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Some great UFAs still remaining........... Gustav Nyquist Tomas Tatar Pius Suter Jakub Vrana Daniel Sprong Klim Kostin Anthony Mantha Andreas Athanasiou Joe Veleno Robby Fabbri Christian Fischer Craig Smith Tyler Motte Luke Glendening Brendan Smith Jon Merrill James Reimer

"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, teach gym. Those who can't even teach gym post on LGW during work hours" - Jimmybigrigs69

I do this every year, so im keeping up with tradition, just have less ammo this off season... anyway, 1. John Gibson Class: Iron Dome Skills: knocks down incoming missles to protect home base. Maintains a strict diet, and definately does not get hoagies lodged in his throat 3 at a time. Because of this weight control, likely won't need to be replaced in the near future. *Disclaimer: will likely need to be replaced by 2-3 new goalies as soon as next year 2. Michael Leighton Class: Drill Instructor Skills: Being 6'3"... we didnt know they stacked shidt that high. Does not discriminate against Hawks, Preds, Canes, Bolts, or Flyers... he was equally worthless on each of those teams. 3. James Van Reimsdyk Class: Grizzled Veteran Skills: has done 11 tours in Philly, Tronna, Boston, Colombus, and the Mekong river delta. Isnt the naive young soldier he once was, but seeing Kane reminds him of losing the cup on Pattys game winning goal in philly, which activates his PTSD sending him into wild frenzies of violent hockey play. In his freetime he enjoys clogging and summering in Rotterdam. 4. Jacob Bernard-Docker Class: Not Nick Perbix Skills: Rejected by both Ottawa and Buffalo, but he's on this team because *insert reason here*. Kinda looks like Nick Perbix, but I assure you, that is actually a man named Jacob Bernard Docker.

The family and I are planning a road trip to Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal next month...Not sure I want to go after watching the video...Such a violent country.

So he sucked as a player? Sounds like a coach to me!

https://leightongoalieacademy.com/ Omfg read the front to this website and then shoot me and yzerman in the face (SY first)

With a hire such as this - what could Leighton possible 'teach', 'coach' that would improve either Gibson, or Talbot when taking into consideration their respective NHL careers and performances (as in Leighton doesn't hold a candle to either of them).

Do not want Erik Karlsson. 11.5m for the next two years. No, thanks. Somebody on HFboards suggested Dylan Samberg who just filed for arbitration. Winnipeg love him and I’m sure they’ll sort out a long term contract though and won’t let him walk directly to UFA. But thats the kind of player we should go after, imo. Somebody on the rise that yet to have established themselves in the top four. Drew Helleson in Anaheim is another one, suggested by a poster that seems to know a lot about what the organization are thinking.

Elmer in the house https://x.com/DetroitRedWings/status/1940457853241979297/photo/1

Yzerman was a top player in the league superstar from day 1 though. Larkin is a weak 1st C who can't even get 1 selke vote despite wings homers clamoring to tell themselves how gReAT he is at defense... im just saying, there's a difference. And I don't care about the personal accomplishments or immediate desires of one individual player, especially not a non superstar. If Larks wants to be dour and glum about all this then let him request a trade. So long. Get a nice kings ransom for him. If Larks was the caliber of a late 20's Yzerman I would have a different attitude. But he's not.

ALSO: Still holding out hope that we are in on Ehlers, top line minutes has to be attractive to him. I still think we NEED a top LHD, or if they are going to use Edvinsson there, a least a 2nd pairing LHD. Also a 2nd pairing RHD would be beneficial. Grzelcyk would be nice for that LHD. 40 points on a crap show of a Pittsburgh team. We CANNOT go into the season with the D we have. Need TWO legit NHL D. JBD is ok, but he's not that 2nd pairing RHD we need...

I'm glad we didn't chase Miller at the cost of those assets and term/cap. That's just nuts.

