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Gender reassignment for Nick - erm - ‘Nicole’?

It was after day one and he was talking to HSJ and the rest of the media swarm on the draft floor. The exchange was basically: "Do you have an update on Kronwall?" "No... well I do, but it's not something I'm willing to share you [media] at this time" So personally I think he knows Kronner is done or most likely done, which is why Nemeth is here.

Agreed. He's done basically everything Holland would do though. Reached on two top draft picks with low offensive upside (rumor has it Holland even wanted Seider at 8th), signed a washed up 35 year old former Red Wing, signed a stay-at-home depth defenseman, and signed a minor leaguer. And since Yzerman was supposed to be a better option than Holland, I'm not sure how someone could give him a passing grade here if they were anti-Holland.

sucking sucks today, but not tomorrow. in the moment we have on RD Kaski,Bowey,Hronek,Seider and Lindstrom, on LD it´s Choloski,McIsaac as our better d-prospects + 12 let´s say undefined prospects. the prospect situation with the fowards looks similiar, which means there will be a surplus of good talent at some point not so far away and that means there will be trades,trades where we really have something to offer without trading core guys away. Trades where we add missing pieces, quality pieces. As for this season, I think that with the open spots filled with players which earned it through the prospect tournament, training camp and preseason and the players we already have we shouldn´t be that far off and I wouldn´t count it as a tank year with meaningless games, because I believe that no one in the dressing room wants to play meaningless games. They seem ready to me. We might tank up a bit more at deadline day, but realize what we have to offer come draft day 2020. I expect an upyear of Abby and Helmer, I think they want to prove that it wasn´t a mistake to sign them that long, everyone is under the microscope this year. I expect another step of our top 4 forwards and I think Hronek will put up some points and play real solid on the back end. If we are close to the playoffs we have the assets to reload at deadline day, if not we have "trade material" to gain a few extra picks ( tbh our contract situation screams "extra picks, extra picks") talking of picks, I totally agree with you that there is no sense in losing to end up higher in the draft, because all you learn from it is loosing... so why should we go for the big splash now, when all the signs are on 2020? Believe! edit: https://www.nhl.com/news/red-wings-larkin-taking-leadership-role/c-308342166?tid=277548856

C+ is about how I feel. Nothing special, Nothing damaging. Just average. Waiting patiently to be impress.

He made a comment on draft day that he knows more than us about Kronwall, but he's not sharing. Probably something medical?

My grade is A so far, just because he didn´t do anything stupid for the sake of doing something before he really knows what we have in our system or an opportunity arises (cap trouble somewhere). Most of the big UFA signings are overpaid (especially if we try with where our team is at the moment) and I think every year there were teams who regret their actions on July 1. Fil, who we lost because Holland was to tightfisted to give him the few bucks extra and then doing his own July 1-regrettable in signing Weiss, is an ok 2C and is just in as a placeholder for Veleno imo. Nemeth is a solid insurance signing, just in case our prospects aren´t ready come Oktober(would then love to see Seider and Cholo being the #1 pairing in GR) and Kronner not coming back. I have no idea what Steve has tried so far, so I can´t really judge it. Probably he tried to get a "better" free agent or was trying a trade and nothing panned out. Probably he is just patient because he is waiting for the cap crunch coming in on more teams and is waiting for a good opportunity. There might be a chance he is trying to get the rights of Gusev, who knows? In the draft he did something Ken should have done after Rafalski was gone the latest, overload on defense until we have a high end defense again. Trades for real good d-men are really expensive as are free agents. You have to find your good d-men in the draft. Time will tell, I´ll know more when the season starts.