P. Marlowe

Mark Hartigan and Matt Ellis are retired too.

https://hokej.idnes.cz/matej-machovsky-ahl-echl-grand-rapids-petr-mrazek-fb7-/nhl.aspx?c=A180309_120958_nhl_elv
Hereby quite honest "interesting interview" with current GR Machovsky.. 
Not even sure if you are interested in translation, but... ok, let´s try. 
- "I was told I´m not going to make AHL, while goalies there are well paid there. I didn´t really expect this is NHL organization but what could you do..."
- "I was signing the contract with idea of fighting for AHL starter spot. Ok, I´ve said, I have nothing to lost. Then they signed another goalie. They probably felt pity of him that nobody want him or what."
- Interview was done prior to Mrazek trade. "I will finish the season here. I don´t have intention to continue in US next yeat"
- "Yes, AHL is sort of motivation for me. I believe I´m doing my best."
- "I will stay if they will pay me. Otherwise I´m leaving, .. I believe I´m good enough to don´t play somewhere in some ECHL"
...funny part about his overseas experience. 
- If you ask some citizen here about the city, they will mention just where some fast foods are. Not really surprised about their obesity. You switch on the tv and you´ve got like nine minutes of fast food and coke commercials mostly within ten minutes . Or medicines or army. Kind of brainwashing online. Keep track with Kardashians etc., I don´t really get that..."
- "Green brains. Got army all around the world and paying tribute for every single soldier guarding some beach somewhere." 
- But he´s also positive. "People are more friendly here. Better than in CZ. Really trying to help you." He does enjoy GR as very nice city with good cousine etc. 
- About his fight  "I´ve been always dreaming about this. Pity that guy was just blocking me, probably understood that wouldn´t be good for him. "
 
 

The good thing about a tank is there's no tires to kick.

Quite a read this one...
 
http://longform.tsn.ca/searching-for-matt-johnson

So last year during all the commotion of evaluating the team's picks during the 2016 NHL draft, I thought it would be fun to go back five years and see how those players panned out, and more specifically what LGW was saying at the time of those picks.  It was a fun and relatively informative thread, and I thought it would be just as fun and informative to do it again this year.  One thing worth mentioning is that five years ago, LGW did not have nearly as loud of a voice in prospects as we do now.  So there isn't as much "Holland should have picked X instead of Y" like we have today, but its still fun to look back at our opinions.  So without further ado, here is a look back to the 2012 NHL entry draft.  Note: the '2012 NHL Entry Draft Discussion' was a general thread, whereas separate threads were made for the discussion of each of our selections.  Those are also below.
Round 1: Wings traded 1st round pick (19th overall) to Tampa Bay for Kyle Quincey.  With that pick the Lightning selected goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Round 2: Wings selected Martin Frk (49th overall).  Discussion is here:
LGW was overall pleased with this pick.  Frk was originally slated as a 1st rounder but dropped to us at 49th.  Some were considering it a steal.
 
Round 3: Wings selected Jake Paterson (80th overall).  Discussion is here:
Not much overall talk on him from LGW.  A couple voices were happy with the pick.
 
Round 4: Wings selected Andreas Athanasiou (110th overall).  Discussion is here:
No complaints on this pick, even back then (at least in this thread.  There was a grumble or two over this pick in the 2012 entry draft discussion thread).  People loved the speed.  Comparisons were made to being a second Jurco or Tvrdon (in a positive way lol).
 
Round 5: Wings selected Mike McKee (140th overall).  Discussion is here (and 300 other places on these forums.  This is prob the most popular draft pick to never play an NHL game):
I would say hindsight is 20/20 on this one but I know there are still people here that are creaming themselves over this guy so whatever.  Poor Buppy was the lone voice trying to temper expectations.
 
Round 6: Wings selected James DeHaas (170th overall).  I was unable to find a specific thread on this pick.
 
 
Round 7: Wings selected Rasmus Bodin (200th overall) Discussion is here:
 
Not much here to write home about.
 
