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He is such a bizarre case. From the little I've seen lately he still seems to be playing hard he just has zero offense? Get him a sports psychologist or something.

It's too bad idiots like you are ruining the country but here we are

Oh interesting, maybe he has some sort of 4 nations injury

I was away from home in Winnipeg for a little over a week so I've missed the post Four Nations games, but I did catch some of the outdoor game on the plane home when the feed worked for me. I missed most of the third unfortunately. I thought Larkin looked really off all game it was weird, maybe the ice was affecting him/his speed but I felt pretty frustrated with what I saw of his play. Maybe I was just overtired and mixed with a few airport margaritas though.

I fear I know the answer but a guy can dream lol. Another reason I was annoyed Larkin was a fourth line winger but at least he will do what you need the fourth line to do!

I wonder if Auston Matthews is going to show up...

Interesting, I somehow completely missed that story I guess. She seems very invested in her social media presence, I'm happy I've largely given it up....

Never heard of whoever that is and it seems like it is for the best

What a gut punch it was reading that. You can tell how worn down he feels, he was always such a fun and bright voice during the lean years for the Lions. I wish he could have seen them lift the Lombardi.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6122736/2025/02/18/red-wings-player-poll/ Some funny stuff in there, I am not shocked that Berggren has no life skills after he drove to the wrong Grand Rapids

Would you rather fight broccoli Tkachuk or ogre Tkachuk? Didn't expect to enjoy the tournament this much, I'm really looking forward to the Olympics now.

Go Sweden!

I've been reading very encouraging things about Dylan James this season, it sounds like he could get a pro contract after this season. I would love for him to be able to replace the Mottes and Velenos on the roster. More Buch content:

I would love for him to come over to NA soon...

JT Miller being the third line center instead of Larkin is insanity lol

I was hoping Shine would still be with the Wings when they played the Lightning next. Outside of Chiarot and maybe Seider after a whistle I can't see anyone doing anything. It would be fun to watch Soderblom ragdoll him.

It's a shame that Noah Dobson is right handed

No question I would welcome a Cozens reclamation try if the cost was cheap and Buffalo retained some money. If Sabres are desperate to get rid of the contract for some reason a combo of Compher + Veleno + mid round pick would be fine with me. But not looking to do much more than that myself.

FWIW I have read rumblings that the Wings' board was Stutzle 1 then Raymond 2 so they could have shocked everyone if they won the lottery! I have no idea how true that is though as it didn't come from anyone in the Wings' org directly so could have just been revisionist stuff after Lafreniere took a while to get going.

In my mind he's one of those dudes with all the tools, but not the toolbox, so I'm skeptical he'd turn it around in Detroit but stranger things have happened. I also don't watch a ton of Buffalo games, but I've just been unimpressed with his hockey IQ when it comes to his own zone. If his contract wasn't so awful I would be way more willing to try, but his lack of offense after getting his deal makes it pretty ugly right now. Maybe he can rediscover whatever he did to get paid on another team.

No to Dylan Cozens. He's absolutely awful on defense and doesn't put up enough points to make up for it. He just doesn't seem like a Yzerman type center to me.

I'm hoping the Wings are trying to sign Johansson to a contract extension in season, I would love to lock him into a cheaper long term deal before he plays 20+ minutes a night too much!

They also said Kasper couldn't play on the first line! Seems about right for Wheeler, honestly I'm shocked he had them in the top 5 after Edvinsson "graduated". He's notoriously been more down on Danielson than other evaluators and he generally doesn't change his tune even after the draft, so it is nice to see he still rates them well I guess!

Slowly but surely the yzerplan is coming to fruition