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I agree Nyquist will bring us more, but I honestly do not think Holland will trade him. Unless someone offers an overpayment like for Tatar. I think he'll shop the likes of Helm and Glenny and AA, unless he is already dealt before TDL. As much as I have disliked the Nyquist contract, I am sure he would not be re-signed for anything larger, so if he hung around and re-upped for about $3M-$3.5M, I could live with his production. Same goes with Howard. Unless someone is offering a deal we cannot refuse, evaluate what you have in the system that may take over the starting job, and then just re-sign Jimmy for a lot less compared to what he makes now and keep him as the B/U. At $2M-$2.5M, Jimmy is more than worth having as a back up.

She's so angry because they're sisters, can't you see the resemblance?

Yes, he is arbitration eligible, that is true, but that may work in HIS favor considering the amount of goals he has scored for us the last two season's. Also, I believe if he gets awarded a contract instead of just signing one, he cannot be traded for the first year of it. But, again, I am not advocating trading him for the sake of it, but if he brought us the opportunity to have another top 10 pick, more specifically, Oliver Wahlstrom, then I'd do it.

I agree. I am a huge AA fan, and would hate to trade him, but if we're getting Wahlstrom in the deal, then I feel it would be something that I'd have to do...PLUS, who knows what kind of holdout he'll be for us this time around!

Hmmmm, interesting indeed...

Not sure Nielsen would waive his NMC to go to Montreal though. IMO, if both of Serron Noel and Mat Samuelsson are not on the board when we pick at Vegas' spot, I trade back and try to acquire the two more high 2nds. But ONLY for 2nds, none of this 2nd and 3rd crap, we'd be losing out then, we may as well just keep our 3 picks in between 28-36 in stead of just two and a fourth 3rd. The whole idea would be to have 4 picks in between 32-38. If Montreal does not want to be a player, then the Isles have #41 and #43 in the 2nd. Plus I still use one of my 6th's on Liam Kirk.

I'm just going to say, for the record, I have NOT been able to find any information about him having concussions. I thought someone said it was on his Elite Prospects page. I didn't see it there, nor have I found anything else. I even listened to a Craig Button interview from a few days ago, and he didn't say anything about concussions. Although he says he is not in the same class as Hughes, Dobson and Bouchard. He has some criticism for him too. Pretty much saying that those three have separated themselves from Boqvist. He has Arizona taking Hughes, Detroit taking Bouchard and Vancouver taking Dobson, but says those guys can go at any of those spots and it wouldn't matter. But definitely feels they are all better than Boqvist. https://www.tsn.ca/radio/vancouver-1040/button-don-t-feel-boqvist-is-in-same-class-as-hughes-dobson-bouchard-1.1073407

I think it's funny how people think Wings fans are the best fans. Jesus, just look at Winnipeg. You could pay Wings fans to go to a game, and they'd still wouldn't cheer and involve themselves like this. I happen to think the fans that go to our games are some of the most boring fans in the entire NHL.

Because Twitter is stupid and allows worse people to tweet.

Geez Vegas! are we now, 28th or lower with their 1st rounder? If Vegas goes on to the finals, I bet Holland deals that pick for 2 more 2nds! XO and Vegas 1st to Montreal for two of their FOUR 2nds sounds good. I'll take the #33, #35, #36, #38 then!

It's very good that we'll be signing him! Two years probably. Better than letting him go UFA and play good and help a team like Pit or Chicago! Ugh! We can sign JT, then trade Svech Sr and AA to Carolina to play with his brother for a D man! Litterally nobody can screw this off season up!

Answer: Coaching Staff.

This is good news!

man if only there was a right handed scoring winner we could have drafted.

Well we'll get JT this summer, finish about 9th or 10th from bottom, get the lottery bump to #1 over-all, draft Hughes, then sign Karlsson and OEL. That is why Holland got 2 more years, he is going to make this the best two summers of acquisitions and drafts EVER! I mostly kid, but could you imagine that haul? WOW! Larkin could go back to being a Winger too! Larkin - JT - Mantha AA - Hughes - Ras Z - Nielsen - Bertuzzi Abby - Glen - Helm Frk Karlsson - Bouchard OEL - Daley Cholowski - Dekeyser Ericsson Who the hell would be our G's then? With that lineup, would we even need G's?

That was my point. It says he chased money instead of winning. Plus bad mouthed us because "we don't pay what UFA's are worth." Has he seen some of the contracts Holland has given?

Wiz was the one to publicly say that Detroit doesn't pay players what they are worth. This was back when he was traded to and re-signed by Columbus before he hit the UFA market. I am sure they are glad they paid him "what he was worth."

Did i say anything but "whoa.." But, ya, I forgot the recent news, now I get it!

@ChristopherReevesLegsWell, I was actually going with the type of attitude Wizzer has, but if you want to troll....

Wisniewski also refused to even consider playing for us....what does that say then.

Whoa......

What's wrong with his list? He is just ranking D-men. Those top 4-5 look pretty spot on. With the concussion issues, Boqvist still in top 10, don't see any problems. ...and who's to say he's not a scout, nobody knows. Not everyone can be a professional internet troll. You're a very tough act to follow.

...and concussion history is not.

Yep, clean hit, principle point of contact was shoulder, but you had to figure eventually the NHL was going to massage the balls of Sid and The Divers. Meanwhile they allow him to chop off fingers and throw water bottles at players during play. I don't even know why I watch anymore.

I am not judging him, I am simply saying that you have to factor everything in when drafting this high. If he and Bouchard are there, they are equally as good, have equal potential and equally ranked, then something like past concussion issues must factor into your decision on who to pick. For my money, I pick the one with no concussion history. We all feel that we will be a lottery team again next season, but you never know and you may not see a #6 pick again in a long time. FWIW if any of the other 3 top d-men had this history,I would factor that in on them as well. If they all had history and Boqvist didn't, I draft Boqvist.