slothfacekilla

I wouldn't give up much for Lafreniere, he doesn't have the skating to make a big impact in the NHL Wings targeting Wed for Fabbri's return

Vrana played the first game of his three game conditioning stint in the AHL, had two shots didn't see his TOI though. Griffins have been down bad this season...lost 4-1.

Soderblom I think is the first to go, he still has lapses (bad giveaway led to one of the Pens goals yesterday) and can be sent down without waivers. Nice to see the squad actually comeback like that, feels like a different team.

I feel like the Lightning are just poor sports all around, sore winners and sore losers.

What a weird period that felt like

Czarnik is going back to Grand Rapids so hopefully someone is close to coming back. We need some firepower.

I think Czarnik just cleared waivers so I doubt anyone would give up anything of value for him because he makes less thank $800k so it isn't his contract. They kept him up and played him even though he cleared. My best guess is that he's skating hard so Lalonde doesn't want to scratch him. Elmer hasn't played a NHL length schedule in his career yet so it could make sense to manage his workload but I thought he looked fine the previous game from what I saw. I'm feeling a bit anxious regarding the Wings, I wonder how Yzerman is viewing this season after making offseason moves to contend for the playoffs a bit. Does he ship off assets to get value for them while the team seems to be stalling or does he bring in more help? Guys coming back from injuries are our acquisitions? Wings have been awful at 5 on 5 for the most part lately so something has to give.

Purely an AHL move, Griffins haven't been playing great (and maybe they retained money on del zotto?). If O'Regan plays in Detroit then things are beyond dire.

I think they said he was a healthy scratch which surprised me.

Did Manning and Jeff Daniels just transfer it from the Lions to the Wings?

Seems like it’s a throw pucks at the net type of game on both sides, 2-2 after the first

Wallman banks one in off of Erne! Way to earn that one haha. My phone wanted to autocorrect to Walkman which I’m shocked is in today’s lexicon.

The fourth line of Soderblom, Kubalik and Veleno is buzzing. Veleno made the game 1-0 after good plays from everyone and then drew a penalty a few shifts later.

Good news everyone, Vrana and Larkin are both at practice with non-contact jerseys (guessing they are both a ways away) and Hronek was wearing a regular jersey (this dude's brain must be made of iron). Maata skating too which is huge.

With all these injuries I think this season is toast. They're barely ahead of their point pace from last year if even that at this point, I'm too scared to look it up to confirm.

Reaves absolutely lit Hronek up with an awful apparently "legal" hit though I thought he targeted Hronek's head. Even if it is somehow legal it isn't a hit that needs to be made unless your goal is to give people serious brain injuries.

Hellberg gets the start tonight

Dan Campbell's interview on McAfee's show today was great It's about an hour and 26 minutes into the show or so

No clue what's up with Ned I'm guessing at this point it is something mental since he just randomly gives up awful goals. I don't think they've had their first kid yet either because at first I was wondering if he wasn't getting enough sleep.

Bo Horvat is hitting the trade market after rejecting the Canucks latest offer. Apparently he was a Wings fan growing up and he'd fit well with the team but I don't see Yzerman giving up the assets for him.

I think I saw that Lalonde said they'd see how Husso did on the front end of the btb and he may even go Husso for game 2. Hellberg did nicely down in GR I wouldn't mind seeing him get a start.

I love how he's playing, that tip was really a beauty. He still has some lapses now and then but he's added much needed skill and IQ to the fourth line. He's skating again at least! It would be really interesting to see this roster with Elmer, Bertuzzi and Vrana healthy and in a groove.

Haven't been able to watch closely but leading after 2 is great to see! Hopefully they keep playing hard and don't shell up.

I will say, Berggren is on a 52 point pace over a full season since being called up and I've thought he's looked like a solid NHLer. I'm quite happy with that myself. I didn't watch the last few games since I was in Philadelphia though so maybe he's looked bad.