slothfacekilla

Please don't even speak a Nurse to Detroit possibility into the ether we don't want that

Couldn't help myself 😂 It'll be interesting to see what they can do moving forward without a first round pick this draft and their 2-4 missing the following draft. Their prospect pool is already bottom half of the league, they have to hope Stramel is a guy especially since they have no center depth (or a number one center) on their nhl roster. They have like $12 million in cap space next season but they have a lot of roster spaces to fill so it isn't like they can acquire a premier player. Their non-Hughes/Faber defenders were pretty damn bad. I guess it is nice to win a playoff series but that is a flawed roster with a tenuous future moving forward.

That was very kind of you to just react to my madness 😂

I'm not sure what you mean, that Gibson might not be good next season? Obviously that's always a risk with goalies, he's probably still easier to predict than two rookies. My point in mentioning he was good this year is that some might want to hope for that again but I immediately said I want to trade him. My point in mentioning the Habs goalies was that it can work in your favor, not saying it is guaranteed though. I'm struggling to parse out your point I guess lol Edit: Oh god I think I'm being big dumb and you mean what the rookies would show next season wouldn't predict the future maybe? I'm overtired! If so then I'm not sure anyone would argue that goalies are stable season to season, still gives you more informed info than not playing them in the NHL I would imagine? Maybe I need to eat some lunch to jog my brain haha

I know he was good last year, but if it were me I'd try to trade Gibson with some salary retention and run with Cossa and Postava. It is risky but it can pay off. Habs are running Dobes and Fowler in the playoffs, might as well see what we got. I do think Cossa still has decent trade value if that's the route they go.

I would hope he'd confirm that so I guess that's settled! It will be interesting to see what happens. Crazy that a difference of a month and half made him not get the extra season.

Good point that could definitely be bugging him still. It would be a big coup if he came to camp skating better next season.

Sadly I think we can stick a fork in Buium. His skating hasn’t improved and he’s been a healthy scratch for a bit in the ahl here. Last game I watched him play he spent the entire game chasing the opposition in his own zone because his foot speed isn’t there. We should see Wallinder due to waiver eligibility next season, and he honestly has looked pretty solid lately. He and Anton have the biggest chances on defense to make the club I think. Maybe if ASP can put on a ton of offseason muscle he is in the mix.

https://prashanthiyer.substack.com/p/emmitt-finnie-poised-for-a-breakout?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2171106&post_id=197013634&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=nkg8z&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email Some good stuff in here on Finnie (and an interesting aside on posts hit by him, Larkin and DBC)

I have to imagine it did. As far as I know it his back keeping him out, and that stemmed from the Buffalo cross check in preseason.

Love the boys giving Axel some face rubs, I feel like the Grand Rapids team is a lot closer than the Red Wings crew. It's definitely easier when your team is doing well, but I hope the kids can carry this over to next season.

Getting kinda excited to see this kid in camp next season

Nice to see Seider getting love from non-Detroit people

Finnie playing for Canada (and Talbot)

I'm sure he's confused looking at the roster for the mere fact that he probably can't read

Super cool to see Max Plante on the list. Faulk is there too.

Not shocking but Seider didn't get a Norris nom.

The more I think about it I can’t see a deal to be made with the Oilers. I don’t think they’re giving up any of their core this offseason. Their prospects suck. I don’t see how it makes sense for both teams. It could make sense to deal McDavid now or something but I can’t imagine Bowman will. So I imagine the Oilers will want to keep the NHL team as strong as possible. I’m probably wrong but I just couldn’t figure out a trade that made sense looking at their assets.

I certainly wouldn't mind trading with Bowman that's for sure

The second round hasn't been kind to the young goalies so far. Wallstedt gave up 8 goals in game one and sat for game two. Dobes has given up 4 goals on 9 shots so far tonight.

Wasn't sure where to put this, interesting