OT: Red Wings hockey starts tonight
October 14th, 2016 at 8:04 AM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
I am upset with the direction of the team that Ken Holland has taken.
Too many bad contacts and vets over 30.
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October 13th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 1:59 PM ^
First Ferraro and then Pulk...your telling me that you couldn't get ANY asset in exchange? I know neither were setting the world on fire, but losing players you developed for nothing seems outrageous. Couldn't you trade from the glut of forwards (including even prospects) and pick up a serviceable defenseman?...It really seems like Holland doesn't know how to manage the roster anymore.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:16 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 2:22 PM ^
There was a great piece on Winging it in Motown that showed just how shitty Kenny is at managing entry-level contracts. The salary cap hit for signing a bunch of mediocre veterans to play the 3rd and 4th lines, vs. bringing up younger players, was astounding. It's an incredibly convincing proof of how Holland is emphatically not a good cap GM.
October 13th, 2016 at 3:25 PM ^
Yes, I loved this piece. For those guys on twitter looking for a great Wings reference, Prashanth Iyer (@iyer_prashanth) is a must follow; he's the one who wrote the article. Great stuff!
October 13th, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^
It's only going to get worse. They're right up against the cap with no end in sight and Tatar, AA, Ouellet and Jurco are RFA's next year. Smith is a UFA and he's gone.
Oh and it's only two years until Dylan Larkin and Mrazek are RFA's and every bad contract besides Mike Green will still be on the books.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:24 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 3:01 PM ^
You also have the expansion draft coming up...guys like him could have been left unprotected.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
Lightning have our number. No way we beat them in their rink to start the season.
Bolts 3
Wings 1
October 13th, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
Excited to see what Athanasiou can do with extended minutes. Also need Mrazek to shit or get off the pot this year! Kind of surprised Mantha didn't make the team yet
October 13th, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
I don't get how he isn't on the roster. THey admit this isn't a top team, but send their top prospect down while players with no ceiling take up a spot?
October 13th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
thought maybe it was injury related, but have seen no evidence of that
October 13th, 2016 at 2:57 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 3:02 PM ^
noted...but if you aren't competing on a serious level, why not give him experience now?
October 13th, 2016 at 7:38 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
AA is riding the bench today...
October 13th, 2016 at 2:06 PM ^
what did I miss?
October 13th, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
These have been the practice lines all week. It's the same front office/coach that sat him last season, played him 5 mins a game when he was in, won't give Mantha a shot, let Frk and Pulky walk out the door for nothing all because we need to waste a line and a half on Veteran Leadership, and Penalty Killing Poorly, and Adding Nothing In Terms Of Goals.
The question isn't "what did you miss," it's should be "why did you ever expect anything different.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:37 PM ^
How did I miss that? What's the reason?
October 13th, 2016 at 2:35 PM ^
Yeah looks like the Wings are going to Wing and let AA be a healthy scratch while playing a load of veterans.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:38 PM ^
As long as Helm's in.../s
October 13th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 1:46 PM ^
I am a huge Red Wings fan . I have the lowest expectations for this team in over 20 years . I hope they can prove me and the experts wrong and make the playoffs at least .
Holland has made some very bad moves, and signed people to very questionable contracts for years now .
October 13th, 2016 at 1:51 PM ^
For those of you outside the FS Detroit area, Fox Sports Go app will supposedly stream live games this season. It has always been absurd to me that they did not in previous seasons with the Wings. You would just need someone's login info that has the channel. Hopefully this helps out a few non local Wings fans.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:53 PM ^
Wow!
If this is true, I can FINALLY watch Wings games again.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
I'm skeptical as well since Fox Sports Go app has been completely useless in past years for me. I happened to see it on a billboard driving on Tuesday with that claim. It already shows up in the app too under "upcoming" which it never did in years past. I'm thinking it's golden.
October 13th, 2016 at 4:39 PM ^
WHAT DO I DO?
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October 13th, 2016 at 5:30 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 1:58 PM ^
Going to the game tonight. I think Red Wings take it, 3-2. Lightning will be a strong contender for the Cup this year, though.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 5:51 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^
The Wing's lineup does not inspire a lot of confidence this year, which is unfortunate. Holland is terrible.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 2:07 PM ^
let me just say that you guys better appreciate Frans Nielsen, the most underrated hockey player in the history of Midgard. (It's a long-held belief among Isles fans that he is in fact a Scandinavian deity, defeating evil with his legendary Danish Backhand of Justice.)
He's a complete player and a heck of guy; my life has been one unending Morrissey song since he left the island for the Motor City.
October 13th, 2016 at 3:05 PM ^
Nielsen is a really nice player, and I think he'll be great for us for the next 2 or 3 years. But we signed him for 6 years. He's 32 right now, so I definitely think the second half of his contract will put us in a bind a few years down the road... :(
October 13th, 2016 at 2:07 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 3:28 PM ^
I think AA and Larkin with both be exciting to watch. Mrazek is dominant when he's on his game too. It really could be worse, I mean we're not the Jets/Coyotes/Flames/Senators/etc.
October 13th, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 2:19 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 2:29 PM ^
I'm not sold on Blashill and I think this season will either prove me right, or wrong. Too many players like Tatar and Nyquist badly underachieved last year, when they should've been trending upwards. Enough that you start to call into question the coaching. And he's familiar with these guys, or should be, from coaching in GR.
If there's a bounce-back, and we can get 60-point seasons out of those guys, then the streak can continue. And as long as the streak continues, there's a chance. The playoffs are still anyone's game. A lot of people point to the defense, and it's not amazing, but me, I think it's the scoring that needs to improve.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 3:42 PM ^
Mrazek just needs to be consistent. That'll come with age. We do have one of the better backup situations in the league - albeit an expensive one - but Mrazek is an excellent goalie, he only needs to smooth out the valleys in his play.
October 13th, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^
So I pose a question to my fellow Wings fans here. I love the streak. It is a great stat and record to hold. Playoff hockey is also, to me, unquestionably the most exciting postseason. That being said I really feel like Holland is tied to the streak. I even half believe that is really his only goal; keeping us good enough to slide in as the 7th/8th seed every year.
With this being said, would you be alright missing the playoffs this season if it meant the end of the Ken Holland era? Seeing that streak end would break my heart a little. But having a ceiling as a low seed that sneaks into the playoffs is really losing its luster.
I also think we may have passed our window for bringing Yzerman back here to replace Holland. The fortunes and roster for the Lightning continues to trend up where as it seems the Wings are moving in the opposite direction. Hope Im wrong as I really want to see Stevie Y home instead of knocking us out every year.