Episode 275 - Detroit Red Wings Prospect Updates & Contract Projections 

The train is picking up steam!

@@GrindLinePodIt better, because we need him 😂

​@Winged_Wagon_Nation: We do. I love Larkin, but Gretzky had Messier behind him, and also we had Yzerman and Fedorov. You need two C1s.

Maybe we actually did do pretty well in last year's draft lottery, right where Yzerman needed to be. 🤔

@@charlesnelson3660 The problem is going to be SY and the FA signings and i think Danielson could be better than Larkin but we need to wait and see what he does in 3 years of NHL experience. Kasper is a player who is good at getting under the opposition and agitateing them he goes to the rough areas and I hope he shows more offensive skills. I know he can score goals but he needs to do both. Those two and Mazur are going to be good players and they need to get experience, they have the offense and Defensive depth, kasper is a player who will hit and Grind. This team needs to play the ones who show they are ready. I wish SY would be more focused on the team and longer playoff runs than waiting for the elc to be done.?

I think Bergs should ask for a trade, I don’t blame him for not signing a contract and SY saying they have to make the Roster is the most obvious choice if Bergs wants to go. He has been better than Ras and Veleno and you don’t pay a player as much as Ras got for PK. He was misused by KH and should have been in Junior and I think SY needs to play the Prospects that are ready before he keeps signing FAs and not being able to give them experience because they won’t be able to keep being in the playoffs if they can get there without giving them experience and I would be letting them sit if they have a bad game and keep playing them so they get it. Enough of the Perron who is not a top six player and if resigned and Kane doesn’t resign they need to have a player to help the youth.

Good take for sure. I agree with most of your perspective. I would also like to add, we should stop developing everyone the same....expecting the scoring forwards to play defence and expecting the defence to play offence. There are some players that just fit a specific role and thats' it. We are asking too much from every single player in our system. I guess that's the team SY wants to build, but I would like to see some talent just play out and develop within their talent instead of being put in to a box.

@@chriskennedy5341 Great insights, love it.

@@chriskennedy5341 they are trying to make the young players stay in GR and this past season SY said that Reese was up because Kasper doesn’t have the experience? How tf is he going to get experience when he doesn’t get a chance to play in the NHL. I would love to watch the youth Develop that are ready to play in the NHL than watch the same FA signings that are not Guaranteed a playoff spot. I don’t know how he expects to trade players unless he is giving away picks ect. He is following KHs playbook, over ripe the Prospects until they are waiver exempt and if they don’t have what he wants then he is going to trade them. I think Bergd is going to ask for a trade unless he is Guaranteed a roster spot and SY said that him and Johansson would have to earn it. I don’t know what else he expects they are doing their job and he is expecting the youth to change their game but vets are okay if they are not a Defensive Player. It’s bs and him and Newsey are Hypocrites. He says what fans want to hear but he is going to load up on FA players because he thinks making the playoffs which is not Guaranteed and expecting the young players to come in when he wants them too and thinks they are going to be ready to continue the playoff run if they did get in, they need to get the chance to get experience and go with a real rebuild and these other teams in the playoffs have been bringing up the young players and they are playing well. Dallas for one. Vancouver ect. The only team that is not is Detroit because SY thinks they need a couple to 3 years in the AHL but he is going to lose some of those players because they are going to see what is going on and either ask for a trade or go back overseas for more money than GR pays. I don’t want to see them ruined because if they are ready and playing better than half the roster they are still going to be sent back. He is going to put contract in front of them. This season could be worse than last season because of the cap and players to sign.

I generally dislike +/- in general because hockey is a weird sport and it's a pretty bad individual stat. Bad flubs, poor goaltending, and special teams really mess with the stat as a whole.

Lalonde sometimes: 🤪

Walman was injured, that was the reason he was scratched.

@@wingnut69 i know why he was scratched, I just don’t know why he was playing 3rd pairing when he was healthy.

Because walman was a turnover machine. He's not a top pairing defender.

I saw Raymond come up clutch for Detroit in the last five games or so. It was really encouraging as I watched them struggle without Larkin. Little late to this party but I'm getting Raymond RCs now.

I doubt it'll happen but i want to see them paired together. No shots get through, five dudes limp off the ice.

Coaches make the pairing not the players.

Not Billy Charlesvoix' moose jaw. 😅

All he needs to do is outplay Jagger Firkus

You can win with a team full of rookies. Every successful team fill with free agents. Yzerman built a winner in Tampa. He's right on track in Detroit.

You need a couple guys of that ilk but not three on D and four plus up front. Young guys gotta come up and learn this shit by playing. Couple years later we're winning a playoff round or more.

Cannot wait to see what edvinsson turns into!