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I'd be interested to know how much the whole switching organizations thing factored into his focus and preferences and choices. Like, he says he first saw Seider in December. Maybe at that point he'd already decided he'd be leaving for Detroit at the end of the season...but maybe he hadn't. (There's probably a definitive timeline out there, but I haven't looked into it.) Maybe he was looking at Seider through the lens of "We (Tampa) have a late 1st. This kid looks like he could be there when we make our pick." Maybe it's the same deal with some of our other picks. Maybe he'd been focusing on players that you'd expect a Cup contender's GM to be focusing in on, i.e. relatively under-the-radar guys. That could explain why at least a couple of the selections were "reaches." Alternatively, maybe he deferred to the scouting team more than he otherwise would have because our scouts had been in "We're a bad team and we're picking early in every round" mode for some time.

I was never big on Lavoie, personally. But it was a good pick for the Oilers.

Yeah. Good-not-great veterans. Nothing especially ambitious. Basically, business as usual for the Wings. That being said, I doubt he's especially interested in Duchene. Age-wise Duchene just doesn't fit with where we're at. Contract-wise, he's going to get paid like a mofo.

Could be. Personally, I'm starting to get the impression he's really not thrilled with our organizational depth chart. I think every time someone asks him how long the road ahead is and he says very long, he's being brutually honest.

That's the spirit! Just to be clear, I was snarking on the WIIM crew. I'm sure Seider dgaf, nor should he.

I like this draft for the Wings, but I can understand why a lot of people are feeling disappointed, especially after Holland's 2018 haul. If it's any consolation to those people, the 2020 draft class is supposed to be beastly. Everyone -- and I do mean everyone -- is saying so.

I do find it kinda funny that the word on the street is Holland might've taken Seider over Broberg.

A B S O L U T E U N I T

Paisano Power

Yup!

I ain't even tryna be contrarian or whatever. I genuinely like these choices. Good stuff.

HAKAN'S REVENGE

Ball of hate.

Grewe? Srsly? Did not see that one coming. I mean, I'll take it.

We're building a future powerhouse Griffins team. Ain't nobody got time for the Detoilet Red Stinks. Jokes aside, I do feel like Yzerman looked at our D pipeline and wept.

We're going HAM on big, smooth-skating two-way defensemen. I love this draft. Reported for body shaming.

If we take eight of these guys, we're bound to have at least one of them turn into a stud.

Yzerman is definitely the hipster GM. No major-label prospects allowed. Only indie kids.

Oooo, I like the Mastrosimone pick. I like it a lot.

https://lastwordonhockey.com/2019/06/20/antti-tuomisto-scouting-report/ So he's basically Seider. Dang, I like Sogaard. Was hoping he'd slide to us at the end of the 2nd.

I'm down!

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Poile wants Duchene, imo.