Dabura

Oh, totes. Veteran stopgaps are my aesthetic. Inject that s*** straight into my veins, fam.

Or Vanek.

That's the thing. He's one of the exceedingly few players in the league who's capable of singlehandedly changing a team's fortunes. Granted, he hasn't really led Ottawa anywhere in all his years as a Senator, and I do have concerns about his long-term durability (he's played a ton of hockey and suffered some big injuries), but damn if he didn't almost drag the 2017 Sens all the way to the Cup Finals and damn if that wasn't impressive. Really depends on what the exact terms of the trade would be.

Also known as...the Red Wings.

Hey, welcome back, Lefty. Missed ya. I'm not a big Bylsma fan. My general impression of him as a coach is he's not very good at it and he's kind of bad at it. Fight me.

Word on the street is Chicago desperately wants to move Hossa's contract. This is our chance, guys. Finally, FINALLY, we can have Hossa and Franzen on the same team again. Sort of,

Well Holland pulled off the Tatar trade so we can't criticize him ever again. Half-hearted trolling, really. It's not even my final form. I am bored to tears and I need it to be draft weekend.

Quit trolling me when I'm trolling people, ya jerk.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT, BUCKO

NO BEFORE THAT THE PART ABOUT EXCUSES Ken Holland and his COMMUNIST APOLOGISTS find reasons why the Wings can't. Other GMs find reasons why they can. Dale Tallon could've been content to say, "Ottawa won't trade to us, we're in the same division. Welp." Instead, he pulled off THE GREATEST HEIST IN NHL HISTORY. smdh

WHAT WAS I JUST SAYING TEN MINUTES AGO

Wings fans are lazy and they suck.

There's always an excuse. The Wings have become an organization of sniveling, low-T excuse-makers. SAD!

If you're saying they're blind squirrels, I don't disagree.

Another Wings D prospect flameout. Keep up the great work, scouts.

There's only one team in LA. Dumby Dreger is FAKE NEWS!

Maybe the Wings should try to get in on this "Get a good player for a very reasonable price" action.

Draft is gonna be lit, my dudes.

OK, Chiarelli. Your turn.

I'm hearing the Wings have signed Sami Salo to a one-year deal.

There's no guarantee whatsoever that Zadina will be any better than Wahlstron or Kotkaniemi, but I do feel he's the safest bet of the three. He's probably ready to step right in and have a Calder-worthy rookie season, regardless of which team gets him. I still prefer Svechnikov, but Zadina does have "lights-out goal-scorer" written all over him. The other thing is I'm trying to think about this in the context of what we're hearing about the Wings and their actual preferences. As far as I know, not a single credible source has linked them to Wahlstrom, which leads me to believe (perhaps foolishly) that they're not all that keen on him. I like the "Kopitar 2.0" angle re: Kotkaniemi, in theory -- but I'm not entirely sold on him.

I had to do a double take when I read the threat title.

If 6 + 30 + Athanasiou can get us Zadina...I do that. I do that so hard. And I'm not even as high on Zadina as many people are.