Jason_R

It’s an insane story. 🫣

You inferred that.

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.

🫣

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.

Dallas and Miami swapped the 11th and 12th picks allowing Dallas to take Downs and Miami to take… Proctor. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Helene is throwing it on the wall.

Yes, it crossed my mind that Raymond might be a candidate for a one-for-one trade. Maybe a trade like this makes them a little more abrasive. Maybe it blows up the locker room (and maybe that is even good). But it probably leaves you on the bubble and does not do anything to address the contracts of CCR which are still clogging things up. There is also talk about the Rangers wanting to trade Trocheck. I wonder if it would work to send Danielson and a 2027 first round pick with New York also taking Copp and his remaining contract. but I still think the best scenario is if we can trade bad contracts with Vancouver. Maybe EP40 and Raymond can pair with MBN for a second scoring line, with Larkin centering ADB and Kane on the top line. Bump Finnie to play with Danielson and maybe Lombardi on an energy line and Kasper/Mazur with Appleton or Dries or someone else on a grit line.

Yeah but you have to put Moore on an NFL strength and conditioning program. 😉 In all seriousness, it is a bit outlandish to be putting Maxx Crosby expectations on Moore. Crosby outperformed his draft slot partly because he was physically and technically underdeveloped as a college player. Also, he had at least one known disciplinary issue that resulted in him being suspended for the season opener in 2018. How much of all of this was related to his substance abuse issues? How much value did the Raiders get buying low on him? Hard to tell. Moore was good enough to get recruited to Michigan and to play every game as a freshman. He apparently thought he was not quite good enough to come out as a junior. But playing 50+ games at Michigan says you have a high floor, even if it leaves very few secrets or hope for untapped potential.

Then I just saw this, which I agree with.

Why are we setting our expectations so low? I expect him to turn into Reggie White.

Yeah, if he really goes on the market Ottawa may demand an established top tier player in return I don’t think I’d be willing to give up Edvinsson unless it was part of a package to pry loose an Auston Matthews. And I can’t imagine Stevie even considering trading Larkin, let alone Larkin waiving his NTC. Stevie is backed in the corner. Will be interesting to see how he tries to wriggle out this summer. Buying low on EP40 might be his only option other than waiting for the prospects to develop.