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I'm happy for any of Gauthier, Nazer, or Kasper with that pick.

Gotta have a Canadian.

You already know who the Calder Finalists are: Seider, Zegras, and Bunting. It's just not official yet.

That sounds good and all, but unless we’ve got 3 or 4 blue chippers on defense we are cooked. Wait…What’s that? *checks notes* We have some dudes named Edvinsson, Johansson, and Wallinder too? Well that seems good, eh?

I'm not sure too many folks think he's "unmovable/irreplaceable". I certainly don't and have advocated trading him elsewhere (for the right return). BUT, I think there are some reasons to keep the guy too. First, he's a pretty good player. Second, he's well liked and well regarded by his teammates. Third, he sets the tone (particularly in terms of competitiveness and effort) that young players should model. Finally, no team wins the Stanley Cup with a roster full of 25 year olds. You need veterans, especially good veterans, to carry those young guys on the ice. Would you rather have 32 year old Tyler Bertuzzi doing that (and Larkin and Vrana too) or would you rather it be guys like Marc Staal and Sam Gagner? No disrespect to the latter, but I'd prefer the former.

To Carolina: Tyler Bertuzzi To Detroit: Martin Necas + 1st.

Careful, your boy Corey Pronman is a huge fan of Gleb.

Good point.

Anybody watching the Bolts/Leafs game? Pat Maroon is hilarious. He runs Toronto players like it’s his job. I want his tape, and Tom Wilson’s tape, beamed directly into Michael Rasmussen’s brain.

As a hockey player I have almost nothing good to say about Brendan Smith. But he's a tough b*stard. Wilson is an absolute beast (please someone give his tape to Michael Rasmussen), and he's got quite a bit of size and strength on Brendan. Smith got whooped here, but kudos to him for taking it like a man.

Berggren with two more points today makes him the highest scoring rookie in GR history. #Nyquist

Two more points for Berggren last night. If GR misses the playoffs it sure won’t be because this guy didn’t live up to expectations

Agreed, just sign two mid-level lefties in FA rather than giving up assets in trade.

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?