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- Yesterday
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I actually think ASP will get eaten up in the playoffs and would really like to see him on a sheltered 3rd pair. Ed-Seider Johansson- Rasmus Andersson Chiarot-ASP
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I doubt we're tough enough at this point to win a playoff round. For this reason, I wouldn't want to move ASP to the 3rd pair either through demotion or because of a trade. The kid needs the ice time to get better. If we could really upgrade the left side partner for him with a player that isn't on an expiring contract, I'm all for it. I'm actually really looking forward to next season with Cossa coming up and taking the reins and Kasper and Danielson getting better.
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So what’s everyone’s impressions of the season so far? I’ll keep mine short. I’ve loved our forward lines and the emergence of Seider-Ed as a dominant defensive pair. Goaltending has been good enough to keep us in a divisional seed so it’s hard to complain about too much. We are weak at 2C and on the second defensive pair. Veterans at both positions would give us as good a team as any in the east (except healthy Florida).
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Watching the WJC and liking the Wings kids so far. Pradel G for Slovakia looks like a Cossa clone, big, moves well and covers alot of net. Svrcek F is hardly noticible so far. Bear F not playing for Canada. Eddie Genborg does it all for Sweden. Size, speed, good vision and playmaking plus he loves to hit people. Max Plante looked okay in game one and really good vs the Swiss. Kid plays a 200' game, great speed and sweet hands. I was getting frustrated with the US play by play guys when they kept focusing on Mooney's scoring attempts and effort, basically showing the kid love. Meanwhile it was Plante who was pulling a Pavel by stealing so many pucks and setting up every chance Mooney had. The kid just has a knack for thievery with great vision once he has the puck.
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I actually don't mind Shep. Sure, there may have been better options, but for a rookie DC I thought he did very well, and he should improve from here. OC has to be fixed in a huge way. Morton was terrible and Dan wasn't much of an improvement. Ben Johnson took the Lions offensive mojo to Chicago with him, and look where they are now and where Detroit is. We need a really good OC, and yes, we need to start drafting QBs to replace Goff.
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I feel bad for Lions fans. All of the I feel bad for all Lions fans. Watching Dan calling the offensive plays must be not much better than Morton's calls. Goff has looked so-so for a couple of seasons to me. Soft arm and slower scrambling. Have to agree completely about Ragnow. That is a serious hole. I'm not sure if Detroit had a chance at Dennis Allen or preferably Brandon Staley as DC, but both are better than Sheppard IMO, especially with in-game adjustments. Doesn't help that your GM didn't help Hutch by getting a solid bookend partner for him. Hope you guys don't mind that a Saints first, Lions second fan makes observations about your team.
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What is good? The inverse of lazy and it sucks?
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Guys, I think we're good again....
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I think we are still in the learning and growing stage and we are doing it very well. I thank the Lord/Allah/Buddha or your deity of choice that Todd is the coach currently. It's nice watching games again!!!!
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So the packers blew it against the bears, and the Lions blew it against the steelers, which basically means no playoffs for the Lions this year. My takeaway: This is still a very good team, but we tried to bandaid major loses and it severely hurt us. #1 losing OC Ben Johnson to the Bears. As a new HC he's taken the bears from bottom of the division to kings of the division in less than 1 full season. Meanwhile our replacement for him in John Morton was so bad he lost his job halfway through the season. Finding a new good OC is critical for this team. #2 losing Frank Ragnow decimated the offense. I'm a big believer in that having a strong trench makes everyone - the QB, the RBs - better. His loss has been significant... We need to bolster the Oline through the draft or FA immediately if the window is to stay open. #3 draft a QB soon. I love Goff, but the cracks and age are beginning to show
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Yzerman said it back in 2019. Drafting and Time. BTW, I am glad he didn't gut the young players to acquire Hughes.
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Yeah, now that we got John mafuqqin Leonard
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John Leonard with 2 pts in 3 games! Time for some Jack... This kid is better than half our forwards. More than a few times so far he's set other guys up and they just can't finish. He would have more points if our players didn't suck.
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Tom Wilson runs over ASP today and every Wing just looked the other way. I mean Jeez, be a teammate and stand up for the kid even if you get punched in the face a few times.
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Fun fact I learned today... Early football teams typically chose their name based off of the baseball team in their city. So the Chicago Bears were named after the Chicago Cubs. Detroit Lions was chosen because of the Detroit Tigers. And the name Packers came from the old Milwaukee butt fuqqers of the federal baseball league.
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To add, Ajo and Soderblom have been terrible as well. I'd send down Soderblom as well and call up old reliable, Dominik Shine, to take his spot. Ajo we don't have an internal replacement for. Trade for someone. Our bottom pair D is poop.
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It sucks losing a 2nd Rd pick to waivers, but Bergs has 65 pts in 171 games. For a guy that doesn't bring much else to the ice besides point scoring, that's not very good. I'm more surprised SY didn't send Kasper down... Having only 1 assist in 35 games, in a pretty good top 6, you almost have to be trying not to help... The tenacity and engine we saw last year appears to simply be gone from him. This is one of the worst sophomore slumps I've ever seen. All his energy has disappeared, send him to GR already. That all said, the Griffins have been absolute titans of AHL hockey this year. I think it's good to show those guys that play like this is rewarded. Leonard has been their #1 guy by far, and we don't risk much by calling him up (or sending him down). TLDR: I like the Leonard call up, but I would have sent down Kasper over Bergs
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It's been a while so I'm going to hit the ground running. 1. I don't understand waiving Berggren and calling up Leonard on the same day, especially in view of the Kane injury. There isn't any scenario in which Berggren isn't a better player than Leonard. If Kane is injured play Berggren in that spot AND THEN waive him. I'm happy for Leonard, seems like a good dude and all, but he's not a better player than Berggren and I want to win games. 2. Now that the Hughes situation has played out I hope we can turn our attention to more realistic trade options. Specifically, I'm interested in Nazem Kadri (to be our 2C) and Rasmus Andersson (to play in the top four). It's looking like we've got a really good chance to make the playoffs here and those two would help us a fair bit. I think ASP has been really good, but you most definitely don't want a rookie playing top four minutes in the playoffs. He'd get schooled. I like the looks of this better... Finnie-Larkin-Raymond Cat-Kadri-Kane Kasper-Danielson-Sodorblom Ras/Appleton-Copp-JVR Ras/Appleton Ed-Seider Chiarot-Andersson Johansson-ASP JBD Gibson Talbot Looks like a playoff team to be gents.
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Lucky for him he didn't have to back to GR. He has a hard time finding it. Last time he ended up in GR Ohio.
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BearGrin claimed by the Blues. Hope he doesn't turn into Mr. Snipey Snipe for them.
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John Leonard called up. Has been a beast for the griffins. Well deserved.
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I guess we could have included Zadina somehow. What? too soon?
