Just not doing exactly what needs to be doneGod even if this season is garbage I love having Yzerman as our GM. You never know what is coming next and he’s so proactive.
Oof. Puts us at six defensemen. Trade or Dekeyser coming back?
Meh, even if only the Fabbri trade (and Biega though he’s a non factor) look good right now, he’s still at a huge net positive.Just not doing exactly what needs to be done
Does cholo have to clear waivers?
Meh, even if only the Fabbri trade (and Biega though he’s a non factor) look good right now, he’s still at a huge net positive.
Trading away pieces that have no hope of helping us in the future (VS, Pope), from a superfluous position (Regula), or players who just flat out don’t want to be here (AA in the near future probably) is exactly what he should be doing.
So far Yzerman has traded two guys who barely are AHL players, a 4th, Regula, and JDLR for a top 6 forward in Fabbri, two failed rolls in Erne and Perlini, and two players who are at least NHL fill ins (both of who were had for guys who would never sniff the NHL.
most of the moves have been minor but the only two pieces worth literally anything long term were Regula and the 4th. Fabbri alone is worth far more than that, especially given our farm strength in Regula’s position. The rest is just gravy low risk potential high reward dice rolls that landed on “no reward” and cost us next to nothing
or is this Yzerman knowing that Cholo should also be away from this absolute dumpster fire. He cant send down Hronek as the fanbase would riot, but he could send down Cholo just like he did Zadina. Cholo can still learn things in GR and also help that team which needs some of that talent back after Detroit took whatever they could from it earlier due to injuries. I could be wrong, its just a theory. Shoot maybe Blashill just doesn't like him.
They could decide to recall Bowey. Not sure if he’s with the Griffs in California already.
I for one welcome Kyle Quincy coming out of retirement to help save the season
I agree, GRG has a ton of new 1st year players and with the revolving door with Defensmen, injuries to Ras & Puempel, Zadina and Givani up & down, it's been hard for the team to gel. I hope they start to put it togetherIt sorta seems like the idea here is that they want to beef up GR and make that a better development environment for the year. It's sort of a win/win, because somehow Simon hasn't been able to win with the group he's had, and because if Cholowski stays up and goes -40, it might hurt his development. I mean, mentally, that would be really tough.
With the addition of those two, GR should have an excellent defense group for that league.