ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 >Zadina finally gets called up >Wings fans get EXCITED >He does ok >5 seasons later he's not any better than Tatar or Nyquist >Wings fans want to trade him >CRL laughs but then cries What does this mean?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 Oh snap! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Dabura said: Oh snap! For the x1000 time he's not a superstar. Prepare for the 4 year roller-coaster of him amounting to 2nd line duties. Hopefully we can get a good return for him in 2022 or whatever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krsmith17 7,191 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 48 minutes ago, Dabura said: Oh snap! Oh snap! I'll be at games 6 and 7, assuming he gets his 9 games in a row... He better f***ing be playing on the Florida road trip... 1 Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyqvististhefuture 1,002 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 Hopefully zadina gets a look playing in the top 6 with worthy linemates on another note ... chase Pearson got 2 assists for 27 pts in 29 games matching his career best in 8 fewer games and +16 compared to +1 last season 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtlantaHotWings 1,135 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 8 hours ago, nyqvististhefuture said: Hopefully zadina gets a look playing in the top 6 with worthy linemates on another note ... chase Pearson got 2 assists for 27 pts in 29 games matching his career best in 8 fewer games and +16 compared to +1 last season Based on this article today https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/02/timing-right-for-red-wings-to-debut-filip-zadina-sunday.html the bolded above is probably a wet dream... From the article "Zadina will practice with the Red Wings on Saturday. Blashill didn’t indicate which line he will play on but said it’s not automatic that he’ll be in a top-six role. “We’ve got some pretty good young players here; if I bring him in and put him ahead of some of those young guys, it’s not really right,” Blashill said. “They worked for a number of years and all the sudden some guy gets plopped ahead of you. They’ve had to earn it and Filip will have to earn it." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krsmith17 7,191 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, AtlantaHotWings said: Based on this article today https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/02/timing-right-for-red-wings-to-debut-filip-zadina-sunday.html the bolded above is probably a wet dream... From the article "Zadina will practice with the Red Wings on Saturday. Blashill didn’t indicate which line he will play on but said it’s not automatic that he’ll be in a top-six role. “We’ve got some pretty good young players here; if I bring him in and put him ahead of some of those young guys, it’s not really right,” Blashill said. “They worked for a number of years and all the sudden some guy gets plopped ahead of you. They’ve had to earn it and Filip will have to earn it." Oh definitely. There's no way you can demote a young guy like Vanek... I don't care if Zadina gets "top six" necessarily, as long as he's not on a line with scrubs... I'd be okay with... Bertuzzi - Larkin - Mantha Vanek - Nielsen - Nyquist Athanasiou - Rasmussen - Zadina Abdelkader - Glendening - Helm 3 Wheelchairsuperhero, nyqvististhefuture and Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyqvististhefuture 1,002 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, AtlantaHotWings said: Based on this article today https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/02/timing-right-for-red-wings-to-debut-filip-zadina-sunday.html the bolded above is probably a wet dream... From the article "Zadina will practice with the Red Wings on Saturday. Blashill didn’t indicate which line he will play on but said it’s not automatic that he’ll be in a top-six role. “We’ve got some pretty good young players here; if I bring him in and put him ahead of some of those young guys, it’s not really right,” Blashill said. “They worked for a number of years and all the sudden some guy gets plopped ahead of you. They’ve had to earn it and Filip will have to earn it." Ya I’m not surprised with this stupid team , you don’t wanna just hand out minutes but I don’t see the point of bringing up what our easiest top prospect in god knows how Long? To play on a 3rd line with glendening and helm , like Jesus Christ give him athanasiou, put Rasmussen down the middle for a few games instead of parking him on a 4th as well lets have some fun and let the kids play and if we lose even better so we get a top pick and not have to endure this disaster forever 17 minutes