slothfacekilla

awood is the best

If Jake was truly a great guy he would have taken them to a card shop to buy hobby boxes not this retail slop 😉

If I had a nickel for every time that DeBoer threw a beloved goalie under the bus I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice!

It was said 99% in jest (who wouldn't want his rosters?) and 1% to say it is really tough to succeed in the NHL! I'm running on little sleep so you can probably ignore most of my posts right now, I'm in a goofy mood it feels like 😆

Certainly not any interest for me...he'll turn 38 during next season and hasn't played in two seasons. I will admit I probably never rated him as high as most of the general public (a lot of Blackhawk hate in my blood) so maybe I am underestimating him. I could see the Jets signing him to bring home the hometown kid for the end of his career.

I believe the Wings wanted Holland to move on from GMing (for Yzerman?) and Holland said no. So I don't know if Nill was ever destined to hang around long enough until ownership forced Holland's hand. It seems like Kenny wanted to hang on as long as possible. Nill's a great GM but he's still won nothing in 12 years in Dallas🫣

I believe you're right about all the holdovers but I'm not 100%. Horcoff has been promoted by Yzerman too.

Chris was with Steve in Tampa Bay for like nine years it isn't like he just did a nepotism hire of someone who is unqualified for fun. He brought a decent amount of Tampa people with him. The dude that Chris "replaced" is now a coach in the Eastern Hockey League after not doing anything for a couple years, so if he was some sort of pro scouting savant he would have certainly been picked up by another NHL team. And it isn't like the Wings' scouting was lighting the world on fire under Holland. But hey it is an easy thing to get upset about if you don't bring any context I guess.

Especially ones done as the result of blatant bribery.

I would expect a bit of a bounceback for Tarasenko (dealing with the death of his father last season), Gustafsson (after looking like one of the worst Wings ever under uncle fester I thought he had some good moments under Todd, just not enough), and Compher (this is just a hope since he isn't THAT old and had a better season two years ago). Holl is in a contract year so maybe he picks it up somehow? I have no hope for Rasmussen, I pray some other team sees his size and thinks he can help them in their bottom six but they're probably stuck with him. Sad he never kept developing when he looked like he was a couple seasons ago then got hurt. He sucks!

I am slightly worried about the miles on his body at this point, but the Wings could really use some of his style of play. He seems like a bastard to play against on the ice. Randomly, my sister in law gave him a few jiu jitsu lessons years back when she was living and training in New York and he's supposedly a very nice guy. So that's cool.

I wouldn't hate it! It would be interesting to see what their trade value is.

Bizarre!

Did they say what happened with the grounds crew person? I don't have any volume on for the game sadly.

He would probably have to take a pretty big pay cut relative to what other teams could offer if he signed in Florida. I guess they could fill out their roster with cheap scrubs if they wanted to go that route, but it looks like to me they have a lot of roster spots to fill with the $18.5 million cap space they'll have. Unless I'm reading their situation wrong haha.

I wouldn't be shocked if guys like him and Kreider aren't being shopped around too, but just a guess. Maybe they aren't looking for a hard reset though. I didn't realize Miller had that many years left on his deal, wonder what his game looks like in those last 3 or so years.

Rangers are allegedly shopping K'Andre Miller. I imagine it would be a high-ish price but could be an intriguing avenue for the Wings to bolster their backend

Welcome back Wenceel!!!

It seems like Benson has turned into a 3rd line grinder/pest type based on his first two seasons but maybe his offense will blossom in the NHL soon? Looks like Wood had a solid NCAA season last year, though Max Plante scored more per game than him as a freshman. Just goes to show it is tough to predict how players will end up! I'm trying to be more patient with prospects myself.

100% but what you wrote in your earlier post is pretty much what people were saying about him going into and after his draft.

I for one would be very happy to draft another Marco Kasper....

Intriguing fella for around the Wings' first round pick edit: never mind I didn't realize he was rated so highly around, probably not a chance the Wings can grab him

I always thought Blashill handled the young Wings oddly so it'll be interesting to see what he does with the hawks...

Sounds like the Blackhawks are going to hire Blashill lol

Man, I wish someone would have thought of this sooner