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Not making any excuses. Just pointing out that the biggest criticism of Blashill is rather exaggerated.

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Very small chance these two are brought in. MAYBE Sutter, but no way Illitch gets rid of Holland unless he's bringing in Yzerman. Plus, with Yzerman's future still in doubt in TB (ie. no ext signed) I cant see Illitch bringing in another GM because if Holland stepped down, Lomardi was brought in, then Yzerman became available, this fan base would lose their s***.

They've won two Cups since Kenny Holland was last relevant. Hope the Ilitch family stops eating peanuts and crackerjacks and starts giving a crap again.

I don't see Trouba being worth that. Right now he's the #2 on a non playoff team. Detroit is getting a top 10 pick for the first time in forever, they need to use it and try to hit a home run, either through the draft or by getting a guy who's already a #1.

My wife just shared this video with me, surprised that it hasn't been posted here yet.

Jacob Trouba is like a better version of Brendan Smith. No matter how much he underperforms the wildly out of proportion expectations of his acolytes, they'll always have an excuse handy. Then one day, he'll be 28 years old, and not that much different of a player than he is now, and suddenly everyone will say "well he never really panned out". Trouba isn't a #1 defenseman. He's not going to develop into one either. He's a perfectly good defenseman, but if you want a top guy (and everyone seems to) then it's not going to be him. His offense just isn't' good enough.

Why not? Look at the skill on that team. The team he's assembled for less money than the Wings and double the talent. I'll take both any day.

Chris make a splash and hire both please

Push for (and in fact, earn) a playoff spot is exactly what we did last year. This year sucked, of course, but I don't think you can necessarily put that on Blashill. You won't find a roster that shouldn't at least push for a playoff spot. Someone has to lose. This "most players playing well below their abilities" thing is getting overblown. Most of our players are actually fairly close to their previous production. Half of them have hardly enough history to even have an established norm. Tatar just had his 2nd-best season, Nyquist had a career high in assists. Vanek had his best season in 4 years. Zetterberg had a bad year last year but rebounded this year. Blash didn't change. People were just wrong to blame Babcock for our struggling offense. Not really. Gallant's coaching record is no better than Blashill's. Ruff has had some decent success, but also had his share of failure. Same for Therrien, or Tippett is becomes available. Hitchcock (if he even wants to coach again) has the best record (and the only Cup win), but also the biggest history of playoff under-achievement. And that's kind of my whole point here. Not saying Blashill is great, or even good, or that there isn't reasonable cause to think he's bad. Mostly just saying that given the transitional state of the roster, I don't think we can make a fair assessment of him so far. And since we're unlikely to be in contention for anything of note next year, I don't think there's any good reason to go chasing after someone just because they have a name we happen to recognize. There will be coaches just as good (and maybe better) available next year.

No he said his favorite movie is "The Untouchables."

No one said anything about a guarantee. But it is reasonable cause for some optimism. And it's not like there's anyone available with a wildly successful NHL career, and even if there was, past success isn't a guarantee either. You come off as having the opinion that every player on our roster is s***, but you also expect success from Blashill. It's pretty obvious you have no objectivity and you just hate everything about the Wings right now. Probably pointless to even try to debate. Objectively speaking, the results Blashill has gotten are at worst only slightly below what we should expect. I don't see a problem with having some patience with the guy while we're rebuilding.

3 C's - 4 Cups

6.7% chance at the top pick 20.9% chance of a top 3 pick http://www.tankathon.com/nhl/pick_odds

That's it? I thought mid-60's or so. Lol Was Bob Essensa there? Lol Hopefully Todd Bertuzzi was to rep Sudbury.

Fetisov is high on the KHL's board of governors and the KHL is right in the last few games of their playoffs. He probably has to be there for that. As for other guys missing, I don't think Paul Coffey or Ray Sheppard were there, but I missed a few segments so maybe I just didn't see them, Draper's the weirdest one not to be there since he still is in the organization. I wonder why.

