Scouting reportAccording to Wikipedia, Mr. Huskins is a hockey player who has played for hockey teams? Anything else?
Any news from the waiver wire?
I think nobody has to be waived yet. They are using the Short-Term IR somehow at season start to open spots.
Nobody is at LTIR so far and they have 26 guys there right now?
23 was the amount before calling Lashoff and Nyquist, and before adding Huskins.
I think nobody has to be waived yet. They are using the Short-Term IR somehow at season start to open spots.
Nobody is at LTIR so far and they have 26 guys there right now?
23 was the amount before calling Lashoff and Nyquist, and before adding Huskins.
Ooooof course it was Lebda and Rafalski on the ice. Who else!
Scouting report
ASSETS: Plays a safe brand of hockey that keeps the mistakes to a minimum. Is very dependable and will play through injuries.
FLAWS: Lacks the overall skills to contribute on offense consistently. Does not use his good size nearly enough. Is injured a lot.
CAREER POTENTIAL: Depth defenseman.
Stewart and Vamdermeer cleared waivers
I feel like Stewart would've been more useful to us than guys like Emmerton and Miller (as well as Cleary and Samuelsson, but that is my opinion). He actually grinds and digs and hits, from what I've seen.
I feel like Stewart would've been more useful to us than guys like Emmerton and Miller (as well as Cleary and Samuelsson, but that is my opinion). He actually grinds and digs and hits, from what I've seen.
We could do worse I guess.
On the hockey he is a decent veteran player and a good pk guy. I would have like Clark who is down in OKC, but this was probably my second choice.
I don't know a ton about this guy, other than he's a vet who apparently can skate and play sound D in his own zone. Sign me up at this point! Let Smith play with him for a while. And hopefully he can help our god awful PK.
That's seriously what the Wings need right now; granted, Lashoff is a step in the right direction, but he's still a babe in the woods at this point.
I didn't think Lashoff looked out of place last night, which is about the best thing you could say about any of our D at this point. But yeah, I'd rather import a vet who can help right the PK ship and maybe be a better pairing guy for Smith (I'd almost rather have the Wings play shorthanded with only 1 D on the ice during Smith or Q's shifts than see them together).
Best case scenario- Huskins comes in and makes our 3rd pairing not suck, the PK gets better, and then E builds off of last season and becomes a legit top 4 stay-at-home guy.
And I'd like to see the PK batting average creep above .500 if at all possible.
Hypothetically couldn't they call up Ouellet if the d-man situation got bad enough?
It would have to either get REALLY bad, or have them on the verge of missing the playoffs. I think he'd probably get more of a shot in Grand Rapids since they'll likely be headed to the Playoffs.
maybe instead of improving our defence holland will just look to improve our goaltending and acquire luongo sending howard plus the other way?
maybe instead of improving our defence holland will just look to improve our goaltending and acquire luongo sending howard plus the other way?
How's that gonna improve our goaltending? Have some people lost faith in Howard after first 2 games?