buddha

if the wings are going to "build through the draft" then at some point they actually need to play the players they've drafted. or just admit you drafted the wrong players. wallinder/buium should be due to come next season or be traded for someone who can help. cossa should be here. danielson needs to be here. asp/mbn will likely be in GR but should also be worthy of spots on the team. i understand the seider/raymond timeline he wants to be on. but if that's the case then why not just tank until next season? maybe that's what they were doing all along by calling up watson and bringing back petry and making no deadline moves? its frustrating, but NEXT season is the real litmus test, imo. they have money. they have prospects. they have picks. if you want to build around seider/raymond then go out and make an offer sheet to someone who is cap strapped like st louis did this year. i dont think you'll get marner but are you willing to bid $13m for 7 years to get him? or are we in for another year of washed up vets on small deals to "bide time" for the draft picks to get here? i'm more patient than most, but next year needs to see some youth AND some improvement. maybe stevie doesnt go, but i dont see what draper, cleary, fischer, lidstrom, kronwall and the rest of the front office have done to prove they should stay. yzerman built a stanley cup winning organization, what have those other guys done off the ice to deserve the benefit of the doubt? what IS this team? are they puck possession? are they big and strong? are they defense first? are they offense first? or are they just a collection of players who agreed to sign here? i dont see a plan.

how many open nets did they miss? they were being outshot but not outplayed for most of the game but just could not finish. is simon edvinsson actually good? cant we find someone decent to play alongside seider? we have small forwards who play a bigger game on the boards than our big forwards. and cossa and danielson set for another season in the minors so we can watch mrazek/talbot and jt compher again next year. honestly, rantanen was always a pipe dream. marner isnt coming here. the only way they get a "star" will be to trade for one.

what's the list of goaltenders who played 3 seasons in ncaa before turning pro who werent good? i bet its longer than the list above. disappointing from augustine. he has nothing left to prove in the ncaa and is likely holding back his development. otoh, he was drafted by detroit and would have likely spent the next decade in the minors anyway because we cant have young players come up before they are absolutely, 100% overripe as prospects.

stew is going to have to learn to control himself.

its so satisfying to see russell westbrook continue to be the bad, selfish, oblivious player he's always been. only now he cant "out-athlete" everyone else to make up for it. what a dumb ass. cost them the game.

coby white with 28 tonight against the tanking raptors. oh, and scottie "better than cade cunningham" barnes had 9 points.

bulls played the thunder tonight and got beat by 30. coby white had 7 and josh giddey 15. because that's what teams that try on defense do to guys like josh giddey and coby white.

big and hard to play against are what they've been lacking from their forwards.

i imagine they would rather play detroit than any of the other alternatives.

oh no! not st francis u! some will compete and some wont. but it aint amateurism. not that it has been for a long time.

wings now 3 behind montreal with 9 to play in the race to get swept by washington.

mitchell and brown can both shoot.

rough to start the season with a team that might be one of the best ever when its all said and done.

talbot saved their bacon with that last save.

zion? how do they get that "second superstar"? booker, durant, zion, markannen? do okc part with any of their top players once they become too expensive? chet on the block? ivey, duren, and multiple first rounders have to be available for the right guy. unless you think ivey continues to develop.