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I’d say that’s pretty close on the return considering his contract is fairly high. If Anaheim wants out of it without retaining salary then they’re going to have to take a little less than is optimal.

Well that's two of us coming to the same conclusion. Basically a done deal at this point.

All this talk is too rational for me. Boooorrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnnnggggg. Seems clear to me that we're trading for John Gibson, keeping Lyon as a backup, and moving on from Husso and Reimer. You heard it here first.

Believe me, I'm skeptical too. I'm commenting on it here because A) there's a rumor, B) the Wings are down two top forwards and have goaltending issues so there's a need, and C) Berggren was didn't play for GR yesterday. In total it seems like there COULD be something brewing, but I'm entirely speculating.

Rumors swirling around Berggren right now. I've seen some speculation about Hanifin but that one doesn't make much sense to me when we've got Edvinsson ready to go. If Larkin is going to be out long term we need to chase Elias Lindholm. If Larkin will be back relatively quickly I'm thinking a move for a goalie makes the most sense.

I understand what you’re saying but I don’t think last night was the same thing as those two games last season. Last year we were bullied and humiliated on the ice with a full compliment of forwards and no injuries. Last night we played without a significant portion of our team after a really really scary on ice incident and battled like hell to the final buzzer. The score might have looked the same but the effort wasn’t.

I actually liked the effort of the guys last night when you consider we were playing with 9 fowards and both our top centers were missing. We had a lot of chances and while we were definitely going to lose that game after the first (it was like the wind was sucked out of the room at the arena) they kept working and tried to get back in it. Kudos especially to Veleno, Rasmussen, and Fischer who were out there for some of the roughest minutes I've ever seen anyone play in a hockey game. Those three were dogs last night. My big takeaways were, A) we've got to figure out our goaltending. Not like "who's the starter" but rather "which two are we keeping". We need skaters occupying that last roster spot. B) If Kostin isn't playing in last night's game then why's he on the team? He looked really good two games ago and was out last night. What gives? C) Holy f*ck the penalties. We take sh*t penalties ALL THE TIME and it's killing us. Perron, Rasmussen, and Walman all took dumb penalties last night that hurt us as much as losing Larkin. We have to learn to play disciplined hockey. D) If we're going to take penalties at least be physical and earn them. I was fine with what Perron did after Larkin's injury, but otherwise we didn't respond until the 3rd when the game was out of reach. At that point we had a meaningless fight and Seider threw a few hits that didn't matter. Set the physical tone from opening puck drop against teams like that. I mean, we're taking penalties anyway. I'd rather they be for roughing than for tripping or slashing. Ugh.

Did I miss something with respect to Kostin? I'm still not seeing anything about him online.

Whelp, that f*cking sucked

Brilliant decision to not dress Kostin against one of the most physical teams in the league

Literally just walked past Dylan Larkin’s dad. She was laughing and joking coming back up from the dressing room. Hopefully a good sign.

Joe Veleno really looks good tonight

Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane!!!!

Well carrying three goalies and going 11-7 is biting us in the butt right now. Playing the rest of this game 2 forwards down.

Defenders are genuinely afraid to try and cover Kane for fear of getting burnt. The amount of respect he gets on the ice is insane.

Breaking: Brady Tkachuk looks even dumber in person. Brady Tkachuk looks like what would happen if Keith Tkachuk f*cked one of those circus peanut candies.

Not hard to find my man

Not sure my thoughts on this one are reliable, I stopped at one of Michigan’s fine dispensaries before I came to the game lol

I bought a hat from the team store and a hoodie. Hate the way the hat fits. Here’s hoping it’s on the ice by the end of the night!

I’m always amazed how much downtown has changed (for the better) in such a short period of time. I just walked from the Sweetwater to LCA and it was both picturesque as well as busy and full of things to do. Unreal. Every time I try to upload a picture it says it’s too big. I have no idea why.

No time for signs, I gotta get to the Sweetwater for some wings and then hit the team store for some gear. This was spur of the moment so I don’t have merch to wear.

Maatta seems like the obvious choice for a trade. I could live with this: Walman/Edvinsson-Seider Walman/Edvinsson-Gostisbehere Chiarot-Holl Petry

This guy is such a beast. His offense has come so far since last season. Particularly his shot, and his confidence in it.

That's about as f*cking casual as it gets.

He's a glue guy.