Jason_R

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.

I would love to see LCA in Larkin’s first game back. He earned a standing ovation.

Larkin had a hell of a tournament.

Well, let’s at least give Canada credit for something. They could probably have the whole Canadian national team euthanized in less time than it took the USA to put them to sudden death in overtime.

Hellebuyck stops another breakaway. Amazing.

What a kill by USA! USA!

Gold medal save by Hellebuyck!

First time I went to New Orleans I went out looking for coffee around 7am in the French Quarter near my hotel. I couldn’t tell if the bars were already open or still open but there were a lot of grim looking people inside.

What a goal!!! Gold medal play.

Wilson is a bleeping goon.

With all these drops it is a wonder that the offense still finished at the top of the league. And what would Goff’s production look like without twenty drops?

Yes, have seen this speculation also. His last contract was dirt cheap. 2/$12 million, $8 million guaranteed. A deal like this would help shore things up.

Pat Kirwan from Sirius XM NFL Radio says this is a good draft for centers.

I tip my cap to him. I was down on him last season when he seemed to pout at the trade deadline, but he took it like a man when Stevie Y and Todd held him accountable in their season ending presser last year. I'm sure they were even more direct with him in private. A lesser man may have gone into a shell after that, or may even have tried to undermine the people who held him accountable. Larkin bought in to it and the team did too. Now they are flourishing and his Team USA teammates are praising Larkin as the leader he has become. He has earned the C, no question.

There is journalism and there is gossip. If he wants to run a gossip site, that's fine, but let's not have any question about what he is doing.