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Every player wants someone to overpay them. lol $6 million for three/four years would be fine. No, it wouldn't be cheap or short term. And even if Stevie did want to sign him, he probably wouldn't want to be on a rebuilding team in his prime years, but things do happen. That goalie outlook is terrifying. Bernier is a backup forced into a starter's role and Pickard is an AHL starter at best. Def gotta sign somebody with Howard retiring or moving on.

Nielsen is lazy and he sucks. Hated that signing since that idiot Holland panicked and overpaid for him when Dats jumped ship.

Stevie should get on the horn with Lehtonen.

Neocon shill.

We do have McIlrath. He should be in Detroit handling the rough stuff, but he's in GR. I swear he was told not to fight anyways though. Mantha being out sucks, but it's not a big deal. Cause we need to finish 31st. Absolutely. He should be wearing the C.

Merry Christmas!!! s***ter was full!!!

Not much up here by usual standards, but i'm sure we'll get hit hard in January. We had 6-7 feet last winter.

Meh, it's not a huge deal. It was just pointless. Shoulda given Pickard the playing time and kept Svetch.

This is what the team needs, just keep bombing. WHEN they finish last i'm hoping to get first overall. But some how, it just seems impossible that Detroit would ever get one.

Jimmy, please don't get hurt again. That is all.

Yeah, they are. But a young guy who isn't injury prone is good to have. With an NHL deal though, it doesn't work if your keeping Howard and Bernier. Trading Bernier would be great, Stevie should def try to make it attractive at the deadline. The guy has no future in Detroit as a starter, he's not skilled enough to deal with the amount of rubber. he sees. He's better as a backup or part of a tandem on a good team with a solid D. Something has to be done to fix the goalie situation this summer.

He used to fair pretty well against guys like McGrattan. Nowadays, who knows. But he's a big dude who can throw em, good enough in today's league.

Should have kept Comrie instead of one of Howard or Bernier. I think either would clear waivers, not joking. Overall though, we just have no luck in net. Howard gets hurt, Bernier takes over with Pickard backing up, Comrie comes aboard, Pickard gets sent down, Comrie gets waived after a short stay to make room for Howard. Howard isn't quite ready, so Pickard comes back up for one game, Bernier gets hurt.

Need to keep McIllrath up on the big club. Blash seems to have a leash on him in regards to fighting, but just having him on the back end keeps teams honest. Having him taking up a roster spot doesn't hurt anything.

Agreed. But if he wasn't going to give Comrie a real shot, he should have just called up Pickard and given him the playing time. Just seems absolutely pointless. Winnipeg ended up taking him back off waivers, and they're sitting at 3rd overall in the West. They must feel there's something there if he's given the time to work on it. He's barely seen any NHL action in his career. Who knows. Weird stuff.

They waived Comrie??? Of course they were going to lose him. What the hell was the point of trading for him to give him three games and ship him out? Because Howard was ready? LOL I never bag on Stevie, but that was stupid. Oh well. Would have made sense to ride it out with Pickard instead of wasting a prospect, no matter how low end, on a goalie they were just going to get rid of unless he survived a trial by fire in limited games.

Bernier just cause he's younger and in better shape. But I don't want either around after this season. lol Or right now for that matter.

Nah, Bernier isn't injury prone. He sucks, but he's in better shape than Howard. If anything you trade/waive Howard and roll with Bernier and Comrie. I agree, AA should not be traded. If anyone is moved at the deadline it should be a vet with an expiring contract headed for UFA, but i don't see any interest in them. Nielson i'd love to see get moved but no ones taking on that contract.

Well, that's how bad this team is. lol Players and Blash thought he did well, but any goalie stuck behind that D is gonna get lit up. Could have been worse. He may not improve the net sitch much, but I'd rather see him play instead of Bernier. We know what we have with Bernier. Who knows, The more Comrie plays, the better he may get. It is very hard to judge any goalie on this team with the mess were in, but it is what it is. Just start the kid, get Bernier some croissants and tell him to sit back and relax. Yeah i had read about that. The first goal that went in never should have either. An opposing player shouldn't get three whacks at a puck in the crease ffs.

I don't want Seider anywhere near this team this season. It's pointless.

So Comrie was apparently the lone bright spot in this loss, despite the score. Game could have been a lot worse without some of the stops he made and he was hung out to dry quite a bit. I'd like to see him keep starting games, f*** Bernier. He can ride the pine for awhile.

Seider was a steal by Yzerman. Read something on him yesterday, he's looking like the real deal. Constant progression. We should not bring him up this season, unless it's towards the end.

The thing with Mraz is his overall numbers in Detroit are solid, but he was inconsistent. He flew through the minors and stole the starting job with the big club, at one point in the 2015-16 season he was the best in the league stats wise and in the early Vezina convo. Then something happened. I think opposing teams figured him out, his habit of trying to be a show off and caught out of position, and they capitalized on that. Then he'd just get pissed, and when coaches tried to work with him to correct his erratic style, he'd get even more pissed and blow them off. He'd never really faced adversity in his career till that point. I think Holland not being able to move Howard contributed to his s***ty attitude too. It was all entitlement. He earned that money he got in arbitration, but your right, he never really lived up to it after making a fuss. Then Holland said screw it, your gone. But worse contracts have been handed out. Look at Scott Darling, Carolina signed him to be their number 1 guy after his great play in Chicago, but he never lived up to it. At all. Horrid first season, then banished to the minors for the second and traded in the summer for Reimer. Florida bought him out and made him a UFA no one wanted. He had to go to Austria to take a backup job. Mrazek/Detroit just wasn't in the cards. Yep, outside the org is really the only way to get someone capable. But with Howard gone that opens up 4 million. If they decide to buy out Bernier, that frees up more to shop with. We'll see how it works out in the offseason, but for now Howard/Bernier/Comrie should finish out the season. I'd rather have it that way. Team isn't doing anything, may as well bottom right out and get the guaranteed top 4 pick. This season is a write off, Yzerman seems to just be using it for evaluation to see what he has to work with.

Yeah, I think Mrazek wanted off the team as well, move was mutual. The trade to Philly and Holland signing Bernier aren't related, but Holland not wanting to qualify one for a million more than he signed the other for was a weird move. That was Holland's excuse for the trade on his end at the time, the money. I dunno what other options were available other than Bernier at the time either. The net issue is a huge one. When you have 4 goalies that have seen ice already this season, there's a problem. Don't want to become another Philly with mistake after mistake passing through the system for years and years. None of the guys in the system are close to ready, if they ever will be. Larsson was looking great until this season. Other than him, there's not much promise down there. The team will move on from Howard and Bernier soon enough, and the only option is a reliable UFA starter. Hopefully the backup role can be filled in house, but the team will have to look outside for immediate help going forward. Hopefully no long term big money deals, but if it has to happen then it does. Having a goalie that can steal games for a rebuilding team is pretty key for development of the other players. When 6 pucks cross the line (absolutely unacceptable however you look at it) every night, it just leads to frustration and regression. Seeing Larkin act like he has been is disappointing and he needs to man up and deal with it, but winning games and not losing by 4 or 5 many nights wouldn't hurt. He can't be the only young player that's frustrated, the others just do a better job of hiding it.