Akakabuto 1,824 Report post Posted June 28 (edited) edit: nevermind... need to block that account phew Edited June 28 by Akakabuto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diehardredwingsfan58 156 Report post Posted June 28 Steven Stamkos, You're a Detroit Red Wing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
town123 200 Report post Posted June 28 Ah please no 1 Al The Octopus reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diehardredwingsfan58 156 Report post Posted June 28 1 hour ago, Akakabuto said: edit: nevermind... need to block that account phew Yeah that;s the fake Friedman account on Twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akakabuto 1,824 Report post Posted June 28 11 minutes ago, diehardredwingsfan58 said: Yeah that;s the fake Friedman account on Twitter yup, noticed the HINC instead of HNIC after I posted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 263 Report post Posted June 28 9 minutes ago, Akakabuto said: yup, noticed the HINC instead of HNIC after I posted Don't doubt the power of troll magic, or the connection between one steve and another. The Mankos will be a wing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akakabuto 1,824 Report post Posted June 29 Trouba a Wing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,031 Report post Posted June 29 45 minutes ago, Akakabuto said: Trouba a Wing https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2024/06/report-rangers-red-wings-working-on.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1az34OyH-q7jUjPKAbExMqfydUiWkVOZgSaONe6BU6NEH_jd2nIG6A7s0_aem_x_j3C2rbWg5aNrh8I-awMQ&m=1 According to Larry Brooks, yes he will be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Motor City Mullets 272 Report post Posted June 29 50 minutes ago, Akakabuto said: Trouba a Wing Yeah - HF boards active this morning - more than likely this will go down today...I like the idea of adding some violence back on to our blueline - especially when we face Ottawa. 2 arag and Al The Octopus reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,031 Report post Posted June 29 It'd be nice if they could still add Chychrun too! But I think they re-sign Ghost and add Edvinsson and Johansson to fill out the D corps. Edvinsson-Seider Ghost-Trouba Chiarot-Petry Maatta-Johansson as the extras. The forward group would need some tweets. Stamkos would help that! It would great if they could add him and Kane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Motor City Mullets 272 Report post Posted June 29 10 minutes ago, LeftWinger said: https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2024/06/report-rangers-red-wings-working-on.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1az34OyH-q7jUjPKAbExMqfydUiWkVOZgSaONe6BU6NEH_jd2nIG6A7s0_aem_x_j3C2rbWg5aNrh8I-awMQ&m=1 According to Larry Brooks, yes he will be. 'Blockbuster'...Hmm - what else might be involved other than Trouba? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,031 Report post Posted June 29 1 minute ago, Motor City Mullets said: 'Blockbuster'...Hmm - what else might be involved other than Trouba? I was thinking the same. I honestly wouldn't mind obtaining Roslavic's UFA rights before Monday. I sure would like them to retain 50% of Trouba. Maybe the blockbuster includes a 3-way with another team retaining the 50%? 1 Motor City Mullets reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axl Foley 314 Report post Posted June 29 15 hours ago, Akakabuto said: yup, noticed the HINC instead of HNIC after I posted That is a Colin move. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diehardredwingsfan58 156 Report post Posted June 29 Wow Tampa trades Sergachev to Utah, So it's sounding like Steven Stamkos will remain in Tampa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
town123 200 Report post Posted June 29 And Jeannot to Kings for way less than they originally paid to acquire him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,798 Report post Posted June 29 1 hour ago, diehardredwingsfan58 said: Wow Tampa trades Sergachev to Utah, So it's sounding like Steven Stamkos will remain in Tampa. Utah? He's going to play basketball now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akakabuto 1,824 Report post Posted June 29 51 minutes ago, GMRwings1983 said: Utah? He's going to play basketball now? its a soccer club 1 Jimmybigrigs69 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diehardredwingsfan58 156 Report post Posted June 29 1 hour ago, GMRwings1983 said: Utah? He's going to play basketball now? Probably both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axl Foley 314 Report post Posted June 29 43 minutes ago, Akakabuto said: its a soccer club HC does not stand for Soccer Club. I thought CRL made that clear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akakabuto 1,824 Report post Posted June 29 44 minutes ago, Axl Foley said: HC does not stand for Soccer Club. I thought CRL made that clear. We listen to CRL now?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,031 Report post Posted June 29 They say Tampa in hot pursuit of Guentzel, so there goes the cap they cleared. Welcome to Detroit Steven Stamkos! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
