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But if we are number 2 ...total pun there...we min are a top 5 picker so I am looking at the glass half full. Lets say Colorado lands 2 picks in the top 10 and we land #1 do we try to trade the 1 for those 2 picks? Or take the pick and run!

Ladies and Gents your bottom 5 as of last night... I think Ottawa has 31st locked up congrats to Colorado! Kings and NJ are our competition and dang NJ had a nice start on their western trip 9 - 4 loss to Flames. I think getting 30th is going to be a dog fight. Like someone mentioned earlier how is LA doing the tank with their talent level ..impressive!!!

Right now barring any winning streak from our boys we probably get a top 6 pick min(assuming a 3rd from bottom finish). So I am good with suffering for long term gain plus as contracts fall off we get cap healthier and HOPEFULLY learn from our mistakes on contracts.

Da bottom All 4 bottom dwellers @ 69 games played buuut being a debbie downer...we are tied with LA and our ROW is less. Otherwise we are in the thick of it. Need Ottawa to somehow win some regulation games. That schedule you posted favors us but definitely need to lose @ NJ(4pt swing) then 3 straight killer games Boston, Pitt/Pitt then Buffalo which is my up to MI game.

This is our FU to Ottawa's strong tank mojo?

On this date the Detroit Red Wings continued their tank to get better long term.

Best quote on the Zadina interview I think i got it kinda right. "Great pass from Hornek kinda used to it from the GR. " Oh Blash and Kenny you masterminds !! Sending kids to GR to get in a rhythm together then back up to the big club. When/Can we send Ras down with Zadina and Hronek to join Cholo in GR to get into rhythm for next year's HYPE!!

Lose for Hughes spreadsheet updated with all bottom 8 teams games played to 67 with normal assumption of a win for game in hand. Ottawa I think has a lock on the best odds with a 6 point lead over us and others. It's shaping up to be a battle between us, NJ and LA for 2nd best odds. ROW could bite us.... So funny rooting for good hard hockey but yet want to lose so we get better. The old adage the "means justify the end" applies here. Losing now means competitive in a couple years I hope......please Lord Jesus I am getting too old for losing and surrounded by family who are Pens fans.

OMG that video was F****** HILARIOUS!! Not sure about the Rangers sucking chant but the we don't need you, bedtime and jammies chants totally made me laugh!

God rest your soul "Terrible Ted" who was only terrible on the ice. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/03/04/ted-lindsay-dies-detroit-red-wings/579477002/

I am a bit disappointed in the return but I will be okay with it . Especially based on the mlive article about the trade https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/02/trade-deadline-day-will-red-wings-make-a-deal.html and the apparent terms Gus wanted to resign were 5x5 which is too long a term IMHO. Nyquist is in the final year of a four-year contract with a cap hit of $4.75 million. He had been seeking a five-year deal in excess of $5 million per season from the Red Wings.

Ran the spreadsheet Lose for Hughes and after our game today after adjustment/assumption teams with games in hand win said games... I gotta say the Ottawa tank for Colorado is beyond a work of art. Yet we are only 2 points back should they win their games hand...starting to see some daylight between teams also

Based on this article today https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/02/timing-right-for-red-wings-to-debut-filip-zadina-sunday.html the bolded above is probably a wet dream... From the article "Zadina will practice with the Red Wings on Saturday. Blashill didn’t indicate which line he will play on but said it’s not automatic that he’ll be in a top-six role. “We’ve got some pretty good young players here; if I bring him in and put him ahead of some of those young guys, it’s not really right,” Blashill said. “They worked for a number of years and all the sudden some guy gets plopped ahead of you. They’ve had to earn it and Filip will have to earn it."

Jensen Bowey Righty Righty 6' 6' 2 or 6' 1 seen both on line 196 198 28 23 be 24 in April 600k 900k looking for a raise ??

Don't agree with finishing farther down the stack. finish as 2nd worst ...worst draft pick possible is 5 finish 5th worst ...worst draft pick possible is 8 While both are top 10 I prefer to get as many odds on my side to get #1. Finish as low as possible (2nd) assuming we can't beat Ottawa at their tank game. and I get a top 5 pick minimum as my reward for my tankage. Although I am steeling myself for the nut kick on draft pick day Just tried it 20 times doing a reset each time and we got #1 4 times!!

My googlefu might be off today ...not enough coffee yet. But googling Jack Hughes injury history, is Jack Hughes Injury plagued, Jack Hughes Injury etc. Only thing popping up is the injury that kept him out 3 games @ World Juniors which was a shoulder issue I believe.

I think we are a split personality team currently IMHO 1st and 2nd lines on most nights are puck possession whereas the 3rd and 4th are dump and chase. I agree with with KRS that will start to change over time as we replace parts in the bottom 6. I would love to see in the future 4 lines able to roll with equal distribution of ability to score and defend.

Showcasing Gus is the goal..... thus getting a better draft pick for him.... thus improving us.... Kenny and Blash sooo tricky!! I do question why Gus isn't on the top line to be showcased

Agree the tank is strong with Ottawa and to think that will result in them not even getting the pick. Although LA is doing a massive job of tankage having lost 5 in a row! I am still hoping for a "strong" showing from us after the deadline especially if Jimmy gets traded. Hopefully Bernier leads us to the promised land of high draft picks. If we can get into the 2nd spot worse case we pick 5th so I am hanging my hat on that. I prefer to increase my odds as much as possible so prefer 2nd vs 3rd. Crap part is NJ plays Sens tomorrow so we need that to go to OT min. Head to heads like that are going to be rough coming down the stretch.

Since 2016... Ericsson 5 https://www.hockeyfights.com/players/5089 Mantha 9 https://www.hockeyfights.com/players/15284

LOL good point maybe it was simply seeing it in print was the shocker...?

His reaction time wasn't super impressive...he didn't react until it hit the camera.

Off Mlive today this posturing or actual belief? https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/02/red-wings-weighing-whether-to-sign-or-trade-as-deadline-looms.html The Red Wings also don’t seem inclined to want to stockpile more draft picks. Holland pointed out the team has had 31 picks from 2017-2019 and has a number of young players already on the roster, in Grand Rapids or elsewhere in the system. “I think we’ve got a lot of future assets,” he said. That’s why he’d prefer to keep some established NHL players."

Blue Jackets gotta be answering a lot of calls. Or perhaps people are saying screw it and make a run at Bob and Panarin on July 1 and not give up a lot of assets for a rental. and Jensen is trending up if I understand the little green arrow properly interesting times the next 7 days.

You all noticed yesterday that a vet was sat in favor of a rookie... From here....https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/02/red-wings-anthony-mantha-answered-bell-in-fight-excelled-in-loss.html important points bolded well at least in my opinion. "Ericsson scratched Jonathan Ericsson was a healthy scratch to make room for Filip Hronek, up for his third stint with the Red Wings. Hronek logged 14:18 (no points, one shot, minus-1) and apparently will remain in the lineup “I thought he was good tonight,” Blashill said. “I like Fil. We sent Fil down earlier in the year, he didn’t have a great camp, needed to get better at things. I think he’s gotten better. We sent him down again, my message to him was be the best player on the ice in the American League, stand out, look like you should be in the NHL, and I think he did that to a large degree after he stopped yelling at refs. “He’s strong, he seals, he creates stalls in the D-zone, he can create offense.” Blashill wasn’t happy with his defense in Saturday’s game and explained why Ericsson was the odd-man out. “He was, for me, the worst of the six (defensemen) last night,” Blashill said. “He struggled. I think he knew that."" Hello buyout ...lol