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So.... how about that Parade today... you know, the topic of this thread at the current moment. Not whatever WAY OFF TOPIC shenanigans this is.

Personally rather have Big Ras on this list vs Kovalchuk. I would like to see that young core start to jell for future runs.

I couldn't agree more. Dream scenario. There are also rumblings of the Jets possibly having issues re-signing Trouba again this summer. I'm sure they'll work something out, and much like Wahlstrom and Bean, it's just a pipedream, but imagine somehow acquiring Trouba as well... Our D could look something like this in a couple years time... DeKeyser - Trouba Bean - Bouchard Cholowski - Hronek And our top 6 could look something like this... Mantha - Larkin - Wahlstrom Bertuzzi - Rasmussen - Bokk But of course, none of this will happen. We won't make any meaningful trades or free agent signings, and we won't draft any of the players mentioned...

Should've drafted Hossa.

Yeah. So? Kenny took Rasmussen ahead of Tippet and Vilardi. Call me when the Sens fan base have to deal with that

^ Well explained. Gotcha.

Must be healing up nicely, that’s good. I’m a fan of Green for sure. He’ll be good to have around a little longer, especially if we select one of the more offensive defensemen at 6 in this draft. That said, hopefully he opts for a one year deal and there’s no trade protection.

I'm not sure where you're getting that. Yes, you did read wrong. I said right in my post that it's a "dream scenario" and a "pipe dream". I do think it's possible, but it would take everything going right for it to work out... Trouba would have to hold out, and make it public that he wants to leave Winnipeg and move closer to home. - Unlikely (especially with Jets looking to be on the verge of something special). Carolina would have to really want to reunite the Svech bros and be willing to give up there top defense prospect to make it happen. - Unlikely Vancouver's 7th overall is likely out of the question, but I wouldn't say Edmonton's 10th overall necessarily is. However, this scenario would still require Wahlstrom to fall quite a bit. - Unlikely If I were to pick one of these "dream scenarios" to come to fruition, I'd probably want the top 10 pick. Even then, I doubt we'd draft both Bouchard and Wahlstrom, but I'd be happy with Bouchard and Kotkaniemi or Wahlstrom and Dobson. I certainly wouldn't blame Holland if he couldn't pull off these moves, because all of them are fairly unlikely. If he could pull one off, I'd be happy. I do think it's a reasonably good possibility that he could trade Athanasiou for a defenseman this off-season. I just don't believe that defenseman will be Bean. I'm okay with that, as long as he's in that age range with the same sort of potential.

Hey now, where's the positivity?? You could get part of your defensive wishes.... DeKeyser will probably still be here.

Trade AA in a package for the 7th overall and take Wahlstrom. Then trade Svechnikov in a package for Bean. Probably won’t happen but I’m my opinion would extremely speed up this rebuild. Lines 1, 2, and 4 can stay the same. Just add Wahlstrom to Rass and Nielsen’s line. Frk rotates in if needed. Then on D you’ll add Bean and our 6th overall pick to our current prospect pool. All those kids come up in the next 1-4 years depending on their development. We should have a very young, fast, mobile, puck moving d-core.

Idk @Neomaxizoomdweebie is the guy to ask since he started it and continued to derail it. He's also a right wing racist so you may not get much out of him. I'll try again. Ovechkin at the victory parade today

Facts are the true enemy these days... it's all about showbiz!

Fun facts about Nielsen: (from Reddit) Frans Nielsen would have led the Red Wings in points if he had played for us in 16-17. He had 52 points and our team leader Zetterberg had 50. Nielsen interview from TSN (Summer 2017): something special about Detroit likes mix of young/old talent wanted to win excited about way DRW play game Nielsen interview on NHL XM Radio (Summer 2017): Tough not to listen when a team like DRW calls you Was really excited when DRW called With Datsyuk leaving, thought he had a good spot/be a good fit top-6 in DET "Zetterberg has always been my idol, favorite player" Had worked out with Z in summers, was blown away at how hard he works. Wants to be like him. Wife is due end of August. Staying in NY this summer, instead of going back to Europe (like usually does in summers) "Can't wait, really excited, can't explain how excited I am" This is why I think he's here to stay.

