lordstanley

Everything's fine as long as Yzerman has a very active summer. Sundqvist, easy to replace. But need to replace Bertuzzi and what we thought Vrana could be. So a big splash on a 1st line or 2nd line forward, either by trade of 1st rounders or UFA. And a top-4 defenceman to replace Hronek. That's just to tread water compared to this year. Need more moves on top of that to move forward into strong playoff position. And it's not going to come from top 5 draft picks, because those aren't coming our way unless with crazy lottery luck one year.

By my count, if the Wings don’t come back in final 2 minutes, this will be 6 losses in a 9 day span. That hard to do.

And just like that the Wings trail. Haven’t the Wings led in most of the losses of this 1-5-1 stretch?

Ugh, shorthanded breakaway goal for Philly ties it 1-1 in the 2nd.

Oooh, that's a good and important point and it seems to be hard to get clarity on that. If it's just the Isles pick regardless, I definitely want them to make the playoffs now so we can pick this year. I don't think the NYI will drop too far next year, if at all.

Now 3-1 NYI. i believe this will be the Wings’ 6th loss in 7 games, a 1-5-1 stretch.

It’s amazing how Tampa has helped wreck our playoff hopes. In their past 5 games they have defeated the Wings but lost to Pittsburgh twice, to Florida and to Buffalo. Now they’re losing to Buffalo again today, 5-1 in the 3rd.

Wings almost gave up a shorthanded goal but come right back down the ice to score. 1-0 late in 2nd.

Are you sure about that? I thought if the islanders miss the playoffs the pick will move to 2024. If the Islanders make the playoffs, the Wings pick this year. I may be wrong.

Wings haven’t done much today, 8 shots midway through game. But still scoreless versus islanders.

Wings were just 5 seconds away from killing the OT penalty.

Big late kill preserved at least a point. 4-4 heading to OT.

Goals galore.

I’m not giving up on season. A couple of quick wins and the Wings are right back in it.

1st string goalie has been the least of the Wings’ problems this year, may even be their MVP. Need a better backup, but shouldn’t be too expensive.

Unfortunately I was correct.

Watch him yield less than we got for Hronek.

When did I say that? I made two posts. In one I reported that Canuck talk radio is angry and confused by the trade, I didn’t say anything about disagreeing with that. In the second post I speculated that the Wings could be able to get more for that 1st round pick than they gave up to get it

Assumption is that Yzerman will use this new pick to swap for someone better than Hronek now or at draft or in summer, right?

Vancouver talk radio is on fire. Have been listening here since trade went down. Nothing personal against Hronek, but they are all dumbfounded as to why the Canucks made this move now.

Wings could have used a few truckers last night and tonight. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/downtown-ottawa-roads-businesses-shut-down-as-freedom-convoy-protesters-flood-parliament-hill-1.5759563 Fireworks and the sounds of truck horns filled the air on a cold Saturday evening, as thousands of truckers and their supporters remained in downtown Ottawa. The ‘Freedom Convoy’ demonstrators are protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions, with no word on what will happen next or how long they are planning to stay. The number of vehicles and people converging on the area around Parliament Hill caused total gridlock in the city's core, closing roads and forcing a downtown mall to close early for the day.

Nyquist traded to Minnesota. For just a 5th round pick. I remember how excited it seemed when he first came up. I believe 2013 was his magical spring, practically a goal a game against one point

Wings have been outscored 10-3 in 4 periods in Ottawa so far.