Jimmybigrigs69 353 Report post Posted October 23, 2024 1 hour ago, Scott R Lucidi said: GG. I never liked that guy. He wasnt right IN THE HEAD. He was touched by the angels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 353 Report post Posted March 28 So Keith Gave - former detroit beat reporter - posted on X that the Wings org feels the league is anti detroit and actively unermines the wings and theyre not happy about it (he was responding in regards to things like losing lottery picks specifically) Weve suspected this for years. Do you believe it? Do you believe it more now that Gave is reporting this is how the org feels? 1 mackel reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kipwinger 8,749 Report post Posted March 29 (edited) On 3/27/2025 at 10:03 PM, Jimmybigrigs69 said: So Keith Gave - former detroit beat reporter - posted on X that the Wings org feels the league is anti detroit and actively unermines the wings and theyre not happy about it (he was responding in regards to things like losing lottery picks specifically) Weve suspected this for years. Do you believe it? Do you believe it more now that Gave is reporting this is how the org feels? I didnt see his original post so take this with all appropriate caveats… I dont think there is any bias. The Red Wings were one of the leagues best and most profitable businesses for 25 years. The league also has profit sharing (in the form of “hockey related revenue”). Why would the league actively collude to undermine a profitable team with the full understanding that it would take money away from every other team too? Which owner or GM would hatch that plot? Instead they’ve undergone expansion (Vegas, Seattle) lately with the expressed goal of increasing hockey related revenue. The league wants a bigger pie to split up between the owners. Why would they then turn around and decrease the size of it by deliberately ruining a top earning team on purpose? It doesn’t make any sense. None of which is to say that the Wings haven’t had things to gripe about. They do. But there’s no conspiracy here because conspirators don’t typically hatch plots that ultimately only cost themselves millions of dollars in lost revenue. Edited March 29 by kipwinger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mackel 760 Report post Posted March 29 On 3/27/2025 at 11:03 PM, Jimmybigrigs69 said: So Keith Gave - former detroit beat reporter - posted on X that the Wings org feels the league is anti detroit and actively unermines the wings and theyre not happy about it (he was responding in regards to things like losing lottery picks specifically) Weve suspected this for years. Do you believe it? Do you believe it more now that Gave is reporting this is how the org feels? There's lots of smoke for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 353 Report post Posted April 13 (edited) Some juicey drama unfolding with NYR... Calvin De Haan is reportedly very unhappy with how hes been treated in NY, and, according to himself, is prepared to unload about it once the season ends. For reference, De Haan was with the Avs until the Rags traded for him at the TDL. The Rags played him in 3 games after being acquired (2 of which were shutout wins, and De Haan had zero goals scored against him in all 3 games) and then healthy scratched him for the remainder of the season. So essentially, they ripped him from a cup contender, didnt use him at all, and now the Rags have missed the playoffs. Couple this with the other rumors: >all the trouba drama that finally resulted in them trading their captain mid season >Chytill mutually agreed to be traded, indicating the players lack of wanting to remain on the team >Kakko also traded, and has mostly thrived since joining Seattle, unlike his time in NYR... >rumors swirling about bad blood between GM Drury and assistant captain Chris Kreider.. >Lavy won them the pres trophy last year (year 1) but now has missed the playoffs the very next year... this doesnt happen often >they circumvented Barclay Goodrows NTC by waiving him, and SJS agreeing to claim him, which Goodrow was publicly angry about Will be interesting to see what unfolds. Hoping that De Haan and guys like Trouba trauma dump on us this offseason. Edited April 13 by Jimmybigrigs69 1 mackel reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mackel 760 Report post Posted April 13 2 hours ago, Jimmybigrigs69 said: Some juicey drama unfolding with NYR... Calvin De Haan is reportedly very unhappy with how hes been treated in NY, and, according to himself, is prepared to unload about it once the season ends. For reference, De Haan was with the Avs until the Rags traded for him at the TDL. The Rags