town123 200 Report post Posted June 29 4 minutes ago, LeftWinger said: They say Tampa in hot pursuit of Guentzel, so there goes the cap they cleared. Welcome to Detroit Steven Stamkos! I hope not. What is Stamkos, Kane or Trouba really going to add? I'm hoping we go after anyone that plays a 200' game and is ornery. I'd rather see AJo, Kasper, Mazur and Berggren getting their feet wet this year before Cossa starts his domination tour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axl Foley 314 Report post Posted June 29 3 minutes ago, town123 said: I hope not. What is Stamkos, Kane or Trouba really going to add? I'm hoping we go after anyone that plays a 200' game and is ornery. I'd rather see AJo, Kasper, Mazur and Berggren getting their feet wet this year before Cossa starts his domination tour. All of these kids need playoff experience. Came close last season, and adding rookies isn't going to get them over the hump. Adding guys like Kane, Stamkos, and Trouba will. 1 Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 263 Report post Posted June 29 9 hours ago, Axl Foley said: That is a Colin move. Aren't you the guy that thought Yzerman takes his scouting orders from NHL central scouting? Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,228 Report post Posted June 30 (edited) 2 hours ago, Axl Foley said: All of these kids need playoff experience. Came close last season, and adding rookies isn't going to get them over the hump. Adding guys like Kane, Stamkos, and Trouba will. Agreed. Playoffs are the expectation now. Rookies can play, but they won't be asked to shoulder the burden of those expectations. Problem is, we discovered this team lives and dies based on one single veteran leader (Larkin). So that has to be addressed. And it seems Yzermanager's pretty hellbent on doing just that. Which makes me happy. Goaltending's also crucial, but maybe not as important as giving this team some more leadership and steadiness and confidence and swagger. (Though, I guess that and goaltending aren't exactly mutually exclusive.) I mean, sure - ideally we have a superstar prospect kicking down the door and/or we add Guentzel and Roy. But we don't have the former, and I don't get the sense that we've become a realistic destination for non-flawed marquee UFAs. So we have to work with what's actually available. And, with the collapse at the front of our minds, that means (flawed) leaders like the captain of the Rangers and the captain of the Lightning. Does Trouba suck? Yeah, kinda. Is Stamkos - at this stage of his career - a power play specialist who's gonna take exactly zero reps at center because he can't play defense? Yeah, I suppose. But there's a human element to this. We saw it in small bursts with Kane. If you put *STEVEN STAMKOS* in our top 6 (which means no Kane, realistically), that's what I call "introducing exotic energy" - and I'd expect the team to respond in a positive way, like with Kane. Even if all he's doing is helping the power play, that could be enough to get us into the playoffs. We're not getting into the playoffs without solid special teams. Trouba's big and physical and dirty. This sounds like cope, but, honestly, we could use some big and physical and dirty. He's not gonna beat you into a pulp, but I'd like to think there's a bit of a Kronwall factor where players don't feel 100% comfortable crossing our blue line or going into our corners because there's a possibility you'll catch a cement elbow from a psychopath (or his 6'6 D partner will sit on you). I know "being hard to play against" in "the new NHL" means you have real good fancy stats - but there's still a place for "Hey, my teammate just leveled that guy who took a shot at our captain and now I wanna level someone too. Let's f***ing go, I'm scoring the OT winner!" Hockey is still a game of momentum swings. Little things still matter. In the age of parity, I'd argue they matter as much as they ever have. (See: missing out on the playoffs because of a tiebreaker.) tl;dr F*** this league, we're gonna do a sequel to the 2002 team one way or another. F***ing candy-ass cap league. Edited June 30 by Dabura 1 AtlantaHotWings reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
