All Activity
This stream auto-updates
- Yesterday
-
1) We can't address this without addressing 2 and 3 first 2) Yzerman wont bite the bullet and get rid of the problems (Chiarot, Petry, Holl). Next year would have been the perfect time to get Edvinsson, Johansson, and ASP in the lineup day 1. We are committed to the old vets unless Yzerman can work some magic over the summer. Never should have needed to, tho. Chiarot and Holl with 1/2 salary retention we're both easily tradable at the deadline 3) The Thompsons and Wilsons of the NHL don't grow on trees. We need better draft position to acquire them. We are in no man's land right now, tho. We needed Soderblom to juice out and become Lyle Alzado on skates. He appears content to be Minute Bol tho. Back to 1). Right now, it's Danielson or Lombardi. Kasper is projecting as 3C material, and that's ok. We need a 3C that doesn't cost 5 mil per. But we REALLY need a 2C that's really a 1B. And unless Danielson or Lombardi suddenly metamorphosize into Dylan Cozens, we are going to have to trade for a guy like that. Ziemmerberg
-
I know nothing about Ziemmer but whats the reason he went 78 and Danielson went 9? Danielson - 6'2 185lbs. RHC D - 68GP 33G 45A 78PTS D+1 - 52GP 24G 39A 63PTS Ziemmer - 6'1 203lbs. RHW D - 68 GP 41G 48A 89PTS D+1 - 21GP 11G 20A 31PTS
-
After this 2 week stretch, unless something really changes; Kane is gone, Gone, GONE.
-
Elmer is having a good season, he just doesn't play the right way. He'd be a dominant power forward, but he's content being an average skill guy. The other guys you mentioned definitely have some bite to their game, but not a power game. Like, Kasper is a lot like Ryan Kesler. Feisty, agitating, strong, and bordering dirty. But he's not going to run a guy over to slam home a rebound. Danielson is like Larkin. Tough, strong, sturdy, but not a power guy. Mazur is like Bunting, Bertuzzi, or Gallagher. Dirty, agitating, feisty but not a power forward. I would have liked to see SY draft Koehn Ziemmer last year instead of...checks notes...Noah Dower Nilsson? Woof.
-
GMRwings1983 reacted to a post in a topic: 3/17 GDT Wings @ Penguins (6:00pm EDT)
-
my mind reading days are well past me...LOL I was just looking at young guns that have some size and coming up potentially X years. To be honest I have completely forgotten about Elmer ...not good.
-
None of those guys are what I mean when I talk about "power wingers" though. The first two are centers and the others don't play a power game. When I say power winger I mean someone like Josh Anderson, Tom Wilson, Alex Tuch, Brady Tkachuk, etc. The only guy in our organization with that kind of potential is Sodorblom. And it's getting to the point where I'd tell him that he either needs to start developing a power game or he's going nowhere in this organization. We don't need another winger that plays like Hanas and Mazur, we've got them.
-
I think his overuse of Lyon is a factor in our freefall. Did the same last year with Husso
-
I do, I just meant with respect to roster construction. I do think Lalonde is an issue, but I also think he's a good coach. I think he's inexperienced and doesn't fully understand that the "process" that coaches talk about with their players also applies to him as well.
-
Looking at GR and sliding Danielson into that group for compare to try to alleviate number 3 decient Nate is 6 2 187 Kasper is 6 1 183 Hanas is 6 1 180 Mazur is 6 175 praying they all go on the Raymond plan and gain 15 pounds of muscle this summer which barely gets them to ~200....
-
So you don't think Lalonde is an issue?
-
Randy 'Macho Man' Savage was only 6'1", but to me he was larger than life personifide.
-
Motor City Mullets reacted to a post in a topic: 3/17 GDT Wings @ Penguins (6:00pm EDT)
-
This is why I think it's so important to bring Kane back. We obviously need to regain composure for this to happen as well in it's full effect BUT it's no secret out there that the Wings have had very little lotto luck. However having Patrick Kane here helps mitigate this by that having him in a wing wheel. Patrick in good health and playing great hockey will surely help lure other players to our roster to bolster our top 6, there's no question that it will. It's Yzerman's job to find the right ones, as well as fix his f*cking glaring errors he's made.
