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Blashill might be an okay AHL coach but he sucks as an NHL coach and I like him well enough not to embarrass him and fire him now when this season is far beyond repair

Zadina: "I am going to fill our bench with hometown Frenchies"

ha ha! Totally agree with you. Always a bit overrated. However, unfortunately, his size and experience alone would attract interest from a few playoff caliber teams at the right price AND if he'd be available. Big body, tons of experience and deep playoff experience, calming veteran influence, still above average passer of the puck, etc. Someone would want.

Agree. I think Stevie is waiting till he has full understanding of who he can get and who he can't. I don't see him rushing to pull the trigger on this. IMO-He likely has a list of coaches in mind that he'd want, and as the season plays out, his "list" of guys he wants will shorten. As the list gets smaller and smaller I would suspect the back-channel communications will start to happen with the short list coaches and their agents. Basically this....100% off the record and will be denied if gone public, but Yzerman wants to have a very serious conversation with you about you being his bench boss in Detroit.

After watching The Russian 5, does anyone think that the Wings and Wings fans should give Feds some additional "guts" points when considering if he should be in the rafters? By pure #'s it can be argued either way (for or against), but do we give Feds a little extra love considering what he went through to get to Detroit and start his new life and hockey career? Other players you primarily go off of the #'s, but this guy defected from the USSR to come play in Detroit. I realize that we had other players that did the same to come play for us, but none that have the #'s to make an argument for being in the rafters in addition to the stats. It was a total boss move that had lives in the balance if it didn't go the way it was planned. Style points??

Big Bert on the telecast last night...not too shabby. He looked comfortable and had some really good insights, especially post game. My wife noticed that early on, he had his hands as normal with his hand tats showing quite openly. She then noticed (according to her...oh and btw ...she's crazy) that late in the telecast he was keeping his hands palms up as to not show hand tats as much. I assured her she was right and went to bed. Thought he was good and had refreshing insights.

During the 2nd Period of Tues game (can't remember the exact time during the period), we were getting swarmed by the Jets. Just an onslaught of offense and our D was scrambling. Right before the whistle blew there were 3 Wings standing directly outside of the crease in front of Comrie in essentially the form of a triangle...the other 2 Wings were chasing the puck around looking quite honestly a bit silly. Once the whistle blew, you could see Comrie laying into the 3 guys in front of the net, you could tell he was saying something to the effect of stop standing around and screening me....go play D!! Ugghh...it was hard to watch.

I think the way this ended in Toronto has likely put a massive jolt of shock and anger into Babs and his ego. Especially considering his firing was from the self proclaimed "epicenter of hockey" in Canada. I mean, he's probably thinking "after multiple gold medals...this is how you treat a national hero??" I know the Leafs are an NHL organization, but the town of Toronto (which is tied to the hip with the Leafs) is where most of the shots are called in terms of hockey in Canada and the NHL. I could see him seeking a little revenge on many in the town of Toronto and many within the Leafs organization. I don't see him taking a year or more off to evaluate and look for the right opportunity...I think he's pissed and now on a mission to prove to Toronto that they made a big mistake. As far as Commodore's comments when he was fired...kind of lame. We get it dude, you didn't like your boss and thought you didn't get a fair shake or weren't treated right. I got news for you dude...welcome to the club. Bosses can totally suck. But do you have to kick a guy like you did when he's down (and not just kick...I mean top rope to the head with a lot of very personal insults about Babs as a person). What he said may be okay if there is that much bad blood between the two (I don't think anyone knows the true details of what happened)? I guess.... But on the day he got fired to publicly state that he's a "terrible human being" and "selfish pr#@*" is a little strong. Low class.

Agree. Hard to watch Howard go through this. Can't determine in my mind if it's him and his ability at this point in his career, if it's totally on our D and support they are giving him, or has losing and this team just put him into a major "funk" and only a change of scenery could bring him back to the level he once was. I totally understand that a bad defense and bad goal tending aren't mutually exclusive. A bad D corps can sometimes make even great goalies look bad. But Jimmy has had a lot of goals get by him this year in which he should have made the save. I just know that the days of Jimmy being super hyped and a staple of this organization are gone.

