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At this point I think he at least deserves the chance to play his way off the team. Not the other way around.

Hicketts absolutely destroys two Leafs in a ten-second span. Kid can hit, in case it wasn't already clear.

Hicketts is absolutely NHL-ready.

Thanks for posting this Dabs, I didnt get to watch. This is the exact type player I love and want in the lineup. Absolutely fearless. His attitude is not "dont bother hitting; im small" its "i better hit harder cause im small" Put this boy in, waive Sproul

Leafs win 4-2. Top line was good overall, though not at all on the power play. Power play was, of course, a dumpster fire. Larkin line was ok but didn't give us enough. Mantha seemed to be coasting a bit. Sheahan is like Emmerton but more vanilla and less effective. I have no idea what's going on with him. Fourth line was a black hole, though Glendening did score. Defense situation remains a mess. DeKeyser-Daley is woof, so much woof. Green looks like he's already mentally checked out in anticipation of being traded. Hicketts was our best defenseman. He didn't have a perfect game, but he was the only one of our defensemen who slightly resembled a respectable top-paring defenseman. Howard was good, made a couple of great clutch saves.

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We could only hope. They gave Jensen the chance and, imo, it worked. they should do the same with Hicketts.

should of not signed daley, could just played hickett instead

Could we ever expect the Wings to think outside the box and put this kid on the roster. ?

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Eh, fair enough. He hasn't wowed me, but I don't really want him to wow me. When he wows me (flashy, dramatic saves and such), it's usually because he's been caught out of position and forced to try make a low-percentage desperation stop. I want him to be more like Howard: cool, calm, collected, clean, efficient, consistent, stopping the pucks he should be stopping. I want him to be less of an athletic, reactive goalie and more of an economical, positionally sound goalie. To me, it looks like he's making that change. He's allowed some goal against, but he's also been hung out to dry many times. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2017/09/28/red-wings-let-lead-get-away-fall-blackhawks/106099296/ Goaltender Petr Mrazek stopped 37 shots, as the Red Wings were outshot 41-34. “He (Mrazek) was excellent,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “You can’t give up two back-door goals, that’s no way, no chance, you have to make sure you give him (a goaltender) a chance to make the save. He was excellent.”

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So glad to see that Rasmussen is playing well in preseason. I was concerned before because he just looked awkward, lanky and somewhat out of his element during training camp. I didnt want to say too much about it at the time because I liked the pick and didnt want to start a hate-fest on the guy. He still needs to bulk up, but I dont think 2C is out of the question down the road.

Yeah, Mrazek has actually looked really good. The scores are misleading. Listed as the top pairing (source), but I wouldn't be surprised if the DeKeyser-Daley pairing gets the most minutes. I believe the plan for opening night is to have DeKeyser-Daley, Kronwall-Green, Ericsson-Jensen/Ouellet as our pairings.

If you're referring to the preseason, he has been fine. Especially last night. No chance on either goal. But them's the breaks when playing behind a bunch of kids. Just looking at the score of the game, eh?

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