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This aged like fine wine. Zadina is a last minute scratch and given the same offensive opportunities and line mates as Zadina it took Sam Gagner less than 5 minutes to score. Atta boy me.

Correction, Niederbach isn't slow. He just glides around the ice a lot, a la Anthony Mantha. Barely moves his feet. When he actually skates his speed is probably average.

Lulea 1-0. Andreasson with a sick backhand saucer pass for the primary assist.

Watching the Swedish feed of the Frolunda/Lulea game and they just showed a montage of Frolunda's defensemen beating the sh*t out of Andreasson so far this game. They are clearly targeting him.

First look at Andreasson: he's very fast, and plays fast too. He's definitely got transitional/puck transporting value going forward. He hasn't show too much skill (yet) but that's probably because Frolunda's defense is pretty good, no space out there. He's also not small per se, but he definitely need to see the weight room more in order to hang on to the puck in the NHL. Also, Niederbach sucks. Thin, slow, plays with zero pace. He's a reasonably clever player, nifty with his dekes and passes, but he'll get eaten alive in the AHL even, unless he gets MUCH stronger (and therefore quicker) in this lower body. He's a puss.

I'll agree, but more generally. I don't really care WHO we get to play LHD. Long term it's obviously going to be Edvinsson and one of Wallinder, Johansson, or Buium. But we need SOMEONE on the left side before we can judge the team (or coach). Leddy, DK, Staal, and Oesterle is an embarrassment. Walman seems "okay" but only as a 3rd pair guy...for now. Our defense is a catastrophe and that's on SY to fix.

Detroit has the 32nd ranked defense in the league this year. Dead. F*cking. Last. I'm sure that Blashill WILL get fired after this season, but I don't think this is on him. When he was given better forwards we scored more. If he had a halfway competent defensive corps, we'd defend better. Simple as that. I'm fine with him getting the can, we need to turn a corner and that'll help. But Yzerman (and Holland/Wright) bear a lot of responsibility here. We have a rookie goalie and our defense in front of him is Seider and a bunch of losers. What is Blashill supposed to do with that?

Frolunda playing Lulea at 1:30 ET today on ESPN+ in case anyone is interested in watching our guys. This will be Edvinsson's first game of the series, ditto for the new guy Andreasson.

All joking aside, could you imagine waking up one day to find that every news agency in Michigan (and a few national ones too) are writing stories about your inability to pee correctly. How embarrassing. He's got to be humiliated. Which...being a pervert...he's probably into.

Lidstrom talking about Marco Kasper in the tweet below. Sounds a lot like an Yzerman pick to me.

Doubtful. The Free Press article said Al's staff was entirely male. And the team is entirely male. Seems pretty clear that he's a perverted homosexual who just can't control himself. Good riddance.

The more I think about it the more I think Al was jerking off and got caught. We've only heard the "I can't walk 60 feet to pee" story from his lawyer's wrongful termination suit. If I got caught spanking it at work (I wouldn't because I'm not a gross old pervert) I'd definitely claim I was peeing too. What do you have to lose?

#culture

Marco Kasper, a guy I'm pretty high on, has 2 assists for Rogle in their SHL playoff game today against Farjestad. That brings him up to 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists) in 10 playoff games. Keep an eye on this guy, depending on how the lottery shakes out I think he's a guy who would very much be on Yzerman's radar.

We talking Stanley Cup winner, 3 time All Star, and 3 time 30+ goal scorer Danny Grant? Or are we talking Danny Grant that fell off a cliff after his first season in Detroit because of injuries? I'm hoping the former.

Me too, believe me. Then again I'm probably more psyched about Edvinsson though. He's a boss.

Two on one hand. I'm a freak.

Edvinsson for RoY, not Sodorblom.

Guy was pissed he got traded to Detroit and had no interest whatsoever in playing for the Wings. It's a miracle we got that 2nd for him, let alone Walman and Sundqvist. F*ck Nick Leddy.

Who has two thumbs and a massive boner for the future of our blue line? This guy.

I'm starting to talk myself into Cutter Gauthier with our 1st (assuming we don't win the lottery). Big, fast, tough, can shoot, can play center or wing (his numbers at center this year were better than wing). Rumor has it that Yzerman and Co. really liked Mason McTavish at the draft last year but he went off the board early. Gauthier fits into that mold. Reminds me a lot of Mika Zibanejad. I still really like Nazar and Kasper as well, so I'm not sure how I'd rank them, but Gauthier is solidly in the mix with those two for me now.

Another goal for Berggren tonight. Ho hum.

Anybody notice how Michael Rasmussen is legitimately fast now? Not quick, but his end to end speed is impressive.

Might still make a pretty good 3rd line

Beat me to it lol. That’s two games in a row where he’s picked the corners with his shot. He doesn’t use it enough, but his shot is actually pretty good. And as predicted his transition game is lethal.