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There is an open spot at left wing and an open spot on the 2nd pair RHD. Or rather, those spots are up for grabs. Don't be surprised if some combination of Mazur, Danielson, or ASP make the opening night roster in lieu of any additional moves from outside the organization.

Unless you get a trade for a Robertonsesque player that doesn't gut your roster make no more moves. We have guys thay can be promoted... it's time to sink or swim. This year will tell if we're moving forward or launching rebuild 2.0.

While they'd help us short term, We do need better long term solutions.

I'm liking the Eddie Genborg pick more and more. Initially I thought he only had bottom 6 potential, but that may not be the case. He dominated goal scoring in Swedish juniors last season which I didnt realize. He then got brought up to his pro team halfway through the season... In the pros they used him as a 4th line grinder type, and as a net front presence. So he never really got the chance to be THE GUY in a big role. But he was still a big nasty 4th liner for them... from what ive seen his shot is excellent and his speed is really good. He may have a breakout season in pros this coming year. If not, he's still a strong AF kid for 18 that can win battles against men already... European scout slammed a Swede right into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the town of LA, just delivered our draft rankings. The 2025 rankings. 224 prospects got drafted. Red Wings selected all forecheckers... Didn't see the first Swede until the 2nd round. A Genborg. Six-foot 2-incher. You know how you know that when you're on the ice, Chief? You tell by lookin' from the helmet to the skate... What we didn't know... was our hockey mission had been so secret, no referees or linesmen had been sent... They didn't even open the penalty box till the 3rd period. Very first shift, Chief, Swede come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. Y'know, it's... kinda like ol' trap style, like you saw in New Jersey, like in the battle of the 96 finals, and the idea was, Swede comes to the nearest man and that man, he'd start poundin' and hollerin' and screamin', and sometimes the Swede go away... sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that Swede, he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. Y'know the thing about a Swede, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'... until he hits ya. And those black eyes roll over white, and then... oh, then you hear that terrible high-pitch screamin', the ice turns red, and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. Y'know, by the end of that first period... lost a hundred men. I dunno how many Swedes. Maybe a thousand. I dunno how many men, they averaged six a period. In the 2nd period, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Michael Misa, from Ontario, forward, playmaking type. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up... laid on the ice like a kinda loose stick. Upended. Well... he'd been hip-checked below the waist. 3rd period a linesmen saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. Young linesmen, a lot younger than Mr. Misa. Anyway, he saw us and come in and three shifts later, a big fat referee comes down and start to pick us up. Y'know, that was the time I was most frightened, waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a neck guard again. So, 224 prospects got drafted, 50 eventually made rosters, and the Swedes took the rest, June the 28th, 2025.