General Wings Comments 2025-26

[slothfacekilla]

Kasper hasn't been medically cleared to play for Austria at Worlds, apparently he's been on crutches since the season ended with a knee injury https://hockey-news.info/nhl-export-kasper-ich-muss-im-moment-mit-kruecken-gehen/

(austrian link)

I figured something was up but I wonder how long he was pushing through that

[lordstanley]

 

[slothfacekilla]

what an odd combo

[slothfacekilla]

 

Finnie playing for Canada (and Talbot)

[Jason_R]

I don’t know what the numbers and colors mean but the words are really something. 

[slothfacekilla]

Nice to see Seider getting love from non-Detroit people

[slothfacekilla]

https://prashanthiyer.substack.com/p/emmitt-finnie-poised-for-a-breakout?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2171106&post_id=197013634&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=nkg8z&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

 

Some good stuff in here on Finnie (and an interesting aside on posts hit by him, Larkin and DBC)

 

 

 

 

Edited May 9 by slothfacekilla

[slothfacekilla]

 

[lordstanley]

 

[buddha]

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

 

i get that the goal was great, but that's the year they set the points record and were supposed to roll in the playoffs.  instead they almost lost to st louis and then got whooped by colorado in 6.

not a great memory for me.

[lordstanley]

49 minutes ago, buddha said:

i get that the goal was great, but that's the year they set the points record and were supposed to roll in the playoffs.  instead they almost lost to st louis and then got whooped by colorado in 6.

not a great memory for me.

Biggest legacy of the goal was the Avs-Wings rivalry. If the Wings had lost to their Blues there would have been no Claude Lemieux-Kris Draper incident.

The goal also eliminated any chance of Yzerman being traded. 

[lordstanley]

This is a name I’d like, although I doubt Yzerman would do an offer sheet.

 

Edited 14 hours ago by lordstanley

[lordstanley]

 

[buddha]

pranshanth on the wwp:  cossa's not ready to be an nhl goalie.  fundamentals fall apart at the end of every season.  

[Mr.TaterSalad]

At some point it has to be sink or swim no? Cossa needs to just be called up and given the chance to play at NHL game speed, against NHL talent. The guy is going to be 24, if he isn't ready at 24, then when?

[buddha]

we're going to find out, because he has to be on the nhl roster this year.

[Jason_R]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

pranshanth on the wwp:  cossa's not ready to be an nhl goalie.  fundamentals fall apart at the end of every season.  

He is ready to be an NHL backup. Late season struggles are either energy or psychology. Does he lose the stamina or does he wilt under pressure? 

The guy is six and a half feet tall, so it wouldn’t surprise me if his muscles are still catching up to his bones. 

[lordstanley]

If his issue is that he runs out of steam, then limit his starts. Which you would do naturally anyways. 20-25 as a backup. Can build up from there. Not unlike innings limits on young pitchers, no?

[Jason_R]

Yeah, I don't buy into all the handwringing about Cossa. He’s played 41 and 39 games in the AHL and looked pretty good outside of losing steam. He needs to be in the NHL with NHL coaching and NHL training facilities. He needs to practice against NHL players and play 25 games with Postava coming up to spot start and Gibson dialing it back from 57 starts (second-most in his career) to 50 or just under. Gibson wore out at the end of the season too.