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Had to leave with three minutes left in the game. Missed the goal... Just caught the highlight though. For anyone that didn't catch the game...

Frolunda currently have Raymond playing 2nd line wing, Soderblom 3rd line wing, and Niederbach called up, looks like extra forward (not sure if he'll play today)...

That's a nice goal, and the sort of offense I'd want to see from him in this league. Good to see his skill game coming along. When you watch his highlights from last season in the AHL there were a lot of junk goals and secondary assists, which makes me skeptical of his offensive upside. If he can consistently score in ways like today I'll feel a lot better about his scoring game.

Veleno played his way up in the roster, the last 3-4 minutes he played every other shift, looked good on a bad team.

Disagree. But at least you put some thought in to it.

Did you watch the video?

If Veleno turns into another Larkin I'll be thrilled. But I don't think a center group anchored by two guys like that would stand much of a chance against the top offensive centers in the league. I don't think they'd score enough, in enough different ways, to compete for a Cup. But it's nothing to turn your nose up at. I'd rather have two guys like that than just one. I mean, there ARE examples of teams that have won the Cup without elite offensive centers. Boston in 2011, St. Louis a couple years ago. But it's not like those were dominant teams that had staying power. Hardly the teams I'd be trying to emulate as a GM. The ONLY team that was both dominant, and weak at center, was Chicago and they happened to have HoF level talent at defense (Keith) and on the wings (Kane and Hossa). So I suppose if we want to be weak down the middle we might wanna find some Hall of Fame level talent everywhere else, and pronto.

Yup.

I see Raymond had a PP assist in this game as well.

nice goal from Veleno

I hope it’s vodka. It would be nice if the one who’s on the clock tonight as a member of Detroits player development staff isn’t the only one boozin’.

Veleno with his first point in his third game. Really nice assist.

By the swedish newspaper Aftonbladet's live feed it's reported that Kronwall is drinking beer and Zetterberg water.

I certainly hope we get a 20/21 season. It's just gonna be a tall order, albeit not impossible, to convince many owners to take that loss on the chin up front.

Everything I said is based on if's. At no point do I say we will or will not have hockey. I'm merely saying it's silly to think the league is somehow gonna triple or quadruple their next TV deal when evidence in the wild says otherwise. Some owners themselves have stated they can't afford the cost of business without fans. At no point to I establish a timeline on when fans can return, so no, my argument has nothing to do with predicting when things will be back to normal. Stick with the discord circle-jerk if you have nothing of value to offer here.

Your whole argument is based on you knowing exactly when things will be back to normal. So your whole argument is bupkis. Thx for playing, tho.

Your trolling has gone too far.

Zadina looks like a beast in these highlights.

Veleno vs Raymond today at 1:00 EST.

I have given Holland as much praise as anyone over the years, but I just don't see what you're seeing in this case. Are you praising him for properly timing Abdlekader's deal? That was a 7 year max contract. Probably would have given him 9 if he could have. In fact, he'd still be on this team for 3 more seasons if Yzerman hadn't cleaned up the mess. Then there's 2 more years of Nielsen. Basically, I don't think Holland had a plan.

I have a better idea. Why don't you Americans get your Covid s*** together?

He was 10x worse in Discord. Thing is, s*** posts like his will actively prevent many new users. Things will pick up as the team gets better again. Just the way it goes. We don't need him here deterring people. He already has long time posters questioning why they bother coming back here. But yeah, Lou is on crack if he thinks he can dump Boychuck for anything less than a first.

Does anyone else remember his dramatic exit thread a few months back? Basically he was leaving us for Discord because this place was done. Since then he's had at least 4 sock accounts here and about 400 posts. lol

Thanks for all the clips KR