Andy Pred 48

I'd say this game is already at the ," let's make the score look respectable" stage. Quincey off the mark for the Devils.

We have 24 games from now till the end of the year, and with our current play I can see us only winning 6 of these. Thus meaning the playoffs will be beyond us and the streak ended. We will have a new coach in place for 2017, and hopefully a new outlook on how to get the best from the roster we have.

With the current performance of the Wings D and lack of any trade being imminent for a blue line upgrade , I can see Robbie being given a shot before Xmas.

Poor day from the offensive side of things , still it happens hopefully we can pick it up against the Panthers today and light the lamp a few times.

I hope we resign him in the off season on a 2way deal. He's really been a top pro in GR and a real danger at the AHL level.

Mantha bags his 7th in the first period at Charlotte , Griffs up 2-0 end of 1st, Russo +2

Who sits when Kronner gets back? I'd say Kronner could! why upset the apple cart? Unless we are losing a D in a trade anytime soon it'll be Sproul who sits, vet wins the tie as Babs use to say. My issue would be Nic could actually slow us down in transition, but hey I'm just a fan not the GM or coach.

Anyway what's the odds Frk gets to play at the Joe Tuesday and gets on the scoresheet? You just know that's going to happen

I just suggested the change tongue in cheek as I think we are after Fowler now and Trouba when he's a UFA , no other reason. People sure do take things seriously on here eh? Anyway Sproul is going to save Kennys face by being a stud when he gets in.

I think the topic of the thread should be changed to the Cam Fowler watch.

Ok , so we predicted where our main problem would be this year on the blue line. Yes Kronner will be back but I'm not overly confident that he will see the year out before he's laid low by another injury, unfortunately he is also on the downward spiral in his career. So is there any player in the system who could make us better? Russo is a very interesting option in my view, apart from Renouf who is injured we don't have much else.The trade route looks the only option to improve the roster this season. Trouba? Pipe dream really we haven't got or are willing to give up what the Jets want for him, Fowler is all about salary dump for the Ducks and unless we offload roster players this isn't likely to happen either. So is there anyway to land one of them or with some great juggling maybe capture both? My suggestion is thus, the Jets need something in return and they've said a like for like LH shooting D. Well I've also heard they aren't happy with their nm situ. So we offer up Mrazek and a sweetener of Ouellet and I would feel this would be an offer too good for them to refuse, yes XO isn't a like for like but the offer of Mrazek is the dealer. Coreau then gets called up to split duties with Howard. I feel Jared is going to be our Bishop down the line. Kenny then rings the Ducks and offers them Tatar Smith and a 1st in 2018 for Fowler and Stoner. This gives them the wiggle room to reup Lindholm and a scoring winger they are after plus a serviceable Exp D in Smith to replace Stoner. Wings then place Miller Ericsson and Ott on waivers, place Kronwall on LTIR. Then call up Mantha Bertuzzi to replace the waiver players. Wings now look this. AA Nielson Abdelkader Zetterberg Larkin Mantha Vanek Helm Nyqvist Bertuzzi Glendening Sheahan Jurco Touba DeKeyser Fowler Green Stoner Marchenko Sproul Howard Careau

Well the Griffs are 2-0 now , Mantha and Svech on scoresheet the Russo kid with a 2 point game so all looking sunny in Griffland with Mr Nelson so far.

I guess on the positive side we scored 4 against one of the elite sides in the league, and weren't outshot by much.

Good luck to the boys tonight, I'm on the night shift over here in Blighty but ill be listening in to the game I'm hoping we can grab a point in ot.

AA made the roster to take Helms place when he goes to the Jets in the Trouba trade. They haven't picked him to sit in the press box can't people see this ?

For all our worries going into the season on D my biggest fear is that Kronner may be done, and we will be in the mire on the back end if he is. Too many injuries lately and I fear they are catching up with him.

Can't wait to see what they call the Nosek Ott and Bertuzzi line

Fowler will be a Wing before Trouba is

8pts for the Wings 4th line

Holland didn't need that deal to look dumb, just look at his recent resignings and that's proof enough, he's been overpaying for years.

Smith Helm Russo Mantha and a 2nd for Trouba & Connor

Any news on the camp invites this year and are there any Ufas the Wings may give a pto to? Maybe the Czech Nakladal is worth a look?

That is what I'm afraid of! My biggest concern is that we are obviously short of that #1/2 D guy and I can't see Kronner being any better than he has been , his knee issues are not good and may curtail his season early. Even Nik isn't a top guy these days which leaves us with DK as the closest we have to top pairing player. We do have some good D but mostly 4/6 guys, unless Green ups his game we haven't got that offensive threat from the blueline and that is a concern. No one back there that's going to put up 40-50 points for us and that is the concern, there isn't a FA out there that we could invite to a pto, with that potential. Furthermore unless I'm mistaken we don't have that sort of talent within the organisation. Sproul isn't on either the Wings or Griffins roster and Russo maybe to raw to bring up although I'd have him in the lineup. Apart from those 2 it's very thin in the offensive blue line department so unless Kenny has something up his sleeve we have what we have and that is it.

I got a funny feeling that Helm could be included in a deal for Trouba.

Who's Beef? Robin Big Snake ?