2012 Entry Draft Discussion Thread:
 
A lot of this thread is overshadowed by the Suter and Parise sweepstakes.
A cute little gem:  
"i like the frk and mckee picks as well as the potential of bodin ....good draft day considering we dealt our 19th pick id say ... not sold on athanasiou being a player but overall pleased"
and nice foresight from ogreslayer:
"To me, the most intriguing pick is Athanasiou given what's been said of the kid's speed & skill. Discipline & hard work can be taught, natural speed & skill can't. If there's a player the Wings drafted this year that will be known as the steal of his draft class, I think he could be it."
this draft was rated by one of our resident posters as one of the best drafts in a long time:
"I have been doing some reading and research on the Wings picks...I can honestly say this is one of the Wings best drafts in a long time. I can also honestly see all 6 of these kids being in the Detroit when their time comes. The only one who may have an issue is the goalie, Paterson, only because Howad is still young and Mrazek is doing so good too! Now, he may not be a Red Wing, but he could make it somewhere else, but the other five? I can see them filling certain and different roles on this team within the next 3-7 years. I think McKee and Bodin are going to be HUGE (no pun intended) surprises to the NHL world and once again, Holland will deemed a genius! De Haas may have a bit of a challenge too considering Detroit's interest in Suter and Schultz. If Holland lands those two or even one of them, the Wings have a great young core of defenders who will be here for a long time. Kronwall, Ericsson, Suter, Smith, Schultz, if he signs Dekeyser, and also there are two kids in the top 10 prospects Sproul and Ouellet. If Holland gets Suter/Schultz then eventually Dekeyser I can see Sproul and Ouellet even having a hard time cracking this lineup anytime soon, but again De Haas looks like a great young defenseman and should make some waves in GR and eventually, if not for the Wings, somewhere in the NHL too... Good on ya, Holland!"
As of right now, the only player from that draft to reach the NHL ice is Athanasiou.  So 1 for 5 from 2012.  20% success rate for rounds 2-7, which is essentially the league average for that span, as I show below.
For the record, here is a list of the entire 2012 entry level draft: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2012e.html
The first 20 picks in the first round essentially all made it to the NHL.  Griffin Reinhart (4th overall, Islanders), Derrek Pouliot (8th overall, Penguins), and Slater Koekkoek (10th overall, Tampa Bay) are the only three in the top twenty to play less than 82 games of NHL hockey.  After pick 20 it gets more dicey, only 4 of 10 playing more than 82 games, and two of those four barely make that cut.  Four players played less than 20 games in the NHL in that back 10.
The second round only produced 8 hockey players to play more than 20 games in the NHL.  Frk is not one of them.
Ten players from the third round have played more than 20 games in the NHL.  Notables from this list include Shayne Gostisbehere (78th Philadephia), Colton Parayko (86th St Louis), and Frederik Andersson (87th Anaheim).
Six players from the fourth round have played more than 20 NHL games, including Athanasiou.
Five players from the fifth round have played more than 20 NHL games.  Mike Mckee is not one of those five.
Nine players from the sixth round have played more than 20 NHL games.
Nobody from the seventh round has played more than five NHL games.
Overall there isn't a lot of star power outside of the first round in this one, and after pick 20 the odds of finding an NHL player diminish considerably.  Round 2 had a success rate of 26% of producing an NHL player.  Round 3 is 33%.  Round 4 is 20%.  Round 5 is 16%.  Round 6 is 30%.  Round 7 is 0%.
 
So final thoughts on this one:  Holland's 20% success rate about mirrors the league rate for round 2-7.  Not having a first round pick hurt this year, considering the success rate in the top 20 picks, and the paucity of success thereafter.  Athanasiou was one of the better players to come outside the first round, though, so the Wings organization at least has that going for them.

I don't think they play the U.S anthem when two Canadian teams play do they?
I don't think it has anything to do with the players on the team. I think it's more about the home turf. If the game is on U.S soil the U.S anthem has to be played, if you're on Canadian soil, the Canadian anthem has to be played. Also I'm pretty sure it has more to do with playing the anthem for the fans and the city of the people that game is being played at or the city that is being represented in the game. Not to do with the players. If it had to do with the players on each team then they would have to start playing the Russian and Swedish anthem too.. So for instance if it's Nashville at Montreal - they should be playing the national anthem that those two cities/ state represent (U.S Anthem and Canadian Anthem), not based off what each individual player on the team represents, whether its 20 canadians, 20 swedes, 20 russians.
I.E- The players don't represent the nationality of the team. The city represents the nationality of the team. The Red Wings have a Swedish captain, and a good amount of Canadian and Czech players but the Red Wings are a U.S. American team. Born, raised, funded and headquartered in Detroit. Period. 

