DickieDunn

There is no way of knowing who the Wings would have taken. They may have wanted Cholowski, knew they could probably get him a few picks later, so they were ok with that move. Or they might ahve just not thought highly of Chychurn

Without making trades, the Wings don't really have a lot of cap room. Tatar is likely to get around $4.5 mil a year. AA Either a short deal around $2-2.5 mil or a 4-5 year deal at closer to $4 mil, and XO probably around $1.5 short term. That eats up most of the cap room just re-signing their 3 RFAs. If AA takes the shorter cheaper deal, which the Wings probably prefer, they can sign a cheaper player. D is the bigger need by far. Nashville is rumored to be looking for a top 6 forward. I'd be calling them seeing if they'd be willing to send one of their top 4 D in exchange for Tatar, Nyquist, AA, Mantha, or Svechnikov the cornerstone of the package, with other pieces coming and going depending on which forward it would take and which D comes back. I don't think it's a stretch to say they have 4, or even 5, guys as good or better than anyone the Wings have.

Never gonna give Foo up, never gonna let Foo down / Never gonna run around and desert Foo / Never gonna make Foo cry, never gonna say goodbye / Never gonna tell a lie and hurt Foo

Can't get much worse than these two morons Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Well, I work in a shop, not and office. I'd have a window open for a bunch of sites and probably never get any work done if I actually had a desk job

I would if work let me bring my laptop in. I'm not even supposed to be on my phone moat of the time I post on here with Tapatalk. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

There are two moves that would help the team more than anything else they could do, fire Holland and take out the Trashill Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Blashill would have him running for the KHL after a day of practice Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

If he's younger and a reclamation project give him 2 years. If he's older give him 1 year and trade him at the deadline Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

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That's my point about Backman. Guy couldn't crack the lineup 2 or 3 years ago in GR Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Do the Grifs need a defenseman? Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Ummmmmmmmm.... What? Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Little Spencer Foo Foo skating through the defense, picking out a corner and putting it in the net. And in came Jeff Blashill, and he said ... Little Spencer Foo Foo I don't want to see you skating through the defense and putting it in the net. You need to defend, defend, defend, or I'll send you to the Walleye Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

I bet he listened to Trashill take about da process fur 30 minutes straight and said "nope." "We see you as maybe as good as Glendening in 3 years after you get da process down." Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

He was a D when they drafted him.

Would you rather he be offered a shmoke und a pancake. You know, a flapjack und a shigarette? No? Shigar und a waffle? No? Pipe und a crepe? No? Bong und a blintz? No? Well, then there ish no pleashing you Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

By the team, you mean Toledo, right? Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk I was interested by Frk and intrigued by AA's speed. I thought both of them could be good picks if they rounded out their game. I was half right. McKee, I had some hope that he'd learn to play and not just chuck knuckles and turn into a big nasty checking winger. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Not many, if any, complaints about picks 3rd round back. I'm not sure what you point is unless it's they might get lucky and find another late round star Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Obviously it's in spite of Holland. I bet it will be Draper or Wright that talked him into coming here, Holland probably wanted to take him to Long John Silver's for dinner when they met. Moron.

Frk played 2 games for the Canes. But yeah, pretty typical draft results, especially the later picks.

You don't need to be a draft expert to see Rasmussen not getting primary assists, which is something centers generally pick up, and that he looks like he might be limited in the NHL. You don't need to be a draft expert to see that the Wings have needs at center and D and they used the 9th pick to get a guy who looks a lot more like a winger than a center. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

He should get credit for the good picks and other moves. And yes, people who just dislike him will blame him for the bad and give everyone else credit for success (Holland had nothing to do with the Wings winning any Cups, all the bad decisions were his, and Yzerman gets the credit for building the Lightning even though he started with some pretty nice cornerstones). And people who think he's fantastic do the opposite. I just feel this is a very underwhelming pick and there were better choices available. Rasmussen looks a lot like a bigger version of Clarkson. Vilardi is more of a center and still big. Tippett looks like a more talented winger. Or he could have gone with a D, which is a bigger need. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

No, but it's his job to make the final say Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk