Red Wings GDTs April 2025

[slothfacekilla]

Marco Kasper is our future 1C 😏

[Shinzaki]

no...1C's don't hit the market very often..but that doesn't make Larkin any more attractive.  

Edited Friday at 06:43 PM by Shinzaki

[Shinzaki]

1 hour ago, slothfacekilla said:

Marco Kasper is our future 1C 😏

He might be...

[lordstanley]

Larkin's fine, but he'll be 29 by training camp and not really getting any better. Apart from the two Covid-shortened seasons, this season likely will be his lowest point total since 63 points in 2018. At 66 pts in 78 games, he is currently T-25 among centres. Points aren't everything of course, and I admit to not being an analytics junkie, so maybe someone else could show if his points understate his total performance. Linemates matter too, and I can think of half a dozen there linemate combos off the top of my head that would likely rack up more points for  him. Plus the 4Nations showed what he can do in elite circumstances. So he's a legit #1C, but probably middle of the pack or lower-middle? NHL.com ranked him #15 centre in the pre-season and that sounded about right, but don't see who above him I'd bump in his favour.

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-current-players-ranked-top-20-centers

[lordstanley]

Wings tied 3-3 with Tampa late. Seider just hit two crossbars. Habs could lose in regulation, so if the Wings win they might live another day. 

[lordstanley]

Kasper keeps the Wings alive! 4-3 OT win. 

[buddha]

1 minute ago, lordstanley said:

Kasper keeps the Wings alive! 4-3 OT win. 

we really have become buffalo.

[lordstanley]

7 minutes ago, buddha said:

we really have become buffalo.

No way will the Habs lose at home to Chicago. But it goes to show how many chances the Wings have had to stay in the race or control their fate. Even after March's disaster and Tuesday's loss to Montreal, STILL if they had won in Florida last night they'd be somewhat realistically alive.

[buddha]

5 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

No way will the Habs lose at home to Chicago. But it goes to show how many chances the Wings have had to stay in the race or control their fate. Even after March's disaster and Tuesday's loss to Montreal, STILL if they had won in Florida last night they'd be somewhat realistically alive.

if they were a good team, they would win those games.

but theyre not.  so they dont.

but to your point, so little separates them from a playoff spot both this year and last.

[buddha]

are we ending the season with marko kasper as the best player on the team?

[Jason_R]

Let the kids play. 

[lordstanley]

39 minutes ago, buddha said:

are we ending the season with marko kasper as the best player on the team?

He's the most positive story of the season for sure.

[buddha]

6 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

He's the most positive story of the season for sure.

thr way he totally roofed both those shots past vasilevsky was awesome.  as opposed to raymond who missed the net on his one chance against the habs.

not to be down on raymond but both he and larkin really fell down at the end of this year.  for larkin that's two years in a row.  raymond was awesome last year at the end but this year he hasnt been what they needed.

maybe that's too harsh on a player who is still young, but the team needs him to be a superstar.  hopefully next season he continues to improve.  

[gehringer_2]

31 minutes ago, buddha said:

thr way he totally roofed both those shots past vasilevsky was awesome.  as opposed to raymond who missed the net on his one chance against the habs.

not to be down on raymond but both he and larkin really fell down at the end of this year.  for larkin that's two years in a row.  raymond was awesome last year at the end but this year he hasnt been what they needed.

maybe that's too harsh on a player who is still young, but the team needs him to be a superstar.  hopefully next season he continues to improve.  

raymond and larkin both have the same problem, whether they play together or separately, they don't have the guy on the ice with them they need, which is a bigger stronger, hard to play against guy to fight for pucks and offer some physical buffer for them. In the NHL every skill player needs his body man - nothing has changed on that score since   Gretzky/Messier. And of all people Yzerman knows that from personal experience probably better than any GM in the league, has yet to do anything about it.

Edited Saturday at 03:55 AM by gehringer_2

[buddha]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

raymond and larkin both have the same problem, whether they play together or separately, they don't have the guy on the ice with them they need, which is a bigger stronger, hard to play against guy to fight for pucks and offer some physical buffer for them. In the NHL every skill player needs his body man - nothing has changed on that score since   Gretzky/Messier. And of all people Yzerman knows that from personal experience probably better than any GM in the league, has yet to do anything about it.

ironically, kasper was that guy for a while before copp got hurt and they moved him to center the second line.

because jt $5.1 million and you cant hit a wide open net compher cant handle second line duties.

[buddha]

[Motor City Sonics]

Boston will go from Cup Conteder to bottom feeder to Cup Contender again and the Wings will still be hovering around 8th to 11th place in the Conference.   I have zero confidence that anything will change.     Just more Teresenkos and Petrys on the way.  

[lordstanley]

Islanders and Rangers both officially eliminated. Three teams left with three to play are Montreal (87), Columbus (83) and Detroit (81). Habs can clinch with a regulation win today. One point by the Habs tonight eliminates the Wings but not the Jackets. 

[lordstanley]

0-0 in Toronto. Wings are a minute away from being eliminated. 

[lordstanley]

Officially eliminated  

[lordstanley]

[buddha]

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

Officially eliminated  

they'll probably win their last 3.

[Motor City Sonics]

Congrats Bronco for giving us something to cheer for hockey-wise this year.