Jason_R

But they maneuvered up the draft board for these developmental players like they were moving up for Gibbs or Jameson Williams. You put players like that on a bit of a pedestal. Now everyone is dancing around Manu like, uh are we allowed to acknowledge that he is not progressing? I don't know what that looks like in the locker room, but is he getting attention that another player should get?

When Brad and Dan talked about getting back to competition, hopefully that meant drafting talent regardless of position and not getting cute about filling a developmental tackle or special teams role.

Well that was a disastrous 51 seconds.

OTOH I also saw a tweet that said he has been getting Seider-like minutes and usage, so maybe sliding in underneath Seider/Edvinsson will help.

Early report was picks only. This shows Buchelnikov and Holl. I had hopes that we would see Buchelnikov come to the NHL and fill the net with pucks, but the trade market is the trade market. The blue line is stronger.

Control R, Control R, Control R

Yes, and they needed to do it. You can’t pay a guy $15+ million if you assume they won’t be able to play more than 80% of the season, and they are likely to be dinged up when they are on the field. With Decker off the books, I’m more favorable to signing a guy like Linderbaum and earmarking the 1st round pick for a plug and play tackle. It is a deep draft for that.

Brutal. Sheila needs to commission a study into the nature of these injuries to determine if there is some preventable factor. One historically bad season is a fluke. Two back to back is an alarming trend.

The Pettersson thing that I saw looked like a fake Darren Dreager post. I couldn’t find it on DD’s feed.

“Good? Ok.”

I believe they will sign a center and draft a tackle who will compete next season with Mahogany at the guard spot. Ratledge will hold down the other guard spot for ten years.

I agree it’s probably true that the Wings had a 2nd rounder on the table, and I think it is safe to say that this info did not come from Yzerman. I can’t imagine someone who dislikes the press more than him. 😂 But you have this big beautiful talent pipeline Stevie! Now is the time to use it.

The Compher, Copp, and Chiarot signings fueled this ridiculous narrative that the Red Wings pro scouting team was a problem when in reality the free agent market is the free agent market. Teams pay what the market demands. Stevie had to pay what the market demanded, but he has built the system so that there are viable prospects to plug in as these contracts expire.

The only offer I heard from Detroit was a 2nd.

Would like to see him get a start while he’s up.

Yikes. Your move Brad.

Gibson day-to-day.

If Stevie really is interested in EP40 it is because Raymond, along with Hakan Andersson and all the Swede vets, have given him some insider perspective on why they believe he can be rehabilitated in Detroit. But I agree with Lord Stanley that there is no way the Wings will make him their highest paid player.

Sad to see Montgomery go. He was a cornerstone of the turnaround. But they got way more than I could have imagined. At this point, OL no longer has any gaping holes. It could be improved, but they do not enter the draft being backed into the corner to fix it.

Monty got less carries last year because the offense had 47 fewer plays overall. The fact that they were playing behind so much led to them having 92 fewer carries in 2025 vs. 2024. Gibbs had basically the same, 243 carries last year to 250 in 2024, but Monty had only 158 last year in 17 games played vs. 185 in 2024 in just 14 games played. Basically, since the OL and offensive scheme sucked, they asked Gibbs to play hero ball and Monty lost the carries. If they want to play Dan’s style of football, they need 2024 Monty.

Yes, Montgomery was upset about a lack of carries. Yes, he probably said use me or trade me. Yes, the Lions probably said we want to keep you but if you insist on a trade we will honor it. Yes, the Lions want to establish that they are not going to cut him or give him away. Unsaid in the whole thing is that the Lions didn't go away from him because they think he lost a step. They went away from him because their offensive efficiency went way down, as did their total number of carries overall. They were relying on Gibbs to try to manufacture offense because their OL and blocking schemes were trash. I doubt he will be traded and I hope he is not.