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f*** boys, it's over, I was wrong to doubt you. He's definitely coming to Detroit confirmed. TJ Trouba, Trouba's younger brother, was hired by the Red Wings in 2017 to be a ticket sales account manager. Confirmed via linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tj-trouba

And fewer assets. What 'advantage' does a still-rebuilding team get from 'one more year of him be younger'? If management is convinced he wants to come to Detroit, they'll wait for him.

This would be reasonable move.

Here we go folks

Podkolzin sucked at the U20s, and that's going to hurt his draft stock considerably more than it would other guys because his MHL and KHL numbers were generally not good either. I think the perception that he was a top 3 guy was based on the flashy nature of his game. People go nuts for flashy players, even if they aren't that good. The story seemed to be, "yeah he doesn't score much, but he's bound to break out. Just LOOK at him, he oozes skill". Basically the exact opposite of Arthur Kaliyev. But that can only last for so long if you don't ever show up on the scoreboard. I think this guy tumbles pretty far this year.

Does he drink pahp?

Just like what he had done with Drouin - Stevie Y manages the situation like a pro...He'll do what he thinks is best for the TEAM in the long run, and appears to have no favorites in the locker room.

First off, moving Witkowski would have not opened a spot for Cholowski. You don't move your 7th defenseman to make room for a developing kid to become your 7th defenseman... Witkowski is the perfect guy to sit 75% of the games, not a developing defenseman. Second, Jensen over Daley was not at all hindsight. I think most Red Wings fans seen the decline in Daley's game before the beginning of last season, which is the case for most average 35+ year old players. 1. Cholowski being sent down to GR, wouldn't be the worst thing for his development, but if he does, I would hope it's because we've acquired another top four defenseman, or a player like Kaski legitimately beats him out of a spot, not because we don't want to hurt Daley's feelings... 2. I personally don't care about 5th, 6th, 7th round draft picks. At least not enough to keep a player like Daley in the lineup for half a season over Cholowski. 3. I also don't care about him having his name on the Cup... Colin Fraser also has his name on the Cup multiple times. Maybe we should acquire him... 4. Yzerman has shown in his time with Tampa that he doesn't give a s*** about "looking like a good guy"... He bought out Vincent Lecavalier and traded Martin St. Louis. Both of which were much better players and bigger pieces to their team at the time. Maybe he doesn't feel the need to buy-out a player right away, but it would not surprise me at all to see one of Daley or Ericsson moved (traded / waived / bought out) before the start of the season. Yeah, agree to disagree I guess... No he wasn't. They wanted to give a pending UFA a closer look, and even more than that, it was probably a favor to Chris to give his son a taste of the NHL before letting him walk this offseason.

How about we let Dennis turn 14 first

I don't disagree, I'm certainly looking back in hindsight. I think it's saying something that a lot of those player went on to become really good. Toews and Sharp really cranked it up during that playoff run. Byflugien really turned it on in the playoffs too, especially in the finals when they tasked him with handling Chrissy Pronger. I think most realized he was gonna be a really good player during that series. Tronna's got a good foundation. Looking back I think they would take a do over on Marleau and Zaitsev though. Of course those aren't Dubas's fault though.

Trouba Hronek Bowey Kaski Lindstrom DeKeyser Cholowski McIsaac Kronwall Sulak Not bad.

This will be very interesting, Tippet was always known for having nothing special on his rosters, but getting the most out of them. Now he is coaching a team that has the elite of the elite talent wise, but arent performing. Very curious to see what he can do.