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I want Larkin to eventually become our Ryan O'Reilly, so matchups like this are of special interest to me. McDavid's eaten Larkin's lunch a couple of times in the past, and we know how competitive Larkin is...

End of 1st. Wings lead 2-0. (Larkin PPG, Nemeth) Solid period. More of that plz.

How badly does Larkin want to win this head-to-head matchup against McDavid? (Rhetorical question.) PK

Sorry. It's a Lost reference. Making dumb Lost references is part of my shtick here.

1973. Good year. Dharma Initiative.

NEMETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sweet revenge.

And Green with the flyswatter.

LARKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a play by Bertuzzi to keep that puck in.

Kappo Kakko would like a word with you, sir.

PP

Helm stoned on a breakaway. The more things change...

Because Red Wings.

OK, so who's gonna step up and level Kassian tonight?

lets go mofos. do the thing.

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I mean, in theory, sure. I'm looking forward to Rasmussen tipping Mantha shots. But I think it's a fluid situation right now; the jury's out on all sorts of stuff.

That's the real tragedy of the rebuild and the state of LGW and such. The people are ready and willing to HYPE! the f*** out, we just need the Wings to give us some reasons. Mickey often notes that the home crowd is ready to explode. And, almost invariably, recent Wings teams let the crowd down. Sunday's game was a perfect example. An OT winner or even a seal-the-deal empty-netter would've sent the crowd into hysterics.

I would convert McIlrath to forward and have him play on a line with Rasmussen and Elmer Soderblom. Real talk tho. I feel like Hronek and Seider would work really well together, in theory. Hronek's a minute-muncher Seider's (gonna be) a minute-muncher Hronek's a natural scorer who likes to make kamikaze pinches because YOLO Seider's (gonna be) a steady two-way guy who can cover for a risk-taking partner Hronek has a low-key mean streak; he likes hitting people and scrumming, but he is smol and someone could easily homicide him Seider has a low-key mean streak; he likes hitting people and scrumming and he is an absolute unit who will preemptively homicide anyone who looks like Kirby Dach I know they're both righties, but still.

Seems like the risk lies with his "character" (for lack of a better descriptor); I guess he has a bit of a reptuation for being kinda lazy and kinda sucking. Which I find interesting, given Yzerman's strict No Dingus Policy. [strokes nonexistent beard contemplatively] Again tho, I doubt a whole lot of thought was put into this. >Be Steve Yzerman >On the lookout for scoring help, cheap RFA talent with good upside >Stan Bowman calls you >"Whatup, Steve, it's ya boi Stan_The_Man_BowMAN69. So I got this kid Brendan Perlini who hates Chicago and--" >"Shut up and take my Regula." >"Regula-Perlini. Holy f*** that is a God-tier Paisano surname right there." >"lol" >"lol" >"F*** Chicago." >"F*** Detroit." >"Good talk." >"ttys. like and subscribe." Boom. Easy. When the universe offers you a perfectly timed handout, you take it.

Holland is lazy and he sucks, confirmed.

Freaking lunatic. If he scores a goal tonight I'ma get so drunk.

I'm starting to suspect Cholo has an attitude problem or something. I just realized this is our last game before Halloween. So this is now a spoopy thread.

It's not really that the results thus far are super surprising. It's more that we're at the point now where no self-respecting GM in Yzerman's position would just twiddle his thumbs and pledge to do nothing. Any other GM in the league would be looking to make a move or two. "Disease grows in still waters." Mantha was effective in the net-front role. Early returns suggest he may be a bigger threat there than he is on the wall. It's not just about the size, it's more about having a natural scorer in the goalie's kitchen. Maybe, maybe not. Like I said, I don't think one really good line and three 5th lines does much to push the rebuild forward. We know the top line is good, we know those guys have good chemistry -- that's all very good and very good to know. But we need to figure out what else we have and what we don't have. We need to try to get other stuff working so that we don't just spend the next two years farting around and expecting everyone to magically learn how to be a great team in the span of, like, one offseason. We can't just be godawful and then expect to totally turn things around overnight when this two-year wait-and-see period is over. Good stuff needs to be starting now. We need to be laying bricks, building a foundation. We've got a solid 1st line and a solid 2D (Hronek); now we need to focus on other parts of the foundation. If, for example, Hirose is going to become a Nyquist-caliber playmaker, he'll need to be playing with finishers. Currently, our finishers are AA -- who is playing like hot garbage right now -- and...Helm? Erne? Zadina's in no man's land right now, so we can't count on him being a legit NHLer next season. Same with Veleno. Same with Svechnikov. Rasmussen could be a full-time Red Wing next season, I dunno. Givani Smith is a grinder. Berggren is a playmaker who's years away. Mastrosimone is a goal scorer who's years away. It's very possible that we don't have the kind of scoring depth in our system that many people seem to think we do. At least, not within the scope of this two-year rebuild timeline. I dunno, seems to me like you're pretty dead set on automatically disagreeing with every single move, regardless of who's GM. But that's your right as an LGWer and I ain't gonna hate on you for exercising it.

HYPE! LGRW!

HYPE! LGRW!