slothfacekilla

Ya you nailed it, he looks reallllllly stiff and always seems a few steps too late to where he needs to be.

I thought it looked offside in real time myself but apparently not!

I feel like I never see Bertuzzi really doing much of anything anymore. Wings are tied in the third, they've taken the lead then given up the tying goal quickly the entire game

I would lose my mind if they were able to get Timo, I love his game.

The puck protection clip gives me serious Zetterberg vibes (just the style!!!)

No Bert tonight

I get what you're saying on one hand, but on the other the hardass approach doesn't work for every player....and no one deserves to be mentally abused at their place of employment. When Chris Chelios thinks you've gone too far...you've probably gone too far. I know it is the thing to label younger generations as woke and too soft but I think that just says more about the old days and the people who pine for them.

Eh he's a solid player and I don't think your estimation that he makes the Wings players better is wrong (makes sense, he is going to help the less talented roster of Detroit) but I personally am not looking to pay him like a Brayden Point or Matthew Barzal. I think it is quite a leap to say that he'd be a perennial point leader when his highest point total in his career is 73 points. Over the last 5 seasons he's 48th in total points, so he would have to make quite the jump based on these theoretical new linemates. I guess it isn't impossible, but that's a lot of faith to put into the hypothetical if you're giving him $10 million plus a season. I'd be willing to go around $9 million since the cap is supposed to go up a little bit, so ballpark of those two guys above, but anything more is going to really handicap the team imo. Can't pay him like a top center because he just isn't a top center in the league in my mind. I think he's right on the fringe of a middle of the road/lower end 1C. Maybe Yzerman is completely low-balling him but just based off of Dylan's own comments in the past I would be shocked if he wanted to be highly compensated for his lackluster time in Detroit. Yzerman has been able to get deals done with pretty much every other one of the free agents he wanted, so I dunno. Obviously this is all just speculation and my opinion.

Welp. If there is any truth to this then it has to be coming from Dylan's agent. I am not too shocked. Reading between the lines in his comments and general demeanor I feel like Larkin is asking the Wings for way more than he is worth. I can't fault him for wanting to get paid (especially after having some tough years in Detroit) but it is going to have to be from some other crappy team overpaying him I imagine. Should be interesting to see how this plays out approaching the trade deadline...

IIt is really looking like the Wings would have been best served unloading Bert a season or two ago. I don't think he's looked good at all this season and he is a walking injury all of a sudden.

To me, both sides suck in that situation. Babcock really did not like Commodore and definitely did not help his career. Commodore also seems wayyyyyyyyy bitter over a lot of things and has had some wild drunken twitter rants about Babcock that have not made Commodore look good. I think LS has it right.

I am encouraged that he made a confident deke at the blueline to set that up, hopefully this gets some momentum going for him.

The only thing I can guess at is that they need scoring at the AHL level, but it looks like they're in 7th place in their division so still seems random. I guess Criscuolo's cap hit is around $100k less than Weatherby and the Sharks have less than a million bucks in cap space, so this could offer slight flexibility in the event of a call up but that's probably grasping at straws. This at least helps the Wings with the veteran logjam in the AHL too, hopefully no more Vrana scratches.

Red Wings acquire forward Jasper Weatherby from San Jose Sharks Exchanged for forward Kyle Criscuolo, Weatherby recorded 11 points in 50 games with Sharks during 2021-22 season Weatherby is 24 and Criscuolo is older so I guess it is just getting younger in the AHL?

I fully have my prospect homer glasses on but I think Kasper and Wallinder should both be higher for sure. Berggren feels low. Actually pleasantly surprised at where Edvinsson is. I think I saw in reddit comments that the Wings had the second most players on the list to Buffalo.

Guess I need to figure out a way to read these rankings now 😂

Maybe he'll turn into a prolific goal scorer like ol Paul:

From a couple weekends ago:

Think I am turning this one off....got work to do anyways sadly

Avs look like they're on a power play at 5 on 5, 3-0 Colorado

This early start really caught me off guard, already down 1-0 to the Avs

Before this season I would have let Walman walk/trade him this season but I honestly love how he's been playing... I love the lineup Buddha posted but I wouldn't be shocked if yzerman wanted to resign Maatta, for some reason I keep expecting it. I would agree I think, I would love them to get him some sheltered minutes though. If he keeps up his strong play that he's done recently in the AHL for the rest of this season, I think it would be good for him.

Ned clears

Meh, I'm not concerned about the WJC especially after the weird covid tournament before this. Our best prospects stayed home by choice to play in men's leagues so I don't see how that is anything but a positive in the context of the WJC. Even with Sweden cutting LDN (honestly still shocked about that he was a former captain for them, their federation seems like a mess at the junior level) the Wings have a couple players in Anton Johansson and Maximilian Kilpinen who should step in for Sweden next tournament. Lets do some prospect videos for old time's sake Wallinder really has been playing in all situations, his development is very exciting I would like one or both in Detroit next season if possible.

Welp now Vrana is scratched a second GR game in a row I have no more positive spin to offer