I think a handful of players improved their stock considerably at the WJC. Based on the talent evaluations thus far, I'll take any of the top-5 rated players over yet another meaningless first round exit.From the sounds of thing, it's the wrong year to be chasing a top 5 pick. Weak talent pool.
Vanek is the only guy who looked decent last night. Hopefully we can trade a few guys at the TDL to acquire either draft picks or prospects. I don't really trust Holland given his recent draft history, but you figure with more at bats he's gotta eventually draft a good player.
Hahahaha, what a morning. Waking up to my co-worker calling saying he won't come to work, and it's -15 outside. Sweden got owned by Canada and the wings got shutout. What a wonderful day this has been so far....
Just think of how upset it is when we trade our 1st for a scrub at the deadline to improve our chances at making the playoffs to preserve the streak...
Why would you say something like that?
Cause it'll happen.
How do you get those elite players? You just order them on e-bay or?
AA hasn't been good for awhile. He's been very weak on the puck and his defensive game has been pretty much nonexistent. Why have another Nyquist?
46 players in the NHL has scored more points than Henrik Zetterberg. Of those 46 players, 24 (more than half) could have been Red Wings, which means players drafted below pick number 25 in any given draft or players who have changed teams at least once. The remaining 22 were all drafted higher than pick 25 (I didn't check if any of them were drafted after a Red Wing player or after a pick owned by the Red Wings) and have never changed teams.
So there has been ample opportunity.
Jurco had a good game. Won some puck battles, set up some plays, had a couple looks.
Mrazek had a decent game. His goals were all off of insanely dumb turnovers. But his rebound control was lacking and scary. His athleticism bailed him out a couple times.
Mantha was decent but not up to his usual standards based on what he's shown so far this year.
That's about it though. Don't think anyone on the back end had a good game.
38 points really isn't that awful when it's almost nothing but ES production. I find it somewhat sad to see the version of Nyquist we're seeing now, compared to the guy we saw in his first 2 seasons, but he's still getting okay production. With a mediocre PP, he'd be right on pace for around 50 points.Such as?
Also, anyone ready to eat some crow on Nyquist's production? There were a few of us saying all along that his over reliance the PP to pad his stats would end at some point. And now that the PP is dead he's on pace for 38 points and 8 goals. Not really worth 5 million dollars. This isn't to say that he won't pick it up, but until Detroit's PP comes back to life, he will continue to be ****.
Such as?
Also, anyone ready to eat some crow on Nyquist's production? There were a few of us saying all along that his over reliance the PP to pad his stats would end at some point. And now that the PP is dead he's on pace for 38 points and 8 goals. Not really worth 5 million dollars. This isn't to say that he won't pick it up, but until Detroit's PP comes back to life, he will continue to be ****.
2 questionable goals.
Their 1 was icing.
Our goal was maybe interference, but both goals against us.
There is always whiskey
Z's post-game is pretty revealing.
"We keep doing the same things, it's not working"
"We keep trying, keep working on it. Running the same plays."
If the powerplay struggles for 40 games you can't just keep trying the same things thinking it will finally click. You have to change it up.
to the poster in the game day thread who said Nyquist sucks.
Ya I created a thread saying he sucks and has zero hockey IQ. I got roasted pretty hard. Carful around here with Gus
Z's post-game is pretty revealing.
"We keep doing the same things, it's not working"
"We keep trying, keep working on it. Running the same plays."
If the powerplay struggles for 40 games you can't just keep trying the same things thinking it will finally click. You have to change it up.
Just think of how upset it is when we trade our 1st for a scrub at the deadline to improve our chances at making the playoffs to preserve the streak...
Why would you say something like that?
Cause it'll happen.
Like hell it will.
I nominate Nyquist for the most useless player in the NHL this season. He literally brings nothing to the team. At least Sheahan tries hard, and competes, and wins puck battles. If Sheahan isn't scoring, he at least battles hard and competes. Nyquist is the opposite. He's not scoring, he is doing nothing to help the team. Trade him for anything at this point. I'd be fine with a 3rd rounder just to get him off the team.
I nominate Nyquist for the most useless player in the NHL this season. He literally brings nothing to the team. At least Sheahan tries hard, and competes, and wins puck battles. If Sheahan isn't scoring, he at least battles hard and competes. Nyquist is the opposite. He's not scoring, he is doing nothing to help the team. Trade him for anything at this point. I'd be fine with a 3rd rounder just to get him off the team.
Name for me the players on the Red Wings that are earning their salary and producing as expected this season.
I'd like to see that list.
I nominate Nyquist for the most useless player in the NHL this season. He literally brings nothing to the team. At least Sheahan tries hard, and competes, and wins puck battles. If Sheahan isn't scoring, he at least battles hard and competes. Nyquist is the opposite. He's not scoring, he is doing nothing to help the team. Trade him for anything at this point. I'd be fine with a 3rd rounder just to get him off the team.