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You're at the end of your career, Abby. Write books and raise your child. You had a good run.

I love this because it was stated that he had TONS of interest and for him to knowingly go to a rebuilding team over a contender speaks volumes. Imagine this type of interaction once we are competitive and contending again.

1x1 for Ryan is perfect. Hope the change of scenery really sparks him and we can flip him at the deadline. Perfect signing.

1x1 per Custance

Bobby Ryan @ 1 mil

F that. I respect this guy's journey. Takes strength. Having spent a great deal of time listening to you guys over the years I understand the powerful urge to drink in excess.

Yzerman agrees Also, this is Cholowski's last chance to get things sorted IMO

He literally selected in back to back picks: >Tuch >Mysak Bergy is secretly a based genius

Bergevin is a fool. The roids f***ed with his brain.

Stay away from any and all big name free agents. Don't sign anyone for longer than 2-3 max. I'd look at a stop-gap center like Turris, and a backup goaltender like Talbot, both on cheap, short-term deals.

Gotta wonder why something hasn't been worked out yet...I mean we NEED a goalie, it might as well be a half decent one for free + gifts

I dunno. Would you stick a corkscrew into the tip of your peen?

https://hockeysverige.se/2020/10/08/hakan-andersson-detroits-draft Some Hakan quotes on the top three Swedes from the link(via google translate and minor editing from me). On Raymond and trading back in the first round: - Yes, we also thought that the three who went top-three would go top-three. Had any of them fallen down to our choice, we would have had to have a discussion about who we would choose. But we probably had four, five names that we talked about and that we really liked and it ended up with Lucas coming out on top of them. - There were a number of different scenarios. We talked about what we would do if someone wanted the fourth choice and offered something in return for us to jump down to election six or seven and things like that. Had we got an equally good player then? But in the end, everyone was very excited that we got Lucas. On WW and how he is the next Hedman: - It was a gift from above when he landed in the second round, so we could pick him then. I can say as such, that if we had chosen somewhere between pick 20 and 31 in the first round, I would have discussed Wallinder quite hard. - He's a fine raw material. Someone told me that Hedman had taken part in some training with Modo, and then many had commented on the similarities between them. "They skate the same, they carry the puck the same" and things like that. Then he has a long way to go, he is not a finished product in any way. Now he has been up and played a bit with the A-team and there he has had his ups and downs - but there is nothing strange about that. He is still young and gaining experience. On Niederbach(my favourite): - This is a super exciting player. He's really in the same category as Lucas Raymond. They are both right hand shots, they are about the same size and this guy's main characteristic is that he has a head that works really fast. Raymond has fantastic hands, Niederbach is also sharp there. They are similar in many ways. - Many teams talk about the players as "top-six" or "bottom six-forwards" and we see that Niederbach has the potential to become a top six-forward in a few years. A knee injury spoiled the entire 2018-2019 season for the Frölunda talent, and the way he recovered from it impresses Håkan Andersson. - Such a thing is weighed in as a positive trait. When he started playing hockey again last year, he had not played in 14 months, I think. Still, he basically came in the top ten in the points league in the junior series, and then he played against players who were one or two years older than him. Then you saw what potential he has. On CatboysRossi's Hijacking Theory and picking swedes: - I have worked for Detroit for 30 years and it is clearly most of those who are in the club now. That discussion comes up at regular intervals and I am the first to say "screw what it says in the passport - choose the best players" - Steve Yzerman knows that if we choose a Swede, they are easily socially adapted, they speak good English, they are good at adapting tactically and things like that. But we do not hunt Swedes. We chase good hockey players regardless of nationality. Then we know that Swedes are in a certain way, if you are to generalize, while Russians are in a way, Finns in a different way and Czechs have their special characteristics. But in the end, it's the best hockey player we want. It does not matter what nationality the player has.

meh.

It's not 1st or bust for me. I'd take a package of 2nd, plus on both of these players. I think they'll be traded, I'd rather us get the deal done than any other team. We need the extra assets.

Friedman reporting Detroit likely to make offer for Krug. Seems more like speculation though, but it was the first team mentioned and only one given considerable time.

Can't believe Statsny is now traded back to the Jets after they cleared space to re-sign him and he bailed for Vegas lol poor Stats but I'm surprised Jets wanted him back after that fiasco Yzerman signs Pietrangelo and Krug just wait Krug - Pietrangelo DK - Hronek Staal - Nemeth

Okay, lets say DK is top 4. Cool. Then our top pairing of DK - Hronek is set... not the best top pairing in the league, but it'll do. After that it's a s*** show. Our bottom 4 is gonna get lit up. Nemeth - Staal Cholowski - Biega is straight trash. And with the loans we only have Hicketts/McIlrath/Lashoff to call up. Also trash. God forbid we have injuries to Hronek or DK... or lordy our glorious bottom pair of Nemeth and Staal that will be playing in the top4. I think we need a minimum of another 2 Dmen signed. Cholowski's been given all of that... played more PP minutes than Mike Green when he was up. No short handed time. It wasn't good.

The trade was bad and the deal he gave Anderson is worse. He wont have that job much longer.

To be fair, I love it here

That's the thing. Guys like Pietrangelo will go somewhere. If he agrees to go to somewhere like Vegas, they will suddenly be far more desperate to dump Fleury, likely far more willing to give up a first to do so. There are some big names out there, and not many teams can afford to take on any of them without dumping contracts.

Yeah, heaven forbid they get one of their best prospects playing meaningful games wherever they can during a pandemic. Damn them...

I've been chuckling at your prediction. Love it that you were right. Now we just have to get Lil Drapes out against Lil Turtle and see who's Daddy gave his baby the bigger yambags.