Dabura

The Wings are going through a rebuild (finally). Holland has embraced the rebuild, icing a fatally flawed team and stocking up on draft picks. Holland has presided over two drafts in this new rebuild era, and from those drafts he's pulled five 1st-round-caliber players in Rasmussen, Zadina, Veleno, McIsaac, and Berggren. The Wings are currently in 30th place with 17 games left. The Wings currently own 10 picks in the upcoming draft, including our 1st, our 2nd, and two other 2nds. If the Wings keep playing the way they're playing, we could be looking at Jack Hughes or Kaapo Kakko. Getting Kakko would immediately accelerate the rebuild. Getting Hughes would change everything. Hell, getting Bowen Byram -- who no one's projecting to go in the top three -- would give us that elusive stud D prospect who projects as a legit #1 defenseman. All of which is to say the Wings are where they should be. Yzerman wouldn't be doing things in a noticeably different way. Yzerman wouldn't buy out Abdelkader and Helm and DeKeyser and Nielsen. Yzerman wouldn't say, "We need this roster to be filled to the brim with kids. Younger is always better." Yzerman probably wouldn't be making huge trades, because we don't have much to trade and we don't have any malcontents like Drouin. If we replace Blashill and we finish next season in 20th place, people will complain that we're not tanking properly.

This schedule is dumb. Geez. Points update: Larkin (1G) - 27 goals and 62 points thru 64 games Mantha (1A) - 16 goals and 32 points thru 50 games Tank Watch: https://www.nhl.com/standings/2018/league

Wings lose. 1-3. The tank rolls on! big mood

Also, Edmonton's a laughingstock because they've wasted a series of 1st overall picks. We've...missed the playoffs for three years.

We were a one-goal-a-game team with Nyquist.

Our puck management has been ungodly abysmal tonight. A lazy turnover every 10 seconds.

PK

Red Wings things.

Coyotes score. 1-3. That all started with a horrible pass to no one from Bowey (I think). Our passing is the worst in NHL history, I'm quite sure of it.

Well, at least it wasn't puck-over-the-glass. I guess there was some funny business with the line change and we got called on it.

Well said! PK. Bench minor, delay of game. lol

One day we'll look back on all this and laugh.

End of 2nd. Wings trail 1-2. ho-hum

PK

Ekman-Larsson hurt, leaves the ice hobbled over. Collided with Rasmussen.

Larkin (27) PPG from Kronwall (15) and Mantha (16) - DET 1, ARI 2

PP Time for some Zadina heroics, methinks. LARKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

End of 1st. Wings trail 0-2. I read that as "Tantric" and I was wondering what drugs you're on.

Merry Tankmas! Ho ho ho!

luv u 2 Hopefully I didn't jinx him.

Coyotes score. 0-2.

Man, Kuemper's dropping rebounds left and right and we can't clean 'em up. That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me. :')

Zadina's been our best player thus far. He's been dangerous every time he's been on the ice. HOWARD! Huge save!

Coyotes score. 0-1.

Oh snap, 'yotes sportin' the retro sweaters. Atta boy, Zadina. Leads a two-on-one, takes the shot, goes right to the net for the loose puck.