I have a feeling that many, many in this organization are going to feel the wrath of Stevie this season. By "wrath", I mean gone. Per this thread, this organization is broken or weak in almost every aspect - top to bottom. IMO -Stevie is a winner and he won't simply watch this season go down the road it has been going. I know he's preached patience, and rebuilding "will take time", but if I were with the Wings organization, my head would be on a swivel. This guy hates to lose, and not only hates to lose, the Wings are embarrassing (for Wings and Wings fans standards)...this just isn't going to fly for long. I've said it before, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see some major player, coach, and front office moves this year. Likely some player moves that are surprising as we believed said player was a part of our "core" or future. More specifically, and not saying I'd be against this move, but many Wings fans I've talked to believe AA is a part of our "core" and future. Not sure if agree with that but If rumors are true about AA and him having a bit of an attitude and "me first" mentality....HE GONE!

"Keep the flies off" - Babs

Road construction in Michigan Close 2nd: The Masked Singer on Fox (TV) Panel of Judges wondering who the masked person is: Who could it be!!?? Bill Gates?? Lebron James?? Elon Musk?? Taylor Swift?? Tom Cruise???? Reveal: Ohhhh, it's Kato Kaelin!!!! Former OJ Simpson house guest that nobody has heard from in 20 years! We were so close!!

Trippy music never gets old. Whooaa....I'm freakin out over here. Send help!!!

Agreed. Also, my gut tells me Stevie will be really active at the trade deadline. Wouldn't be shocked to see him pulls a major move(s) that involve guys that we assumed we were definitely core to our future.

Can we at least pretend that we have a slight chance of making the playoffs at least until....December?? We're not even out of October and this looks really bad and hope already lost....this is ugly. So, it was a great 2019-2020 season for three weeks. Who is under the most pressure in the Wings organization?: The LCA promotions team. Can't wait to see what ridiculousness they conjure up to fill seats come February. Free iPhone night?? Celebrating the "Roarin 1920's"?? Roller Skate Night - (fans encourage to attend game wearing roller skates)?? LSD Night?? Celebrating Michigan Marine Life Night?? This will actually be the "game within the game". This should be fun.

Why the hasty decision on him?? He was just starting to peak

"No bed bugs at Doral"

Is this some sort of new radical therapy?

What?? Hot-n-Ready Pizza's aren't good enough for them?? Live by the sword...die by the sword.

We were the 4th worst team in the league last year. I hate to say this as I'm usually pro "accumulate talent based on priority of needs"...but we need major help in every area. Offense, defense, goal-scorers, shut down D, offensive D, puck movers, ....you name it and we pretty much need it. I'd lean towards best available talent with the best contract terms for the Wings and our 3-5 year roadmap. We could debate the bigger wants/needs for months, and maybe Stevie and the Wings brass have a better idea of what gaps to fill first, but the reality is that we need a lot on both ends of the ice. Just my $.02

I see you point but IMO highly, highly unlikely Kronner ends up in GR. A couple of reasons I have this opinion: GM's (just not our previous loyal Kenny, but most GM's) don't do this to veteran guys who are going on their 16th season with the team and have played a integral part in winning Stanley Cups. They find other options for them if they don't believe he can contribute on the NHL level. Also, from Kronners perspective, I think his pride would not allow this to happen at all costs. I think he'd have a talk with Stevie about hanging them up or options on a graceful way out. And I wouldn't blame him a dam bit.

Watched it (finally) last night. Really, really good. A lot of good insight into how tight that team was off the ice. Loved it when Mac explained the difference between a sucker punch and getting cold cocked. Hilarious. If I had one very minor "I would have liked more" from this, I would have liked to have more insight from Stevie on his perspective as the Captain and how he dealt with their style of play, speaking very little (if at all) English when they first arrived and how this effected how they communicated, how he dealt with the perception among the other teammates that "Russians were bad for NHL hockey", etc. However, top to bottom a outstanding film. Yes! I definitely got the impression that Kozlov had a major edge to him.

My buddy just texted me: If we could sign him for super cheap $$, do I think we should sign Phaneuf for a 1 year (2 max) to stabilize our D and provide some leadership until we're able to bolster our D via GR, draft, and trades? My one word response back to his very long text was "NO"

This Highlight reel (and most in general) of young players are awesome. Two minutes of them high fiving their teammates, replaying every highlight three times...each time in even slower motion. I need one of these!! Me making a sweet transfer of leaves into the yard bag, me loading the dishwasher with supreme efficiency, pulling up close enough to the drive through ATM machine so I don't have to "superman" out of the window, etc. I could easily fill a....3 minute highlight reel.

Totally agree. Had to be tough for him and he's handling it with pure class.