bIueadams

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    New New Prospects Thread

    2019 is a big win if Johansson and Soderblom pan out. Seider alone makes that draft a win. I just hate wasting two 2nd rounders. 2020 looks very decent as well with Raymond, Wallinder, Viro and Hanas. Maybe Sebrango and Niederbach too. 2021 outside of Cossa and Eddog, Mazur and Buium look very good. Zito also has late steal potential. You shoulda been here during that season. There was an ongoing flame war about whether we should even select any goalie in the first round that lasted all season. But all of us pro goalie bros were on team JesperWillBeAWing. Only @marcaractac wanted Cossa and SY listened for some reason.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Holland got to pick as high as SY one single time
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Traded Alec Regula for nothing. Wasted a 2nd rounder on Anti Tuoumisto Wasted a 2nd rounder on Robert Mastrosimone
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    2022 Playoffs Thread

    You guys are wrong about Holland
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    2022 Playoffs Thread

    First off, i really dislike Ken Holland, and I dissaprove of what he did in his final years here. But i also come from a management background and I did pretty well in high school, so I think I understand what happened more than most. If I had been in that room I wouldve stopped most of those bad signings and bad picks from happening. I would go as far as to say I dissaprove of those bad management decisions more than the Illitch family does. Despite it being their money and organization, they probably dont dissaprove of Holland and the job he did more than I do. But heres the thing. No matter how much you dissaprove of the guy, no matter how much you dislike him, you have to be aware of and admit to yourself that having someone with that background, level of cache, that level of respect, swagger, penash, je ne sais quio, savoir faire, that level of X factor, as we say in the sales business, having the brains of someone like that in the organization is crazy. I mean hey, i wish i could travel back in time and take him out b4 the abdelkader and Helm and Nielsen signings. But how do you say no to this man? How do you not trust him? You cannot say no to somebody like that. In that position with his background and achievements. If Scotty Bowman told you to sign Frans Nielsen for $10 million per you do it. Same for Holland. Now to get to my point... did Holland play Yzerman? SY stated when he was hired that Holland himself organized and facilitated his return to Detroit. Why would Holland do this unless he wanted out so he could seek greener pastures? Namely pastures with a McDavid and Draisatl in them. SY forfeitted two cups (maybe 3) to clean up Hollands afterbirth, while Holland sits pretty in the playoffs right now ready to roll the Avs. Whos the loser here? Doesnt appear its Ken. Kane looks like a genius signing now, and he has McDavid taking over games. For the first time the Avs will step onto the ice without having the best player in the room. Holland builds playoff teams and it looks like his next dynasty is about to begin.
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    2022 Draft / UFA

