Wheelchairsuperhero

He's not defensive stalwart and gets lost in his own zone sometimes, but this part of your post invalidates the rest for me as It just doesn't happen. I've seen his positioning in his own zone criticized and chalked up to the pace of the game that he hasn't adapted to yet. I've never seen, or witnessed, this cherry picking mentality you've repeatedly talked about. If you're gonna maintain your normal shtick of being down on Zadina every time he's brought up, at least do it right. This guy gets it. That's a great summary of his defense right now IMO. Also, Art Regner is a giant turd ferguson.

I'm sure glad we're back up and I can quit going to Reddit now. I missed you guys.

This kid's what, like 12? I think I can live with the fact that he wants to see some titties, even if I think It's not the smartest move considering the microscope he's under. Seems like it worked too. He had that "omg I just saw some boobies" reaction.

I agree with the bolded. Also as much as I'd love to see Veleno surprise and make the squad, and won't doubt the possibility, I'm not sold that he's ready. Love him as a prospect and the direction he's trending, but at this point I'm down for him being on the Griffins. Like you said too, even if he makes the squad I wouldn't be shocked to see him on the wing to start.

How dare they. I generally like you but you appear to be playing resident contrarian edgelord these days, almost like you're perpetually grumpy and hate any sort of fun. It's okay to be mildly excited about little things, in fact I much prefer it to the usual pissing and moaning. I'm not sitting here rock hard over the move or anything. God forbid people find little things to be hopeful about during this period of irrelevancy for the Wings.

Saw this. I like seeing these kinds of things even though I really have no idea what goes on when it comes to strength/conditioning. Read somewhere that Yzerman was really trying to get this guy.

I was watching this, definitely cringed a little. That's quite the turnover.

It's bait, and not even good bait at this point. Don't take it.

If you can add a good, young player for peanuts you should, if anything just for the extra asset to play with later. We also don't have to do anything, we have quite a bit of cap space IIRC. I'm not sure what mystical thing is going to happen once all those crappy contracts are off the books. Also tanking is stupid, as the last couple of years should've indicated to everyone, and just because that may be his plan it doesn't mean I agree with it, or the execution of it. You can spin it how you like, and I'm generally optimistic, but for better or worse the off season has been rather underwhelming. It all may be moot, as maybe Gusev had zero interest in being here in the first place. But hey, It's still probably nice to be a NJ fan right about now.

Pretty good chance the Devils just acquired a star for basically nothing. Must be nice to be a New Jersey fan these days.

I got sad

yikes

My knee jerk response is to be unhappy with this. Replacing a proven guy with experience for the Dwight Schrute of the Wings makes me nervous, and confused. With that said maybe Draper has an amazing eye for talent, who the f*** knows?

#teamGusev. Get er done Stephen

I disagree with the premise that teams don't make dumbass decisions.

VGK dropped the ball with Shipachyov and they're about to make a bigger mistake in losing Gusev.

I'd be thrilled to nab Gusev. Wonder what it'd cost.

It was mentioned a lot while he was in Toronto how good of a shutdown C he was. I've never really paid attention, but if Babcock trusted him I imagine there's something to it. I'm still a bit surprised about the return though tbh. Isn't Tyson Barrie pretty darn good himself?

Holland still believes

Well, I sure hope he has plans to move some bodies out now.

Lol wow. Look at all that unrestrained emotion in the form of mild questions. You're right though, you're definitely not a troll. Btw, here's you bringing him up, not me: I now realize I've fallen for the bait again and am admittedly a bit ashamed of myself.