Mark Hartigan and Matt Ellis are retired too.

I made this last year. Hedman and Stamkos are hurt, Filppula and Johnson are having bad years and Mrazek won't be starting in net... Oh well.

I made this last year. Hedman and Stamkos are hurt, Filppula and Johnson are having bad years and Mrazek won't be starting in net... Oh well.

I made this last year. Hedman and Stamkos are hurt, Filppula and Johnson are having bad years and Mrazek won't be starting in net... Oh well.

I made this last year. Hedman and Stamkos are hurt, Filppula and Johnson are having bad years and Mrazek won't be starting in net... Oh well.

I made this last year. Hedman and Stamkos are hurt, Filppula and Johnson are having bad years and Mrazek won't be starting in net... Oh well.

Thanks, guys!

I apologize for not seeing this sooner. I've been out of pocket for the last couple of weeks due to the loss of a family member and just got back tonight -- and I have to say seeing this thread brought a smile to my face. Technically the actual 'birth' of the site is September 15th, 1996 -- right around training camp for the 1996-97 season and at that stage it didn't even have a message board. It was started on GeoCities and consisted of the cheesiest of tiled ice backgrounds, a picture of Steve Yzerman saluting the crowd from the bench after scoring his 500th career goal on Patrick Roy and a bit of text about what I was planning on doing with the site.
I really wish I had some of the stuff from those first years. After a couple seasons on GeoCities the site moved to be one of a few fan sites on PuckPlace.com, then to a server that was hosted by the previous owners of HockeysFuture.com and then eventually to where it is now (and where it has remained for the bulk of those past 20 years.)
I started this place as a bored 17-year old living in the sticks in SE Michigan and it has followed me to college, marriage, a career and two beautiful daughters of 9 and 10 (!). It's been crazy. Life has gotten in the way often and I haven't been able to dedicate as much time as I'd like to the site (and I'm always saying I'm going to get refocused) -- so I really, really appreciate the comments here and the help the moderation team has provided over the years. It's invaluable.
Thank you!

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Lately Patrick Eaves has gotten playing time in Stars' first line with Seguin and Benn and he has 7 points in the last 4 games. Last night against Chicago he scored a hat trick in the first period. The game ended 4-2.
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NHL.com Video
Lately Patrick Eaves has gotten playing time in Stars' first line with Seguin and Benn and he has 7 points in the last 4 games. Last night against Chicago he scored a hat trick in the first period. The game ended 4-2.
TSN.ca

NHL.com Video
Lately Patrick Eaves has gotten playing time in Stars' first line with Seguin and Benn and he has 7 points in the last 4 games. Last night against Chicago he scored a hat trick in the first period. The game ended 4-2.
TSN.ca

NHL.com Video
Lately Patrick Eaves has gotten playing time in Stars' first line with Seguin and Benn and he has 7 points in the last 4 games. Last night against Chicago he scored a hat trick in the first period. The game ended 4-2.
TSN.ca

NHL.com Video
Lately Patrick Eaves has gotten playing time in Stars' first line with Seguin and Benn and he has 7 points in the last 4 games. Last night against Chicago he scored a hat trick in the first period. The game ended 4-2.
TSN.ca

NHL.com Video
Lately Patrick Eaves has gotten playing time in Stars' first line with Seguin and Benn and he has 7 points in the last 4 games. Last night against Chicago he scored a hat trick in the first period. The game ended 4-2.
TSN.ca

NHL.com Video
Lately Patrick Eaves has gotten playing time in Stars' first line with Seguin and Benn and he has 7 points in the last 4 games. Last night against Chicago he scored a hat trick in the first period. The game ended 4-2.
TSN.ca

"I swear that puck was going at least 200 MPH!"
"I think you're off at about 100 miles..."
"What?! You mean it was going 300 MPH?!"
- NHL 2002 Announcers

Not in My House!

His uncle is a shadow he doesn't deserve. If you're going to judge Tyler do it without comparing him to Todd.

His uncle is a shadow he doesn't deserve. If you're going to judge Tyler do it without comparing him to Todd.

His uncle is a shadow he doesn't deserve. If you're going to judge Tyler do it without comparing him to Todd.