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Edvinsson was pretty raw during training camp. He was turning the puck over A LOT and wasn't defending well. I suppose you could make the argument that he could have learned to manage those parts of his game in the NHL but I tend to agree that the NHL is not for development. In the video I posted in the other thread Edvinsson said himself that the jump from Europe to the AHL was much bigger than from the AHL to the NHL.

I don't agree that they're our "best players". They're our players with the most potential. There's a difference. Kasper, for instance, wasn't even the best center on his SHL team. That would be Adam Tambellini by a pretty sizeable margin. That dude never even made the NHL, not a single game, and he was MUCH better than Kasper this year. Similarly, for most of the year Edvinsson wasn't even close to the best defender for the Griffins. He was heavily sheltered until he started to figure his game out. If you want the best players to play, and not the players with the most upside, then you're going to be stuck with the Oesterles/Ernes/Haggs of the world for a bit while your young guys are young and improving. Seider, and to a lesser extent Raymond, are the exceptions and not the rule.

"If someone does something to my teammate I will stand up for them, If they do something to me I will stand up for myself....of course I am not going to backdown" Maybe he influences Mo to be a bit nastier..as he has his back Cant wait to see him full time next year...

Kasper and Edvinsson in for the Red Wings tonight, Wallinder and Mazur playing for GR today. F*ckin' A.

Or maybe he cant wait to get out of that s***hole country

Capitalism is reducing the number of kids, not gays.

Do you ever think that the draft picks play well with the Wings BECAUSE time was taken to properly develop them first? They get to play when they are ready. Not for the sake of it.

At this point, I just want to see OUR DRAFT PICKS play. Not guys Yzerman had a hard on for 12 years ago when he was in Tampa.

Kasper just plays a more in your face aggressive style than Zberg I'd say

Yzerman needs some dudes who are willing to do what it takes…

Considering this is his first time ever competeing on NA ice, and hes barely practiced with our team, id say he did pretty freaking good for an 18 year old 2C lol. Hes got the fearless gene like Seider and Bert. Hes gonna move Larkin to 2C where he belongs in the next few seasons. The Wings didnt even trust Larkin to play center at this age... I think the Wings should let Eddogg play past 9 games. We know hes a stud in the making, so burn an ELC year and get him on a longer contract at lower AAV sooner.

For what it's worth, I saw in an interview with Villi Husso that he plans to spend the offseason in Detroit. Not sure if that's the plan for other guys or not. I'd definitely like to see all of our young guns (Raymond, Kasper, Mazur, Wallinder, and Edvinsson) on the Michael Rasmussen training plan though. Raymond especially needs work in the size AND speed department. The rest of those guys just need to fill out.