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If Benson is available at 9 that would be interesting......

That was beyond awkward

But you're missing out on Bettman gifting David Poile an electric guitar! The NHL knows how to provide electric entertainment with their presentations.

Alright lets get this thing started...

Ugh Dorian just said they haven't gotten to the point where they've given any teams permission to speak to DeBrincat about a contract, SOMETHING HAPPEN PLEASE!

I think our farm system is much stronger now than then just with the sheer talent comparison. The only prospects I am comfortably projecting to play a decent amount of time in Detroit are: Edvinsson Kasper Mazur Soderblom Otherwise I think it is a huge crapshoot. I am interested to see how Wallinder does in the AHL next season and Lombardi is a wild card. It is going to be an interesting couple of seasons of development for some of these guys making it to the AHL.

I am impatient I want scoring now!

My guess is that the Wings checked in on PLD and were told he had no interest in signing a long term deal with the Wings, he's a moody guy. Asked for a trade in juniors, asked for a trade in Columbus and now wanted out of Winnipeg. All I ever heard was he was going to end up in Motreal until the Kings did this. Living in Manhattan Beach is a big draw I guess.

Villardi and Iafallo are much better players than Veleno and Zadina. Villardi alone had 41 points (23 goals) in 63 games as a 23 year old last season. The Kings tend to spread their players out across their lines, I am pretty sure they ran Fiala on their third line a decent amount last season even.

I think the rumors have largely been that they're looking for roster players versus draft picks, so I think that's exactly what they're doing. I have to say the Newhook and PLD trades are making me nervous for the ultimate DeBrincat cost.

My complete guess is that if it turns into a bidding war for DeBrincat that Yzerman is most likely walking away, but just a gut feeling

Former first round pick/RFA so I guess young with some control but....he's been like a 30 point player so far in his career. Seems like the Habs are really betting on him making a jump.

I feel like that's a lot for Newhook but I don't know his game too well

I'm guessing there aren't many teams that he's willing to sign an extension with that can also fit that extension in under the salary cap. I also don't have a high opinion of Dorian so maybe he just sucks at getting bidding wars going.

I'm seeing the rumor as a second round pick + a prospect around a little bit, seeing Mazur's name pop up a lot. I am probably just being a homer but I'm a little scared to give up Mazur I think he's going to be a good NHL player.

Dorian had a press conference today and said he doesn't think the Senators are going to be able to move into this first round for this draft via trade, interesting.

I am really enjoying Silo right now. I read the original short story years back and the show got me inspired to dive into the rest of the books. I've already outpaced the show by a wide margin so I'm looking forward to seeing how the tv adaption plays out.

https://detroitsportsnation.com/rumor-detroit-red-wings-have-handshake-deal-in-place-to-acquire-alex-debrincat/wgbrady/red-wings/detroit-red-wings-news/06/26/2023/414891/ I don't feel like it is very likely this blog has a plugged in source like this but I am bored so the claim is: Our source indicated that the Red Wings would send Filip Zadina, the No. 17 overall pick, and either one of Detroit’s second-round picks this year or Boston’s first-rounder next year to the Senators in exchange for DeBrincat. That being said, there is a catch to this trade going down. According to the source, for the trade to happen, the deal is contingent on two things. “One being that a certain unknown prospect must be available for Ottawa to pick at 17, and the second being that an extension has to be agreed upon with DeBrincat, which shouldn’t be terribly hard to accomplish because Detroit is on his list of desired cities to play in.” I could see this being plausible but it just feels like the blogger is making it up using the available public info from actual insiders.

Kinda wild that Lashoff jumped directly into an AHL assistant gig Hall talked a lot about wanting to play for a contender so my guess is Detroit was on his no trade list. Sucks for him Chicago wasn't, he's really played on a ton of bad teams in his career and he finally landed with a contender and gets traded away after having a solid playoff series.

I would say leaning A as well, though Michkov is super tempting. I really wish the Wings had a top 5 pick this draft.

That's definitely understandable and I agree with your assessment of Yzerman. It is a tough call overall because you have to give a long contract to him too. I feel like it is a worthy gamble myself but I have no idea what the trade market really is. I didn't consider the conditional part with the prospects honestly, could see some truth to that and deals getting done on the draft floor. My guess with Friedman is that there are so many moving parts between the Sens side of the trade and negotiating with DeBrincat's agent that some info is slipping out not from the Detroit side. I am really hungry for anything to happen here, I thought the Flyers / Blues trade or Kings getting PLD was going to happen then nothing so far.

LOL no argument from me! If Ottawa would take a future top 10/15 protected first rounder too I would be even more over the moon, it seems like the first round of this current draft is pretty solid. Hopefully stuff starts happening this week with the draft on tap.

I also didn't realize this but it makes sense, DeBrincat spent his last season on the second line with his center being a rookie in Shane Pinto. Tough to play over Tkachuk I guess. Moving to a new team and a new system and having his role diminished playing with lesser players, I'm kinda shocked he put up as many points as he did. He isn't a flawless player but he's still valuable to a team I would think. I can't wait to see what DeBrincat gets traded for because it feels like it could be all over the spectrum and I really don't know what to expect.

Both Marek and Friedman said on their podcast they expect DeBrincat to end up in Detroit, one hold up is that Yzerman doesn't like the full term of DeBrincat's desired contract.

This is an absolutely wild comparison. DeBrincat shot the second lowest shooting percentage of his career with his worst PDO. His average time on ice dropped almost two minutes a game too, a pretty large chunk. His underlying possession numbers were still really good and he put up 66 points and 27 goals on his "bad" season. People acting like he's a bum at 25 years old after an unlucky season is crazy to me. I definitely agree his trade value is seriously diminished because he needs a long term deal that not many teams can afford and he told Ottawa he won't re-sign there, but I think y'all are going too hard on this idea that he is a nobody away from Patrick Kane. Kane's points seriously dropped away from DeBrincat (35 point decrease!) so where's the argument that Kane needed DeBrincat? I'm trying to find the other players that Kane beefed up points-wise on the Blackhawks last season before his trade to New York and I am also coming up empty there. Surely if DeBrincat was just a product of Kane someone would have stepped in and taken his place?