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What would you consider impressive? 200 points? 300 points? AA wouldnt be any better. He cant control the level of his competition. All he can do is go out and dominate. Which he has done.

Fair enough. I doubt that's the choice we'd be looking at, though. I think you guys are overthinking this. Offer me Kakko and an established young stud and I'll listen. 3rd and 10th? Meh. That's some team attempting to swindle you. In this case, that team is the Avs, who can f*** right off with their get-rich-quick schemes.

For those with subscriptions to the Athletic, Max Bultman just dropped a profile on Joe Veleno. Not much by way of hockey, but if you're into the human interest part of fandom then you may like it. https://theathletic.com/863082/2019/03/19/in-drummondville-the-red-wings-future-is-in-a-playoff-push/

I think Veleno's probably going to be a little better than AA but just a little worse than Glendenning.

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Excited for the kid, imagine going from college straight into a regular season NHL game. He's gotta be freaking out, I would be.

lashoff is a ******. the only one who didnt show some love to the 2 young fans

I can dig it!

I'm ready, lets go Going to make a rare prediction here, Wings take the W 6-3 tonight. They boys are due for a strong offensive game.

What does it take to get Rasmussen some real linemates? How long does he need to be stuck with the two Swedish plugs?

Happy birthday, Vladdy!

if u love zegras so much why don't u marry him

Sure. But I feel like you're just disagreeing with me for the sake of disagreeing. Team is bad. Holland is "sitting back and letting the team tumble in the standings," i.e. he's allowing the team to suck, i.e. he's "embracing" the suck, i.e. he's "tanking." I get it. Losing is bad and unacceptable. But you're beating that drum while also acknowledging that Holland isn't exactly doing everything in his power to make sure the team is finishing as far away from 31st overall as possible. Why didn't he buy at the trade deadline? Why is he allowing rookies to take on expanded roles? Why aren't we all in on trying to climb the standings?

Build the wall then.

i miss the funny hat and revolving furniture.

Ahhh, Jamiroquai! Finally... music I can relate to. This = Guaranteed win.

Yep, it’s time once again to get the tank back on track. Too much to lose by winning. Save your pride for next year.

Play hard and compete but need a loss in regulation to keep pace with LA and not bounce past NJ who is playing Washington tonight. Remember pain today for gain tomorrow!!

And I'll say it every year until we land that number one overall pick... We WILL pick top 5 this year though. Guaranf***ingteed!

I'd take it a few steps further. Because this is an unusually deep draft in the top ten picks, I'd make the trade and then consider trading back again for more picks. Also, I'd trade the first overall pick for the 3rd overall and 10th overall pretty much every year sight unseen. And if you look at the recent track record of drafts you'd almost always be better off for it. Yeah you'd miss McDavid and Matthews, but look at the list of guys you'd have your pick of. You'd have a WAY better team after like 5 years.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I think it's entirely possible that 3rd + 10th gets you two franchise players. But I think it's equally likely -- if not more likely -- that it gets you Pierre-Luc Dubois and Tyson Jost (3rd and 10th overall, respectively, in the 2016 draft). Hughes is about as close to being a sure-thing superstar as it gets and I just don't believe any organization should pass up the opportunity to get a player like that for free, unless they get an absolutely incredible offer. I'm talking, like, Kakko + Draisaitl.

That, and he's played on Jack Hughes's wing. I dunno that the Hughes factor should count against him, but I suppose it's something you have to consider. The DeBrincat comparison is a really easy one to make...and I buy it. Similar players. Nah. Hughes is more or less the best prospect an organization could ever hope to get. I'm not trading that for 3rd overall and 10th overall. I'm certainly not doing it for the f***ing Avalanche.

Good vibes!