2022 Offseason Thread

[slothfacekilla]

Edvinsson out with some sort of injury

[lordstanley]

3 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

Edvinsson out with some sort of injury

Ahh, I didn't even realize Edvinsson also pitches for the Tigers.

[lordstanley]

6 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

Edvinsson out with some sort of injury

Hope it was just food poisoning like Bob Mackenzie speculated. 
 

This sounds good, if it’s the latest. 
 

 

[slothfacekilla]

Oh great news on Simon! I was mildly worried because I found no info on it yesterday.  Food poisoning it sounds like?

 

Looks like he's healed 😂

 

 

 

 

[slothfacekilla]

 

Disappointing for the team but it seems like Mazur and Savage played well

[Hongbit]

Who was that moron on here a while back saying Calgary was a total rebuild and there’s no way Kadri would want to play for Darryl Sutter? 

[lordstanley]

Darn, I would have taken Kadri on that contract. I know it would push him to 38 years old, but still, $7mm for a player of Kadri ability should be very good value for first half of it. 

[buddha]

too long of a deal for us to consider.

[slothfacekilla]

 

Love our European scouts' work the last few drafts.

 

[lordstanley]

22 hours ago, buddha said:

too long of a deal for us to consider.

Yes I agree, now.  Liked the contract for first 10 minutes after it was announced, then thought better of it.

[1984Echoes]

6 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

 

Love our European scouts' work the last few drafts.

 

Future looks BRIGHT!!!

[buddha]

maybe its him recovering from food poisoning, but edvinsson has looked slow and off tonight.  wallinder got undressed by a finn in the 3rd.

neiderbach has been ok.

in fairness, finland can be a hard team to play against.

mazur was great the whole tourney.  cossa only played once and was just ok.  bednar wasnt anything to write home about.

[Shinzaki]

Pronman listed Edvinsson as one of the tournament's disappointments while noting that he was injured pre tournament and had food poisoning during it.

Whatever....

Edited August 21, 2022 by Shinzaki

[buddha]

he didnt look good.  he just floated, lost the puck a lot.  

[slothfacekilla]

His skating looked a bit weird to me in the little I saw, I thought he was injured outside of the food poisoning or whatever.  I was guessing some sort of groin issue.  I also wasn't very impressed with Sweden's coaching staff or forward group really.  Edvinsson wasn't getting any special teams play I believe, which seems odd.  He kept trying to force Andrae on the power play and it just....never worked.  Just go look at their 5 on 3 against Finland, what a joke!

It obviously isn't a "plus" but I'm not too worried about him not being super invested while sick/injured at a random rescheduled summer WJC where some top prospects didn't go and where his coach seemed in over his head.  If anything this tournament kinda makes me think Niederbach is a zero as a prospect...

 

Fun little assist from Wallinder:

 

 

 

 

[buddha]

niederbach seemed more like a depth player as his ceiling.

[buddha]

https://themalikreport.com/2022/08/21/red-wings-at-the-wjc-wrapping-up-the-tournament-from-a-detroit-prospect-perspective/#more-24153

good write up on the wings prospects.

up: mazur, savage, sebrango

steady: niederbach, wallinder

down: bednar, cossa, edvinsson

[slothfacekilla]

I didn't watch a ton but from my limited viewings I would swap Sebrango and Wallinder in their groups, and swap Niederbach and Edvinsson in their groups.  But just my feeling on the prospects for sure.  I thought Sebrango was solid but it was about what I expected from what I saw.  I thought Wallinder played pretty well for a mess of a team, even with his flaws I thought he showed enough good to be mildly excited.  I'll be shocked if Niderbach ever plays in the NHL for more than a handful of games.  I see Wheeler's write up on Cossa calls out his goal given up over his shoulder, never mentions that it deflected off his defenseman's stick and wasn't aimed there originally.  It sucks he wasn't the guy for Canada but the kid is a project I'm fine giving him time.

[AlaskanTigersFan]

https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-rumors-august-21-2022/ - Interesting article on Bertuzzi. Good to see people think he has value though.

[lordstanley]

On 8/22/2022 at 9:38 AM, slothfacekilla said:

I didn't watch a ton but from my limited viewings I would swap Sebrango and Wallinder in their groups, and swap Niederbach and Edvinsson in their groups.  But just my feeling on the prospects for sure.  I thought Sebrango was solid but it was about what I expected from what I saw.  I thought Wallinder played pretty well for a mess of a team, even with his flaws I thought he showed enough good to be mildly excited.  I'll be shocked if Niderbach ever plays in the NHL for more than a handful of games.  I see Wheeler's write up on Cossa calls out his goal given up over his shoulder, never mentions that it deflected off his defenseman's stick and wasn't aimed there originally.  It sucks he wasn't the guy for Canada but the kid is a project I'm fine giving him time.

And I'd be fine with that if Cossa had been a 2nd or 3rd round pick. But when you pick a goalie in the mid-1st round, I expect him to be an all-world monster at the junior level, even if 3 or 4 years away from the NHL.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

And I'd be fine with that if Cossa had been a 2nd or 3rd round pick. But when you pick a goalie in the mid-1st round, I expect him to be an all-world monster at the junior level, even if 3 or 4 years away from the NHL.

Maybe with Cossa the FO is thinking 'Ceilings, not floors.'

[slothfacekilla]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Maybe with Cossa the FO is thinking 'Ceilings, not floors.'

I think this was always the thinking they had, it is all about projecting where he can end up with his size, athleticism, and work ethic.  It is risky but if he develops that would be awesome. 

[slothfacekilla]

 

He played on the fourth line for SKA's big club!  Looks like they're giving him another preseason game today, though he only played 13 minutes this last game.

[buddha]

is this russian kid out new soderblum?  a guy were irrationally hyped for?  lol.

[slothfacekilla]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

is this russian kid out new soderblum?  a guy were irrationally hyped for?  lol.

I 100% am way more hyped than I should be lol