows Buchelnikov and Holl. I had hopes that we would see Buchelnikov come to the NHL and fill the net with pucks, but the trade market is the trade market. The blue line is stronger.

Control R, Control R, Control R

Yes, and they needed to do it. You can’t pay a guy $15+ million if you assume they won’t be able to play more than 80% of the season, and they are likely to be dinged up when they are on the field. With Decker off the books, I’m more favorable to signing a guy like Linderbaum and earmarking the 1st round pick for a plug and play tackle. It is a deep draft for that.

Brutal. Sheila needs to commission a study into the nature of these injuries to determine if there is some preventable factor. One historically bad season is a fluke. Two back to back is an alarming trend.

The Pettersson thing that I saw looked like a fake Darren Dreager post. I couldn’t find it on DD’s feed.

“Good? Ok.”

I believe they will sign a center and draft a tackle who will compete next season with Mahogany at the guard spot. Ratledge will hold down the other guard spot for ten years.

I agree it’s probably true that the Wings had a 2nd rounder on the table, and I think it is safe to say that this info did not come from Yzerman. I can’t imagine someone who dislikes the press more than him. 😂 But you have this big beautiful talent pipeline Stevie! Now is the time to use it.

The Compher, Copp, and Chiarot signings fueled this ridiculous narrative that the Red Wings pro scouting team was a problem when in reality the free agent market is the free agent market. Teams pay what the market demands. Stevie had to pay what the market demanded, but he has built the system so that there are viable prospects to plug in as these contracts expire.

The only offer I heard from Detroit was a 2nd.