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If they can get the guys they want and pick up additional picks, what’s the problem?

Oops.

We definitely traded back in the last few minutes but I haven’t heard them acknowledge it anywhere. Looks like we got the 70th out of it.

He was ranked 94th. Interesting. I give Yzerman a lot of credit for not being obvious with these picks. I’m going to keep trusting they know what they’re doing. I think Seider really set the tone in that rankings don’t mean s*** in terms of understanding what Stevie Y values.

Wow! An American!

The Swedish Mafia is real.

Draper was likely just aware that his having to announce it was going to sting for someone. Probably was a bit awkward given all his personal ties to be the bearer of disappointing news. I am extremely skeptical of any suggestion that the management team wasn’t all on board with this.

Haven’t been this excited about the Wings in a minute. Looking a lot more likely that this could be a very interesting day. Weird losing Abs in a way, but man that guy dropped off the earth last few years. Not a great contract. Guess they see more potential upside with Nielsen. I could see him perhaps having a comeback with a bit more talent around him.

I have a feeling we’ll be taking Perfetti, and I’m more and more okay with the idea of it.

Anything else interesting said after 1:30? I had to drop for a work meeting...

The Hungry Howie’s down south aren’t the same. It’s quite the bummer. I’ve got a Domino’s near me that’s solid in a pinch though. I’m still scared to eat Little Caesars anymore.

Jimmy, You can’t play anymore. XOXO, Your 2019/2020 Season

I’m expecting Pittsburgh, Toronto or Edmonton to get it. I’m expecting to be disappointed. Outside of being a bit of a Canes fan now that I’m down here, this league exists to disappoint me.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2020/06/27/analyst-brian-burke-nothing-short-disgrace-what-happened-wings-lottery/3269787001/ Who would’ve thought this guy would become our most vocal advocate?

I thought I was pissed last year. Where’s Brian Burke? Begin rant. ******* roast these NHL clown execs.

f*** this s*** to hell.

Oh man oh man oh man

Man the nerves are real.

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Where’s the C? And fanf***ingtastic across the board. Check’s in the mail.

Please do this.

I could give a f*** about Cleary, but Howard is every bit deserving of a classy retirement press conference and they’ll likely give him a job, but certainly not another players contract. They bring him back next year and he’s even older and likely just as bad if not worse. So then you’re probably going to have to make a move anyways. This is a situation to sort out in the summer. Bernier if anything has proved he can hack it as a decent starter in transition years, but he needs a backup that can actually give him a day off here and there without letting in 3 goals in the first 10 minutes, because chances are Bernier’s play will dip or ebb and flow too.

You’d have to be pert near crazy to bring Howard back next year. Solid career all in all, but we definitely don’t need another year of backbreaking 1st periods and 5-1 losses. That said, if we end up picking 4th, sign him up, make him the starter. Tank on.

If they do summer hockey, how will that affect contracts and free agency? Contracts will have to be extended out until the end of the season, and there’d likely be a real short window then to sort things out. I’m thinking that if we don’t see a significant dip in the next 2-3 weeks that accelerated getting back to some normalcy, this season is over. Whole lot of complexities at this point. I just really, really hope they don’t somehow f*** us in the draft.

This would be beyond amazing for us. Yeah, for sure. It’s not heartbreaking but it’d sure be nice to still have them.