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I wonder if the Cats will convince him to retire at some point with the agreement that they continue paying him that salary, just as a coach or executive instead Did I not call this one way back at the begining of the season? PerbixWatch2025

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LeBrun is reporting that Vegas has invested a lot into the safety of their transportation infrastructure, and that Andersson and his scooty will only extend with VGK

Good deal for Bergy. Unless there's massive improvement, we can now flip him at the... nvm SY doesnt do deadlines

Pick up Glendog and Jeannot from Tampa. Tighten up that 4th line and add some pushback and call it a summer. I laugh but this could happen. Minny already said plans to play him on the 2nd line and theres a good chance he rebounds.

IMO Yzer isnt ready for that big of a gamble no matter the return. Its more about petterssons contract and him being a complacent player that upset his teammates in Vancouver. If that attitude continued in Detroit it would pretty much undo all of SYs last 6 years... Ekblad is off the market. Marner likely being traded to Vegas... This UFA market is thinning rapidly. We may be forced into a trade, and other teams likely feeling the same way.

Glendog was the bestdog. A real good boy.

No bud for Stevie if he signs Boeser. That contract is gonna be a disaster. Id honestly be fine with bringing back Kane and not adding any other forwards. Soder, Berg, and Mazur need the playing time. Instead spend it all on D. Enough D to take Gus and Holl out of the nightly lineup.

Was having a convo with a friend about how well Nightingale has turned around the Michigan State hockey program, and I guess this didnt register with me until my buddy mentioned it... Nightingale isnt some genius college hockey coach, he was in the right place at the right time... the rule changes to the NCAA now allow players to get paid, and Nightingale suddenly has MSU football money behind him. Because of this rule change we are witnessing a huge shift in the prospect landscape. Players are choosing college over the OHL more often now. For example Gavin McKenna, next years #1, is down to MSU or Penn State as his destination. This shift is also a dream scenario for the Red Wings. Because the only teams with serious hockey programs and serious athletics money generated from football/basketball are Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State. So we have 2/3 of the future powerhouse colleges in our backyard. The ivy leagues and teams like Quinnipiac are doomed. And even programs like Minnesota and Boston will struggle to compete. Michigan the state is geared for total hockey dominance.

Friedman reporting that Stevie has talked to NYR about a possible trade for Miller

Naturally. I think you can put some of the blame on Osaer, Salajko, and Westlund. But in the end Yzerman hired Osaer and Westlund, and has already dismissed them. Now that we have Gibson and Cossa is getting very close, it was probably a good time to reset. So at least Yzerman is doing something about it.

Tarasenko is gone! Hooray! Thank you... MINNESOTA my favorite team. $23+ mil in cap space for tmrw now...

Per Bultman, Phil Osaer - Head of goalie scouting and development is leaving the team. We also still need a new goalie coach. By my count, 14 different goalies have suited up for the Red Wings in the 6 years since Yzerman took over. So averaging 2.33 new goalies per year. Those numbers are WILD when you consider that Holland only suited up 18 different goalies in his entire 21 year tenure as Wings GM. Averaging less than 1 goalie a year at 0.85. Whomever we hire for goalie coach this summer will be Yzerman's 3rd GC in 7 years. Again, WILD, as Holland only had 2 GCs in his 21 year wings tenure. Stevie watching his goalie carousel like:

Hi, I'm Tyler Wright. You may remember me from 1st round picks such as Filip Zadina, Dennis Cholowski, Michael Rasmussen, Evgeni Svechnikov, Joe Veleno, Anthony Mantha, Reid Schaefer (EDM), Xavier Bourgalt (EDM), and Ryan Murray (CBJ). And now the good folks at LA Kings Studios and I are proud to bring you our newest 1st round selection: Henry Breauswitz Ya know, when Ken Holland asked me to join his staff and become a big time Hollywood star with him, I couldn't have been happier. We've developed a long history together of my phone number being the only actors number that he can remember. And that history between us was built upon a solid foundation of trial and error. Trial and error that resulted in the decemation of two other franchises prospect pools. But it's exactly that trial and error that's taught us both an important lesson; that sometimes it's better to triple down and change nothing about your staff or drafting strategy. And that's why Ken and I believe that this time it will work. Some say Hollywood actors like us are stupid. But we tell them we were only pretending to be stupid, and they believed it. Now that's good acting! We know our fans are going to fall in love with Henry Breautswitz once they see him out on the silver screen. And very soon you'll be able to watch him skate in countries such as Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Finland, and possibly even the Slovakian B league. So renew those season tickets, and say that good ol LA Kings Studios slogan: It's perfectly natural to try the same thing over and over and expect different results

And how has our royalty of the rink been doing so far down in the land of Kings you ask? Well they're off to a noble start of course... They traded their best young RHD in Jordan Spence away at the draft, in order to make room for future stud RHD Brandt Clarke. They got back a 3rd and a 4th round pick for Spence from Ottawa. Now I know what you're thinking... "Jimmyyyyy, that's not a very good return for a RHD that made the Kings roster at only 22, and has already proven that he can consistently put up 30 pts from the backend in 2 different seasons with only 3rd pairing minutes... this kid could be a stud in Ottawa! And all the Kings got was 2 lousy picks outside the top 60???" Calm thyselves peasants, Kings are at work here... With their 1st rd pick in the 2025 draft, the new and improved "Red Kings" selected a replacement RHD from Michigan. CLASSIC Holland/Wright move. Newest Kings player Henry Breuswitz was consistently ranked to go in the middle of the 2nd round, but ol crafty Tyler and Ken were able to pick him up in the 1st round. So who cares about Spence! He was from Australia anyway... that's not even a hockey country gang, they play weird sports like knifey spoony down there. Breuswitz came up in the Detroit honeybaked system, right under the watchful eyes of Holland and Wright.... THIS IS NOW A RED KINGS THREAD

Ol Ken, took Mr. Wright with him to Edmonton when he left. But was forced to fire him in Edmonton just a few years later in 2023. Since then Wright has been out of the league.... BUT WAIT Ken Holland is now leading the charge for LAK... Could it be? HE WOULDNT... ...Oh he did, Tyler Wright is BACK BABY. Joining Holland and Bergevin in LA for the 2025/26 season. A literal hollywood dream team is being assembled in Los Angeles, and I for one want IN on this bandwagon. The muscle - Biceps Bergevin The brains - Kickin' Kenny The idiot friend who desperately needed a job - Tyler

Yeah, and honestly the length of this rebuild - SY going slow and steady - is fine with me. Might not be exactly what I'd do in this particular moment, but I can understand the approach and why. The only thing that actually pisses me off about this rebuild is SY's inaction at TDL's. I won't get into all that again in this thread, but for 2 years now I haven't been able to find anyone around the boards who can come up with a reasonable excuse for it, and most won't even try to defend it. It's bad. It's wrong. And I could abide this rebuild for much longer if he'd least stop doing that (by doing somdthing). *Mandatory comment about Detroit being a city in Minnesota*

Also, the reason I posted the above in this thread is because the HF poster in question claimed there is about a 50/50 chance Yzerman moves to Devellano's position and appoints Draper as GM after the draft this offseason. I probably shouldve mentioned that... Reason being, it would buy the team good will from fans so that Yzerguy and Drapes can finish out "the plan" over the next two years without so much heat. I think the Gibson trade adds a lil bit of fuel to that fire. As Gibson's contract again coincides with this timeline. Now that the draft is over it will be interesting to see the term that Yzerman hands out on July 1. If this truly is the final leg of "the plan" I expect to see more 1-2 year deals like Gustafsson and Tarasenko (but hopefully more impactful than them).

The Italian stallion is done in the NHL isnt he? He's just never provided... anything. No identity as a player. He's akin to Joakim Andersson or Cory Emmerton. Just completely replaceable. That 2018 draft is nightmare fuel. Holland really cooked us. We had the 6th, the 30, the 33, and the 36th. Zadina is in Europe. Probably Joe now too. Berggren is a weak perimeter forward that probably doesnt survive the next 2 years on this team. And McIsaac is barely surviving in the Czech league. Wild.

