buddha

i dont want ep40. but the amount of smoke there means they are interested.

i dont care what they do, as long as i dont have to see another retread veteran with no skills on a top line with larkin and raymond. you want to take advantage of skill? get a skilled player like ep40. you want someone to dig in the corners but still have some playmaking skill to match? move kasper up or go get a bigger guy with some speed who can stay with those two.

EP40 - Larkin - Raymond Debrincat - Copp - Kane Lombardi - Kasper - Mazur James - Compher - MBN you lose danielson in the trade plus a pick and ras. re-sign kane.

that's the meanest thing you've ever said to me. 😞

where do we fit danielson, mazur, mbn, lombardi, and james next year? they'll have to dump ras, appleton, and compher. not easy to do with their production/contracts. unless, as some have posed, youre sending them as salary makeweights pkus prospects in a bigger deal for ep40. i think jason offered up that possibility.

i think there is so much smoke about them having deals in place but just not being able to get them over the finish line, that they will make some moves this offseason. but i share your skepticism about yzerman at this point and am in "i'll believe it when i see it" mode. unfortunately, i think the most lkkely deal is for a distressed asset like ep40. 😞

they have all their #1 picks to deal. plus duren. to your point, we dont know what other teams wanted, but duren might be enticing to people.

because he's rich and tired of being in an organization whose goal is to make the play in every year.

give kat the ball in the 4th quarter in crunch time and watch how fast he gives it back to brunson.

tom thibodeau would have had a timeout left!

i'm here every day all season. you popped in about two weeks ago to tell everyone how great this season was and how good michael rasmussen is.

whoever blocks the most shots wins.

harden was available. zion. cj mccollum. but why shoot for that when you can move up 8 spots in the draft to the low 20s?

hopefully. i think we've all placed too much faith in the wings' prospects. me included. so i'm taking a wait and see approach.

game opened at detroit -12.5. quickly down to detroit - 9.5.

Again, everyone (not on this site) seems to be acting surprised that this team has no reliable outside shooting and no creators not named cade cunningham. they brought in caris lavert to "create" for god's sake. lets see if duncan and/or huerter can get going in game 2. or tobias. they have to spread the floor cade to operate and duren to be effective rolling.

i dont disagree, but i dont think he's particularly "skilled." we may be working off different definitions of "skilled." the bottom six could use an upgrade and anyone with a pulse is likely to fit that bill instead of rasmussen. but if they are running mazur and james next year, they'll need a big upgrade in the top six to make the playoffs. honestly, if trading danielson or kasper and some of their depth gets you a highly skilled player they should do it. because kasper and danielson arent playing like future 40 goal scorers, they're playing like future 40 point scorers.

you throw a lot of hope up there and pray that it sticks. it hasnt so far, but our standards are different.

ausar played 9 second half minutes. jenkins played 16. he's looking for shooting to spread out orlando, and since his boss refused to get him any shooting, he's turning to a g-league player to get it (because duncan or huerter or lavert (!) were giving us nothing). as most knowledgeable pistons fans will attest, this team scores off its defense. when you take ausar away in some desperate search for shooting/spacing, you are playing away from your strengths. out. coached.

he scored 20 goals as a 22 year old playing against players younger than him. if he has any nhl ambitions i would expect him to do that. i dont think he gets his goals through speed, stick handling, great passing, or high end "skills," i think he gets them by charging to the net and being physical. that's great. the nhl is full of guys like that. but he's not particularly big, not particularly fast, and doesnt set the game on fire by being more skilled than others. he's carter mazur. a plugger. the world needs pluggers, but the world needs another alex debrincat more.

another fourth liner who tries hard but has limited skill. he'll fit right in on the first line here.

theyre bringing a lot of urban's old offense back. a lot more qb runs. that will take advantage of underwood's size and athleticism more. carr is athletic, but he has a pop gun arm. not sure he's a long term solution but it would depend on the offense they run. and if underwood did leave, they'll have LOTS OF MONEY left over to go get another qb.

underwood's comp is cam newton or vince young. He's massive, he can run like a deer, has a cannon for an arm... and **** mechanics that impacts his accuracy. i'm not saying he's going to final get it like young or newton, but that's his comp.

We all said "duren has to show it in the playoffs. regular season games when the other team is playing 3/5ths of their lineup and not trying is not a good measure." welp. not off to a great start. its only one game, but someone else is going to have to step it up. tobias harris is not the #2 guy on a championship team. duren has to be.

grand rapids gets beat again. cossa finishes with the worst save % on the team this year (he finished ahead of augustine, but he just got there so we'll cut him some slack). meanwhile, jesper wellstadt just started a playoff game and gave up 1 goal to dallas. #yzerplan.