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I would really hate to lose ASP but I'm doing that too, don't think Dallas would but their return for Marchment was pretty low.

Fun fact I reffed Demko when he was in high school down in San Diego! I wouldn't mind rooting for him. They unloaded Hertl to Carolina so it really feels like this is bound to happen, gross. Wonder where they trade Marner in two seasons when he doesn't show up in the playoffs.

It would be pretty sad if your captain stopped playing well because he was upset he didn't play on an all star team, but I guess this is the guy who complained to the press that he didn't get any trade deadline help...

There's a small chance they want next year's pick for offer sheet purposes too, there are a lot of juicy RFAs out there in 2026

Depends who it is for, I'm fine with them using it in a trade if it gets an actual difference maker but I'm skeptical. I'm also fine choosing at 13 it seems like there should be some solid options there.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/air-of-unpredictability-after-schaefer-and-misa-in-bob-mckenzie-s-draft-ranking-1.2325555 Bob released his rankings.

Ya I was quite shocked at the return, I guess the Ducks really wanted his cap space for free agency. He only has one year left on his contract so I guess most teams didn't want to give a raise to a one dimensional dude who's one dimension hasn't been great for a while. I don't think Tocchet is going to be good for him at all.

https://rg.org/news/hockey/bruins-among-multiple-teams-set-to-pursue-brock-boeser Wings along with a bunch of other teams apparently in on Boeser Unsure how reliable this is but: https://detroithockeynow.com/2025/06/22/are-red-wings-making-pitch-for-islanders-dobson/

https://x.com/NHLRumourReport/status/1936420087130689852?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1936420087130689852|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

He can really make a lot of cash just from games played and making the playoffs wew. Think these offseason contracts are going to be insane.

I didn't realize Burakovsky had such little value in the league.........

Rejoice, Friedman says Holl is a name to watch for a buyout (which starts today)

https://open.substack.com/pub/prashanthiyer/p/if-i-were-steve-yzerman-2025-part-3d4?r=nkg8z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false I am skeptical that a lot of this (or all of this) is likely to happen but this would be a fine offseason edit: more I think about it I don't think either of those trades get accepted by the other teams

Well he had a 10 team no trade clause (which I didn't realize) and it is probably fairly likely that the Wings were on it. Plus: Unfortunately there are a lot more nuances to trades than just outbidding other teams. I'm honestly not sure why people assume Yzerman is just sitting on his hands. There were heavy rumors that we were really in on Stamkos last offseason (thank god that didn't happen with what money he got) and they had a deal worked out for Trouba that Trouba nixed. I have faith that he is going to try to improve the team through trades and FA but it doesn't always work out.

Ah okay my bad I thought you were proposing a 1 for 1 I should have thought about it more!

I think both teams would say no. Detroit would decimate the little center depth they have and Dallas wouldn't have room for Larkin's contract.

I am definitely intrigued to see what a Robertson trade would bring with the other teams knowing that they'll have to pony up a large contract + Dallas probably being desperate to make cap space

I'm guessing Dallas will be looking to offload Marchment, Dumba and Lyubushkin (those last two contracts are oogly). Maybe Steel? Robertson makes sense too since he'll need a decent sized contract soon. They have to plan for Harley's contract too. They probably shouldn't but I bet they re-sign Benn's corpse so I will be watching with a lot of interest.

Going to be very interesting to see how Nill wiggles out of this one....

Pronman released a 7 round mock and has us taking Eklund in the first round. I've kind of soured on Pronman as an overall evaluator but I do have to hand it to him that he must have contacts with NHL scouts and front offices because he seems to do well on his mocks. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6429388/2025/06/17/nhl-mock-draft-2025-seven-rounds-pronman/ 13. Victor Eklund 44. Eddie Genborg - RW from Linkoping 75. Brady Peddle - D from Waterloo (actually an MSU 26-27 Commit) 76. Michal Pradel - G from Tri City Stole the above from a HF Boards poster, I haven't read it but I might fire it up on reader mode on my phone later!

It is like they are begging someone to fight back thinking it is a random kidnapping so they can claim they need to escalate to deal with the violence.

All the chatter I've seen about that draft is that if Zadina hadn't fallen the Wings were taking Bouchard and not Hughes.

Oddly enough the Wings power play got better last season without Gostisbehere or Walman and that's pretty much why you would want them on the team. Plus I doubt he signs the deal he did in Carolina with Detroit.