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It’s always us and Buffalo that’s in the final running for big FA’s but neither have ever gotten their man

Holland will be on every elite FA every time. He’ll find the money somehow

I think Pierre has a Wings bias

How does the DD-Daley pairing look?

A lot of talk of Sheehan being sent to Pittsburgh as soon as AA's deal is signed I don't think it's unrealistic to expect close to 30 goals from Mantha this season

Did coreau start the second period?

First GDT??

So Holmstrom appears to be having a great camp? Is he starting in GR this year?

Ya that top line is pretty sexy Svech-Larkin-Mantha Abby should be able to hold down Svech's role for 1-2 years until he's ready. That's a dynamic group

I think those are the best lines you can expect with this roster. I have a personal investment in Abby getting back on track and getting around 20 goals or else that contract will be one of the worst in the league. Heard reports he's skating a lot better

Kronwall goes from 'Feeling great!' to back spasm may miss training camp. His problem is he wants to play so bad and is just clueless that his body is just done at this point

He's 32 he's not a 2C anymore pack it in everybody don't let facts and logic get in the way of your complaints

Imo Nielsen is still the second best center on this team. I'd like to see Larkin stay as 3C with easier matchups anyways

Bertuzzi will make the roster just hope Blashill doesn't have him scratched constantly

Hopefully that's a copy pasta

KHL offer has been on the table for months. If he didn't care to play in the NHL he would have signed a log time ago

I was going to add that I'm not saying AA is easily replaceable and I am a big fan of his. He's a raw talent right now and could become a great top six if he had the right attitude and just a commitment to be a great all around player. He has all the tools theirs no excuses. But also he's not setting the world on fire with his offense like people make it sound so expecting good defense to develop is something I expect from all players before they get a top six role. Imo he is one of, if not the worst defensive players of the forward group. Need to see improvements

Puck battles, everything along the boards, forcing turnovers... He should be killing it on the forecheck and back checking and he's one of the worst on the team. Getting good at these won't make his offense dip, it will likely increase and he'll be a great top six instead of a specialty scorer that a lot of teams don't have room for anymore. See Vanek

Maybe Kane but I doubt it. Ovechkin is underrated defensively he just pushes offense but can play D when he wants to. These guys can steal pucks and stop a cycle and AA can't but not from lack of trying he's just not strong enough. His back checking is worse than these guys too and that absolutely falls on him with his speed. He'd be playing a lot more if he back checked ever

You'd be hard pressed to find a top six forward in the NHL that's as bad defensively as AA at this point. You need some level of strength and awareness to be a top six forward

Has Holland turning down a Vice President role for Yzerman to step in as GM been confirmed as fact or is this speculation?

Funny I actually watched this yesterday. It's definitely mostly true but I think people should reserve their judgement until we miss the playoffs for a few years and we still don't have high end prospects in the system. The cupboard has been emptied expectedly. I mean it's a pretty knee jerk reaction to say the first year we missed the playoffs and we're back to the dead wings and will be bad for decades. Sounds pretty ridiculous to me. Fans of other franchises have been through much worse with no pay off and don't handle it as bad as wings fans

I love how AA is put on this pedestal for really pedestrian numbers but when Nyquist broke into the league he had way better numbers but now he sucks (to some people)

Wings have been controlling the play. Bad penalty kill and a defensive breakdown is why the'yre down. Pretty impressed by them actually

Saarijarvi looks good getting shots on net on the PP From what I've seen the D looks good at getting the puck out of their end quickly