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He's already been set up to be the next whipping boy, simply by virtue of him not being Chychrun. I'm calling it now.

John Scott 2018 Team USA Captain

So are you saying, "Dennis Not Chychrun-ski" won't work for a nickname?

Haha they actually were playing him in front of the net, but Nelsen actually has a lot of movement on his power-play units, no player is stationary. Blashill and co. could learn something... Holmstrom did spend a fair amount of the time on the PP in front of the net though. He also scored the game winner in OT, on a nice pass from Svechnikov. Looks like the two are already forming some nice chemistry.

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Holmstrom gets his first point as a Griffin, cross ice pass to Svechnikov on the power-play.

lol, this made my day this is your brain , now this is your brain on dank memes

Curious, is there any particular reason you're so high on Mittelstadt? Have you seen him play? I don't know a ton about him, but he definitely doesn't stand out as a player I really want, especially if we keep our pick and pick in the top 10. I want one of Patrick, Vilardi, Glass or Tippett, in that order. What list are you looking at for this?

Interesting.. they seem to be dropping a little, wonder why. That would still be tippet in the first and Hague in the second though. Im still standing by wanting Mittelstadt in the first if we don't win any lotto spot (would also be good with Vilardi). But Hague in the second sounds good to me. Might even be able to trade back and still get him it looks like.. adding a pick in the process. I don't think there's a way to get all three of the guys you listed, barring any trades, but stranger things have happened so who knows.

I think Medicine Hat hold his rights in jnr where he can play one more year or any of the Red Wings affiliate teams.

Got a great hockey brain , need to put into context that he was one of the youngest players in the NCAA this year. Maybe a couple of years in GR for seasoning then we can make judgement. Hronek is the sleeper we haven't had for a few years. Doesn't look out of place in the A.

Why are they not playing him in front of the net? I swear Blashill is an idiot

Very surprised by this. I figured he'd spend at least 3 years in the NCAA. Looks like he will be turning pro after one medicre season with St. Cloud State. Regardless, looking forward to see what he's got. I wonder if he'll get in any playoff games this season...

Well I gotta go with the Yogi Guru!

Festivities planned for Joe Louis Finale http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2017/04/05/festivities-planned-joe-louis-arena-finale/100075786/

I'd be happy with Suzuki or Yamamoto as well. I recall bringing those guys up a long while ago back when they were projected low 1st to high 2nd. They've done well to move themselves up.

Since this is the new Holland thread.... From Friedman's 30 Thoughts 11. Ken Holland is 61. He’s got one more year left on his contract. Is there any chance Detroit's executive vice president and GM would step down, hand someone else the keys to the car? “You know what, I’ve been pretty lucky in my career,” he said last week. “Since I retired and became a scout, I’ve only had to live in two places (Medicine Hat and Detroit). I got to be the general manager of a team that was already a Stanley Cup champion and then was able to win more. But I don’t want to step down. I was here during the good times and I want to get us back there.” 12. Holland has made it very clear in many interviews he does not see this being a major teardown. Evgeny Svechnikov played Monday and scored the shootout winner against Ottawa. Tyler Bertuzzi’s seen seven NHL games, 2016 second-rounders Filip Hronek and Givani Smith made AHL debuts last week. Holland wouldn’t commit to them being full-time NHLers next season, but did admit they are closing in. So he likes what he has coming. Holland is going with a seven-forward, three-defenceman, one-goalie protection model for the expansion draft. However, the most important topic for the Red Wings will be what happened to Riley Sheahan? To Danny DeKeyser? To Gustav Nyqvist and Petr Mrazek. “We’re going to sit down after the season and we’re going to go through it. Because these players are better than they’ve shown. We just have to figure why it happened.” 13. Any theories? “The Datsyuk factor is one,” Holland said. “This was our first season without him, and even though he was getting older, he is still a great player. He shielded a lot of his teammates, because he received top assignments and the best opponents. Without him, some of our players had to step into more difficult roles, maybe before they were ready. We hope what they learned improves them for the future.” Holland also pointed to a power play that did not score on the road from Oct. 19 to Jan. 12, although it rebounded strongly in the last two months of the season. Interestingly, he quoted a few analytics in our conversation, mentioning the team had a .686 winning percentage in one-goal games in 2015–16, “which is unsustainable.” They are below average this year. 14. Holland backed his coach, Jeff Blashill. “He went to the USHL and won a championship. He went to an NCAA program (Western Michigan) and revived it. He won the Calder Cup in the AHL, and other teams were starting to take notice. His resume indicates he will be successful.” Expect Blashill to return. 15. Holland also used the resumé example with Dylan Larkin. “Everywhere he’s gone, he’s been an important player. He came to the NHL and was successful right away. What happens is that a good player arrives and the league adjusts to you. He’s got great speed, and other teams have figured out how to close the gap on him. Now, he’s got to adjust back. We’ve moved him around, but we see him as a centre. And we see him trying some different things. In the last couple of games, he’s pulled up as he crosses the blueline, not simply driving wide and around the net. That’s good. That’s him making adjustments, making it harder for other teams to defend him. Again, his resumé shows he’s going to be successful.” 16. Finally, I asked about Niklas Kronwall. Kronwall has two years left on his contract, but the actual cash drops and he’s got a partial no-trade. Limited to 54 games, he’s been a model Red Wing, given the organization everything he has, and his body is breaking down. Will he be back? “He has earned the right to sit in my office and discuss what he wants to do. Even if he is injured, we see a lot of value in his attitude and what he brings.”

But he's Canadian.

Doubt it

This was a convo we had about Mantha fighting back in February, I hope my point is now made with Mantha going out for the season with a fractured finger from fighting which is exactly what my concern was centered around. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2017/03/30/red-wings-anthony-mantha-injury/99852946/

i like seeing him stand up for himself....but that is exactly why players of his ilk shouldn't fight

38 years old. I live in western Canada, been a Wings fan for 25 years and I finally got to the Joe for 2 games last weekend. Surreal experience from walking up the steps at the entrance to drinking in the Olympia club in the bowels of the Joe. Couldn't have been happier to step foot in the old place. The atmosphere was amazing even in a losing season. It sure is an old barn. Narrow concourse, 1000 degrees inside, lack of bathrooms but when that pucked dropped I knew I was in one helluva special place. That being said I can't wait to go back to Detroit and watch a game in Little Caesar's.

So if VIII is "The Last Jedi", what is IX going to be? "Oh, s***! We're Out of Jedi!"? Kind of catchy, actually.

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-official-title-for-star-wars-episode-viii-revealed?cmp=smc|785924799 12/15/2017