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You know what must be done.

JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL

Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I do feel like things seem to be lining up in our favor. Yzerman wants a Mike Green type defenseman and, given where the Bolts are with their Cup window, their picks and prospects are relatively expendable to them. Poile wants a scoring winger and Nyquist and Tatar roughly fit the mold of top-six wingers that Poile seems to favor these days. If I have my facts straight, Bob McKenzie has said the Bolts and the Preds are the two teams that are really looking to go all in for a Cup run this season and that they're well-positioned to do so with the picks and prospects they have at their disposal. And he's also said he believes Poile is looking at Nyquist and Tatar, possibly as a fallback if he ultimately decides against acquiring one of the bigger names, e.g. Pacioretty, Hoffman. (Cautious) HYPE!

Yeah, if we're being honest, the 1st round is sort of a crapshoot. First 3-5 picks are pretty safe, but mostly it's voodoo. Which is to say, the NHL entry draft is, on the whole, almost more of an art than a solid science. If we're getting an additional 1st, it's going to be in the 15-31 range, probably more like 27-31. (A 1st from a bubble team would be lottery protected, so that's not really worth considering.) When you're in that territory, the tail end of the 1st round, you have to ask yourself if, say, two 2nds wouldn't be a better return than just a lone 1st. Or maybe a 2nd/3rd/4th and a really good prospect like Callan Foote or Dante Fabbro. Point being, 1sts aren't everything. Look at how many of today's high-end NHLers were taken outside of the 1st round. It's quite a list.

https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/up-next-dallas-stars/c-294950382 More of what we saw on Sunday plz kthx. HYPE! LGRW

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I hear ya. Hughes and Boqvist are extremely undersized, but I feel their strengths outweigh that concern.

All good points! I actually don't mind the dingus factor at all, I just like hating on good players who played in the '90s and probably should've joined the Wings at some point in their careers (because there was that stretch of time where pretty much everyone played for the Wings at one point or another) but never actually did, e.g. Jagr, Roenick, Selanne. Brady Tkachuk is obviously a top-tier talent who probably deserves to be a top-five selection, but I'm just not quite feeling the same HYPE! that everyone else seems to be feeling about him. *shrug* If you put a gun to my head right now, I think I'd take Hughes or Boqvist or Bouchard over him. I friggin' love those three defensemen.

Tkachuks are dinguses. This is canon!

I have some concerns about Tkachuk: He was literally one day off from being eligible for the last draft, so he's older than all of his draft class peers It's not necessarily settled that he's going to be a centerman at the next level, with some saying he plays more like a winger His numbers this season aren't unimpressive, but they aren't stellar either He's a Tkachuk There's a lot to like about him and I wouldn't complain if we got him. But, right now, he isn't solidly in my top five.

I don't remember him saying that. I do remember him saying they considered the last draft class to be low on truly high-end talent and that's why they drafted the players they drafted. I also recall him saying they'd be approaching this draft differently, given how deep the draft class is. I trust they understand how big this draft could be for the organization and are planning accordingly.

Is Oliver Wahlstrom this draft's Owen Tippett?

More NBC! Yay! On the Blackhawks: https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/up-next-chicago-blackhawks/c-295245926 League standings: https://www.nhl.com/standings/2017/league Ouellet is on the block: http://mynhltraderumors.com/nhl-rumors-rangers-ryan-mcdonagh-toronto-maple-leafs-bruins-red-wings-predators/2018/01/24/ Bob McKenzie: The Red Wings have let teams know that defenseman Xavier Ouellet is available for trade. Turgeon returns: https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/turgeon-returns-to-detroit-booth-assigned-to-grand-rapids/c-295259228HYPE! HYPE! LGRW

https://www.nhl.com/news/chlnhl-top-prospects-game-what-we-learned/c-295329436?tid=277729154

I'm down.

lol. Well played, Hockeymom. Well played. (Unlike last night's game.)

Looks like I picked a good game to accidentually sleep through.

Tough but fair.

I'm not too familiar with Woo, but my rough impression is that he's more of a maybe-take-a-chance-on-him-if-he's-available-in-the-2nd-round kind of player, as opposed to a player you'd feel really good about taking in the 1st round of a deep draft. His numbers aren't all that impressive this season and there are questions about his ability to put up points at higher levels. Taking him in the 1st could be a reach.

https://www.nhl.com/standings/2017/league God the Atlantic is garbage. The Sens have decided to lose the rest of their games, because they hate themselves and they hate the world (but mostly they hate themselves) Marc Bergevin is a man of extremes and big dumb dramatic gestures, so he's probably going to trade everyone and secure a 31st overall finish The Sabres are AHL-tier The Panthers are a soccer team Hate to say it, but the Wings need to up their tank game.

Right now, my gut says Tampa's our big dance partner. There's familiarity between the GMs. There's familiarity between the head coaches. There's familiarity between the rosters. There's familiarity between the organizations. The Bolts will probably be looking to add a solid veteran defenseman and we have the best one on the market. The Bolts suck at faceoffs and we have a low-cost faceoff specialist that the Bolts are very familiar with. Naturally, I really want to get a 1st from a team that ultimately crashes out of the playoff picture. But I dunno that any organization in that kind of position is going to move their 1st this year -- and if they do, it'll probably be conditional, i.e. "If we don't make the playoffs, the 1st becomes a 2nd."