1984Echoes

Seems a lot like last year. But the grotesque starts to the season are killin' us...

A lot of projection in there because he won't have played a lot of minutes on the men's team. That's why it has to be "trust the Yzerplan"... I liked Savoie because he had the playing time to show what he was: fast, aggressive, offensively explosive... Easy to picture him as a #2 Center. Kasper is harder to see because of the limited playing time/ all projection... Does he turn into another Larkin? A two-way playmaking 2C? Or less than that (3C or other...)? Much harder to see what will happen here...

Also: Another point of context: He was 16 years old when he started playing with Rogle (Swedish men's professional league) with 10 games. At 17 he played 58 games (including the Championships) and scored 9 goals. I don't know how good he'll turn out to be... but this is an "In Yzerplan I trust" selection and... maybe he turns into another Seider (makes leaps & bounds as his age catches up with the leagues he'll be playing in...). Especially when he hits the NHL...

Playing against grown men, quite a bit less than that... But playing against his same age: 45 goals in 66 games... We'll see how he does when he grows - age-wise - into the Swedish League, at Grand Rapids, and with Detroit in a couple years...

In Yzerplan I trust...

Kasper it is... But I was hoping for fast and aggressive and explosive on offense (Savoie) rather than just "good discipline" (Kasper) so... I'll be watching how those two turn out. I'm sure Wright will have an internal competition with Cooley as well, o see who turns out better between those two...

If a D'Man falls to us I'd want it to be Nemec more than Jiricek. But I doubt either falls that far. I've seen Lekkerimaki also mocked to Detroit. High-end offensive skill. Still, amongst the choices who realistically may fall/ be available to the Wings, amongst: Gauthier, Savoie, Lekkerimaki, Kasper, Nazar ... It's Savoie I want most. The rest are mostly tied. Including the defenseman after Nemec and Jiricek are gone.

Is that you Tomi Lahren?

Drop Grossman and add Baddoo in there and... Let's see what happens...

Although he didn't play as many games in Detroit (or stayed in Detroit) as Higginson... I think of Bobby Higginson the same way I think of Steve Kemp.

Might depend on the oligarch... Some are staunchly against fascism. But in Russia, Putin kills off those dissenting oligarchs so they better be in his back pocket and be licking his boots, or else... DeSantis has already tried that in Florida. Punishing those against his politics and rewarding those who kiss his feet. Are we turning into our own version of Russia? Is that where oligarchic greed here is leading us to...? I thought it was white trash bigotry that had us headed in that direction.

Oligarchs don't have as much power as they think. Especially in a fascist police state... Putin has proven that.

Professors and College students are required to report their political leanings to the State. That doesn't sound like a Democracy to me at all. That sounds exactly, and I mean EXACTLY, like a Fascist Police State. Trump is a wannabe Kim Jung Un. He wants to own everything (an entire country) and everyone is required to give him everything. DeSantis is a straight up police state fascist. I don't like where this country is headed.

It depends on what your definition is of "better off". He is a much, much more dangerous fascist than TFG. So, how is that better off?

PPS: I left his mother out of this one...

PS: I wouldn't have called him a moron because he actually has a brain and knows what he's doing. That's the REALLY dangerous thing about DeSantis. EXTREMELY dangerous fascist. And he's not a douche like Trump... although it may also apply here but... I think all fascists are scumbags so... in the ballpark?

Damn, pretty close...!

Probably Toledo.

Ditto. And yet I'm hearing from multiple Republicans that they are getting on board with this guy as the replacement for Trump. I've also heard this question several times: "I know you HATE Trump... But.. What about DeSANTIS?!?!" Anyone want to guess how I answered that?

"Register their political views with the state" Why doesn't he just come out and say it: "Democrats are outlawed in Florida."

Could be a "has options" thing. Otherwise, it should have been Foley going down. If Foley is out of options (I didn't look it up) then Vest has to take the fall (demotion).

2018 Draft: Casey Mize - 1st round - looks ok so far; might improve and be a nice MLB starter for us; but trying to fix his arm right now. Parker Meadows - 2nd round - Total flop until this year... changed his swing to try and fix it. Some ups & downs this year but might regain prospect status if he continues (as he has this year) to have more ups than downs with the bat. Real nice OF'er but needs that bat: .762 OPS this year, best he's ever done, outside of Rookie League. Kody Clemens - 3rd round - Might be a 2B some day. In MLB... but trying to figure out MLB pitching. Tarik Skubal - 9th round - Monster. Garrett Hill - 26th round - Made MLB debut today & looked good. Minor league WHIP/ K's/ ERA: 1.10, 10.90 K's/9, 2.70 ERA Still kicking around are Adam Wolf (5th), Eric De La Rosa (7th), Chance Kirby (25th), Chavez Fernander (35th), Yaya Chentouf (36th) - All fringe prospects at best. 2019 Draft: Riley Greene - 1st round - looks good so far in his rookie year. Hoping for a superstar here... Nick Quintana - 2nd round - Traded for Barnhart. Andre Lipcius - 3rd round - Also trying to recover some prospect status with a better bat this year: .890 OPS in 2022 all in AA. Kerry Carpenter - 19th round - Trying to make a move towards MLB with a fine year in AA/AAA: 1.015 OPS. Beau Brieske - 27th round - Looks good in MLB so far. Minor league WHIP/ K's/ ERA: 1.04, 10.25 K's/9, 3.22 ERA Still kicking around are Ryan Kreidler (4th), Bryant Packard (5th), Cooper Johnson (6th), Zach Hess (7th), Austin Bergner (9th round - 1.18 WHIP, 9.85 K's/9, 3.55 ERA), Jake Holton (10th), Michael Bienlien (24th), Brendan White (26th). Mostly fringe but maybe Kreidler/ Bergner have a chance? White is doing good at Erie 1.07 WHIP, 11.3 K's/9, 3.30 ERA... maybe he has a chance?

He can't hit lefties. Platoon him. In MLB.

There are multiple posts above stating that his FB was moving all over the damn place... Woulda liked to have seen this game!

Drafted in the 26th round in 2018. Beau Brieske: drafted in the 27th round in 2019. Chance Kirby will be next: drafted in the 25th round in 2018.