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The HYPE! lives in you.

As long as you don't appear in a cloud and speak to us........

Fabbri rules. Zadina drools.

Just realized the Rangers have started their 2nd quarter century without a Cup.

well, sad little game for a Friday night, and not too many folks here. I hope the Wings can score at least one, so it doesn't look quite so bad. Hope everyone enjoyed the break... LGRW!

My standards for this team's performance have been adjusted according to reality. Now I am pretty happy if we don't get shut out, and if they can keep the other team from scoring an EN goal when our goalie gets pulled. Better luck tomorrow night, boys.

Well at least it wasn't a blowout and they kept it under 5. Jimmy is starting to look at bit better, finally. Maybe some contending team will have the need for an experienced backup by the end of the month, and he keeps playing decently. Howard has gone through enough of this, i'd like to see him go somewhere that is winning.

Then what would have been the point of the trade? If you believed both players had no future in Detroit and would be gone after a few years anyway, why do it? Your premise makes no sense.

Ah what now? Oh neat, Fabbri!

At least we're consistent

Wake up folks! We got a goal!

Course we do but hronek seems to be headed that way , seider has that potential , i still think cholowski can be a 30-45 pt dman if he works his d s*** out and becomes a regular ppl guy + maybe if turn s*** around detroit native and larkin buddy werenski comes home? id just try and target a superstar franchise forward with a pick that early , i wouldnt even consider him at 2 or 3 but its all good we all have a different opinion

Did he even get over 50 pts? He must have but id say hes more 40-50 guy , id say If athanasiou bounces back we can argue he’d be entering his prime as well? Guessing they were of similiar age anyways just saying if he does bounce back to 30 goals and 55-65 pt season with 2-3-4 teams after him we should get more than just a 1st so unless someone wows us im in no rush to deal him now

On this roster now? I don't know, but he would be one of our better players. He'd be a good stop gap before Veleno and Rasmussen make the team. He could also play wing. Yes, he would put up more points than Filppula and Nielsen now, and for the next 7+ years. If he were to become expendable, he would net us a decent return. It's not losing Jarnkrok that I think was a big deal, it's that we lost Jarnkrok, and a 2nd round pick for a few weeks of a 35 year old player... to keep the streak alive. It was a terrible trade.

If it gives us a 3rd round pick, I'll tolerate it.

I'll commit to making one quality GDT before the end of the season, just so we don't have a full year without one. Maybe for the last game, we'll see. I'll deck it out like we used to with graphics and whatnot.

I was thinking that. It's blurry but I don't think we have any other scouts with that dark of a complexion. Seider and Stutzle are good friends, and our GM and best scout are over there watching Stutzle's games together. Gotta say that's a pretty good sign. I'll be a lil bit bummed if we win the lottery and Stoots has to go to a different team. But then I'll remember we have Lafren and all is well.

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The streak! The streak is our master. The streak chooses who will go and who will stay.

He has Drysdale ranked 4, but he discussed Drysdale during an intermission during one of the WJC games on TSN. Mad high praise for the kid, and he said to watch out for him in the tournament next year because he will be the go to guy at 18 years old. He also said he has no doubt he'll be a top pair dman in the NHL. Even 8-8.5 is extremely high for a goalie iin the league today. As I said, teams need two goalies now. Gone are the days of an elite goalie playing 70 games a season. With Askarov, once passed his ELC, you'd need to play him that much cause you wouldn't be able to afford a good backup. Look at the Leafs, Habs. Then you have teams like Boston who have Halak to rely on to give Rask a break. 8-10 million on goalies is fine if it is for two of them. Sure we can still have a good future defense without Drysdale. But we'll still need to add one more high level dman for that to happen. So if it's not this year, it would likely have to happen next year to get the other Hughes. Of course, this only matters if we fall to 3 or 4 anyway. There is a 65% chance of that happening. And I'd obviously rather see us draft Lafreniere over anyone. I just don't think Askarov should ever be considered unless Yzerman snatches up another first and he drops on draft day. I think we draft 4-7 next year. We'll leapfrog three of SJ, LA, Ana, Ott, NJ.

According to scouts, the Bobfather, etc, he is the real deal. Projected top dman. High end skill, defensively responsible. Very much in the conversation with guys like Byram and Makar. Elite goalies are lovely, but the league has been moving away from needing an elite franchise goalie for some time now. The days of paying 10+ million for a goalie is dying. Askarov has that type of potential, so let his eventual price tag be another team's future problem. Look at the Habs and how they are saddled with that Price contract. Having two good goalies is becoming more and more important today. That is impossible to pull off if you have to pay one guy 10 million. I think it's wiser to construct an elite top four d, have a couple reliable goalies, and keep trimming aging vets and adding youth up front. Seider-Drysdale & Hronek-McIsaac. f*** yes. Of course, this is assuming we draft 3 or 4, which is highly likely.

If we don't get Lafreniere, I'll be bummed out. But by the time the draft itself rolls around I'll be ecstatic at the odds of either Byfield, Drysdale, or Stutzle. I'll be gutted if we get neither of those four, but I'd live. Save the meltdowns for you-know-who.

Agreed. Stutzle.

This. Drysdale is the real deal. Despite being only 17, when he stepped in for Byram in the WJC when he got hurt. he stepped up and performed. Even Byfield showed nothing as a young player. Why just start being ok at d in 2-3 years when we could potentially get Drysdale and be elite on d in 2-3 years. Having Seider, Hronek and Drysdale as the core dmen would have the Wings contending for years. Good goaltending is by far easier to come by than an elite dman. They are available in UFA literally every year.