https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2016/9/10/12867420/darren-helm-no-trade-clause-with-the-red-wings-is-weird Darren Helm’s NTC kicks in immediately and goes through the first three seasons of the deal (through 2018-19) with no modification. Only Helm waiving this clause would allow him to be traded. If the Red Wings miss the playoffs in the 2018-19 season OR if Helm isn’t among the top 9 forwards on the team in terms of total ice time, then he will have no NTC protection between June 15th of 2019 and the trade deadline of the 2019-20 season (Year four of the deal). If the Red Wings miss the playoffs in the 2019-20 season OR if Helm isn’t among the top 9 forwards in terms of TOI, then his NTC is void from June 15, 2020 throughout the remainder of the contract (June 30, 2021). Another consideration to this is that this clause is strictly no-trade and does not have a no-movement consideration to it. While I wouldn’t be surprised if Helm is protected in the upcoming Las Vegas expansion draft, the Red Wings will not be required to do so, either in that draft or a potential upcoming [Seattle] expansion draft that’s likely to happen during the term of the Helm contract. Helm’s lack of NMC also means he won’t have any protection against the team putting him on waivers for another team to claim or for the purpose of assigning him to Grand Rapids if need be. ICYMI, Abdelkader’s NTC works the exact same way, except the modifications kick in for the final three seasons. So in other words, I was wrong in my earlier post. They do not have to be protected in an expansion draft and can be claimed by Seattle, which is unlikely. If their NTC's are still active after this season tho, that would make it unlikely that they would be traded before the next expansion draft. I mean Holland could throw Seattle an asset in a trade in order to get them to take Helm or Abby in the draft, but at this point I would rather keep our picks and prospects and ride out their contracts. Unless of course KH is the Seattle GM, in which case I am sure he would pick one of them in the expansion draft without the Wings having to give up anything in exchange. Problem solved.

Maybe in Alert Nunavut. I have thin skin. It's a medical condition. Like Hossa's.

The one time Leftwinger is useful to me, and hes nowhere to be found

Democrat garbage Oh youre good then. Stalin is cool. Much better stache than ol Addy too

The hell? I was being sarcastic. You known, as if this generation of Wings fans know what it's like to truly suffer. Could have easily used the Daley signing as a reason to mock - complain. Someone help me out here. FWIW, I loved the Ras pick. Kudos to the editor for choosing that pic.

Check out his girls face. Even more punchable.

Parades? You mean like the ones Hitler did? GTFO NAZI SCUM

Snowflakes amirite?

Yea yea ive spent enough time on this website flame waring with actual bigots, i aint worried. But but how can that be..? Conservative values = racism and sexism ?

Boy all this political talk is really starting to show peoples true nature. Looks like we know why Matt banned political discussions. Just waiting for someone to come out and say that the Holocaust never happened. FYI all of you better know that when hockey does start. For the rest of the time on your miserable lives on these forums, I'm going to hold your political affiliations against you and make snide remarks when we discuss hockey. @ChristopherReevesLegs you're a racist by association officially. Wait until draft day, you better not hope we draft a black player. You racist bum.

Was that really necessary? My point is that the players that were once drafted in later rounds that he scouted are being drafted by other teams now. Therefore the "good" players that he scouts aren't in the Wings system, there in other teams' systems. That has nothing to do with his scouting ability, nor does it make him "washed up". The players that are in the system now that he scouted are probably guys who wouldn't have been drafted by the Wings 10 years because there would have been better players higher up on his list left on the board to draft. They have to pick from what's left (lesser prospects). So again, its not Hakan losing his touch, it's other teams scouting getting better. There's less big fish to catch when there's more guys fishing for them. I think the "DUH" moment is people thinking Hakan's genius is fading because they don't understand this. If they did, there would be no reason to ask the question.