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Someone's gotta want those guys... unlikely

We've lost our captain/1C and worn our goalie into the ground. At the deadline we should have upgraded our backup... that's the only area we should have addressed. The idea was clearly try and improve, play important games down the stretch and develop the core.

This team has rediscovered its December form...

We might be... we might be the MN Wild... or less likely we might be a cup contender.

The lack of activity has made people more nuts than usual.

He's doing nothing or something big... no in-between.

Enough talk about Yursak.

It's both impressive and frustrating that Yzerman keeps such a tight lid on what's happening in the front office.

I'd be extatic, depending on the return to ANA.

Double shifting Compher as a major F.U. to Sid.

With so many dead-end vets that are clinging to roster spots we're not a young team... next season Perron and Fabbri atleast should be out and replaced internally with ELCs, when those bottom/middle 6 guys start demanding high dollars swap them out for new ELCs. You have to pay and hold your core and turn over middle of the lineup guys to manage the cap. Having a bunch of high dollar mid players is so 2010s Ken Holland. Someone mentioned the churn of these types of guys in Chicago during their run... Stan Bowman did a fantastic job of cutting middling guys loose when they'd cripple his cap.

Agreed, I'm terrified we'll extend Perron. He's a glue guy, add him to the coaching staff but don't tie up cap and a roster spot on aguy who's showing signs of decline year over year.

Good proposal with Gudas for Holl, the rationale is solid... wish I'd have thought of that a few days ago... Nor a fan of the 2nd proposal, I'd be keeping all my 1st rounders incase an Elias Petterson offersheet was possible.

4-3 we get a single point.

That's from 2005 dude... 19 years ago :-/

Why would NJ help force measly 4th round pick?

I'd love to watch more Griffins games, coverage but it's hard to find so far out of market.

Is Kasper leveling up? Did Yzerman hit another homerun?

The irony that Holl having term lessens his value.

Yea, I get it... but guys can be moved, it's not an issue... Tampa moved far worse contracts and players off their books in recent years.

If you could trade Holl to Anaheim for Gudas it costs you an extra 600k in salary. Anaheim would gain draft/prospect assets and an NHL defenseman to put in the ice.

How about this? To DET: Radko Gudas To ANA: Justin Holl, 2024 3rd & 4th Rd Or To DET: Radko Gudas To ANA: Justin Holl, B level Defense prospect

What?

True but we've got plenty of prospects on tap... I don't think he was ever playing out the full 3 years with us.

This team is awesome... maybe the best deadline deal, is no deal.