Jason_R

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement. I loved watching them. And yes, I loved Stevie, Sergei and the Russian Five, Shanny, McCarty, Drapes... but what about Martin Lapointe? A team could always use a guy like him.

I’ll never forget that when fans were holding vigil for Vladdie at the site of the accident, Sergei showed up to be with them.

Imagine the locker room if Trey Hendrickson got paid by the Lions before Aidan Hutchinson. It would ruin the culture they are always talking about building. Hendrickson is not coming. For grins I asked AI how the 2024 Lions ranked for injury luck. It told me they had the sixth-worst figure for adjusted games lost on the defensive side of the ball in NFL history (32nd worst in 2024). Of the top twelve teams it listed all time, only Detroit had a winning record, going 15-2 with the #1 seed. This is one of the most astonishing statistics I recall seeing. 2024 was a historically great season with historically bad injury luck. We do not need Hendrickson. We need a full season from Hutchinson.

Appeal the ruling, win the appeal, have Harbaugh come back and guest-coach the games Sherrone was supposed to miss, and buy $20 million worth of hamburgers for the 2026 recruiting class. Checkmate, NCAA.

This makes more sense than “mental arror.”

Hooker may have sealed his fate with that last pass. Yes, great play by the linebacker, but you cannot throw that ball.

I must have misheard this, but I thought Lomas Brown just said “that was an MA, what I call a mental error.”

In addition to questionable depth this year, they only have Seider, Johansson, and Edvinsson under contract on the blue line next year. Anyone they pull up from GR, now or later, will leave a spot that needs to be filled there. Also next year they won’t fill all of the four open roles from GR. It would be good to have a few options to re-sign for one or more of those roles already within the system.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6537280/2025/08/11/red-wings-prospects-nhl-danielson-cossa/ New from Bultman. Projects Danielson to be a mid-season call up and to stick. He also has a more favorable view on Wallinder than I recall seeing.

I knew Seider was playing a lot of hard minutes. Didn’t realize Larkin and Raymond were so far up there too. Really says a lot about Raymond’s growth as a player.

Awosika at the bottom. Not a terrible surprise based on last season. Manu was fourth from bottom. 😬

🙏🏻

By 26-27 they will probably be in the top five. And they probably won’t have to overpay to attract average talent.

Poor kid.

The story at least cites an unnamed NHL executive, and I don't doubt that Yzerman has inquired. That's his job to gauge the market. But I can't imagine anything happens unless McTavish forces his way out, and even if that happens I can't imagine Yzerman giving up ASP. With the Wings, there is no magic bullet. We just have to hope for the kids to progress quickly and for the team to improve from within.

Just heard on SiriusXM NFL radio that Teddy Bridgewater told his high school team he is leaving to go back to the NFL.

Yes, I think the whole narrative that Yzerman has failed at pro scouting and that he has thrown out a bunch of bad free-agent contracts is way over blown. He paid people what he needed to pay them to fill out a roster that did not have league average talent. He signed them for terms that would fill up roster spots until his draft talent was ready. And he has his three key franchise pieces locked up to long-term deals that are now a bargain. He should be able to go into the next two off-seasons in a good position to sign one or two key free agents to supplement a competitive roster.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6518426/2025/07/31/nhl-worst-contracts-2025-jonathan-huberdeau-ivan-provorov/ For what it’s worth, Dom L. doesn’t have any Red Wings contract in his list of 15 worst contracts.

Of course I'm being facetious here... KC and Philly always seem to end up with players nobody thought they'd get. I think it's probably 50/50 now between Dallas and the field. "My trade request was submitted to Stephen Jones personally." Parsons leaves a bit of room here for Jerry to swoop in and get something done.

If I say there is a zero percent chance of this happening, watch it happen and make me look like a fool, but there is a zero percent chance of this happening. He'll end up with the Eagles or the Chiefs.

What I would be interested in, and maybe what one of the enterprising reporters who lurk here might look into, is whether there were any obvious changes to offensive or defensive schemes or formations as compared to last year. The key issue this season is not the roster, at least not beyond player health, it is the changes in coordinator. I am not smart or attentive enough to know whether there were any obvious differences on display last night.

I don't know why I assumed Hooker would get the start last night, but I was disappointed that the guy they drafted and have been working with for three years got clean-up duty after a guy they just signed. I guess if you get Gibbs, Campbell, Laporta, and Branch in one draft, you can't complain too much about your Hendon Hookers, Brodric Martins, and Colby Sorsdals, but boy that third round is looking 🤮.

"Some of them are going to get here this year."