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UConn hung about as tough as you could and still lose.

So, is Warde Manuel still a moron for Sharrone Moore or a genius for Dusty May?  

only so long a bullpen can live on the ragged edge. Tigers down 4.

So how 'bout those Wolverines?

Tigers playing Strand-O-Matic

Man - Torkelson has been in the AL long enough to know you don't just take off on an overthrow at Target. That bounce back happens all the time.

Spencer Yost.

Anderson throws a couple of good curve balls for the third out.

Jaimai Jones' pixie dust has dried out.

has Anderson gotten the 1st guy he faced out as a reliever yet?

Riley not seeing this guy very well.

This team is going to struggle with run prevention 3 out of 5 nights.

Riley had a few good pitches to hit in that AB but didn't barrel any of them

LOL -gleybar fails to appeal the ball after Minny fails to appeal the strike.

8 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

I’m sure Larkin has been less than 100%. I suspect Raymond has. But my sense is that Yzerman is safe regardless. As I have said before, I think his rebuild timeline ends when Copp, Compher, and Rasmussen contracts end. I would bet he and Ilitch have discussed this.

I was hoping against hope that Larkin would pass on the Olympics. I knew there was no way he would but I was hoping anyway. I guess from his standpoint a gold medal will be a fonder memory than washing out in the 1st or 2nd round of a cup series someone else is going to win, so I can't blame him. Just because .I. don't care about the Olympics.........😉

32 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Rasmussen is still on the team because of his contract rather than because of his size. This is part of the culture problem with the team. Some guys are stuck behind him and Compher, the rest are stuck with them. I also thought it was a bad message to extend Chiarot for so long. His job was to hold down a spot until the kids were ready. You’re telling me it’s going to be another three years before Tuomisto or Wallinder are ready? The message seems to be that Stevie is running the team not to lose, and in this sense the players seem to have bought in. 

All front office decision issues. 

I think the most likely outcome is that if Larkin and Raymond are confirmed to have playing less than 100% at the end, Ilitch is going to give Yzerman another year at least. Just my guess about how it will go......

10 hours ago, casimir said:

Worst signing EVER.

45 minutes ago, buddha said:

kane was "fine", but is he a guy busting his ass every night? 

I wanted to let Kane go at the end of last season as I doubted he was going to do much this season and thought there were better places to use the $$ - I know they didn't want o give up what he still brought to the PP, but at his point in his career he wasn't what they needed to improve their 5 of 5 game.

1 hour ago, buddha said:

it could just be bad luck and not because yzerman doesnt know what he's doing.

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

Does anyone here who tracks these things know whether Larkin, Raymond, DeBrincat and Seider were given an inordinate amount of ice time the first 2/3 of the season to compensate for lack of depth?

He plays Sieder a lot, but not really more than other #1 Dmen. But just my observation is that when Seider's ice time starts climbing, he does change his game to conserve energy to compensate (which is why I don't like ever seeing them do it).

With Larkin and Raymond, I don't think the team overdrives them. Their ice time does not look out of proportion for a #1 line.  Certainly nothing like Brian Murray used to do overplaying his best players. But as players you have to be aware of when you are overdriving yourself when you are on the ice. A guy like Larkin has  to understand that he has to walk a line between how much time he can stay at max+ effort and still keep himself available. I do wonder if Larkin is a little too emotional (trying too hard) a player for his own good.

3 minutes ago, buddha said:

them being injured makes more sense.  but then that is a problem because its two years in a row they've both been hurt at the end of the year.  bad luck?  or too small?

and/or driving themselves too hard because there is no other help?

Hockey is a game that can be played at an unsustainable level but only for so long. That true of both teams and individuals.

46 minutes ago, buddha said:

bringing in chairot was to get that type of player.  edvinsson and seider are huge and both are physical.  faulk is huge.

he has been trying to accumulate big physical players

Size is important, in Dmen who have to physically clear the crease and control the corners, but size is only important in a forward if the player knows how to use it to take and protect possession. To a large extent speed, especially quickness, and good stick can get you there too, which is why DeBrincat is a way more useful player than Rasmussen even at the aspects you'd expect size to help with.

4 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Kia Center - Orlando, FL

 

Tobias is in my 2nd row.

10 minutes ago, Cruzer1 said:

He has the speed to turn some grounders into singles.

True. While he's young and fast he can live with a somewhat higher GB rate - but as hard as he hits the ball, there will be a lot of  benefit from getting the ball into the air more because at the EV's he gets,  HR's will follow.

Brooks with a relatively long open pocket glove, Aurelio with a shorter solid pocket.

2 hours ago, ewsieg said:

I used to argue with folks that you had to work to maintain it, don't just let the algorithm dictate who you follow, follow specific folks you trust, block crackpots, etc.  It's a flood of crackpots now though spewing clickbait.  It's all consuming.

I had some folks I followed, but it seemed like the episodes where I would have to take the time to block a hundred trash feeds that got dumped on me got to where the site was a waste of time. The only thing I ever do on it now is read a link from here.

On 4/4/2026 at 11:09 AM, monkeytargets39 said:

He looks fine for his age.  He’s almost 50.  Plus you know his body took a beating with his playstyle

I liked Inge - the team moved him around a lot and he sucked it up and did his best. He was a dumb hitter though. Not that's it's easy, but he was just a continual sucker for breaking balls out of the zone at 0-1. If someone had just nailed his bat to his shoulder on every 0-1 he'd have been a better hitter. 

59 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

But they have plenty of guys who are big enough to finish checks and just don't. 

I guess the very fact that Ras is still on the team is a reason I despair about their concept of what a team should look like. And I don't even care that much about 'finishing checks'. The game is almost too fast to spend too much effort on that. There's a place for it but too much time spent trying to line guys up for the big finish can just get you left behind trying to make a big hit when the play has already crossed the line away from you. What I do want to see is way more aggression pursuing the puck. Just to go back to Rasmussen and Solderblom  - guys skate past Ras unaccosted up the side boards constantly, it's like he's not even there when a guy rushes past him. Soderblom was miles better at least at that skill, guys could seldom just blow by him. So when I say there are skillsets they just don't seem to look for (care about?), it's that kind of thing.