1984Echoes

Minimum wage would make the most sense to attach to a COLA index. But instead, let's sit on it for 20-30 years... makes business happy; but the living wage becomes unlivable pretty quickly. And then it's political fights to try to rectify/ or postpone the problem (depending on party) for more years and years. And it's all political grandstanding for exactly what you've mentioned. Taking credit for ****ing up the system. Errr, fixing the ****ed up system... errr... so confusing.

You're doing the same thing when you said I was willing to offer NOTHING in a trade. You're exaggerating. It's annoying at best... And it gets to my point that it appears you're just jerking me around.

Great, replace Kuzmenko with Fabbri. But you included BOTH Veleno and Fabbri. You seem to be avoiding my question: why did you include BOTH? If Fabbri replaces Kuzmenko, who does Veleno replace... the low-level prospect?

Fine: The Canucks gain this trade because they'll include Brzustewicz and Yzerman will NOT trade Pellikka... and they had Kuzmenko and we can only counter with Fabbri or Berggren (I don't think he lets go of Veleno just yet...). My point remains the same: If we trade for a Lindholm (and MUST get him with an agreed-upon extension) then it makes other guys expendable. Same with Hanifan. IE: Who would I love to MOST pair up with Seider? It's not Chiarot, or Walman, or Ghost, or Maatta, or Edvinsson, or Wallinder, or Albert Johansson. It's Hanifan. IMO: (A) That creates the strongest playoff-quality top pairing for this year and at least the next (6 or 7?) (B) Who do I want as my 3 LH'ed D-men (and I'll add a 4th for depth)? Hanifan, Edvinsson, Walman, and 1 of Maatta or Johansson. That makes everyone else expendable, in my mind. It's why I'm willing to trade players/ prospects. I'm looking for the strongest team long-term, not just this year.

But you included BOTH Veleno & Fabbri, replacing a low-level prospect with one of them...

That's what I'm hoping as well. But again... what if he DOES make the decision to retire? We're already losing Jonah Jackson. And IMO, our O-Line is the engine that drives the offense. Glasgow is also unsigned... although I think he resigns with the Lions on a 2-3 year deal. He could take over at Center if need be (he did this year when Ragnow was out for that game or two...); but then we need two guards (if Ragnow were indeed, to retire). Even if he doesn't retire... I guess the bottom line to me is that the team needs to make serious moves not only in having a starter at each of the 3 IOL positions... but also needs to have serious backup plans as well.

It's not personal. I just think you're jerking me around. You replaced a low-level prospect with an NHL'er in your "equivalent" trade. Why did you do that?

That would be the key for any Wings trade like this. An extension would HAVE to be agreed upon. Let's say it's Noah Hanifan... Yeah, gotta have the extension.

And I've already thrown in my vote for the next dominant center: Jackson Powers-Johnson out of Oregon.

I'm putting this here too because it may very well affect the Lions 2024 draft: Ragnow is not going to the Pro Bowl so he can rest and "figure everything out" after all his injuries this year. If he retires: What then for the Lions? If if he doesn't retire... it tells me the team should be "on notice" of that eventuality. And that it may come sooner (even during 2024 dues to not-yet-incurred injuries) rather than later.

Ragnow is not going to the Pro Bowl so he can rest and "figure everything out" after all his injuries this year. If he retires: What then for the Lions?

I meant in the way that Ukrainian drones are buzzing around Russia looking for targets. Shutting down the internet in northwest Russia shuts down drone activity in that area. I mean, they haven't targeted any of his places previously if memory serves... Maybe once? I'm just saying he's doing things by reactionary paranoia...

In other words... Our current state of the country is due to, simply: White Trash Bigotry. That's it. It's nothing more than that. Trump's BS, the lies... all of that is just cover, as you've stated.