Who is Ferrari? Can you post a link? When I google "Ferrari Svreck" I get nothing. I liked what Scouching had to say about him. That he's a kid that "will do whatever it takes to make the game move in the right direction" forecheck, battle, agitate, make plays. Kid wants to win at all costs. Apparently has a big shot as well. By the sounds of it he has a ton of natural potential and his offense - albeit a lil late to get drafted high - has begun to develop in big ways. Much like Kasper he's a non-Swede that moved to the SHL to develop his skills. Could be a late steal monster if Scouching (ferrari) is correct.

I don't mind this move. Especially since I believe Verbeek was asking for a 1st in return for Gibson last year. If you look at Gibson's career numbers, he was great, and then plummetted down to average at the exact time the Ducks as a team fell apart. He'll be the guy heading into the season, and if he plays like everyone knows he can we may FINALLY have a clear cut #1 and we can put to rest this dopey 3goalie sharing the net BS. Then after this season Talbot will be gone and Cossa can come up and learn from a guy who's actually been a true #1. Its a good gamble to take - but by god does Stevie love playing with new project goalies every couple months. Lets hope this one proves to hold up. Would really help our Goals Against.

I sense a theme to this draft: 1st - LW Carter Bear - physical tenacious big motor Canadian forward who can score 2nd - RW Eddie Genborg - big physical Swedish shopwrecking forward with limited offensive potential 3rd - G Michal Pradel - big Slovak goalie 4th - RW Brent Soloman - elite sniping American winger who dominated HS hockey 4th - LW Michal Svrcek - energy creating nuisance type Slovak forward that has developing offensive ability 5th - LHD Nikita Tyurin - finesse style two-way Russian Dman 6th - LHD Will Murphy - big physical Canadian defensive Dman that punishes oppenents but needs to skate better 7th - C Grayden Robertson-Palmer - heavy forechecking and attacking Canadian center Besides Tyurin and Soloman, Yzerman went all in on Compete + Physicality. Tells me he likes the talent we already have and now its time to sprinkle in some pushback and energy generators. Bear has 1st line potential, 3rd line floor. Genborg is likely a bottom 6er, but is already built to handle grown men and should have a quick path to the NHL. After that it's really all boom or bust prospects IMO. But there's some really nice potential booms in that mix: Soloman has elite shot accuracy and scored 66 goals in 44 highschool games. Just has to now build out the rest of his game. Project player for Cleary. Svrcek was ranked as the 11th best player in this entire draft by draft analyst Will Scouching. He thinks Svreck is a serious diamond in the rough that didnt get enough attention from NHL scouts. Robertson-Palmer was also described as a darkhorse late steal pick by Brock Otten director of scouting for McKeen hockey.

It may be a weak draft class for the players, but its being reported via Eklund that rumors are swirling that there is a strong class of beautiful mothers Lez go boissss

I really like Smaht Scouting if you wanna check them out. I find they have insightful takes, and care zero for how the other pundits or central scouting rank players. Therefore their rankings always end up much different, and I like that, as their rank is based on true honest scouting, and not "well we felt we had to rank him in the top 10 bc scott wheeler did" This year they had Bear at #9 overall. Quotes: "Bear is one of the most physical forwards in this entire class, constantly engaging with his body when there’s a puck battle to be won and getting into the house when the puck is in the offensive zone. He’s not just applying physicality to discomfort the opposition either: he uses all of the minor tips and tricks you’d hope to see a player use in these situations such as quick stick lifts, using his edges to get under opponents, and consistently smart route taking to make it so that he is constantly able to win said battles and make effective plays." "He lacks the sort of dynamic vision and skills you might hope for in a typical top line winger, but he’s smart enough with his decision making both on the rush and in the cycle that he can still set up linemates for high danger chances when the opportunity is there. Players who can provide a physical edge in their game while being able to produce are a rare and highly sought after commodity in the NHL, and Carter Bear projects to be exactly that at the next level."

2027 lineup: Buchnelikov - Larkin - Raymond Soderblom - Kasper - MBN Mazur - Lombardi - Compher Ras - Danielson - Berggren Xtra: Finnie, Plante, Kiiskinen, Bear Edvinsson - Seider Wallinder - ASP Buium - Albert J Xtra: Anton J, Cleveland Cossa Augustine