buddha

Lebrun of the athletic just did a big four part article on where the trade targets are going to go in the nhl.  listed about 20 players.

none were predicted to go to detroit.

does he know something?  i doubt it.  nobody knows anything about what detroit is doing.  my point being we see what we want to see and we focus on detroit.

i doubt the performance of detroit's three best players means anything in the big scheme of things, unless you also assume players now all want to go to winnipeg or edmonton or minnesota or new jersey?  maybe montreal because salfkovsky played so well for the czechs?

i think we focus on detroit and detroit players.

is new jersey suddenly where everyone wants to go because of jack hughes?  

there is plenty of buzz in the social media world about teams other than detroit, but we dont pay any attention to it.

53 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

washed up.

28 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Now that the Olympics are over and trade talk is heating up, it is nice to see the buzz around Detroit. Of course it is buzz and little of it will pan out, but the buzz is there because guys around the league saw Seider be the anchor for Germany. They saw Raymond be the best player for Sweden. They saw that everyone on gold-winning Team USA looked to Larkin as a leader. 

It wasn’t too long ago that fans were dumping on Yzerman, but suddenly he has a young core that is already in playoff contention, he has some talented young players in the pipeline, and he has money coming off the books. On top of this, there are a lot of talented players who now view Detroit as a great destination. The next decade will be a great time to be a Red Wings fan. 

youre reading a lot into the olympics.  what players now view detroit as a great destination?

3 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

Sadly if Kyper is the source of a rumor it probably means it is completely made up 

unfortunately this.

1 hour ago, Shinzaki said:

Agree that needs to be a part of the roster...maybe a guy like NC's Veesaar or a vet similar to Al Horford

like lauri markannen...

about time they sent the lions to germany.

the good news is we were able to free up enough money to sign daniss jenkins for next year.  and we didnt have to trade tobias harris because he's great in the locker room.

Just now, Deleterious said:

The good news.  Nobody in the east can do this to the Pistons.

until tatum comes back.

ivey washing out kills this team.  he was their second scorer to help cade.  

without him, they tanked for one superstar, a defensive small forward who can guard 1-3, a rim running center, and a defensive role player.  

that's not a championship core.  they have to get another scorer.  but trajan sat on his hands and did nothing in a season where the second best team is the flawed knicks and the injured celtics.

this game is a bit flukish that the pistons are shooting so poorly, but it does show how they are going to struggle if teams double cade hard in key moments.  if he isnt superman, they could be in trouble becauae their other two best players (ausar/duren) cant score without him.

1 minute ago, Deleterious said:

The entire Spurs defense is focused on Cade. They are fine giving up the occasional Duren tip in or dunk, maybe a Robinson three. They know nobody else on the floor can beat them.

isnt this what theyre going to see every night in the playoffs?  if cade is going to be human in any game the pistons are in big trouble.  there is no other consistent scorer on the team.

but thank goodness they didnt go all in at the deadline for a #2 scorer...

if cade is shooting 5-25 youre going to lose to the pelicans, much less the spurs.

shooting less than 20% from 3 = loss

if there is one franchise that has received their success largely from the league, its the spurs.  yeah yeah, parker and ginobli.  but they dont win **** without duncan.  and befoee him robinson.  and now wemby AND castle AND harper.

**** you, nba.  and **** off, spurs.

49 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Talk on X is that the Wings are in on RHD McKenzie Weegar from the Flames.

They also employ the irascible Nazem Kadri...he would add an ahole dimension to the top six

weegar's play has fallen off, iirc.

they beat the knicks in new york and now everyone is on the bandwagon.

today has been the greatest "make fun of canada" day of all time.

no offense to canadians.

1 hour ago, Deleterious said:

I would pay a lot of money for a subscription that filtered out arena music.  That OKC arena is awful, just nonstop background noise.  

try the mute button.  not only does it filter out annoying background noise, but you dont have to listen to doris burke either!  

Just now, Shinzaki said:

Kings are giving our old pal Killian a 10 day run

adam silver is going to fine them $650k for making such an obvious tanking maneuver.

And its George Washington's birthday too!

it was destiny.

1 minute ago, lordstanley said:

And then drifted back. I can see why McDavid would stay back a bit, your forwards do that in 3 on 3 so they can be sprung after a save, but no excuse for Makar when he saw Jack Hughes alone. 

the real reason we scored was dylan larkin distracting everyone, pulling the defense away from a wide open jack hughes.  🙂

watching that replay, makar with a terrible pinch attempt led to the breakaway.

5 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

My mom had a routine colonoscapy and her insurance provider tried charging her $2,500 because they said she was high risk. Of course she's high risk, her father had colon cancer, that's why she was in there for a preventative freaking screening. She fought it for a month and won thankfully. 

Anyways, great game, that was fun to watch. 

so she paid $0?  cool!  and she didnt even have to give half her money to the government to do it.

enough.  good hockey result even if the team you hate the most won.