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Although Jensen was the most "tradeable" of all the defensemen, he was the last one who should have been traded. I would have preferred DD, Daley, E, or Kronner be traded. Green and Jensen are the only 2 I would have wanted to keep.

Imagine, with a little luck on UFA day in a couple years you could have this defense: Byram-Trouba McIsaac-Hronek Cholo-Lindstrom

Don't look now but Bowen Byram is having one heck of a season. Kid has all the tools to be a top defender in the league. Hard not to think about a trade back scenario here. I still think I want Zegras at 3, given that I think he's going to be that damn good, but depending on how the lottery shakes out there's potential here to get a really good player and another higher end pick.

check out the hands on this Kakko kid

Yzerman heavily involved in present, but future uncertain with Lightning [NHL.com] "He is involved. He is so involved. I cannot begin to adequately convey how involved he is."

I agree. The return was solid, but I would have preferred to keep Jensen and move one of the other defensemen. I still think DeKeyser is a solid top 4 defenseman though, given the proper usage and defense partner. And Kronwall has earned the right to retire a Red Wing. I hope that comes after this season... One of Daley or Ericsson should be gone after this season, whether that's via trade or buy-out. Doubt it happens though...

Zadina is GOOD. He will be the left handed Mitch Marner of our team. Excited to see him with Larkin and Kakko.

Yup. Honestly, all I really care about right now is getting the 1st or 2nd overall pick. If we can do that, I think Wings fans will generally be much happier people, regardless of what happens with the front office.

Agree completely. I'm okay with Holland seeing us through this rebuild, but I'd also be okay with Yzerman taking over. Same goes for Blashill. I'd be completely okay with extending him beyond this season, and I think we will. The people that are constantly complaining about Holland and Blashill, don't really understand how a rebuild works. They think it should be seamless, the way we "retooled" from the Yzerman, Fedorov era to the Zetterberg, Datsyuk era. We got extremely lucky back then, and it rarely ever works that way. This rebuild is not going to happen over night, and the faster people realize this, the easier it'll be.

That's fair. I guess I just feel like the Yzerman HYPE! assumes our situation is more malleable than it really is. I get that people want to see some changes, but I don't know that putting Yzerman in charge gets us those changes right now. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Yzerman taking over this summer. I just wouldn't expect much to change in his first year or two.

I agree that Yzerman wouldn't do all of this, but I do think he would look to shake things up a little, to make it "his team"... once again. It's not very often a new GM steps in and keeps the exact same team intact without making any trades. I do think he'd be pretty quick to trade / buy out at least a player or two.

Well this video seems to be making the rounds right now. A+ tank vid

His pace during this current call up would make him the most productive player per game in the entire Liiga, behind only former NHLer Jussi Jokinen. And he's doing this on the worst team in the Liiga.

another kivenmaki goal

Build that wall

Oh we wear em proudly

$5M(+) x 5 years. For a 29-year-old complementary winger. Having a career year, in a contract year. Who put up 40 points last season. And 48 points the season before that. And 43 points the season before that. Agree to disagree -- but I will die on the "Hell no, I would not give Nyquist a 5(+) x 5 extension" hill.

Two-game sample Wings have been a low-scoring team for years now Guy had 40 points last season, but, sure, let's act like he's the straw that stirred the drink and Holland definitely should've given him a $5M x 5 contract, I'm sure everyone here would've loved that

We've seen some forward progress this season. Larkin's become a legit 1C. Our forward group is led by young players. We're getting younger overall. But we don't have the talent to be especially competitive and I don't think there's much we can do about that aside from being patient and having another big draft or two. This was always going to be a rough year. Do we pull the plug on Blashill because the bad team he's been given is performing the way you'd expect it to perform and the way we need it to perform (because we need a top-five pick)? Does adding Joel Quenneville actually take this rebuild forward or does it just put us back in no man's land? My guess is he does neither, i.e. he sits back and doesn't get involved and watches how things play out. He can bide his time. Don't quote me on that tho.

As would I. My point was how some people think that draft picks and former captains are magical unicorns that will fix everything. Thats not reality. Put Yzerman in charge and trade every bad contract on this team for draft picks and its still a bad team. Its still a team in a rebuild. Plain and simple. Could Yzerman do a better job than Holland? Sure. Could Quenneville do a better job than Blashill? Maybe. But the idea that anything is better than Holland and/or Blashill is nuts. So is the idea that change is improvement. Not always. Put anyone you want as manager and coach and its still a lottery team. Its still years away from a full rebuild and contention. Yzerman doesnt fart rainbows. He cant change that. Y took over the TBL in 2010. Guess how many cups theyve won in the last 9 years? 0. Same as Holland, despite having better teams. Holland is in year 3 of his rebuild and everyone wants him fired. Yzerman had 8 years and won nothing, but everyone wants him instead. Where is the logic in that?

I generally like the way Holland plays the game for better and for worse, and that being said, I still wanna see how Yzerman would run this team. Holland can't do this forever, and Yzerman seems to be an A quality GM. I'd pull trigger.

This schedule is dumb. Geez. Points update: Larkin (1G) - 27 goals and 62 points thru 64 games Mantha (1A) - 16 goals and 32 points thru 50 games Tank Watch: https://www.nhl.com/standings/2018/league

It is what it is, I suppose. *shrug* With only two tank drafts under our belt, it's not surprising that we've quickly exhausted this season's supply of high-end(ish) young players. But Zadina's only up for a short while and Veleno and McIsaac should be joining the Griffins next season and we've also got the upcoming draft haul to look forward to. And I think there's a possibility that Gustav Lindstrom could be coming over to the States next season. So good things are coming for both the Griffins and the Wings. (Worth noting that the Griffins are having an excellent season.)

College Free Agent Market Hirose might win the Hobey Baker and he attended the Red Wings development camp last year. Goes without saying we probably have the inside track on him. The article also has a bit about Dante Fabbro as well. If Fabbro doesn't sign with Nashville in the coming weeks he will likely go back to college for his final year and then become a free agent the following summer, as he may not want to spend time in Nashville's minors fighting his way up their deep defensive chart.