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Huh?

Yes, but Duclair on a line with a defensive-minded C, makes him very dangerous! If the asking price is only a 2nd, I'd give it in a instant, plus I'd give them XO (like some have suggested) to sweetin the deal. He's well worth the gamble.

If Duclair would only cost a 2nd and XO, Holland should be all over it. But it's seems a little low...

Franson is coming here.

Why would Nashville be in the East and Detroit in the West? I think the author is just trying to bring back rivalries. Nashville is in the Central Time Zone, it sits way west of Detroit. Swap those two and then the alignments look fine.

When I win both of the lotteries this week, then after I purchased controlling interest in the Red Wings, I will put up ALL 4 numbers before by middle of next season. I will also have a special retirement for #'s 6, 16 and 24.

Either way, I am pretty sure Mrazek will not be here in 18-19. I'd love to get some kind of compensation for him, but (and remember I was a huge fan of Mrazek) I really could care either way, just as long as they don't qualify him. Just let him become a UFA and kind work elsewhere. I am one that is really disappointed that he flopped, he showed so much potential that half a season. He led the NHL in GAA, SAV and Shutouts. Then on his birthday game, he shat the bed and then was never the same...I also remember the time he was flying high and yelled and motioned at Helm for deflecting a puck into his own net. I wish I could find that goal to post the video, but that also seemed like where he started declining. Heck, it may have been the game after his birthday that season he took a dump... not sure.

I guess we see if we are JT winners this July, if he gets 91 or not. That will be a big indicator. I know he's not JT, but Richards wasn't able to wear it...and that at least tells me that they aren't trying too hard to separate themselves from Feds. Not that i believe they were trying, but if you listen to some people, you would think they hated each other. I'm betting nobody wears any of those 4 #'s again. I guess we'll see if we win JT. I think you're on to something, think of the players that lead us to Cups, most #s have been recycled at least once. 19 & 5 of course not used, but 8, 14, 39, 17, 13, 18, 2...all very important #s in our Stanley Cup run(s.) I'm sure I'm missing a couple as well.

Osgood is HOF material. You cannot say he has so many wins because he played in Detroit. He has 401 wins, with 84 of them coming while playing with NYI and STL. That's 20% of his wins NOT playing behind Detroit's D. All 4 must be retired, if they aren't, something stinks. The 3 others ARE Hall material. There is no debate.

All 4 yes. The remaining 3 to The Hall. No brainers.

...and enter the injury.

Try to trade Mrazek, if you can't, then don't qualify him in the off season. Either way, that's way less money you'll have to put out next season.

God, we REALLY need a defenseman to turn out!!!! PLEASE!!!

I say showcase all the players you might deal. We're already not going to the playoffs (not out yet, but we know how it's gonna end up) so it's not going to hurt to put Mrazek and XO in to get some interest from others...unless they're showcasing Howard and Ericsson....

Just want to point out in all this Mrazek stuff, Vegas didn't want Sheahan either, but obviously Pitt really did, to give up a player and a higher draft pick for him. Same could happen for Mrazek.

Fire Sale! Dump vets and bring up kids! Rest of the year "training camp!"

It might happen, Jimmy's injury is upcoming, as it is the new calender year. Honestly though, instead of arguing and saying it'll never happen, just say, looking back at Blashill's tendencies, the odds of a string of starts happening are slim. Look at that, me being a voice if reason...must be a new year!

Ya, I mean no trading players for players unless they're prospects. We aren't a Cup team missing a piece or two. We need to dump salary and acquire kids and picks. Acquiring any top D would cost us one of our kids AND our 1st. No thank you. We may not get the #1 overall, but odds are, if we're looking D, we're getting one of Dahlin, Boqvist or Hughes, any if which will be our top guy on D. Get multi 1sts and even more 2nds if we can. This draft is Great with talent.

Salary dump only. Acquire draft picks.

I honestly don't know if I'm serious.

Sarcasm.

Wrists never heal correctly, it's over. It'll always nag him, we'll always hear that he's not 100% healed. His faceoffs will suffer as will his shot. This is very unfortunate. As much as I was taken aback by him being drafted, I was really wanting him to become a force. Oh well....our luck.

To rid us of much needed cap, I'd get rid of Nyquist or Tatar for a project. But you're right, it's not as if we need him.

