kipwinger

According to Friedman the deal for Kane is 2.75 million for the remainder of this season.

I'm hoping for something a little better than getting demolished 4-1 in the first round.

Jesus Christ you're being pedantic. Let me re-phrase my original post: I hope the Red Wings have more success with Kane than they did with Alfredsson, Richards, or Modano. Better?

How's it disrespect? The team did jack squat with any of those guys in the lineup, which is what I was referencing.

There's no way he plays tomorrow right?

By all accounts he was pretty beloved in Edmonton and they moved him (and Yamamoto) to clear cap space.

Kostin hasn't "fallen out of favor". He broke a team rule and was scratched a game. The same thing happened to Walman a year ago. Don't get carried away.

Here's hoping this goes better than Alfredsson, Richards, or Modano eh?

Nobody. We have been running 11 forwards and 7 defensemen throughout the season and have used guys like Czarnik at times as well. Our team will look something like this (Don't pay attention to the line combos, just the roster): Veleno-Larkin-Raymond Dcat-Compher-Kane Fabbri-Copp-Perron Kostin-Ras-Sprong Fischer Walman-Seider Maatta-Gostisbehere Chiarot-Holl Petry

This season has been absolutely wild. Who had "Wings sign FA Patrick Kane" on their bingo card?

Not that I disagree with you, but let's just say (hypothetically) the return is a 1st? I know it's unlikely, but do you trade him for a 1st?

Rough night for the Wild. Hartman gets a couple game suspension and the Red Wings get their coach fired. I've got no hate for the Wild or anything...but damn.

I guess we'll see. It's not all that uncommon an occurrence. Not too many veteran players are willing to ride the bus in the AHL like Ericsson did.

I think Petry retires after the season and I think Maatta will get a long look at the deadline. Holl and Chiarot are pretty much locked in though, can't see anyone wanting those contracts.

The curious case of Shayne Gostisbehere... What do we do with this guy. He's really good. Like, good enough that he'd be a huge boost to a playoff team. Which obviously argues in favor of us keeping him for our playoff push. Or...argues in favor of us trading him to another contender and reaping the benefit of his stellar season. If we could get this guy on a 3 year 4.5(ish) million dollar deal do we keep him? At this point I think he's clearly established himself as our 3rd best defender behind Walman and Seider. You need talent to win.

Let him to go Buffalo and then immediately trade for Jiri Kulich since they won't have room for him and they've got all the skilled wingers they can fit on their roster.

He's definitely worth taking a look at. He's having a bad season this year but Calgary isn't helping him much.

Hard to say who to target. Most teams aren't already out of the playoff picture so they'd generally be reluctant to part ways with a goalie I'd think. Vladar sucks. Markstrom has been good but he's old and has a bad contract (which should make him cheaper to acquire), but will he hold up? I've mentioned John Gibson elsewhere so I'll throw another name out there. Juuse Saros. He's young, really good, is on a bad team, and will be a UFA in a year (and there's no way he's staying in Nashville). He'd cost a lot but he's probably the best goalie that could reasonably be had. Nashville is about to start rebuilding so they'd want futures. I'd imagine you're looking at a 1st plus a good prospect and maybe a decent young roster player. Something like 1st, Berggren/Veleno, and Wallinder/Johansson/Mazur. Just a guess but I think that would be you in the ballpark.

We're scoring enough goals to win most nights (7th in the league in goals per game). Our defense and goaltending is absolute trash though. Chiarot and Petry were on the ice for 4 of the 5 goals scored by Ottawa on Thursday. Reimer and Husso look completely lost most nights. Lyon looked solid actually, but I don't think you'd want to bet your season on him. If the Wings brass wants to make the playoffs this year they need to do a few things: 1. Find a solid goalie. It's gonna have to be via trade and it's going to have to be soon before teams like the Oilers get in the mix. 2. Call up Edvinsson and keep him up and in the top four. Put him with any of Chiarot, Petry, or Holl based on the chemistry of the pair. Walman and Seider are fine and so are Maatta and Gostisbehere on the 3rd pair. 3. STOP. TAKING. STUPID. PENALTIES. Lalonde should use an actual gun and murder the next player that takes a stick penalty late in the 3rd period. Anything else we do beyond these three things is gravy. I'm not going to be mad if we get more scoring, or another offensive center (Tommy Novak anyone?) or whatever. But to make the playoffs the things I listed need to be dealt with immediately.

Last night's game was pretty damning for the Griffins' veteran leadership. Anybody who follows the AHL knows that the teams that generally make the playoffs are those with a lot of AHL veterans in key positions. For Grand Rapids that's guys like Hirose, L'Esperance, Spezia, Shine, Didier, Gettinger, etc. Those guys got absolutely exposed last night. The Griffs gave up 5 even strength goals and Hirose, Didier (the captain), and McIsaac were on the ice for three apiece. None of our young defenders (Edvinsson, Wallinder, Johansson) got scored on at all. Offensively the young guys led the way again, with Hanas, Berggren, and Lombardi each scoring to keep the game respectable. Spezia was the only vet that scored. L'Esperance was the Griffins leading goal scorer a year ago, he's got no goals and 2 assists through 11 games. Hirose and Gettinger are the only vets providing any real offense and they're getting caved defensively most nights. In a league where veteran leadership really matters, the Griffs are sorely lacking. But don't let that fool you into thinking the kids aren't playing well. They're the only bright spots on the team.

In a game where the Griffins gave up 7 goals, Simon Edvinsson had two points and didn’t get scored on while he was on the ice. He’s too good for the AHL.

Im watching the Griffins tonight and Cossa is looking sharp. Pretty encouraging to see him coming along.

I saw the score and assumed we were getting trounced until I saw the period stats and it looked like we were pretty much in control. Wow, Reimer looked stellar on that one.

I missed the first period but according to all the stats it looks like we're dominating them everywhere but the scoresheet. Bad day for our goalie or what?

Couple of big games here with a lot riding on the points, excited to see how the boys respond to the pressure.