Jonas Mahonas

of course i realize this. and yes, a team could get the no 1 overall after winning the cup. Were you even alive in 1986 when detroit took Murphy? I bet not. 40 years without a chance at a generational talent.

Straight eyed, handsome north american boys and one rslur euro that absolutely f u c k s. the yzerplan

DOH!

I think the amount of tape available now has made in person scouting less necessary. Finding diamonds in Omsk, Russia that you only get to see if you go just isnt a thing anymore. Yzerman goes into the draft and finds the player most like 2002 Yzerman or any year Lidstrom, then drafts him. Simple strategy.

yah, his timeline fits the Kraken a bit better than ours.

we juat brought in Ghosty and Holl in UFA after bringing in Maata and Chiarot. And you wabt to throw abother mediocre defenseman in the mix. Edvinsson, Johansson, Wallinder, Tuomisto, ASP. We need to get these guys in the mix. Not the has beens of other teams.

Out of curiosity, why do we not want to see our draft picks play defense?

I hope ao. I have that zit faced rslur's jersey (the wrong one now) and will look like a total fslur wearing it if he stinks / a real nanochad if he tears it up.

The NHL could make one easy change that would make all the draft / tank / Betman nonsense moot. Put every team on a once every 32 years to get a No 1 overall schedule. Then worst to first minus the team with no 1. The league is showing that it cares more about making its big market teams visable with its current approach. And that's smart. But pretending it's all random is rslurred.

It's put up or shut up time for Berggren this year if he wants to slot in top 6. We're not getting anything out of Berggren so far in his career that we didn't get out of Mantha or Bertuzzi. I'm not saying he's Filip Zadina, because he's noticeably better than Zadina. But I'm also not saying he's Vrana either. He doesn't score by himself or create scoring for other players yet, so until that happens - HE'S WEAK. I think you're going to like what Compher, Champ, Kostin, and Fischer bring to the table this season a lot more than what Berggren brings to the table. Today's NHL, for 99% of the players, is about out hustling, out hitting, and outworking the other players. Being more manly than the other guy, in short. And that's why all of our Holland draft picks have fizzled. Because they are all beta males. They get punched in the face and ask for another. The guys Yzerman brought in during UFA do the punching or hit back at the very least. I'm hoping Berggren claws his way into the Larkin/Kasper/Lombardi/Danielson/Rasmussen/Debrincat/Raymond tier of players, but I'm not expecting it. I'm expecting him to focus so hard on his defensive game that he turns into an annual 20-25 pt producer on the 3rd line. And I'm not going to have a problem with that. The team needs guys that can play throughout the lineup during injuries, but don't break the bank. Berggen at 1.5 mil a season to play 3rd line LW minutes is just fine with me.

He's weak. His center needs to make him better, ad he doesnt make his center better. 3rd line project. Kasper and Ras will be our top 2 LWs.

Nah. No more swedish rslurs please.

EXACTLY Big difference is that Yzerman is not Betman. He has a one strike policy.

good for him

Shut up with your Tatar jizz fest, already! We arent taking on another Czech player. Yzerman hates Czechs now.

Is he Irish? He can claim its herritage if so. Total immunity.

Johnny Berggren's mom is Linn Berggren.

I think youre wrong here.

Youre acting like Kane has a no ufa clause that prevents him from ever having to play unfun hockey ever again. Reality - his leverage is gone. And I dont care who you are or what you say, money still talks. If the rest of the playoff teams can only pay Kane 1 million for half a season, and we can pay him 6, he's going to sign with the Detroit Red Wings. Whether he'd be a good fit is a different debate, but why not just remove the debate element? Put him in a top 9 blend with Raymond, Debrincat, Perron, Larkin, Compher, Copp, Rasmussen, Kane, Berggren and see what happens. Best case, he's born again hard and helps us to make the playoffs. Worst case, he fizzles and gets paid way too much for 4 months of hockey. Either way, the Wings dont have anything to lose except cap space and Ilitch's money. Kane has everything to gain, so Im betting he tears it up so he can get paid and get term next offseason.

The Tkachuks of the league are few and far between. Kane is an elite scorer. I would take him for a half a season and see if he fits.

Unreal. But this is the danger of signing other team's rejects. There is a reason the Kraken let him go so easily. He's a drunk. And Vrana was a cokehead. Sucks to be Yzerman right now.

Stutzle is a LW

Between Danielson, Kasper, and Lombardi, our center position has started to look a lot stronger. And one thing I forgot is that its not always the centers that have to make the wingers look good. If we pick up Kane, we'd have Rasmussen, Kane, Debrincat, and Raymond in our top 6. Thats a lot of skill upfront. I'd like to see Yzerman exhaust our cap space on Kane as a tryout this year. We have about 7 mil, so paying him 5-6 mil for 30-40 games would keep him where he's at money wise. If he lights it up and is a great fit, re-sign him. If it doesnt work out, adios. If Kane still has 3-4 good years in him and we let the opportunity to use em pass for no reason, that would be a waste.

Reno

https://detroithockeynow.com/2023/08/09/arizona-coyotes-want-land-mesa-new-arena-david-poile-top-five-trades/?fbclid=IwAR1jfyTASr-UBL5nHHFuaNy0ryJMqBWiZA34ji3PLcCitS93HMiykp6_dmM Note to Gary and the NHL: 1) Gays (Scottsdale) dont like hockey 2) Drug Addicts (Phoenix) dont like hockey 3) College students (Tempe) dont like hockey 4) Mexican Americans (Mesa) dont like hockey 5) Snowbirds from the midwest like hockey, but arent going to attend games GTFO of this state already! Jesus H. Christ for the 30th straight year. You know who likes hockey? Frenchies in Quebec like hockey. Why is this so hard?