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Personally, I feel like this has been a very successful off-season so far. In fact, im hoping that we dont see any other moves before the start of the season because this roster looks to me to be capable of doing some damage this year! I know that we are in a bit of a cap crunch due to AAs impending contract, but Im confident that Holland has a plan for that and that it wont be an issue. The only other thing I would like to see is for Franzen to get off the LTIR and back into the lineup somehow. That would be the icing on the cake! Lets go Red Wings!!!

Here's a nice little bit.

Wish that wasn't PS4 exclusive. I'm curious to see how the native Detroiters feel about the storyline after playing the whole game. After seeing how well The Division recreated Manhattan, I'm curious to see how well this game captures The Motor City (and if LCA makes an appearance).

My favorite part was "definite possible" NHL starter

I love the description for Coreau.

Maybe it's the optimist in me but I have a really good feeling about Cholowski. All the reports of his vision and hockey IQ being good have me pretty excited for his development. It seems like the things he's good at are things that you either have or don't and the knocks on him on draft day (size/strength for example iirc) are things that can be trained. And he's already put on 20+ lbs since being drafted.. I do wish we had Chychrun; I think he'll be a stud sometime soon. But I think Cholowski has similar long term potential and adding Hronek and maybe Kotkansalo pushes me toward picking the side we got in this poll. Hopefully Cholowski gets to start in Grand Rapids and starts making a name for himself.. I'm excited to see how all of our young Griffin D men pan out this year and beyond.

Who has argued that we should keep all of our players and not shed cap? I'm pretty sure every single Red Wings fan can name at least one player on this roster that they would love to ship out to free up cap space. I'd be happy with just moving Ericsson, although in a perfect world, I'd move 3-4 players. The problem isn't the players or the contracts they are signed to (although it doesn't help), the problem is the GM that still believes these are good players signed to fair contracts. Each and every player on the roster could be traded, but we all know they won't be while Holland is still in charge... I'd be surprised if Coreau were claimed. I think IF we were to trade Nyquist / Tatar or Howard / Mrazek, it should be a "hockey trade" to upgrade our defense, not for picks at the deadline. But yeah, Green should be shopped at the deadline, and as long as he stays healthy and produces the way he's capable of, he should net us a late 1st minimum.

Basically if we're out of the playoffs, one of the goalies has to be moved, one of Nyquist/Tatar, Mike Green, and I'd still try my hardest to deal E. Wouldn't it be great to get a 1st for Green, a 1st for Tatar/Nyquist and a 1st for a Goalie? BTW, I highly doubt Coreau clears waivers this year, although with only 22 players on the roster after AA is signed, maybe they'll carry 3 goalies for a bit. IF they can get some cap relief.

Our blue line is already way over crowded, with 8 defensemen being waiver eligible. There's no way we should be looking at anymore UFA's. There's not a player on the market that would move the needle, and it would just push a(nother) kid out of the lineup, which is counter intuitive to what we should be trying to do... Get younger. The only way we should be looking to upgrade our defense (team), is through trade. A trade should be made, but it won't...

1980s black magic or 2010's conspiracy theorist Dave?