Summer offseason / off topic thread I'll start: WHO/UN says that in 2024 175K Euros died due to heat, out of a population 744,000,000. This accounts for 0.0235% of the population. Pewresearch says that in 2023 gun violence accounted for 47K deaths in the USA. This accounts for 0.014% of the population. So you are almost twice as likely to be baked to death in Europe than killed by a gun in America. Not sure why this felt important to share, but it's good ammo for when you need to dunk on europoors who can't afford AC. Cheers

With Michigan State losing out on Gavin McKenna to PSU, and losing Hobey Baker winner Isaac Howard to the Oilers in the same week, it's rumored their trying to pull in likely #2 overall pick next year in Porter Martone, among other possible CHL defectors. Are their any UofM fans here? I dont understand why Naruto and that program have been so quiet. They have baller azz athletics money to use, but don't seem to be making any attempt to flex it. Further, it looks apparent to me that the the CHL is going to shift from a 16-21 year old league, to a 16-18 year old league. They are capped at only paying players $7,200 a year. If programs like MSU/PSU are willing to dish out hundreds of thousands on a single guy, then they can easily outbid and lure in any rando CHLer they want. Add a possible free degree to that for life after hockey and its a no brainer. If you're still in the CHL at 19 you're basically gonna be a loser that no NCAA program wanted. So CHL isnt kill completely. But BCHL, USHL, etc should be fuqqin worried.

Gentle reminder of what SY and Lalonde have squandered and ruined... I'm begging Mclellan... stop wasting this kids talent as a lidstrom-esque game manager. I remember a quote from Bowman when the Russian 5 debuted: "idk who taught you guys to play like that, but dont change anything" STOP trying to change Seider and just unleash him. I miss the bad-azz from years 1 and 2. Let him do his thing. God plz.

Ohio = pure azz flyover state Illinois = at least every chicago fuq has to drive down Michigan Ave every day Indiana = this still exists? Wisconsin = thinks the UP is their's. Thinks the NFC north is their's. But I promise you Wisconsin, Michigander's are just as drunk and stupid as you are, and were coming for the rust belt title hombre.

This is definately the first off season where i saw contracts coming in and legit thought: "fuq id rather trade" No one should be handing Gavrikov a $7x7 or Cody Ceci a $15 mil total contract. But Ken Holland's exist... Yzerman said as much in his presser. He's opted to save his money. "What for? He doesnt know yet" thats cool with me. Rather swap assets for a reasonable contract than sign tyler motte to a cowboy contract.

I don't think enough is being said about just how ungodly good Edvinsson was last year. He started in the defensive zone 54% of the time, was in the 90th percentile in terms of quality of competition, and yet 52% of the goals scored while he was on the ice were scored by Detroit. In other words, he started shifts pinned in his own zone against guys like Kucherov, Barkov, Crosby, Matthews etc. more than half the time and Detroit scored more often than their opponents did when he as on the ice. Good god. On top of that, 30 of his 31 points were scored at even strength. Almost no powerplay time. That's insane production given who he was playing against and where he was logging all his minutes. I'm calling it now, when he's 25 he'll be the best defenseman in the NHL.

I actually love this song and bump it often, thought you might like if you havent heard it yet, not sure how its survived on youtube this long

You can't enter Canada with a DUI on your record Wisconsin. Also, just drive right past Ottawa.

"a seasoned goaltender, boasts a storied hockey career" !!! The man played 110 NHL games and looks like he was a backup in every league he's been in, hahaha

I remember all your posts.

So it's apparent this is our lineup for next season. Thoughts? Kasper - Larkin - Raymond Dcat - Compher - Kane JVR - Copp - Appleton Soderblom - Ras - Berggren This is a deep forward lineup. None of the lines really jump out at you as amazing, But each can carry water both defensively and offensively. JVR and Appleton will be critical in shutdown roles, taking PK pressure off the backs of Larkin/Kasper/Ray etc.... The canary in the coal mine is Kasper. We've seen how good he is. If he can take the next step this year our top6 becomes dtamatically better... he is the X factor for us. Chiarot - Mo Ed - Ajo Gus - JBD/Holl Our D is far less encourging. We have our bright spots, but we also have blackholes. However, if Chiarot can play with chemistry with Mo, and Ajo takes a step forward, suddenly it wouldnt be that bad... here's to hoping.... Gibson/Talbot This could be a really good tandem. If they perform, our other issues may look frivolous. If Gibson sucks though, we may be screwed. A lot riding on him. Again we enter a season where if things click it could be great, but if it doesnt will likely be depressing. But we have Mclellan now, so im a bit more optimistic. LGRW.

Defense does look REALLY bad compared to Forwards. He has GOT to make a trade soon, right? I believe he still needs both a LHD and a RHD, and not just depth, actual valuable pieces!

Reasonable bottom 6 player.