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Bring it in for a group hug, LGW fam. *group hug*

I feel for the guy. I have yet to fully move on from my loss, but thank Goodness for my son's, my friends at work and all of you guys here who have reached out to me. If I had to face my demons everyday alone, I too, may have gone down a dark path. It makes me so happy to see this guy start over and attempt to leave his former self in the past. I cannot say that I know what its like to be addicted to drugs and alcohol, but I do understand the depression. each day gets a little better for him, and myself actually. I think I am going to start following him and his story a lot closer. Thanks for putting the story up here @Wheelchairsuperhero.

DoN't SiGn ThE MaN!?!?

jk

The point is if you're going to spend, spend on something good. Being up against the cap while you're one of the league's bottom feeders is embarrassing. They could have used the money differently. Please don't make me name all the prospects that LGW posters have touted in the 10 years that I've been here. I'm still waiting for a good defenseman or goalie out of the bunch. If you haven't developed a good goalie or defenseman in 10 years, you end up looking like the current version of the Red Wings.

Posted this elsewhere but realized I probably should've put it here.

A) Who cares about being up against the cap, it's Illitch money not yours, and as you've already acknowledged we're rebuilding and therefore shouldn't be signing FA's anyway so what do we need the cap space for? B) Tired of hearing about people being good? Like who? AA and Dekeyser weren't supposed to be good. They were a 4th round draft pick and undrafted free agent. The fact that they're on the team means they're better than originally anticipated. The guys who were supposed to be good (Larkin, Mantha) are. Several other guys have turned out better than expected as well.

How many other teams does Tatar need to be traded to before he isn't at the top of the page here?

Honestly, who cares. When you are a re-building team, cap doesnt matter, in fact some teams take cap on when they are re-building to acquire assets. Its when you are contenders that you have to be careful with the cap. I understand the optics of it, but ultimately it really doesn't matter. Once our core is in place, that is when cap management becomes so important. If in 2018 Chris Illitch is netting a few million less, I cant say that hurts my feelings.

There's two players with that name I believe. One of them does shoot right. This one is a lefty though. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/211956/vladimir-tkachyov - Righty https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/77117/vladimir-tkachyov - one Wings are interested in (I think)

Cool reveal of the new Seguin contract by the stars. 8 years 9.85 AAV

What? I thought Nill was the 'can do no wrong genius'. The real reason for Detroit's success. How many times have we had that thrown in our faces?

Red Wings Reportedly Interested in KHL Center Vladimir Tkachyov [WINGSNATION] He shoots left. Sign the man!

I would laugh. Though, OEL-Karlsson would be a hell of a pairing.

I think Dallas is drooling over the opportunity to reunite Karlsson and Methot. They have a smidge over $5.3M in cap space, but will they have to take on Ryan's contract as well? If so, they'd need to clear cap! PLUS with the rumored Seguin extension of over $9.5M, they'd need to be careful on Karlsson's extension as well!

Wow that story was an eye opener! Wonder how many others suffered in the past in silence vs getting help just so they wouldn't be stigmatized. Not sure how the interviewer that blasted him thought he was a bad person or perhaps due to his actions during a manic trough?

Yeah I read that article. Props to the Islanders for giving him a 2nd chance. I really hope Detroit wasn't one of the teams that came down hard on him in June before free agency. Sounds like some of these teams that interviewed him were pretty merciless. Mind you, no one knew his full story.

https://theathletic.com/522117/2018/09/13/islanders-goalie-robin-lehner-opens-up-about-his-addiction-and-bipolar-diagnosis-i-could-not-stand-being-alone-in-my-brain/ Interesting read from Islander's G Robin Lehner regarding issues he's been having. Cool of him to share his story and get it out there, wishing him all the best.

Calm down, dude. You're going to ruin your sock. Biased, extremely optimistic, or both. TB had more than just Stamkos and Hedman. They also had the 6th overall pick, and were also rebuilding so could also expect more lottery picks (and in fact did add the 3rd and 10th OA picks within a few years). Their prospect pool didn't look very good, but I'm sure they had a few that were still thought to have potential. They also had some good veterans in St.Louis, Lecavalier, Malone, Foster, Tanguay, and some decent younger guys in Downie, Purcell, and Meszaros. I don't think our situation is anywhere close to what Yzerman walked into in TB. Add the fact that he had Datsyuk/Zetterberg level draft luck in his 2nd year, and those two other top-10 picks he's probably at the point where any further failures to win a Cup starts earning him blame.

I certainly hope its NOT us!!!!

@krsmith17 Yzerman was only born out there, he grew up in Ottawa until he "grew up " here.

I'd like to wish Kenny Holland the best of luck in his future endeavors. Fire his ass tomorrow and bring Yzerman back. I'm suprised, though, that Yzerman didn't see through the Tampa job until they won the Cup. He kind of left them with blue balls. On second thought, maybe the Lions are going to hire Yzerman after yesterday's game.

I didn't know you worked for 'Highlights'?