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Maybe Columbus, they just had a bunch of salary space open up

This is worth popping some popcorn and watching things explode https://x.com/search?q=swayman&src=typed_query&f=top

I was talking about regular season ...sell off Veleno for 2nd/3rd and run with the kids...

Anybody else following the Swayman saga in Boston? Could their handling of the goalie situation been any worse? They bench a Vezina winner (Ullmark) for the flavor of the month (Swayman) in the playoffs, and then have no more success than they would have with Ullmark. THEN they trade Ullmark, who is under contract a 5 million for another year, and make the Swayman THE GUY. Whoops, THE GUY wasn't under contract and now that they've traded away the only other option they had in goal he's got all the leverage. He's already turned down a 7.8 million dollar contract and seems intent on squeezing them for everything they've got left. Just a really, REALLY, dumb way to manage assets. All to our benefit by the way.

But but but Jeff Petry scored a goal in game 1 of the preseason

from this article https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2024/09/30/detroit-red-wings-patrick-kane-eager-to-get-into-preseason-game/75449170007/ Uncle Fester was noticing in case you don't want to read the article Young forwards Marco Kasper, Nate Danielson and Carter Mazur were bright spots in Lalonde's mind, injecting energy into a Wings team that needed it most of the night. "They were some of the most impactful players because they were competing," Lalonde said. "They were winning battle and very noticeable. They showed well." our 4th line is the all kid line.....LOL

Mo Seider also looks really good in the offensive zone so far this preseason. He's hanging on to pucks and making plays and I like what I see. All the analytics dorks are going to lose their marbles when his offensive numbers (that they said he wasn't capable of) explode once he gets top powerplay minutes and isn't getting buried in the defensive zone.

How does Kasper look?

Nate Danielson is not ready for the NHL. It’s a big jump from junior to the NHL and it’s clear he needs to get up to speed in the AHL first. He’s just a hair behind on every play that develops.

Cossa looking shaky

That last play he simply outworked the defender and even drew penalty.

Trade Veleno, make Motte the 13th forward and make Berggren-Kasper-Mazur your fourth line.