-
Just saying it's going to take Chicago exactly 3 years to produce a solid top 6. We are WAY behind upfront. I like where we stand G and D tho. We just need to play our draft picks to fix the D and G situation. Top 6 we are going to need a miracle tho.
-
IMO our biggest issues are 1. No 2C that can generate offense 2. Defense is too top heavy defensively 3. Our wingers are too small Honorable mention that our goalies suck, but life may have been different if Husso's groin hadn't exploded twice.
-
Matchups on the road without Larkin are a huge problem
-
He had two or three odd man rushes. Not the guy ideally you want with the puck in that scenario. Then again, we only have maybe three or four forwards I'd trust on breakaways or odd man rushes. The rest are basically Draper/Helm.
-
I’ve liked Rasmussen’s game during their slide here. I didn’t see past the 1st period last night I just listened to it but heard he had a 3-1 chose to shoot and missed the net. Which is his thing it seems. He’s been playing hard though, just doesn’t have a great finish-or even a relatively good one. Him & Raymond have been our only 2 guys that stood out to me consistently giving an honest effort.
-
I think that's a fair criticism to a point. I think the entire team could be more physical, and guys like Ras, Fischer, and Chiarot should be leading the way. I've mentioned that we're soft as warm butter a lot lately. I DO think Ras uses his size and reach effectively in the offensive zone. Both in terms of protecting the puck and extending possessions, as well as on the forecheck getting the puck back. I get the feeling that the team is generally discouraged from running other teams and playing that type of game, which is a coaching decision IMO.
-
We could probably criticize every player on this team for something. In fact, we usually do. I don't expect Rasmussen to score more than Copp or Compher. I do, however, expect a 6'6 forward to be more physical than a badminton player. Rasmussen will always be expected to do more because of his size. That's just the stigma with being a giant. Just think of every large pro wrestler who never became a major star. Those guys get more flak than smaller wrestlers whose gimmicks never made it.
-
I agree that Compher and Copp have never been big scorers. Neither has Rasmussen. So why criticize Rasmussen for not scoring and not the two guys who score about the same, get paid more, and were both brought on board to play in more prominent offensive roles (2C)?
-
Wing Hire HC Derek Lalonde, AC Bob Boner, AC Varaday, and GC Westlund
stephen-gregory-yzerman replied to bIueadams's topic in General
I agree with the point your making I just dont think Eaves/Helm was a good example. I do recall Eaves getting looks in the top 6 maybe not as much as Helm/Abby but that mayve been as much Dats/Z as it was Babs decision. Either way I agree that Kostin should have been utilized better here and Czarnik being called up instead of playing Berggren or calling up Kasper/Mazur is terrible. For the now and the future. -
Compher and Copp have never been big scorers. Their numbers this season aren't a big outlier. I realize scoring is up in the NHL from several years ago. So that's a counterpoint. Debrincat is helpless without linemates. Larkin being out hurt his scoring stats. He doesn't score even strength because he's small, soft, and overly reliant on powerplay scoring. Just like this entire roster. The powerplay is their offense.
-
Rasmussen is a "bottom", if you know what I mean. A 6'6 bottom.
-
Wing Hire HC Derek Lalonde, AC Bob Boner, AC Varaday, and GC Westlund
kipwinger replied to bIueadams's topic in General
I don't remember it that way, but that's not really the point I'm making. The point I'm making is that Eaves clearly had more offensive upside than guys like Helm or Abby (or later Glendening) but never got half the opporunity in the top six that those guys did. Something about their game was "safer" than his. Maybe he was fine defensively and they were better. Maybe he was too "risky" or something. In whatever case, Babs felt better playing guys in the top six who had no potential to score over a guy that did. If he was nearly as good defensively that only proves the point I'm making, which is that in many cases you can improve a guy's defensive much more easily than you can improve his offense. -
Rick D reacted to a post in a topic: Wing Hire HC Derek Lalonde, AC Bob Boner, AC Varaday, and GC Westlund
-
Rick D reacted to a post in a topic: Wing Hire HC Derek Lalonde, AC Bob Boner, AC Varaday, and GC Westlund
-
Wing Hire HC Derek Lalonde, AC Bob Boner, AC Varaday, and GC Westlund
stephen-gregory-yzerman replied to bIueadams's topic in General
Wasnt Eaves very good defensively and 1 of our top PKers along with MIller and Helm?