krsmith17

Not gonna happen.

It depends on if the season is over or not... They could do something to make up a few games, in a few weeks time, like continue the schedule up until game 72, or something like that, to even the playing field... Of course, if they were to do that, or something similar, the April 9th draft lottery date would have to be pushed back a few weeks as well... Who knows, but the one thing they won't do, is just hand the Red Wings the number one overall pick...

No.

Bill Daly has coronavirus. Lottery canceled.

Not at all actually. I'm basing my opinion, admittedly on very few viewings, reading a few articles, rankings, etc. Most of which have pointed to Raymond being a better overall prospect at this point. I'm not going to pretend to know who will be better in the future, but I do trust Yzerman with that decision. I'm also not going to be pissed, unless he goes way off the board. And again, Raymond is far from "way off the board" if we happen to fall to 4...

Sure, if "all else is equal", but that's rarely, if ever the case. If Yzerman views all three exactly equal, and he's going to draft by positional need, Rossi probably should be the first choice, but then I'd argue Raymond over Drysdale. We already have two top four right-handed defensemen in Hronek and Seider. We don't have a single top six right-handed winger in the entire organization... That's a positional need that has been lacking for over a decade now...

Unfortunately, the only guaranteed player (in my opinion) better than Marner in this upcoming draft, is Lafreniere. There are a lot of players in the 2-6 range that I believe could be as good, but may never reach that sort of ceiling. This.

Who says Raymond won't be the BPA at 4? The likelihood of Raymond being a better NHL player than those guys is minimal? Says who? I believe Raymond is the 4th best prospect in the upcoming draft. You clearly disagree. A winger as talented as Marner (maybe Raymond) can drive a line from the wing, just as well as any center can from the middle. This belief that your best players need to be centers is false. It just so happens that most of the best players ARE centers. That should never prevent you from drafting a winger if you view him as the best player.

The only reason to be "f***ing pissed", is if Yzerman goes completely off the board. Even then, Yzerman should have earned our trust with the Seider pick. Raymond is definitely within the 4th overall range. He's been compared by many to Mitch Marner. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be be too pissed about a potential Mitch Marner...

1. Lafreniere 2. Byfield 3. Stutzle 4. Raymond 5. Holtz / Rossi / Drysdale

So you think it was smart asset management to let Comrie walk, when we could have added a very good, young goaltender to Grand Rapids for absolutely nothing?... Yeah, okay...

But the thing is, I do acknowledge that he's sucked. He's been bad. Extremely disappointing based on previous seasons, and what we gave up to acquire him. I had high hopes for him, and he's failed miserably. However, I'm not ready to give up on him, after one awful season, when he's proven to be a more than capable, productive 3rd line winger in the past. I chalk it up to the fact that just about every single (bottom six) forward on this team has sucked ass this entire season. I'm not suggesting we should invest a ton in him, because h clearly hasn't earned it. I'm suggesting we offer him a short-term, prove it contract, that can easily be waived / traded if it doesn't work out. I think he has a ton more potential than Ehn, but he could just as easily be another Jurco. I fully acknowledge that. If given the choice 5 years ago between Jurco or Andersson, I would have obviously picked Jurco, and I'd make the same decision today between Perlini and Ehn.

It's not about "liking" Perlini, or "disliking" Ehn, but saying that you'd prefer a career 0.318 point percentage player over a career 0.114 point percentage player in your bottom six isn't exactly the hottest of hot takes... Ehn is better defensively, but Perlini is WAY better offensively, despite his struggles this season. You seem to believe that Ehn can continue to develop, but Perlini is what he is, despite being the same age (22 days younger)... It's actually hilarious how bent out of shape some of you get over the 12th forward on this terrible (historically bad) roster... The love for Ehn shows what an awful state this team is in...

