lordstanley

Concussion?

I was actually interested in the Wings looking at Chyrchrun this summer. Not at $9 million though.

ENG for DeBrincat. Wings have never lost in Utah.

Edvinsson knuckles one in. 3-1!

And have lost their goalie and are somehow leading. Are the Wings going to tease us and keep faint hopes alive by actually winning this game?

3 shots, 2 goals. Kasper gives Wings the 2-1 lead.

Elmer with his 4th of the season. Four more than I thought he would score with the big club this year.

I’m hoping to go to the Tigers-Mariners matinee on Wednesday April 2. I haven’t been to a game at T-Mobile Park when the roof is closed.

Fine on TV or of course on radio. But I'd hate to go to one game at Comerica all season and have it be the City Connects instead of the classic home whites with the olde English D.

Since it's a General thread, I'm posting a YouTube clip of a commercial I remember well from Tigers broadcasts growing up.

Not a "prospect" per se, but what do you know Sloth about Josh Leivo's 49-goal record-setting season in the KHL? 31 years old and never scored more than 19 points in an NHL season for the Leafs, Canucks, Hurricanes or Blues. He did have some decent points total in AHL seasons but that never translated to the NHL for him. Is he on PEDs or something, or is there any remote chance that something has clicked in the KHL and he'll be looking at NHL offers this off-season. It's just bizarre to me. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=130558

Not sure whether anyone posted this a few days ago. The Athletic's compilation of top 100 position players. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6204865/2025/03/20/mlb-position-player-tiers-2025/ Tigers have no one in Tier 1 (6 players), no one in Tier 2 (13 players), Riley Green in Tier 3 (18 players, "All-Stars"), no one in Tier 4 (23 players), no one in Tier 5 (16 players), and Carpenter and Torres in Tier 6 (24 players). The difference between Tier 5 and Tier 6 seems just to be age (30-somethings vs. 20-somethings). KC's Bobby Witt Jr. is Tier 1 ("Best of the Best") joining Betts, Henderson, Judge, Ohtani and Soto. Guardians' Jose Ramirez is Tier 2 ("MVP Contenders"). Minnesota's Carlos Correa is Tier 4, Guardians' Steven Kwan is Tier 4.

GMing is hard. You’re competing against 31 other reasonably smart minds and trying to beat the market. Just like picking stocks, it’s not easy to do, and having done it for years successfully in one organization doesn’t mean you’ll be able to replicate it in a different time and place. Quite possible for example that over the past 6 years Yzerman has done better than 20 of the other 31 GMs would have done in his shoes. But in order for the Wings to be solidly in the playoffs and in line to be true Cup contenders within a couple of years he would have had to have been a top 5 GM since being hired by the Wings. Maybe he is only #12, let’s say. Skill has something to do with it of course, but so does luck. I think Yzerman has had bad goalie luck, as I liked what he tried in bringing in Ned then Husso then Lyon. Just needed one of those to pan out as being above average, and I expected one of those three would have.

With the caveat that "these are professionals and are supposed to play hard and energized 100% of the time no matter what", have to start wondering what type of impact on the dressing room there has been by Yzerman deciding at three straight trade deadlines to not bring in material reinforcements. Management can stress patience and some potential long-term payoff, but players on the ice are supposed to play with urgency? Well yes, they are supposed to, but still ...

Wings now in line for a top 10 draft pick.

At the beginning of the month, biggest competition for the final two playoff spots looked to between Detroit, Ottawa, Columbus, NYR and Boston. The Sens have gone on a hot streak, fine, and have sewn up a spot. But in their past 10 Detroit has gone 2-8, Boston has gone 2-7-1, Columbus 2-7-1, and NYR has gone 3-5-2. That's pathetic.

Empty netter makes it 6-3. Wings have gone 2-9-0 in past 11 for 4 out of 22 points. Have given up 4 or more goals in 7 of those 9 losses. If they had simply gone 4-5-2 in those 11, which still would have been poor at less than a point per game pace, they’d be alone in 8th place.

Meanwhile Montreal scored 3 goals in 5 minutes in the 3rd period to tie the Avs and are headed to OT. I’m watching the game and am very jealous of the Bell Centre fans.

Another powerplay goal. Wings back to within 3-2.

After that reprieve, the Wings give up a goal with 3 seconds to goal in period. Backbreaker.

Vegas throws things at net and they keep going in. 3-1 Knights. Wings might not even stay close in the playoff spot. Update: 3rd goal is beimg challenged for offside.

Penalty kill is still weak. Vegas ties it on first opportunity.

The Wings have got in close a couple more times, but still 1-0.