played him in 3 games after being acquired (2 of which were shutout wins, and De Haan had zero goals scored against him in all 3 games) and then healthy scratched him for the remainder of the season. So essentially, they ripped him from a cup contender, didnt use him at all, and now the Rags have missed the playoffs. Couple this with the other rumors: >all the trouba drama that finally resulted in them trading their captain mid season >Chytill mutually agreed to be traded, indicating the players lack of wanting to remain on the team >Kakko also traded, and has mostly thrived since joining Seattle, unlike his time in NYR... >rumors swirling about bad blood between GM Drury and assistant captain Chris Kreider.. >Lavy won them the pres trophy last year (year 1) but now has missed the playoffs the very next year... this doesnt happen often >they circumvented Barclay Goodrows NTC by waiving him, and SJS agreeing to claim him, which Goodrow was publicly angry about Will be interesting to see what unfolds. Hoping that De Haan and guys like Trouba trauma dump on us this offseason. That sounds like a toxic franchise... they'll likely be gifted another lotto win as a consequence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 353 Report post Posted Monday at 12:43 AM 1 hour ago, mackel said: That sounds like a toxic franchise... they'll likely be gifted another lotto win as a consequence. I was stunned back when they fired Jeff Gorton. IMO he was one of the best GMs in the biz at that time. And it really seemed to me that they were just afraid of losing Chris Drury... like when we lost Yzerman to Tampa. So they canned him in favor of Chris. Since then Drury hasnt done much of anything of note, and he seems to be skilled at pizzing off his own lockerrom. This is why I think its super risky to hire guys like Yzerman or Drury. Because... what if you have to fire them? Lotta rags fans want Drury gone, but Lebrun literally just reported that he has Dolan's full confidence and likely wont be fired this summer... lol This is exactly the problem... Gorton built a great Rags team, but was seemingly easy to fire the moment he slipped up at all. And now Drury has mismanaged it completely, but is gonna be allowed to continue on... bc his name is loyal rags legend Chris Drury. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mackel 760 Report post Posted Tuesday at 02:30 AM On 4/13/2025 at 9:43 PM, Jimmybigrigs69 said: I was stunned back when they fired Jeff Gorton. IMO he was one of the best GMs in the biz at that time. And it really seemed to me that they were just afraid of losing Chris Drury... like when we lost Yzerman to Tampa. So they canned him in favor of Chris. Since then Drury hasnt done much of anything of note, and he seems to be skilled at pizzing off his own lockerrom. This is why I think its super risky to hire guys like Yzerman or Drury. Because... what if you have to fire them? Lotta rags fans want Drury gone, but Lebrun literally just reported that he has Dolan's full confidence and likely wont be fired this summer... lol This is exactly the problem... Gorton built a great Rags team, but was seemingly easy to fire the moment he slipped up at all. And now Drury has mismanaged it completely, but is gonna be allowed to continue on... bc his name is loyal rags legend Chris Drury. Our mistake was letting Jim Nill walk. Stevie is too conservative... we've missed out because of it. When we had lots of cap he failed to weaponize it first picks. That just the obvious. 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmybigrigs69 353 Report post Posted Tuesday at 02:50 AM (edited) 20 minutes ago, mackel said: Our mistake was letting Jim Nill walk. Stevie is too conservative... we've missed out because of it. When we had lots of cap he failed to weaponize it first picks. That just the obvious. To be fair to stevie, im not convinced anyone else could do better. Hes hit on his 1st round picks (the ones you NEED to hit on) and his trading ability is actually very good. But i am seriously confused by, and disagree with, his lack of direction. As well his coaching choices. You can be the Scotty Bowman of GMs, but an inability to acquire the right personel or lead this team in a distinct direction will sink even the best. So basically i dont think hes a bad GM/hockey brain, but I do think he has made serious mistakes at this point. Mistakes he may come to regret. Edited Tuesday at 02:51 AM by Jimmybigrigs69 2 Rick D and Motor City Mullets reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,123 Report post Posted Tuesday at 03:30 PM Yzerman needs to get Larionov in here as an assistant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
