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Could be, hard to say. At the end of the day I'm not mad about it, I just assumed that after the year he'd had (and given his cap hit) that he'd be pretty desirable to teams looking to go on playoff runs. Then again, we aren't exactly out of the Wildcard ourselves so maybe this is SY giving his team a vote of confidence.

If anyone here is religious, like really genuinely religious, then when you're brushing your teeth before bed tonight you should look at yourself in the mirror and think, "I'm one of the dumbest f*cks alive today". Just profoundly, disgustingly, stupid. Tyler Bertuzzi stupid.

I think Chiarot has played the right side in the past.

Something I noticed last night that I found interesting. Neither Berggren nor Kubalik played in overtime nor shot in the shootout. Lalonde sent Seider out for the shootout (which was predictably terrible) and not Berggren. You'd think those would be the exact scenarios you'd want those guys (Berggren especially). I'm not sure if they were in trouble or whether Lalonde is just THAT conservative of a coach. Our shootout order was: Fabbri Perron Larkin Seider Suter

Seider had an absolutely beastly stop on McDavid during overtime as well. One on one situation and Seider bodied him, completely nullified the play, and Detroit got the puck back. He was fantastic against McDavid all night long, no easy feat...obviously.

I'm not mad about SY re-signing Maatta. He's been good. I just don't understand why you wouldn't wait till after the deadline. See if there's a market for the guy and then re-sign if nothing materializes.

This is...an interesting choice. In terms of defensive depth I'm not bothered by it. Chiarot has played his off side in the past and you could easily still go into next season with: Walman-Seider Maatta-Hronek Edvinsson-Chiarot But I really don't understand taking this trade chip off the table just for the sake of signing a 2nd pair defensive defenseman.

I'll start by saying that I haven't really watched a ton of SJ and so my only familiarly with Meier is largely based on his league reputation and stat lines (so take this with a grain of salt). The only comparably players that have been traded recently have been hockey trades. Laine and Roslovic were traded to CBJ for a good young center: Pierre Luc Dubois. Mathew Tkachuk was traded for Huberdueau and Weegar. But for Wings' fans I think the most telling example is Mantha. Meier is what Mantha was supposed to be. Same player, but a better version. And Mantha got Vrana and a 1st (the 2nd and Richard Panik I consider a second salary-shedding move that happened at the same time). Now, our 1st will be more valuable than Washington's was in the Mantha trade but we're also not giving up anything as proven as Vrana was (at the time) because we don't have any pieces like that. So... 2023 1st, Berggren, Wallinder is probably the best package we could put together that would get us in the ballpark (assuming Edvinsson and Kasper are untouchable).

Columbus ain't moving Jiricek. He's a top ten pick (6th), he's performing really well, and they're a rebuilding team. He's an awesome player though, you're right about that. I don't think Hronek can really ask for the moon or anything, he's having a really good season this year, but his track record isn't so good that he can ask too much. He's like Bertuzzi in that way. One really good year and a few pretty good ones. That should typically put you in the 6-6.5 million range for Hronek. I'd lock him up at that in a heartbeat. But we've still got a lot of rope left to play out with him. He's under contract for another year, and then he's an RFA still. So he's under team control for at least two more seasons after this one. So SY has a couple options with him. Overall I agree that it would be nice to have another decent right hander, but I don't think it's as urgent as center or scoring winger.

They can't afford him. He's got an extremely high qualifying offer, something like 10 million, and their financials are a wreck (apparently, I haven't looked). Lots of speculation that whichever teams lands him in a trade will qualify him at 10 million then work out a long term extension at a more appropriately priced deal. It's not unheard of, Carolina did the same thing with Kotkaniemi.

Johansson also had a nice night, with 2 points. Glad to see he's rounding into form offensively. I was really impressed with how responsible he was defensively but I was hoping for more production and it seems to finally be coming.

4 point night for Edvinsson in GR’s win tonight. He’s going to be so good.

Just for funsies let's all pick one Red Wing and explain why they're our Valentine. I'll start. Michael Rasmussen is my Valentine because he's the biggest big-spoon of them all. I love that big Grizzly Bear.

96 is Kuzmenko. Wasn't he a big deal KHL free agent a year or two ago?

I have it on good authority that it's actually WAP. Macaroni in a pot.

Does anyone remember that Halloween episode of The Simpsons when they found Bart's evil, deformed, twin in the attic that looked a little like Bart but kinda derpy looking as well? That's how Quinn Hughes looks compared to Jack Hughes.

Fire Jimmy? You don't like stuttering during your commentary? What's wrong with you?

Never gonna win with this guy. Larkin again. 2-0

Dylan Larkin is legitimately a bad*ss.

Might as well. Sodorblom will be up with the big club next year so there's an open spot on the wing in GR. I don't think he'll amount to much, but there's no harm in keeping him around and seeing what happens.

Good win without Raymond. #bust #tradedeadline

Good point. I looked at all the UFA goalies and Korpisalo is probably the only guy I’d be interested in though.

I'm not saying you're wrong for wanting to do the deal, but if you could always get a capable goalie in free agency Toronto would have no reason to trade for Ville Jusso haha. The goalie market is thin these days, hence why Magnus Helberg has been claimed off waivers three times.

A package centered on their first. So a first plus something less valuable that than, like a B level prospect or something. You're not getting a whole lot more than that for Ville Husso.