F.Michael

These GDT by the op are more lame than the team on ice.

Broken jaw?

Cider ?

Your mom...

Looks like you did alright...

Who cares what you think...

1 Brian Lawton 2 Sylvain Turgeon 3 Pat LaFontaine 4 Steve Yzerman 5 Tom Barrasso 6J ohn MacLean 7 Russ Courtnall 8 Andrew McBain 9 Cam Neely 10 Normand Lacombe Look at the number of guys here in the top ten of the '83 draft that had much better careers than poor Lawton...

I'd take Torts...He'll certainly have the team not playing as sloppily as they have.

Mantha's new mates >>> old mates.

$5 says we're picking a Swede.

Erne with the assist to keep his point streak going. Really solid game! And to think a significant portion of this roster is 21 to 26 years of age...These guys are in the range where for the next 3 to 5 years they'll grow/bond.

Stecher making a solid case as to why Grand Master Y needs to protect him from the expansion draft.

IMHO Stecher might be worth protecting on D.

Indeed it is. Mid to late 80s while being bad we had Yzerman/Probert/Kocur and a few other guys to cheer for. Nobody today really gets me pumped for a Wings game.

Indeed...Sens goalie Matt Murray is a good example while he was a Penguin.

Do you feel netminders can make the difference, or steal a round, or two in the playoffs? Part of me still thinks they can.

Not trying to simplify things, and I'm going out on a limb here by saying this... This uncertain draft class...Would you go for a guy who could be another Larkin or a guy who could be another Lundqvist - keep in mind I'm taking our wonderful lotto luck into consideration and at #4 thru #8 what players might be available for Yzerman. What I'm getting at is many GMs still seem somewhat reluctant in drafting a netminder in the top 10...Why not take one this year considering Wallstedt's upside and the other unknowns with regards to other forwards/defense? Now if there was a clear legit #1 center, or Dman what was deemed generational - then by all means...I'm just suspect at what might be available when the Wings pick...As far as I know - we don't have any true #1 goalie prospect in our system - why not draft one this time around?

+1

Looking forward to see what #27 Rasmountain can do tonight. By all means what you're saying makes sense...Although my limited research makes me think the Swede netminder Jesper Wallstedt could become another King Henrik, or Carey Price...Jeez - just think of having a Vezina candidate goaltending for 10 plus years...

I got the impression that Askarov’s average performance at last years World JRs made many GMs and scouts think twice. As for Raymond - there’s still comparisons of his game/style to Marner’s and that’s great!

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/394724/jesper-wallstedt Agreed. Spent a few minutes researching him and right away this kid looks impressive - a yearly Vezina candidate type of impressive.