slothfacekilla

From April Fools Day: https://oilersnation.com/2022/04/01/goaltender-jimmy-howard-joins-edmonton-oilers-on-a-two-year-contract/

Walman seems like he's not any worse than the other bottom pair defensemen the Wings have tried this season, and he has some pluses. I've been pleasantly surprised with him....but maybe I just have a low bar at this point.

Forgot this game was a thing!

Sorry for multiple posts, was having issues getting more into the first one for some reason. SHL playoffs started and Elmer and Simon look good so far

Vrana on the power play for the lead lets goooooo His shot is so sick, nice pass by Seider to get him the puck

Wow DeKeyser up the gut to Hirose who slides it to Rasmussen...who snipes it home to tie the game. Even Rasmussen looked surprised it went in.

Hirose - Rasmussen - Zadina (along with Walman and Lindstrom) just had a nice shift with a bunch of offensive zone pressure and good cycling I might die of shock

Ugh the Wings last minute updated the lineup and DDK got activated, playing with Seider.

Oh my bad I read way into that thinking you mean he had his eye on Cholowski.

I feel like we more traded out of that pick to get Datsyuk's contract off the books so they could take a run at Stamkos, not so that he could drop down for Cholowski. Not that it is any better (even if I don't think Chychrun is a stud - he's at least in the NHL and has stretches of putting up points) but I don't think it was ever done with Cholowski in mind unless I missed something.

I have to think Givani is concussed he looked pretty out of it after getting his ass kicked at the end of last game

Looks like Ned wrote himself some advice on his blocker after some rough starts

I thought Walman looked alright, a few positioning / defensive lapses but he seems to move pretty well. His dad laughing at him getting a stick to the cup was hilarious.

Nice! They get Larkin and Bert back together, add Vrana and get results

Maybe it is just me but I would rather him chip the puck out in that situation not try to put the puck between his own legs, especially because he was trapped by 3 Flyers. Yes it was unfortunate he was outnumbered and the Seider pass wasn't perfect, but I don't agree that the play he made was the right one. Also get Zadina off line 1 he looks awful

As soon as I type that Raymond tries to get too cute in his own zone leading to an easy goal for the Flyers, nice

The Flyers are absolutely dreadful lol

I absolutely love his hustle / tenacity so far

Oof Larkin caught a weird edge and went down hard. He went off the ice slowly during play...hopefully nothing.

I think this is the first time I've noticed this, but Zadina made an absolutely god awful play that lost the Wings possession in the zone (okay we've seen that before but hold on...) and instead of skating around moping he made a hard play against a player on the boards and won the puck. He was able to make a nice pass to get a re-entry into the zone. It was one of the few times (only times?) that I can remember Zadina initiating physical contact to win a puck so successfully, good to see him do it after flubbing a deke.

Nice pass by Smith to Veleno to make it 1-0! Smith and Sundqvist did a lot of dirty work in front of the net while Veleno skated and picked his spot.

Rumor is that the Wings made a serious offer for Barzal out of the Islanders....would have been interesting.

Wow the Leafs love their former Red Wing legend goalies... nice to see Sateri getting another shot I didn't think he would.