Mr.TaterSalad

Does Trump announcing before the midterms give the GOP voters juice to turnout and vote though? Could it have the opposite effect of what some think it could have?

Who wants Klingberg at 7 years? I didn't say that. I mentioned previously 4-5 years at $4.75mil/year and would have gone up to $5mil/year. Look, I'm not going to cry about going with Chiarot over Klingberg. I just would have preferred Klingberg instead. Maybe we'll still get him and hopefully Chairot isn't on the downside of his career.

We ranked 25th in total team goals and had a -82 goal differential. If Klingberg can help facilitate more offense, he had 41 assists versus Nick Leddy who had 21 in 21-22, then that's a guy I want on my team. We need offensive production more than we need defensive defenseman. I trust Yzerman and believe he made solid moves yesterday. I would have rather given the Chariot money to a guy like Klingberg though who can help drive offensive production.

I don't think it's fair to say schools are reopened because of the GOP. I think schools reopened as more parents demanded it, from all political sides of the aisles, and elected leaders, like Whitmer, accepted the fact that we are going to have to live with some level of Covid. Sure, the GOP and right made a stink about it, but they were doing that many months before schools reopened. It wasn't as quick as they made a stink and right there after schools went back in-person.

Two guys I wanted going into free agency were John Klingberg and Dylan Strome. Those would have been my "splash" signings with a guy like Matta added in for depth. I would have offered John Klingberg 4-5 years at $4.75mil/year and gone up to $5mil/year.

I was hoping for one more full on tank season, giving us another crack at a top 3 lottery pick. These moves today probably seal the fate of that.

Were this Kenny I'd probably be trashing it a lot more haha. I am going to give Stevie some slack, but this is not the defenseman I would have signed and not the length of contract I would have given out. If we couldn't have gotten Chariot for any less on any shorter of a deal than I would have passed on him altogether.

I don't get what signing Perron at 34 does for us unless we're trying to win now next year. Perron seems like he is primed for a big drop off in production.

If you're going to give Jill Stein votes to Hillary then don't you have to give Gary Johnson votes to Trump? Johnson got more votes than Stein, so doesn't that negate that argument?

Doug Karsch on 97.1 talking about Detroit signing Olli Maatta.

My top free agent targets are/were Dylan Strome as our #2 Center, John Klingberg as a second pairing defenseman, and if we're being big spenders and getting a third piece, Nino Niederreiter as more scoring depth at the wing.

How can we get Strome now? That's the guy I really want.

Do you believe that Merrick Garland or someone in his DOJ will indict Donald Trump on a crime related to January 6th or the 2020 Election, yes or no? My answer is no and I want to be wrong in the worst way. There seems to be this horrible doctrine among people in DC, including the legal community, that the President of the United States is above the law and any penalties it may impose, I feel like Garland subscribes to that narrative, as does an institutionalist like Biden. Furthermore, they don't like the political optics of potentially prosecuting a future political opponent. I feel like we will get a half-baked, Robert Muller type of answer from the DOJ where they will point out improprieties of Trump and stop short of calling out the criminality or calling what he did criminally illegal. Thus, he will escape legal liabilities and get to do another "I was exonerated" world tour and victory lap as he did after the Mueller Investigation,.

I agree with 84. Trump seems to be a cat, with 9 lives, immune to any real accountability. I'll believe it when I see it when it comes to him facing prison time.

I'd like to think so, but there is this DC mantra about not indicting a former President and I fear Garland subscribes to it. I have lost faith that Trump will be held accountable for any of this because I feel like the White House doesn't want to "politicize" this buy indicting a man who will be Biden's opponent in 2024. I'd like to be 1,000% wrong, but I won't believe it until I see Merrick Garland's DOJ bring actual charges down on Trump.

WOW, all of those Congressmembers there at the December meeting trying to plot out how to overturn free and fair elections. Gohmert, Gym, MTG, all the MAGA heavyweights.

Meanwhile on Truth Social . . . Whatkeepers? Never heard of them. Rudy Wholiani? Not sure I ever met the guy, just more fake news.

Rats abandoning ship today. Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Guliani, Powell, Cipollone, everyone is jumping ship today.

Good stuff here by Liz Cheney on who should share the blame for J6.

As MT mentioned, it seems like today's hearings are really poking holes in the whole "he didn't know he was doing anything wrong" and "he actually believed he won" theories. If that is the case, what defense does Trump have left at this point that would hold up in a court of law? Where is his way to weasel his way out of this?

Is Overstock Person the new Mike Lindell?

Has January 6th been gay or are you just fashionably fascist?

I always thought the Lions should have given Moeller a full season as coach that next year after he took over. RIP Gary Moeller.