2021 Season

[Akakabuto 1,749]

Evgeny Svechnikov might get another opportunity with Red Wings

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First off, he’s got to get an opportunity and right now he’s on the outside looking in,” Blashill said. “He’s here as depth right now. … When he’s had that opportunity, he’s played OK. What you need to do to stick is make a huge impact in the game and usually you’re going to do that with about 8-12 minutes, that’s what you normally get when you get called up. And in those 8-12 minutes, you have to be really good. And then the next night, maybe you go from eight to 10, and then 10 to 12 and 12 to 14 and so on. Some guys end up working backward and then they’re not here anymore. All we want is guys who are going to help us win and make big impacts on the game.”

I don't get why guys like Svechnikov and Smith has to make a huge impact to stick around and get minutes and veterans like Nielsen, Helm and Filppula don't. We are in a full blown rebuild, god damnit.

[nyqvististhefuture 1,002]

51 minutes ago, Akakabuto said:

Evgeny Svechnikov might get another opportunity with Red Wings

I don't get why guys like Svechnikov and Smith has to make a huge impact to stick around and get minutes and veterans like Nielsen, Helm and Filppula don't. We are in a full blown rebuild, god damnit.

Makes zero sense man , cant wait till blashills f***en gone

[Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083]

10 hours ago, Akakabuto said:

Evgeny Svechnikov might get another opportunity with Red Wings

I don't get why guys like Svechnikov and Smith has to make a huge impact to stick around and get minutes and veterans like Nielsen, Helm and Filppula don't. We are in a full blown rebuild, god damnit.

Agreed. But you cant just send all the underachieving vets down anymore. You still get stuck with most of their cap hit. It sucks for the kids, but that's what happens when you have a lot of dead weight.

[mackel 679]

@krsmith17 how's Zadina looking so far this season?  Are the nets filled yet?  Asking for a friend.

[F.Michael 4,590]

3 hours ago, mackel said:

@krsmith17 how's Zadina looking so far this season?  Are the nets filled yet?  Asking for a friend.

CRL ?

[mackel 679]

16 hours ago, F.Michael said:

CRL ?

Nah don't know him.

[Akakabuto 1,749]

Filapoola on waivers.

[Gniwder 168]

11 minutes ago, Akakabuto said:

Filapoola on waivers.

Solid signing Yzerman A+

[Akakabuto 1,749]

10 minutes ago, Gniwder said:

Solid signing Yzerman A+

We could have had Panarin..

[Gniwder 168]

1 minute ago, Akakabuto said:

We could have had Panarin..

Sarcasm noted

[Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083]

2 hours ago, Gniwder said:

Solid signing Yzerman A+

Filppula leaves via free agency. Replaced with Stephen Weiss. Weiss bought out. Brad Richards signed to replace Weiss. Sucked and then retired. Nielsen brought in to replace Richards. Nielsen goes downhill fast. Filppula brought back to help stop the decline.

Circle of Life

[Akakabuto 1,749]

Anybody knows what’s up with Bert? 

[LeftWinger 4,953]

36 minutes ago, Akakabuto said:

Anybody knows what’s up with Bert? 

 

[Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083]

3 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

 

Hes about as effective as Mantha right now.

[Akakabuto 1,749]

9 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

 

So in other words: we know nothing. No report anywhere on what the 'upper body' injury is about?

[The 91 of Ryans 3,014]

3 hours ago, Akakabuto said:

So in other words: we know nothing. No report anywhere on what the 'upper body' injury is about?

speculation: concussion 

[kipwinger 8,522]

He was holding his upper arm/shoulder when he went off the ice in the game that he got injured. Hasn't been back since.

[The 91 of Ryans 3,014]

Yeah. Blashill says "not concussion". And they also speculate that he'd be at least skating if it were his arm/shoulder.

Hopefully it's not: initially hurt his arm, caught Covid while on IR, and is now having Toews/Rossi like complications. 

It would be nice if they could just say......

[kipwinger 8,522]

Agreed. Though I thought I saw that he was finally skating as of the end of last week?

[The 91 of Ryans 3,014]

Actually you're right. He's skated a couple of times. Could be arm. Anyway, he's severely missed. Through him and Larkin into the lineup and you start winning a few more of these close-ish games I think. 

[kipwinger 8,522]

I just need him to come back so that at least two of my three "bold predictions" will come true. I said he'd outscore Mantha this year. That prediction was looking pretty damn good until Bert got injured. Thank god Mantha blows and hasn't really scored at all in a month and a half. Still have a chance to scratch out a win on that one lol.

[The 91 of Ryans 3,014]

14 minutes ago, kipwinger said:

I just need him to come back so that at least two of my three "bold predictions" will come true. I said he'd outscore Mantha this year. That prediction was looking pretty damn good until Bert got injured. Thank god Mantha blows and hasn't really scored at all in a month and a half. Still have a chance to scratch out a win on that one lol.

Ganger is going to outscore Mantha. 

[LeftWinger 4,953]

I hope teams "see" his potential and come with some offers for him. With they way our prospects are playing, and Zadina (so far) Mantha is somewhat, dare I say, replaceable now. Jimmy D was right!

[kipwinger 8,522]

I think Mantha's probably a decent enough player, but this is what happens when a team has no offensively talented centers. I've been saying this for years now, our centers are trash. I like Larkin as a workhorse top six, matchup, guy. And I like all of Glendening, Ras, Veleno, and Pearson as bottom six guys. But we have no centers that are going to elevate a winger's game offensively. It's not surprising that we struggle to score. Until Niederbach we didn't bother drafting offensive centers. Imagine Mantha riding shotgun with a guy who could consistently find him in the offensive zone like a Backstrom or Giroux. He'd definitely be a 30 goal guy. He's just not going to do it for us because A) he's not good enough to do it on his own, and B) Larkin isn't that kind of center.

 

Edited March 8, 2021 by kipwinger

[Gniwder 168]

7 minutes ago, kipwinger said:

I think Mantha's probably a decent enough player, but this is what happens when a team has no offensively talented centers. I've been saying this for years now, our centers are trash. I like Larkin as a workhorse top six, matchup, guy. And I like all of Glendening, Ras, Veleno, and Pearson as bottom six guys. But we have no centers that are going to elevate a winger's game offensively. It's not surprising that we struggle to score. Until Niederbach we didn't both drafting offensive centers. Imagine Mantha riding shotgun with a guy who could consistently find him in the offensive zone like a Backstrom or Girioux. He'd definitely be a 30 goal guy. He's just not going to do it for us because A) he's not good enough to do it on his own, and B) Larkin isn't that kind of center.

 

Mantha and Zadina are complimentary players and should be traded ASAP. Like you say, we have no core players to put them around. Until we do they're more valuable as trade chips as they will never produce what they could here.