Again, a Filppula buyout makes no sense. There's only two reasons to buy a player out, and that's if A) useless player or B) albatross contract. Neither apply to Filppula. He is still an effective player on a pretty decent contract. He would have trade value this summer, and even more at next year's deadline, especially with retained salary. Also, like I said, where it's a "35 plus contract" the buyout would be the full $3M next season, and next season only. Nielsen, in my opinion, would be the only logical buyout candidate on the roster going into next season.

Nah. I disagree. For me it goes Perline > Erne > Ehn for that spot...

There are a ton of dumb f***s on the internet, but you're definitely one of the dumbest f***s... You're acting as if I was saying he's a stud, when in reality, literally all I was saying is that I'd have him in the lineup over Ehn or Erne... I pegged him in as our 12th forward, and you come in guns blazin', "blah, blah he sucks blah, blah, blah"... Cool...

"Played his way off" is certainly one way to put it... or maybe he was twice traded for because teams liked what they saw in him... Yzerman obviously did, giving up a pretty decent prospect to get him. The physical tools are there, but maybe the mental tools are lacking. Either way, he doesn't "suck". Not any more than any of the other options to fill that spot anyway.

No, you're right. It's obviously nothing to do with the team / coach. He clearly forgot how to hockey... Or is it that he never knew how to hockey, he just fluked into being a 25-35 point pace winger each of the first three seasons of his young career?... I have Glendening and Helm ahead of him in the depth chart, so that point is moot. Erne "outscored him" by one f***ing point in 18 more games... de la Rose isn't with the organization anymore... An argument could be made for Hirose, but he's not suited to play a 4th line role... Nielsen needs to go... Who else would be SO much better suited to be our 12th forward at near league minimum?...

"Come to defend him"... LOL Perlini WAS an established middle six (3rd line) *winger* before he came to Detroit... What changed I wonder...

What? If Zadina turns out to be a 40 goal sniper, not a single Red Wings fan will ever regret not drafting Hughes... I still think Zadina will be the more valuable player over their careers. It's still way too early to determine, but we'll see...

Already got rid of Athanasiou... Zadina is also a client of Ferris... "F***ing terrible", but yet still better than Ehn, Erne, among others...

Gretzky... It's GRETZKY... Mother F***ing G R E T Z K Y ! ! !

12th forward and 6th defenseman... Not exactly a contentious issue... I still think there's more there with Perlini, but he's probably not going to get much more of an opportunity going forward, so there may not be much point in re-signing him... I'd still prefer him over Ehn or Erne. I'd be okay with Lindstrom in over Bowey, and I probably would have had him there, if it weren't for the Biega signing...

RFA's: Anthony Mantha - 6 years, $6.5M Tyler Bertuzzi - 5 years, $5M Robby Fabbri - 4 years $4.5M Brendan Perlini - 2 years, $1M Madison Bowey - 2 years, $1.5M Taro Hirose - 2 years, $950K Dominic Turgeon - 2 years, $800K UFA's: Sam Gagner - 2 years, $3M Cam Talbot - 2 years, $3M Buyout: Frans Nielsen Offer Sheet: Mikhail Sergachev - 4 years, $4.225M Trade: To CAR - Evgeny Svechnikov, 2021 3rd round pick To DET - Dominik Bokk Lafreniere - Larkin - Mantha Bertuzzi - Gagner - Fabbri Rasmussen - Filppula - Zadina Helm - Glendening - Perlini Hirose / Abdelkader Nemeth- Hronek Sergachev - Seider DeKeyser - Bowey Biega Bernier Talbot Grand Rapids: Veleno, Bokk, Smith, Turgeon, Pearson, Cholowski, Lindstrom, McIsaac 2021 Trade Deadline: Trade Filppula, Helm, Nemeth Call up Veleno, Smith, Cholowski

Not the same situation. Ericsson is a pending UFA. Big difference in my opinion. In two years, if Nielsen is still around (I doubt he will be), I'm sure Yzerman would have no problem demoting him. With two years remaining though, I don't see it...