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With all the injuries on defense already, the forward group I'm sure will get hit too. He could be back on the team quick. Can't remember if it was Blash or management, but someone said something along the lines of it's a confidence thing, and going to GR where he can rip it up for a while will boost his confidence and get him that much more ready for the NHL duties. I tend to agree with that line of thinking, even if it's only for like a month or so.

Kotkaniemi has experience playing against men, so it doesn't surprise that he looks more NHL-ready.

Not trying to disparage Zadina, but I thought Kotkaniemi was a lot more fun to watch than Zadina was. And Kotkaniemi was being matched up against Tavares and other 1st line centermen all preseason. I was impressed that one he found the success he did, and two that he looked really good doing it. Zadina was a little more bland. Flashes of brilliance, decent defense for a youngen, but nothing that made me say WOW he needs to stay with the big club.

Pretty sure those Oilers teams put cocaine in their water bottles lol

So much depends on who they draft this year/sign as a UFA (I know lol) etc. But if I had to guess? 2C or 1st line winger is his ceiling.

Fire Holland.

I was OK with him being our pick. I love Zadina. I believe in drafting BPA but if it's close? Centers. Centers all day every day over wingers. I believe the common LGWs reason to "Rasmussen" him when he charged up the rankings late in the year was that he "was probably going to be a winger". If the preseason is any indication he's mos def a ******* center. But I'm not jealous because I've never seen a Wings preseason group with this many good players ranging from 18 - 25.

New mascot:

Why? They average less than 6000 fans a game now. That's less than half the attendance of any the worst NHL teams. Never happen. Your Uber-Snowflake City would never allow it. Seattle team sweater:

We effing hate Philly, right?

I don't disagree. Not sure he'll need the entire year in GR, but if he does It won't bother me in the slightest.

Such a sexy jersey. I own 7 NHL jerseys... All Red Wings. F*** every other team... But I want one of these so bad...

Damn, one of the coolest jerseys of all time fersure. Was kinda hoping Seattle was gonna steal 90% of the colors and design though...

IT'S HAPPENING

Weird... I could have sworn I wanted to see him play one more season... Sure, his game hasn't been quite at the level it once was, but he was still a very effective player the past few seasons. There's no real reason to believe if he had played, his game would have dropped off much more from this past season. I think he would have still put up around 50 points. That along with his leadership on and off the ice would have been invaluable to the young players. He was also only 40 points away from the 1000 point plateau. It would have been pretty special to see him hit that mark. To say that you didn't want to see him play one more season is very confusing to me...

Love or hate Howard, it would be a smart move to trade him this season and acquire assets. Assuming he puts together another decent season, and a team is in need of a goalie at or before the deadline... Bernier is a capable starter for a non-playoff team. Much like Howard, he's not going to win or lose many games on his own, but he'll keep his team in most games, which is all you want as a bottom third of the league team. I think Sateri could be a viable backup options as well. If we can trade Jimmy for a 2nd, or even 3rd round pick by mid-season, I think you'd be foolish not to...

You kids stay in school!

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I so badly hope they trade him for the Adam Larsson equivalent... like, I dunno, maybe Danny DeKeyser...

How about some Alec "Count" Regula hype?