2022 Offseason Thread

[Dan Gilmore]

Thanks for the snippets.

[1984Echoes]

2 hours ago, Dan Gilmore said:

Thanks for the snippets.

Ditto.

[slothfacekilla]

I think the Wings' prospects first game will be tomorrow, should be streamed on youtube at 3 pm.  I'm excited!

[slothfacekilla]

Super exciting news, ESPN/Disney made a deal with the SHL to broadcast the upcoming season!!! I'm going to watch so much Rogle.

[buddha]

15 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

Super exciting news, ESPN/Disney made a deal with the SHL to broadcast the upcoming season!!! I'm going to watch so much Rogle.

ive seen a few games on espn+ last year.  its a much different game on the bigger ice surface.  you can see why some of them struggle to adjust to the nhl.  its also slower.  but still good.

wallinder and kasper are at rogle, right?

[slothfacekilla]

9 minutes ago, buddha said:

ive seen a few games on espn+ last year.  its a much different game on the bigger ice surface.  you can see why some of them struggle to adjust to the nhl.  its also slower.  but still good.

wallinder and kasper are at rogle, right?

And Niederbach, think this is comprehensive of our guys in Sweden:

Rogle BK, William Wallinder, LD
Rogle BK, Theodor Niederbach, C/RW
Rogle BK, Marco Kasper, C
Frolunda HC, Liam Dower-Nilsson - C/LW
Leksands IF J20, Anton Johansson, RD
Orebro HK J20, Maximilian Kilpinen, C/LW
Mora IK (Allsvenskan), Albin Grewe, W

[buddha]

i'm not so high on niederbach anymore.  seems like a fourth line rotation player to me.  

kasper is looking pretty good...

[slothfacekilla]

Agreed I don't think Niederbach ever sees the NHL for a successful team.  He was intriguing for a bit but I just don't see a NHL player.  He's the anti-Kasper!

[slothfacekilla]

Game link for the game against Columbus (I heard they looked great yesterday)

Gotta prepare myself for Art's voice, we'll see how long I leave audio on

[buddha]

tim biakabatuka's nephew!!!!

[slothfacekilla]

Cossa with two really nice saves on that penalty kill

[buddha]

27 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

Cossa with two really nice saves on that penalty kill

he made some good saves, but you can see his issues.  on the goal he was flopping around, and in general he's sort of all over the place.

that said, he did make some nice saves.  

edvinsson made some mistakes and didnt look good, imo.  the columbus first line was dominating them.

[slothfacekilla]

3 minutes ago, buddha said:

he made some good saves, but you can see his issues.  on the goal he was flopping around, and in general he's sort of all over the place.

that said, he did make some nice saves.  

edvinsson made some mistakes and didnt look good, imo.  the columbus first line was dominating them.

Can't argue with any of this.  I hate how deep Cossa plays in his crease sometimes too.  I feel like the Wings were not very inspiring overall in that first period, some flashes of stuff but otherwise not much going on.

[buddha]

i did think soderblum looked good.  he's massive.  a little slow, but he made a nice pass on what should have been a goal, and then had a nifty move in front of the net to get a shot that just went wide.

if were lucky, he could end up being a super sized tomas holmstrom.

[slothfacekilla]

Thought Soderblom was going to hit his between the legs goal on the power play, exciting to see him doing it again.  CBJ just look faster all around too.  Cossa making some solid saves, maybe looking a little more comfortable.  Edvinsson finally made a nice defensive play closing a guy off.

[buddha]

much better in second period.  edvinsson showed much better stuff.  he was really moving the puck well on the power play.  he had one play with three guys around him and he was able to flip it forward and exit the zone.  good stuff from him.  

cross hanas with two really nice passes for both the second period goals.  not so much from elmer but you can see he's got really good puck control.  the skating isnt there but the puck control and the size are.

cossa looked good in the half a period he was out there.  the one real good chance cbus had, cossa was way out of position but it looked like he was able to reach back and get a piece of it.

cbus's top line is still buzzing, but the wings were more in control.

[slothfacekilla]

Free agent invite Riley Piercey has a hat trick! Must be a huge thrill for him.

[slothfacekilla]

People really like taking runs at Soderblom, going to be interesting to see how he holds up.  I think he's already learning that some of his puck possession moves are not going to translate to North America.

[buddha]

wings win!  

piercy with 4 goals.

edvinsson looked better as the game went on.  elmer needs to work on his skating.  didnt notice sebrango or viro all that much.  hanas played really well.  cossa was ad advertised: athletic, tall, and all over the place.

[lordstanley]

So now that the world juniors is a few weeks past, any additional context to Edvinsson’s struggles there? Are people writing it off as small sample size or mostly due to food poisoning, or should I be tempering my enthusiasm on him a bit. 

Edited September 17, 2022 by lordstanley

[buddha]

9 hours ago, lordstanley said:

So now that the world juniors is a few weeks past, any additional context to Edvinsson’s struggles there? Are people writing it off as small sample size or mostly due to food poisoning, or should I be tempering my enthusiasm on him a bit. 

i dont know.  he really moved the puck well on the power play and he's really tall.  

but his style seems really....languid?  almost effortless.  seemed like he almost wasnt even trying.  not very physical in defense.

iirc, last year the wings kind of got dominated at this tournament, so it was good that they played well in gsme one.  but that columbus first line was too much for them even though they won the game.  columbus also played a game the day before so they might have been a bit tired.

i'll be interested to see how the wings look in game 2, and see how they look against st louis, who physically dominated them last year.  

[Shinzaki]

FWIW..Bultman said  Cossa played as well as he's seen him and Edvinsson played well...particularly on the PP. Gave him a B though because he's probably the top prospect in the tournament and as such he's holding him to a higher standard

 

[buddha]

kasper starts the season as rogle's second line center.  niederbach is a 4th line winger.  wallinder is a top pair defenseman.

dower-nielson starts as frolunda's 4th line winger.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

but his style seems really....languid?  almost effortless.  seemed like he almost wasnt even trying.  not very physical in defense.

you can win 7 Norris trophies playing like that.

[buddha]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

you can win 7 Norris trophies playing like that.

yeah, it wasnt a criticism.  i'd like to see more of him moving with the puck in the next game.

and he's really tall.  him and seider could be a really intimidating 1-2 pair.