Again... If it's Augustine and Albert Johansson (offensive defenseman at GR), or Wallinder, I'm closer to that deal. It does NOT require Pellikka, which is my contention. That you're just trying to blow smoke up... How are Veleno & Fabbri underachieving forwards? You're constructing this deal incorrectly. You're doing this on purpose just to try and blow it in my face, IMO. You're not being serious, you're just being "FU" right now. The closest comp would be Berggren, who is scoring points at GR but can't break onto the current Wings roster, although he's been here before. OR, pick ONE of Fabbri or Veleno because you, essentially, decided to replace a LOW-LEVEL prospect in the deal with an NHL'er. This tells me you're not being serious. Replace ONE underachieving NHL'er with TWO NHL'ers...? You're just playing games. And if we've traded away a couple players for extra picks this year, which is also my contention, it lowers the cost of losing a couple picks (by getting some back). I've already stated I want Yzerman to be BOTH a seller and a buyer. A slight reconstruction of the roster, by only a few players, not a total remake... to put better long-term players, and tougher two-way players that can better handle the grind of the playoffs. Mostly on defense. But I'll take a two-way forward also, if we can get one. Like Lindholm. The only thing you got correct was the 1st and 4th. But a 1st, 4th, Berggren, Cossa OR Augustine, Wallinder OR Johansson... this is something I would consider. Canucks probably got the better deal, or players they liked more... but my construction is a lot closer/ more accurate than yours. And maybe Cossa "gets the deal" done.

I just looked at the Canucks prospects 2023 and they had those two defensive prospects at #6 and #9... So some dispute as to which prospects would have to be included here... But as stated.. no, I think that's a bit too rich a cost to make the deal.

This. I don't think it's worth it to trade up for a CB like DeJean. I'd rather stick and draft Arnold or Mitchell or Rakestraw (Wiggins doesn't tackle well... I'll bet dollars to donuts he's not on Holmes/ DC's draft board). If DeJean is the guy that falls to us fine... but I like the other guys just as much so I'd rather not spend extra picks to move up unnecessarily (IMO).

And if Jackson leaves there is still an immediate need at LG. I'm not certain how high they are on Awosika?

Teams had sticker shock per the internets at his salary demands ($15 mill/ year) if the internets is correct...

I think Glasgow gets at least a 2-3 year offer at a reasonable rate for the Lions. I think it's basically a done deal.

He might move to Safety though (at least per some draft reviews...). The other thing is (since I've been a draftnik since about 1981...) that: I'm now looking at guys as to whether or not they might be Brad Holmes/ Dan Campbell type guys... When I read "immensely talented but doesn't always give full effort/ questions on if he truly loves the game/ great cover guy but not a good tackler/ arm tackles a lot and doesn't make much effort to stop the run game...", etc... It gives me great pause on considering them on a draft board. "Will run through a brick wall to get to the runner" makes me think "Hmmm... sounds like a DC guy...". I think there may be a time to take a chance on an immense talent that might have questionable football character, but Holmes/ DC believe they can give the guy a push and in a strong locker room it'll also boost a player like that. Someone like Jalen Carter, just as an example. But I don't know if they're ready to do that just yet. I don't know if or when they will... So when I'm looking at CB's for example, DeJean is definitely a Holmes/ DC guy. So is Quin Mitchell, Terrion Arnold, Ennis Rakestraw and T.J. Tampa. Hugely aggressive corners, and tacklers/ good in the run game. But Kool-Aid is not. Not good in the run game. Not a good tackler. That's a Holmes/ DC no-no. Same with Nate Wiggins. So I'm ruling some guys out if there are certain questions, IMO, that Holmes/ DC would rule the guy out. Just something to think about for fellow draftniks. The 40 doesn't matter as much as the football character. And I like that they are using field-GPS instead of the 40 as well.

The other guy getting some interviews from the offensive coaching staff is Tanner Engstrom, our passing game coordinator. He's getting Offensive Coordinator interviews with several teams...

They just uncovered a hidden Putin $-million dacha near the Finnish border... It's probably why he freaked out...

Ah, yeah... I forgot about that...

Our passing game coordinator, Tanner Engstrom, might get the Tampa OC job. I have a wild idea... Hire Teddy Bridgewater as our next passing game coordinator. If he wants that job... Interesting idea?

I'm on board with that.