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Yeah, thats pretty ”decent”.

If only we'd gotten Zadina AND Veleno! Snark aside, I hear ya. All things being equal, I probably take a centerman or defenseman over a winger. But nothing's ever equal, so whatevz. I think the best drafting strategy is to just go with the guys you like the best. (Within reason.)

by his own team's fans even

Most underrated D-man of his era.

No.

So basically "we'll let you dip your feet into a front office role and see where you belong" Glad to see he's sticking around. Congrats on a great career.

Great career Nik. Happy to see him hanging them up though.

Dang, I knew we shouldn't have dealt Mrazek.

Gonna be hard for us to get any of these guys after a cup win.

Always loved him as a 3D. Not so much as a 1D.

He, and Stuart were an exceptional 2nd pairing.

That GDT ‘Inglorious Babcocks’ still makes me giggle. For such a crude remark I should send you a bottle of 16 yr Lagavulin

Reporting in for my sweet, sweet protein facial

you know you did something right when they turn your name into a verb. Thanks Kronner!

Thanks you Niklas Kronwall for all the great memories. Sadly with Knrowall retiring we lose one of best chants as well. I'll miss hits like this:

Thank you Kronwall for 15 years! Really is the official end of an era. I'm hoping they do a tribute for him at the home opener. As far as retiring him number, as much as I love him he's just not at that level.

as much as I complained about him, it's sad to see him go. But it's also a proud moment to be a Wings fan, because here is yet another player that has chosen to spend his entire career with "My Team." He didn't go chasing Cups at the end of his career, he chose to end where he started. Thank you Kronner for the great times, bad times and the times where some of us (me!) couldn't stop complaining about you! But that is how you knew that we loved you! Should we add #55 to the "next number to be retired" debate?

We can always speculate who will be on the Prospect Tournament roster for something to talk about... The roster should include most of our prospects, not including the ones playing in College / Europe. Players that are excluded... College Patrick Holway (Merrimack - NCAA) Kasper Kotkansalo (Boston - NCAA) Keith Petruzzelli (Quinnipiac - NCAA) Jack Adams (Union - NCAA) *injured* Seth Barton (Lowell - NCAA) Ryan O'Reilly (Green Bay - USHL) Robert Mastrosimone (Boston - NCAA) Ethan Phillips (Boston - NCAA) Europe Malte Setkov (Malmo - SHL) Jonatan Berggren (Skelleftea - SHL) Jesper Eliasson (Almtuna - Allsvenskan) Victor Brattstrom (Timra - Allsvenskan) Otto Kivenmaki (Assat - Liiga) Antti Tuomisto (Assat - Junior Liiga) Albert Johansson (Farjestad - SHL) Albin Grewe (Djurgardens - SHL) Elmer Soderblom (Frolunda - SuperElit) Gustav Berglund (Frolunda - SuperElit) Kirill Tyutyayev (Avto Yekaterinburg - MHL) Players that are eligible... Forwards Taro Hirose (Detroit - NHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) *maybe* Ryan Kuffner (Grand Rapids - AHL) Evgeny Svechnikov (Detroit - NHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) *maybe* Chase Pearson (Grand Rapids - AHL) Gregor MacLeod (Grand Rapids - AHL) Givani Smith (Grand Rapids - AHL) Michael Rasmussen (Detroit - NHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) *maybe* Filip Zadina (Detroit - NHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) Joe Veleno (Detroit - NHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) Thomas Casey (Charlottetown - QMJHL) - Free Agent Development Camp Invitee Chad Yetman (Erie - OHL) - Free Agent Development Camp Invitee Owen Robinson (Sudbury- OHL) - Free Agent Development Camp Invitee Mathieu Bizier (Gatineau - QMJHL) - Free Agent Development Camp Invitee Cody Morgan (Flint - OHL) - Free Agent Development Camp Invitee Defensemen Charle-Edouard D'Astous (Toledo - ECHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) Dennis Cholowski (Detroit - NHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) *maybe* Gustav Lindstrom (Grand Rapids - AHL) Jared McIsaac (Halifax - QMJHL) *injured* Alec Regula (London - OHL) Moritz Seider (Detroit - NHL / Grand Rapids - AHL / Mannheim - DEL) Cooper Moore (Chilliwack - BCHL) Marc-Olivier Duquette (Drummondville - QMJHL) - Free Agent Development Camp Invitee Owen Lalonde (Guelph OHL) - Free Agent Development Camp Invitee Goaltenders Filip Larsson (Grand Rapids - AHL) Kaden Fulcher (Toledo - ECHL / Grand Rapids - AHL) Carter Gylander (Sherwood Park - AJHL) All these players won't be on the roster, but this should at least give us a pretty good idea who *might* be on the roster...

Nice list and good write ups. Surprised there is no Dylan Peterson

I will will do some advertising for one of my countrymen, ranked #10. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/348134/tim-stutzle Another 17 yo playing for Mannheim, he scored in each of Mannheims two road wins last week in the CHL(european hockey cup). He plays center and is one of the best skaters in his draft class.

Lol not quite.

@BottleOfSmoke

We all need to give Bottle of Smoke a 'bukkake' party when she returns...