slothfacekilla

Well my Holl post was a joke so I feel bad that you wrote a long post off of it. I do disagree that Holl passes any sort of eye test, to me he largely plays fine and then is responsible for really weird mistakes and busted coverage. He isn't as bad as people on the internet make him out to be, but I wouldn't say that means he's "good". There's a reason he's been buried in the minors two seasons in a row and no one wanted to claim him. Ya his contract sucks but I'm sure the Wings would be giddy to trade him with major salary retention, if nothing more than to get rid of a veteran contract in GR because right now they have to rotate sitting veterans because of the vet rule in the AHL. Slotting him in instead of Hamonic is really just moving deck chairs around on the Titanic. Wings are probably trying to showcase Gustaffson hoping he plays well enough that a team gets desperate with injuries. Wallinder probably gets the AlJo treatment where he makes the Wings when he has to pass through waivers. But I don't know anything, just guesses.

We're in a dark place when we're pining for Justin Holl in the lineup

They called up Gustaffson so you have to think he gets in for one of these two next game

Thought Bernard Docker looked pretty solid early on this season but god he looks awful now. Him and Hamonic both are having bad games, missing Edvinsson really shows how bad the d depth is.

There are very few players I would swap for him one for one that’s for sure. What a snipe by Cat in ot, wow. That Raymond goal was pretty too.

Absurd embellishment call on Kane just now, these refs are delusional

Finnie has had three great chances in the first here, the CBJ goalie is making great saves

Seems like Twitter is down right now but Plante had a natural hat trick (and a five minute major for boarding!) last night, he leads the NCAA with 26 points in 15 games so far this season (13 goals, 13 assists). https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/bulldogs-hockey/max-plante-gets-hat-trick-to-lead-umd-to-victory Bear seems to be heating up after getting his groove back, 2 goals and an assist for him last night.

No it does not, before this season Cossa was a better prospect than Wallstedt based on their body of AHL work to date. Wallstedt has largely looked not good before this season from what I've seen. I don't see much value in making sweeping generalizations about drafting or development based on either the past AHL seasons or 7 NHL games this season. Is it possible that Wallstedt ends up being better than Cossa? Ya for sure, and he's looked good so far this season. But goalies are strange and it is 7 whole games.

Cossa was up and down at the back half of the last AHL season, so it was tough to give him any sort of guarantee in the NHL this season especially with Talbot being old/an injury risk. Fans especially seem to want the team to make the playoffs so it would have been a pretty volatile tandem with that in mind. Goalies usually take time, I'm not personally worried with his timeline so far especially with him playing very well in Grand Rapids so far this season. Askarov was a better prospect than him and drafted a season earlier, and he's just having his NHL breakout right now. I suspect we'll see Cossa at points this season honestly but I'm personally not concerned he isn't in the NHL at the moment. If he keeps up his play I don't see how they don't give him a look some time this season.

Wow I must really not pay close attention to the NBA, I thought the Lowe proposal was some sort of joke I didn't get, and then I got to the Mitchell trade. I had no idea NBA teams were including that many first round picks in single trades, wild!

Gibson used to be really good on some bad Ducks teams so I was hoping he'd be used to a sub-par defense in front of him. I do think he's having a lot of bad puck luck but he also isn't making many big saves and certainly isn't stealing any games. It's a shame he doesn't seem to have a ton left in the tank but I appreciate the swing by the Wings, there weren't many options out there. I turned the game off when they went down 2-0 last night, they looked really bad.

I hope Eddie can make the NHL just because he seems like he'd be fun to watch at the very least

Not a big Craig Button fan myself honestly.

It does help when only 1 team in the Atlantic has a positive goal differential and it is only +3

I don't blame anyone for expecting a collapse but I'm just trying to enjoy the wins while I can! Hopefully something is different with a full season of Toddfather.

My guess is bigger + working on playing center in the AHL against adults, but I think he's a winger in the NHL anyways. I'd love for him to get a shot now on the wing to see if his creativity could spark some more offense for the Wings but I have no idea what the plan is really. He's looked pretty good in Grand Rapids so far to me.

This line looked good in preseason edit: total brainfart Finnie wasn't with them (I think it was Lombardi?), look upon my post with shame

I wish I could give this more than one reaction! I thought I was taking crazy pills talking with Leafs fans.

The hater in me is loving this season from the Leafs so far. I had a couple buddies who were acting like they were Cup bound with the moves they made.

600 career points for Larkin as he gets an empty net goal to ice the game

Finnie from Danielson on the power play! The future is bright!

And now it is tied, blech!

never mind that's offsides, cmon finnie, this is brutal because he could have easily straddled the line with the route he took