Jason_R

I could watch this all night long.

Now Brady Tkachuk won’t want to come to Detroit either. 😂

Decker is back. If they didn’t think he was capable of making it through the season they would have cut him. I feel OK about him, great about Sewell, very good about Ratledge and good about Mahogany/Frazier. Draft/sign/trade for a center, sign a backup to Decker. Then use your first for a bookend for Hutch like Faulk.

Pass. The offense does not need help, outside of OL and TE depth which could be had in the draft for the pick Indy wants in return. Do not want to see assets deployed for someone who would take touches away from a stacked skill group.

The knives are out for Matthews and Tkachuk. All I’m saying is that if Toronto or Ottawa run them out of town I would welcome them in Detroit and watch with glee as Hockeytown USA continues to dominate little bro.

That was a cool scene.

It is not just the Olympics. There was buzz before then. They are a competitive team, unlike the Devils. They have players on the way. They have cap space and trade chips. On top of this, players listen to other players. When players on the Olympic gold medal winning team say Dylan Larkin was one of our leaders, other players listen.

Trade and FA buzz comes from the press. Press speculation is fed by agents. Agents want to get their players to situations the players want to be in. No player is in the press saying trade me to Detroit or else, but I don’t think we would be seeing all the buzz about Detroit if agents weren’t creating the buzz. And no agent is going to spend the energy to create a buzz to move a player where he doesn’t want to go or has an NTC. Anyway, I feel confident in saying the most recent Dead Wings era is over.

Now that the Olympics are over and trade talk is heating up, it is nice to see the buzz around Detroit. Of course it is buzz and little of it will pan out, but the buzz is there because guys around the league saw Seider be the anchor for Germany. They saw Raymond be the best player for Sweden. They saw that everyone on gold-winning Team USA looked to Larkin as a leader. It wasn’t too long ago that fans were dumping on Yzerman, but suddenly he has a young core that is already in playoff contention, he has some talented young players in the pipeline, and he has money coming off the books. On top of this, there are a lot of talented players who now view Detroit as a great destination. The next decade will be a great time to be a Red Wings fan.

He should wear the medal out during warmups.

Thread about Larkin. Dude is a bro.

It always seemed like this was in Baltimore’s plans.

This is a gold medal post.