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The point isn't that Cozens is "better". It's how he does what he does. If you put him on the wing he instantly becomes the best power winger on our team. You replace Veleno with Cozens on that top line with Ray and Larkin and he probably scores 40 goals. Heck, put him with Ras and Kasper he probably scores 20+ given how they're generating scoring chances for Motte lately. Or you put him at center (instead of Compher/Copp/Kasper) and he only gives you moderate production, you're still getting those points out of a big, strong, fast, workhorse. You know who shows up in the playoffs? Big, strong, fast, workhorses. You need to be able to score in different ways to be a successful team in the playoffs and last time I checked we don't have anyone who profiles the way Cozens does. Unless we've got a 6'3, 205 lbs, right shot forward with scoring ability hiding somewhere? That said, I'm also very interested in Byram and Kulich so it's not like Cozens is the only thing of value

Cozens is also not redundant because he’s better than 75% of our forwards. Improvements are not redundant, they’re progress.

All our prospects are. ASP is the tournament MVP in my opinion. Kiiskanen keeps scoring HUGE goals for Finland, and Augustine has been good after a bit of a rough start to the tourney. Max Plante has been solid, if unspectacular, in a checking line role for USA too.

I want to see a big win here for the boys on the heels of Axel Sandin Pelikka’s hat trick to advance Sweden in the World Juniors.

All good choices, and good looking fellas to boot. But Alex Lyon looks like an angel.

We are playing a ton faster.

Berggren with the dagger out of the box.

We are currently a top five team in the NHL in the looks department.

You did. But do you have a horse in the race on this “who’s the best looking Red Wing ever” debate?

Well nobody ever said Trudeau was elected because of his political acumen. But he’s the face that runs the place you know what I mean?

Columbus is a good young team. They’ve got some talent.

Alex Lyon is for sure the best looking dude to ever play for the Red Wings. Like, by a pretty good margin too.

If you die in Canada do you die in real life?

If there’s not a fight in the third period then SY should trade every player we have over 6’1, 200 lbs. You CANNOT get humiliated by the worst team in the league and not at least make them bleed for it.

Husso gave up like 6 goals last night in the AHL. Bring back Cossa? Real question: How bad would a player need to be in the offensive zone before Lalonde wouldn’t play him? Like, do you think he’d still play Tyler Motte even if the dude hadn’t scored in two seasons? Three?

Literally one injury to our defense and we have William Lageson on the ice. You cannot tell me Yzerman doesn’t need to shoulder the responsibility for this lost season. SY gutted our organizational depth on defense for…some reason?…and now we have at least four defenders on the ice who are collectively somehow WORSE than Olli Maatta. I thought his mandate was to be better defensively? The PK tho? Thats on Lalonde and co. Woof.

Sweet feed by Berggren on Veleno’s goal there.

First game of a home and home with the Habs. I’m hoping for some rough stuff tonight so it’ll be a bloodbath tomorrow night.

I'm encouraged by the fact that all the worst players on our team are old and on short term contracts, that's about all I can say for the Wings right now.

Whelp, at least Ras came to play. I’ve been loving his game lately. Otherwise everyone was underwhelming.

Yep, getting lit up. Wings looking solid against a hot Montreal team tho.

Rasmussen makes a helluva play to Motte on the goal there. He’s been on fire lately.

Nice short side goal by Kane there.

Aside from Cozens I’d also really like to land Alex Tuch from the Sabres. And Jiri Kulich.

This would be a good win for us after the Toronto game. The Flyers are only a decent team, but they play really hard and make it tough to beat them (kinda like the Islanders). If we can beat a high end offensive team in Toronto and then outwork Philly for a win tonight you'd have to think the team would be happy with the progress. You HAVE to be able to beat tough teams to win anything in the NHL.