Quick Note: Mattias Samuelsson has rocketed into the top 20 on some lists, as a matter of fact he lands at #13 on hockeyprospects.com list. Could be a sleeper for someone. Maybe a high 2nd for us if drops a bit?

You have to ask yourself, if we do not get #1 and Dahlin, knowing we really need a defenseman, is Quinn Hughes the way to go? ISS has I'm at #5 right now, he doesn't rank any lower than 7 right now. OR do we just go for the best available? We drafted for need last year, should we do the same with a top 5 or go best available? I see Boqvist is ranked above him in 3 of the 4 below as well. Wonder why he falls to 8 in ISS when he is high as 3 in two of them and 4 in the other. Lets say you get #4 overall. If Hughes and Boqvist are there, which do you grab? Or do you go with Tkachuk/Zadina up front? FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS TOP 31 - FALL RANKING 1 Rasmus Dahlin (D) Frölunda HC SHL 26 5 6 11 12 2 Andrei Svechnikov (RW) Barrie Colts OHL 16 14 7 21 22 3 Adam Boqvist (D) Brynäs IF J20 SuperElit 17 11 7 18 16 4 Brady Tkachuk (C/LW) Boston Univ. NCAA 19 4 10 14 18 5 Filip Zadina (LW) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 32 24 22 46 17 6 Quinn Hughes (D) Univ. of Michigan NCAA 16 1 9 10 16 7 Joseph Veleno (C) Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL - - - - - 8 Ty Smith (D) Spokane Chiefs WHL 35 5 32 37 18 9 Oliver Wahlstrom (C/RW) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 26 16 15 31 20 10 Jared McIsaac (D) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 34 4 16 20 42 MCKEEN'S HOCKEY TOP 31 - DECEMBER RANKING 1 Rasmus Dahlin (D) Frölunda HC SHL 26 5 6 11 12 2 Andrei Svechnikov (RW) Barrie Colts OHL 16 14 7 21 22 3 Filip Zadina (LW) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 32 24 22 46 17 4 Adam Boqvist (D) Brynäs IF J20 SuperElit 17 11 7 18 16 5 Quinn Hughes (D) Univ. of Michigan NCAA 16 1 9 10 16 6 Brady Tkachuk (C/LW) Boston Univ. NCAA 19 4 10 14 18 7 Oliver Wahlstrom (C/RW) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 26 16 15 31 20 8 Ty Smith (D) Spokane Chiefs WHL 35 5 32 37 18 9 Jared McIsaac (D) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 34 4 16 20 42 10 Ryan Merkley (D) Guelph Storm OHL 33 10 32 42 34 ISS HOCKEY TOP 31 - DECEMBER RANKING 1 Rasmus Dahlin (D) Frölunda HC SHL 26 5 6 11 12 2 Andrei Svechnikov (RW) Barrie Colts OHL 16 14 7 21 22 3 Brady Tkachuk (C/LW) Boston Univ. NCAA 19 4 10 14 18 4 Filip Zadina (LW) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 32 24 22 46 17 5 Quinn Hughes (D) Univ. of Michigan NCAA 16 1 9 10 16 6 Oliver Wahlstrom (C/RW) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 26 16 15 31 20 7 Joseph Veleno (C) Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL - - - - - 8 Adam Boqvist (D) Brynäs IF J20 SuperElit 17 11 7 18 16 9 Ryan McLeod (C) Mississauga Steelheads OHL 34 9 26 35 12 10 Rasmus Kupari (C) Kärpät Liiga 19 3 1 4 0 HOCKEYPROSPECT.COM TOP 31 - NOVEMBER RANKING 1 Rasmus Dahlin (D) Frölunda HC SHL 26 5 6 11 12 2 Andrei Svechnikov (RW) Barrie Colts OHL 16 14 7 21 22 3 Adam Boqvist (D) Brynäs IF J20 SuperElit 17 11 7 18 16 4 Filip Zadina (LW) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 32 24 22 46 17 5 Brady Tkachuk (C/LW) Boston Univ. NCAA 19 4 10 14 18 6 Rasmus Kupari (C) Kärpät Liiga 19 3 1 4 0 7 Quinn Hughes (D) Univ. of Michigan NCAA 16 1 9 10 16 8 Joel Farabee (LW) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 26 13 14 27 22 8 Ty Smith (D) Spokane Chiefs WHL 35 5 32 37 18 9 Oliver Wahlstrom (C/RW) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 26 16 15 31 20