Red Wings Offseason 2025

[slothfacekilla]

Oh.  Didn't see that coming.  1 year, like no money that can be buried in the AHL.  Guess it doesn't hurt?  Though I don't think he's very good at this point of his career.  Hopefully it is just him and Holl battling for a spot and they both don't end up on the team (hopefully both in the AHL honestly)

[Shinzaki]

Why?

[buddha]

4 hours ago, Shinzaki said:

Why?

because they have no faith in buium, wallinder, and tuomisto.

[gehringer_2]

7 minutes ago, buddha said:

because they have no faith in buium, wallinder, and tuomisto.

Whose going to fill Petry's role as old. slow, ineffective 2nd paring anchor? A guy with a 4:1 giveaway/takeaway ratio sounds perfect.

[buddha]

strikes me as a depth signing...easy to get rid of if you have to if one of their young defensemen surprise them in camp.

[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, buddha said:

strikes me as a depth signing...easy to get rid of if you have to if one of their young defensemen surprise them in camp.

I'd rather they tell the kids: "There is one spot open, compete for it", than "well maybe if you give us enough reason to dump this vet we will, but you already know we usually don't."

Edited Friday at 11:20 PM by gehringer_2

[buddha]

5 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I'd rather they tell the kids: "There is one spot open, compete for it", than "well maybe if you give us enough reason to dump this vet we will, but you already know we usually don't."

i dont agree with how they've done it.  otoh, when they think youre ready they call you up.  and its worked so far.  kasper, seider, raymond, and edvinsson have all had excellent debuts and have been very good players.

hopefully one of wallinder/buium/tuomisto break thru in camp.  if they do, justin holl will easily clear waivers.

[slothfacekilla]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

 

hopefully one of wallinder/buium/tuomisto break thru in camp.  if they do, justin holl will easily clear waivers.

In my limited viewing of all the players in the AHL my hunch is that ASP is the only one who will have a chance to win a job out of camp based on where he's at.  It isn't likely, but both Holl and Harmonic are easily buried in the minors if you need it.  

The signing to me says that the front office doesn't trust the AHL guys to be injury depth next season and that they want to compete.  Whether it was a smart move is another story but I imagine that's the thinking.

[Jason_R]

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.