    What if we just ignore 2C in UFA and go for BPA? Here me out, every team has weaknesses and holes, places where they want to improve. 2C is our glaring one, but we also lack talent everywhere. Up and down the roster. A major addition at any position drastically improves us. Look at Larkin. Without wingers he was a 50 pt center. With Bertuzzi and Raymond he's an 80 pt center. Going for BPA (wingers) could drastically improve our output at 2C. Thinking Suter/Veleno/Ras here. If we want any 2C not named Malkin or Draisatl to perform we have to give them tools to work with. Lets give our current boys something better than Fabbri and Zadina. BPA also gives us the benefit of a sheer higher influx of talent. Something we desperately need. Bertuzzi - Larkin - Forsberg ($8) Vrana - Suter - Raymond Palat ($6) - Rasmussen - Zadina Fabbri - Veleno - Berggren Sundqvist Zadorov ($4) - Seider Edvinsson - Hronek Edler ($3) - Lindstrom Oesterle Four lines that can all score. Plus we have to spend around 20 million anyway. This represents 21.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Really hoping Soderblom makes the team. The potential matchup issues this kid is going to cause for other teams is going to be tremendous. Imagine you staple him to the top line with Larkin. Opposing teams won't be able to deploy their smallish top Dmen against our top forward line. Dmen like Hughes, Makar, Krug, etc. They wont be able to handle his sheer size and strength. As long as this kid isnt timid. Doesnt have to be mean. Just not timid. Not to mention, this isnt a Rasmussen situation either. This kid has way more skill AND benches a whopping 300 lbs. Other teams will be forced to deploy their bigger, stronger, slower Dmen against our top line. Guys like Zadorov, Chara, Oleksiak, etc. This could be a scoring buffet for our top line. Vrana - Larkin - Soderblom Bertuzzi - UFA - Raymond All of the sudden we have a deep top 6. Fabbri - Rasmussen/Veleno/Suter - Berggren And a 3rd scoring line ready to come into its own. If SY can sign some decent Dmen and Eddog performs as billed - we could have an exciting season ahead of us.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Agreed.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    He suspects you are the sock account of a former poster called NITF. NITF was obsessed with drafting Walstedt. He also thought everything in the NHL was "rigged". Obviously you are not this person. You're just smart enough to see Walstedt is indeed the better goalie.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Just realized im confusing Bultman for Pronman. Pronman was dissapointed with the pick. Picked too high. Then 4 months later (before the season started) he 180ed his opinion. I just dont get how you can come to a conclusion on a player - no new play happens - and then you suddenly reverse your take. Scott Wheeler straight up said Soderblom isnt good. Moron.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    How rigged do you suspect the league is? Sure, but when you watch tape of Seider and your take away is he sucks, i start to seriously question your opinion and judgement.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    The Athletic is the top of the line. But some of their "expert" "opinions" are cringe as hell. We've had plenty of posters on this board who have better judge of talent than they do. For example, Since we're talking about Soderblom, at least years training camp Scott Wheeler pooped all over Soderblom saying he's not very talented and probably has no future. I hope he's at least as humble as Bultman was with Seider, and will come out and say he screwed up. It's just funny that they deciede to flap their gums about Seider and Soder not being good - when theyre secretly the best players - but then they have nothing to say about Zadina, Tuomisto, and Veleno. Amatuers.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    The only one who hasnt been paying attention to Soderblom is you apparently. I absolutely agree, he's more of a sniper than net front type. He's used primarly in off hand shooting postions on the PP. But he does play net front and he's VERY good at it. He's very creative at finding ways to score in front of the net. It's one of his biggest strengths. There's plenty of footage of this. Go watch it. And really? You're citing Max Buttman as your ace in the hole? The same guy who called Seider a mistake? You need to do your homework and stop relying on butt boy to tell you how to think.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    More like: Johansson - Kampfer McIsaac - Lashoff Sebrango - Newpower Viro - Barton I admit walnuts looks like the better draft pick right now, but im not grouping Cossa with Larsson just yet. Id like to watch him in GR first, like with Zadina and Cholo.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Walstedt is clearly the better goalie today Cossa needs seasoning at a pro level yet, which walnuts has already and is getting. Real test for Cossa will be GR which he hopefully starts in this coming season.
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Cossa getting lit up against an actual good team now.
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    2022 Draft / UFA

    Friedman says Toronto likes Bertuzzi a lot but no one interested in Tuzzi bc of his vax status. Says he talked to one coach he suspected was interviewing with Detroit, and the coach refused to speek to him bc of fear of yzerman finding out. Says SY hates leekers and puts the fear of god in his staff. Asked Friedman who has the Michael Jordan "dominate" attitude? Elliotte says Pronger... Pronger liked to beat you, let you know he beat you, embarass you, and beat you up. Says he thinks Crosby, Spezza, and Lidstrom will make phenomenal executives one day. Tells story about Lids that Babcock told him. That Lids was the best player hes ever had who didnt think he was important at all. Says Blake Comeau will make a great NHL coach one day. Tuomisto leaving Denver for Finland
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    Rumors Thread

    Think its a combination of spam and no site administrator. We get a sudden surge of bots on the site to post spam and it crashes the forum. Normally this could be corrected very quickly but Matt is completely out to lunch, so it gets fixed only when he finally notices hes not getting his small amount of ad revenue anymore. He wont respond to messages from the mods about this on here or any other platform. So it is what it is. Maybe Matt takes interest again when the Wings get good.
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    Rumors Thread

    Idk was down for 5 or so days
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    Rumors Thread

    Who is this Knies fellow that I should care?
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    New New Prospects Thread

    Hirose re-signed. 2 years. He gonna be another Lashoff I guess.
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    2022 Draft / UFA

    Who does he have us taking this year? DM him and send him over.
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    2022 Draft / UFA

    No one seems to have a clue at this draft. Fans and experts alike.
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    Rumors Thread

    To DET: Kerfoot + Mrazek + Sandin + 1st + 1st To TOR: Bertuzzi + Zadina Vrana - Larkin - Raymond Fabbri - Kerfoot - Berggren Rasmussen - Suter - Soderblom Erne - Veleno - Sundqvist Sandin - Seider Edvinsson - Hronek Walman - Lindstrom Ned Mrazek
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    Rumors Thread

    Larkin blows lmao But nah we were talking about Bertuzzi