At the very least, blashill will be back next season. If Holland gets a promotion after next season, odds are the incoming GM will choose his own coach. So it would be useless to fire blashill, hire a new staff only to fire them after one season and search for a new staff all over again. Blashill will be with us at least one more season.

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Many didn't believe Stevie would be around tonight, less known fact, he's here to take over KH

I gotta say.... This pre-game show is making this awful season a little easier for the fan inside me. It's a great reminder of all of the amazing things that this franchise has done for this city and fans. I'm going to watch every second of this game and then look forward to a brand new start in the LCA next season.

Not saying it wasn't an issue. I'm saying it isn't any more of an issue than Kronwall's knee. Robidas wasn't playing with a broken leg. He had previously had a broken leg which had subsequently healed. Healed well enough to allow him to play 52 games the following year. He was indisputably capable of some level of play. How is Robidas being "hampered by soreness" worse than Kronwall being hampered by soreness. Here's a quote from November 2015: "Even with the time off, I'm not too optimistic," GM Lou Lamoriello said Monday. "He's not skating yet." Robidas appeared to be OK at training camp, but he started the season on injured reserve due to some "wear and tear" and there haven't been many updates on his status ever since. Who decides who can and can't play? Franzen isn't dead. He isn't paralyzed. He has legs, he can see, move, think, hold a stick...as far as I know there's no force field preventing him from stepping on the ice. Literally speaking he is in fact capable of playing. The reason he isn't is because the discomfort and risk of further injury is too great. It seems you're trying to draw a line for "injured enough", and concluding that Kronwall is below while Robidas (and everyone else) is above it even though you admit you don't actually know why he retired. Call LTIR a loophole all you want, but Kronwall does have a bona-fide injury. Maybe the NHL could fight LTIR if they wanted, but that'd be a pretty dangerous game with no benefit to the league. LTIR isn't just used for players that are retired, much less only players who are retired and whose contracts would carry some kind of penalty if that player were to officially retire. Is the NHL going to start scrutinizing every long term injury to make sure that all players are in enough pain to really prevent them from playing? Kronwall does have a bad knee. That is a fact. Also a fact that every time he steps on the ice he is risking further injury and suffering further "wear and tear". Also seems accepted as fact that he is suffering some degree of pain due to the injury. Also a fact that he has missed several games this year, presumably because of the injury. Also a fact that several players with injuries similar in scope (as far as we know) have already been granted LTIR. Do you really think a doctor would tell Kronwall to "toughen up", and that his pain level (which you have no idea of) isn't high enough? That the risk of further injury and further erosion isn't something he should worry about? Or that the NHL would risk a potential major lawsuit for literally no benefit to themselves other than the thrill of sticking the Wings with a recapture penalty? None of us know the criteria for passing/failing a physical. For all we know, Kronwall could be in a gray area where the team has the option of whether or not they are willing to accept the liability of him playing, and that's what Holland meant when he said Kronwall can make his own choice. But regardless, the argument that the league would try to fight LTIR for Kronwall is absurd.

Mattias Ohlund was on LTIRetirement for a knee injury from 2011-2016. Here's a summary from Wikipedia: "Prior to the start of the 2011–12 season, Öhlund began experiencing inflammation in his right knee. The Lightning placed him on injured reserve on October 4, 2011; a week later, he underwent arthroscopic surgery on both knees.[43] After there was optimism he was close to returning to the lineup in December, he suffered a setback with his left knee and underwent further surgery in February 2012.[notes 1][44][45] During his recovery, he told reporters with Swedish newspaper Expressen that he was unsure whether he could continue playing.[46]His contract with the Lightning expired July 1, 2016. He was until that date listed on the team roster but was on injured reserve since 2011." I think there's 0% chance Kronwall would straight up retire. He'd be aware of the cap penalty and wouldn't knowingly hurt the team like that.

Yeah PETA can suck it. If I buy a dead cephalopod, I can eat it, throw it on the ice, or dress it up and have a tea party with 9 tea cups. What happens between a man and his octopus is his own business.