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Wait....this can't be true

I personally wanted Wallinder to step up in his bigger role in Grand Rapids last season, but he never really seemed to. He's a tall, toolsy guy that we're still waiting on to put it all together. He also seems kinda soft. I thought what little I saw of Buium live last season, he seemed pretty solid as a second pairing guy for GR, but did seem to make some mistakes in his own zone/neutral zone. Buium is probably the "closest" to the NHL of the three GR defense from last season in my mind, but Wallinder has a higher ceiling if everything clicks. It's a shame Anton Johansson went back to play for his dad's team in Sweden because he seemed to do pretty well in his short Griffins stint last season.

I fear that if Tuomisto is seeing any time with the Wings something will have gone terribly wrong, I just don't think he has the footspeed/skating for the NHL but I also don't know what I'm talking about. It would be cool if he could turn into something because adding another useful tall dude would be a plus.

Pricey unless Miller bounces back in a big way but I could definitely see that happening

My wife is getting mad at the Ken Holland memes I'm sending her, I am more than fine with what the Wings have done so far lol. I wonder if someone is going to drastically overpay Ehlers at this point

John Leonard gets a 1 year deal for some Grand Rapids scoring, scored 36 goals in the AHL last season

Ken Holland is so bad at this, that Ceci deal is insane

Jeff Petry to Florida is pretty funny to me

Interesting, didn't he use a NTC to not come to Detroit in the past? 1 year $1 million with incentives, not much money at all

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player/jacob-bernard-docker/8480879 Now this dude for 1 year 875k alrighty then

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player/ian-mitchell/8480070 1 year 775k for whoever this is, hopefully just ahl fodder

TSN posted then removed the Miller to the Canes trade, wonder if they hit a snag or something

Holy hell that Jeannot contract Boston gave him is absolutely hilarious, his agent must be amazing

Rumor saying teams were ready to give Jake Allen $5 million a season lol, kudos to Yzerman for getting ahead of this awful goalie market

The Athletic keeps floating that the Wings had something big in mind for this offseason which seems like a lofty claim, but the only thing that makes sense to me for that is trading for Miller after Garikov signs but I will expect nothing so I'm not disappointed.

the Blue Jackets saw the Predators making desperate moves and figured they should get in on that too, woof. That's a very expensive Demko extension too, wonder if he'll ever stay healthy

With all the noise about Garikov wanting to go to New York and him turning down the Kings' offers I would be shocked if he wasn't a Ranger at noon edit: I'm not the only one to see the obvious I guess lol

I guess the power play will hopefully be good again, I would have been fine not re-signing Kane honestly. But it doesn't really move the needle either direction for me overall.

I want nothing to do with Ryan Lindgren I would be pretty upset if they gave him a significant amount of money

Meh was kinda hoping Berggren's rights would get traded this offseason

Pretty expensive....I don't rate the Predators roster very highly myself. Apparently Rasmus Andersson has turned down extension talks with Ottawa, Columbus and Los Angeles with Holland and the Kings allegedly offering a lot for him but Andersson doesn't want to play there.

The Wings' official announcement did not include anything besides Tank and future considerations, so no draft pick or retention.

I think Tarasenko will rebound a bit next season (year removed from his father's death + contract year) but I am happy to have his cap and roster space available.

Yzerman can't strong arm free agents into signing in Detroit if they don't want to lol Sounds like Red Savage is going to be signing an AHL contract with Grand Rapids