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Never caught this before, if I'm reading this article right Vrana didn't enter the assistance program voluntarily....I wasn't even aware that was possible. https://thehockeynews.com/news/red-wings-jakub-vrana-placed-in-nhl-nhlpa-player-assistance-program

Yep, hasn't stopped me from refreshing all my usual news sources for any sort of info this morning though 😆

I'm dying for any sort of news or info on this Vrana stuff

Seems very farfetched to me but who knows

Uhhhh Friedman just tweeted that Vrana is on waivers...

Both Hellberg and Ned would have to pass through waivers to go to the AHL on anything besides a conditioning stint. Hellberg has been claimed like three times already this season so I doubt either make it through. I would love to find some team with a lack of goalie prospects to try to flip Ned to as a reclamation project otherwise I think waivers are the answer. My guess is that Hellberg goes to waivers if this is the plan but who knows.

Weak draft and his skating wasn't as exposed against junior players where he put up a ton of points. Teams may have thought it was correctable too but I haven't seen any improvements in his skating myself. Plus he was hyped for a few years and I think the old school hockey guys are more reluctant to go against stuff like that (why I was a bit shocked about Shane Wright last year). There were rumors the Wings liked Stutzle over Laffy and I definitely believe it at this point since Yzerman seems to go get his guy no matter what. I do think some of what Lafreniere does CAN be fixed but it is concerning it hasn't been fixed yet. He doesn't get much power on his strides and his edgework is pretty pedestrian so there might be too much going on? I think Veleno is benefiting from better linemates but he also looks much more confident. He's making little plays I don't recall him making before and they add up with his linemates to produce chances. It is a shame that the line will be broken up once the team gets healthy because they're been awesome lately. If it were me I'd find a way to bury Suter and Erne somewhere and maybe it is time to not carry 3 goalies...

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