ago, krsmith17 said: Oh definitely. There's no way you can demote a young guy like Vanek... I don't care if Zadina gets "top six" necessarily, as long as he's not on a line with scrubs... I'd be okay with... Bertuzzi - Larkin - Mantha Vanek - Nielsen - Nyquist Athanasiou - Rasmussen - Zadina Abdelkader - Glendening - Helm Ha like that third line, same mindset ... keep him away from no talent 4th line guys hopefully nyquist is dealt or benched by then , same with vanek Edited February 23, 2019 by nyqvististhefuture 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The 91 of Ryans 3,019 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 11 hours ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: >Zadina finally gets called up >Wings fans get EXCITED >He does ok >5 seasons later he's not any better than Tatar or Nyquist >Wings fans want to trade him >CRL laughs but then cries What does this mean?? Well I guess it's a good job the fate of the franchise is not in his hands alone. It's also cool that you just described the worst-case scenario and even that is fine with me. Except for the part where you cry. This makes me sad. Poor CRL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 Holy crap, tweets actually render for me now! Thanks, Firefox update! (I guess!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) Rasmussen won't be sent to junior: Wings keeping Rasmussen is 'best for his development' [Detroit Free Press] Quote The Detroit Red Wings had debated sending the rookie back to his junior team in order to make him eligible for the AHL playoffs, but decided he’s better off with them. “It’s definitive on Rasmussen that he will be here for the rest of the season,” coach Jeff Blashill said. Edited February 23, 2019 by Dabura 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barabbas16 499 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 2 hours ago, krsmith17 said: Oh definitely. There's no way you can demote a young guy like Vanek... I don't care if Zadina gets "top six" necessarily, as long as he's not on a line with scrubs... I'd be okay with... Bertuzzi - Larkin - Mantha Vanek - Nielsen - Nyquist Athanasiou - Rasmussen - Zadina Abdelkader - Glendening - Helm How about: Zadina - Glendening - Vanek? 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Mahonas 1,872 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 3 hours ago, nyqvististhefuture said: Ya I’m not surprised with this stupid team , you don’t wanna just hand out minutes but I don’t see the point of bringing up what our easiest top prospect in god knows how Long? To play on a 3rd line with glendening and helm , like Jesus Christ give him athanasiou, put Rasmussen down the middle for a few games instead of parking him on a 4th as well lets have some fun and let the kids play and if we lose even better so we get a top pick and not have to endure this disaster forever Ha like that third line, same mindset ... keep him away from no talent 4th line guys hopefully nyquist is dealt or benched by then , same with vanek Ditto. AA has about zero points with Helm and Glendening and the line is consistently taking minuses. Blashill: I'm liking what that line is doing. Hard on the forecheck. 1 nyqvististhefuture reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kipwinger 8,772 Report post Posted February 23, 2019 Veleno with another 3 point night tonight. 3 1 krsmith17, nyqvististhefuture, Wheelchairsuperhero and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 Notes: Zadina excited to make his NHL debut with Wings Sunday [DetroitRedWings.com] tl;dr Vanek-Glendening-Zadina Vanek as mentor. Vanek is a similar player with similar draft pedigree and he speaks fluent Czech Blashill wants Zadina to shoot. Vanek will get lots of pucks to him and he should be looking to shoot those pucks, not defer to someone else Zadina will get PP time. Practiced with Bertuzzi, Nyquist, Rasmussen, Green, but Blashill seemed to suggest he'd be on the first unit (with Vanek) PP cont'd: Blashill likes Zadina on the off-wing wall where he can rip one-timers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Dabura said: Notes: Zadina excited to make his NHL debut with Wings Sunday [DetroitRedWings.com] tl;dr Vanek-Glendening-Zadina Vanek as mentor. Vanek is a similar player with similar draft pedigree and he speaks fluent Czech Blashill wants Zadina to shoot. Vanek will get lots of pucks to him and he should be looking to shoot those pucks, not defer to someone else Zadina will get PP time. Practiced with Bertuzzi, Nyquist, Rasmussen, Green, but Blashill seemed to suggest he'd be on the first unit (with Vanek) PP cont'd: Blashill likes Zadina on the off-wing wall where he can rip one-timers WHY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MileHighWingsGuy 178 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 Love these kids!! Exciting to see them all. If we can add another big piece this year we’d be fun next year. 1 Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, kickazz said: WHY. According to some guy on twitter, AA plays better with Glendening than anyone else. Maybe it's Blashill himself I'm arguing with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, kickazz said: WHY. Only so many centers I guess? 