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For anyone who missed it, this is probably the best Wings clip in years:
Big clean hit, then Simon being completely uninterested in beating up a Sens midget. Almost an annoyed "ok calm down little boy" look.

All game long, very chippy. Watson came to Seider’s aid and wiped out some fool and dragged him around the ice. Then Edvinsson stepped into a guy really hard then ragdolled a teammate when the dude tried to fight him.

Marco with two in the first period. You love to see it.
 
 

Sounds like exactly the kind of player I want playing for a division rival.

Sounds like exactly the kind of player I want playing for a division rival.

Pass on Swayman. Now he's out here doing interviews were he said he still has a bitter taste in his mouth from his arbitration hearing last season. Apparently he's holding his team's feet to the fire because during arbitration he didn't get as much as he thought he was worth and he's holding out this year because he's all pissy pants about it.
What a loser, I'd rather wait on Cossa and Augustine.

Pass on Swayman. Now he's out here doing interviews were he said he still has a bitter taste in his mouth from his arbitration hearing last season. Apparently he's holding his team's feet to the fire because during arbitration he didn't get as much as he thought he was worth and he's holding out this year because he's all pissy pants about it.
What a loser, I'd rather wait on Cossa and Augustine.

Pass on Swayman. Now he's out here doing interviews were he said he still has a bitter taste in his mouth from his arbitration hearing last season. Apparently he's holding his team's feet to the fire because during arbitration he didn't get as much as he thought he was worth and he's holding out this year because he's all pissy pants about it.
What a loser, I'd rather wait on Cossa and Augustine.

Out farm system is so loaded. We just added Edvinsson, Berggren, and Johansson and I'm already pumped about Kasper and Mazur, and we've got Danielson, ASP, MBN, Lombardi and Cossa right behind them.

Chiasson released from PTO... I actually thought he might get a 2way contract and spend the majority of the year with the griffins. The Griffs are lacking in RH shots... could this mean the wings plan to assign MBN to the Griffins? With Kasper playing the way he has it I could see MBN taking his spot in GR. 
Findog also sent back to juniors. Unfortunate, but expected. He will tear it up for Kamloops this year, and then we will see him back in GR for the playoffs. 

His one goal he gave up was from not being tight enough to the post, but that's just being nitpicky.

Out farm system is so loaded. We just added Edvinsson, Berggren, and Johansson and I'm already pumped about Kasper and Mazur, and we've got Danielson, ASP, MBN, Lombardi and Cossa right behind them.

That makes a ton of sense, might be the only way to salvage something out of this. Pitiful asset management though, considering they already had a 31 year old (Vezina) winner on their roster. Imagine trading both Ullmark and Swayman and winding up with Gibson and Korpisalo in goal.

Sick breakaway goal by Danielson 

Lombardi with another good chance just now. He’s looked really good all preseason. He will be ready for the roster after another year in GR. He’s good.

Thought I heard Mickey say they will be making decision on where MBN will play at end of preseason
MBN said whatever they want 
love that attitude 

Maybe Columbus, they just had a bunch of salary space open up

Anybody else following the Swayman saga in Boston? Could their handling of the goalie situation been any worse? They bench a Vezina winner (Ullmark) for the flavor of the month (Swayman) in the playoffs, and then have no more success than they would have with Ullmark. THEN they trade Ullmark, who is under contract a 5 million for another year, and make the Swayman THE GUY. Whoops, THE GUY wasn't under contract and now that they've traded away the only other option they had in goal he's got all the leverage. He's already turned down a 7.8 million dollar contract and seems intent on squeezing them for everything they've got left.
Just a really, REALLY, dumb way to manage assets. All to our benefit by the way.

Mo Seider also looks really good in the offensive zone so far this preseason. He's hanging on to pucks and making plays and I like what I see. All the analytics dorks are going to lose their marbles when his offensive numbers (that they said he wasn't capable of) explode once he gets top powerplay minutes and isn't getting buried in the defensive zone.

Nate Danielson is not ready for the NHL. It’s a big jump from junior to the NHL and it’s clear he needs to get up to speed in the AHL first. He’s just a hair behind on every play that develops. 

How does Kasper look?

Cossa looking shaky

That last play he simply outworked the defender and even drew penalty. 

Trade Veleno, make Motte the 13th forward and make Berggren-Kasper-Mazur your fourth line.

Good to see Cossa getting the start with the "full team". That's some big boy s*** for him and I'm expecting a monster season from him this year in the AHL. Askarov (who was drafted a year earlier) was the "top goalie" in the AHL a season ago and I think Cossa was as good or better in the second half of the season. I think Cossa dominates this season and never sees a minutes of Griffins time again after a long playoff run in GR.
edit: Cossa dodnt get the start. But still