Kacie

Sheesh, I said it was interesting, not some be all, end all defining stat. Mostly for those of us, myself included, who felt like all the signings was just more of the same. Or as Valenti said, up until the DeBrincat trade, the other signings didn't get the blood flowing to the nether regions. It was also from July 4th, so the trade hadn't yet been made which is why Kubalik and DeBrincant were not included. Carry on with the over analysis.

Departed skaters Bertuzzi, Hronek, Vrana, Erne, Suter, Oesterle, Hagg, Zadina & Sundqvist combined for 50 goals and -40 for Red Wings last season. Skaters acquired Compher, Sprong, Gostibehere, Holl & Kostin combined for 63 goals and +43 in ‘22-23. Interesting tidbit from Pat Caputo.

Sorry for doubting you, Steve...Mr. Yzerman, sir.

Not sure if anyone else caught the interview with Larkin at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, but when asked about the upcoming season he said something to the effect that the Wings need to bring in "talent". He wasn't shy last season about the Bertuzzi trade and how it took the wind of out the sails of the team when they felt they were close to getting into the playoff hunt. Why sign the guy for 8 years and hang him out to dry? Is he going to hang around another 2-3 years just to make the playoffs? I feel like DeBrincat would get them to the floor and actually improve the team.

Reimer, Lyon and Holl. Can't contain my excitement.

Thank you for saying so well what I didn't take the time to say in my frustration. All of this. The assumption that just because Yzerman built the pieces for Cup wins( but they didn't win until after he left), the conservative approach, the puzzling moves. I'd also add staying with Blashill too long. I'd disagree though that the Wings were just lucky in the 80's and 90's with their draft picks or that it was other teams lacking. They had an owner and management who were obsessed with winning and rolled the dice. We can look back now and say it's so obvious, but it wasn't really then. Obviously, no one wants a quick fix and multiple old, cap busting free agents. But yes, I believe the rebuild should be farther along by now and I think you can get into the playoffs without sacrificing long term success. We hear endlessly about culture. Eventually going year after year of not making the playoffs is going to take a toll on players and fans.

Meh, I'm growing a little tired and frustrated with let's trust Yzerman's mad genius approach. Am I expecting multiple Stanley Cups the next few years? No. But to not even sniff the playoffs after 5 years? Come on, Seattle made the playoffs in their second year of existence, we know what Vegas did. If Ken Holland or literally anyone else was doing a similar thing, fans would want his head on a platter. Similar to the Tigers, they're losing an entire generation of fans who couldn't give a crap about hockey anymore. Jimmy D got the Wings from Dead Wings to WCF in less than 5 years.

While watching the numerous giveaways and lapses by the Lightning in the first two periods, I realized, that yeah, it actually was Blashill that was the problem. Sure, some new faces, but when you see who's missing and how well the team is playing, hard not to come to that conclusion. Austin Czarnik? Oesterle? Newsy getting the most out of players.

It costs money to evacuate. There were hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate and only a few thousand shelter spaces. Not all were for those who are disabled, not all are for those who have pets. It sounds easy to say, go somewhere. Where do they go then? How many have oxygen tanks or walkers or wheelchairs, in addition to memory, cognitive, incontinence and other health issues? They're supposed to hop in their car and drive 300 miles? Also, up until the night before, Tampa was expected to be "ground zero". Not everyone has thousands or even hundreds of dollars or a car or place to go. I thought the judgmental assholes were put in their place after Katrina? Guess not. If you truly cannot imagine, consider yourself fortunate.

As if any conversation wouldn't start and end with Seider and Raymond.

I gotta learn how to post tweets! Seems like going from Calgary to Cowlumbus is...makes no sense.

Gaudreau to the Blue Jackets, according to Elliotte Friedman

In the pre-Trump era, maybe. Not now. Little kids being murdered in Sandy Hook and Uvalde didn't move the needle. I can't really see anything that will get the cultists to change their mind. Unless the Democrats can actually get their shit together and get a cohesive message and dictate the narrative and get the media to stop both sidesing everything, I really don't see it happening. Their owning the Libs. That's all they want. They couldn't care less about anyone dying. How many of them died of Covid just so they didn't have to wear a mask or get a vaccine? I've lost hope that anything will actually get through to the psychopaths.

You've answered your own question. We need more Democrats in the House and Senate. Everyone agrees with that. How? The Democratic party has been saying, vote for us, we'll make your lives better...lower drug costs, health care, abortion rights, student loans, the environment, housing. What has been accomplished on any of those matters? Now we've got out of control inflation and a recession on the horizon on top of that. If you're a 28 year old with massive debt, can't afford a place to live, can't to go to the doctor, now you can't get an abortion, everything costs more, what's going to make you vote Blue? They did that in 2018 and 2020, has anything really changed for them? All they get is a collective, what are we supposed to do? The fillibuster, Mitch, Fox News, it's not our fault we can't get things done. What specifically is the geriatric leadership doing to fund or promote candidates or anything of that matter to get them elected? They sit back and let the Republicans direct the narrative and they have no come back, no defense, no collective definitive message. But just wait, now they're really mad and outraged, things will really change *this* time.

So what happens in 2022 if there is a majority in the Senate and it can't get passed due to the Pro Death Democrat in the house? Whattya gonna do? Yeah, the Tigers keep losing because the Yankees are so good. I mean Avila has only had 8 years. To heck with winning, we can cheer those Miggy milestones! We can't expect to win when everyone else is good. It's not that we suck, it's just other teams are good. Nothing we can do about it. Stop blaming the Tigers, blame the rest of the league!