14 minutes ago, Dabura said: Notes: Zadina excited to make his NHL debut with Wings Sunday [DetroitRedWings.com] tl;dr Vanek-Glendening-Zadina Vanek as mentor. Vanek is a similar player with similar draft pedigree and he speaks fluent Czech Blashill wants Zadina to shoot. Vanek will get lots of pucks to him and he should be looking to shoot those pucks, not defer to someone else Zadina will get PP time. Practiced with Bertuzzi, Nyquist, Rasmussen, Green, but Blashill seemed to suggest he'd be on the first unit (with Vanek) PP cont'd: Blashill likes Zadina on the off-wing wall where he can rip one-timers Pfft. What a waste. Zadina with Vanek? So dumb. What sense does it make to play the kid with someone who can speak his language, relate to him and mentor him? 1 Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 1 minute ago, kickazz said: WHY. Blashill's reasoning: Glendening is good defensively. In theory, that counterbalances the defensive shortcomings of Vanek and Zadina Glendening is a tenacious forechecker, good at retrieving pucks. Vanek is old and slow and Zadina is going to be physically overmatched in most o-zone trench battles, so having a grinder on the line makes some sense Glendening is our best faceoff guy. In theory, winning more faceoffs than not --> more time spent spent with the puck and less time spent trying to get the puck back I'm good with this. Glendening's our 3C and Vanek gets a lot of ice time, so Zadina's starting on the third line, where he can get good minutes without having to go head-to-head with the other team's best players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, Wheelchairsuperhero said: According to some guy on twitter, AA plays better with Glendening than anyone else. Maybe it's Blashill himself I'm arguing with. Personally, I don't mind the AA-Glendening pairing as much as many people on the internet mind it. As Blashill says, AA is a "self-generator," i.e. he can make things happen on his own. In that sense, he's like Larkin. On the one hand, the idea of having two Larkins on one line sounds great. On the other hand, maybe that's too many cooks in the kitchen. Maybe Larkin and AA (and Mantha?) are often looking to do the same thing and sort of stepping on each other's toes. That being said, I think Bertuzzi-Larkin-Mantha works as well as it does largely because it's three different types of players playing three different roles. The players complement each other. When AA plays with Glendening, he has the green light to be THE driving force on his line. He's expected to make a lot of stuff happen "by himself," and I'd say that suits his game pretty well. I do really like AA-Larkin-Mantha/Bertuzzi in man-advantage situations and when we're pressing for goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dabura said: Blashill's reasoning: Glendening is good defensively. In theory, that counterbalances the defensive shortcomings of Vanek and Zadina Glendening is a tenacious forechecker, good at retrieving pucks. Vanek is old and slow and Zadina is going to be physically overmatched in most o-zone trench battles, so having a grinder on the line makes some sense Glendening is our best faceoff guy. In theory, winning more faceoffs than not --> more time spent spent with the puck and less time spent trying to get the puck back I'm good with this. Glendening's our 3C and Vanek gets a lot of ice time, so Zadina's starting on the third line, where he can get good minutes without having to go head-to-head with the other team's best players. Dude in theory shmeory. His faceoff% doesnt translate to his actual possession which is one of the league worst 40% ewwww Vanek - AA- Zadina Edited February 24, 2019 by kickazz 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 24, 2019 55 minutes ago, Neomaxizoomdweebie said: Only so many centers I guess? I mean, you're not wrong. The elephant in the room is that our center depth kind of falls off a cliff once you get past Larkin @ 1C... Nielsen's a 3C playing 2C Glendening's a 4C playing 3C AA's more effective on the wing than he is at center Rasmussen isn't ready to be a full-time centerman Helm doesn't play center anymore 1 Neomaxizoomdweebie reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
