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TBH, I think Yzerman would be building the kind of back end he's building regardless of the state of our forward pipeline. It's been known for a long while now that he likes his defensemen big and mobile. And our goaltending had to be addressed in a meaningful way, as our pipeline was pretty much nonexistent. But I do agree that realistically we're probably looking at a Nashville-esque model. We're very likely not going to be a team with a ton of firepower. It's very likely going to be a scrape & claw & stymie & score by committee kind of thing – at least in the first few years of our return to relevance. Hopefully Yzerman's able to pull a monster 1C out of his ass, be it through the draft or through a trade. But that's asking a lot. We'll see.

It was the Yzerplan all along *Muahahaha*

two-way contract, no longer waiver exempt. Cholowski could be a Red Wing again if Seattle attempt to send him to the minors.

10 years ago today. Tragic day for hockey around the world. We still haven't forgotten.

Uncle Gary won't let that happen.

Yup... playing the hand he's been dealt. Best case scenario we are over-flowing at D and can swing a trade for a 1C.

You're probably right. Which is most likely why Yzerman seems hell bent on building a team around giant mobile D men and (hopefully) upper level goaltending.

As much as I'd love us to move into 1OA, I just don't see it. We couldn't get any "luck" when we were historically bad... as a result the odds were tweaked to favor the bottom teams... we've now likely moved out of the bottom 5 into the bottom 6-10 range where teams moved up from to move us down and low and behold the odds for us moving up from this position are substantially reduced. I think we're going to need to go with the multiple 2nd line center model or get lucky with a non top 5 draftee who fast tracks to the NHL to match our window. ...and yes I'd consider Larkin a 2C in the multiple 2C option.