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That's what it seems like, though it is tough to say because he played on a bad junior team.

I feel like Detroit needs to take a swing on upside at some point in these early picks but I can't pretend to know more about building a team than Yzerman. I just wish we had more high end skill on the roster.

I am whelmed but trust the front office

I kinda had a feeling it was Danielson for a center

Dvorsky or Benson for me I think?

Leonard to the Caps one pick early

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.