The Official 2013-14 Regular Season Talk Thread

[Psyblast]

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The Red Wings.....WIN a shootout?!?!

[l3ulvl]

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Good lead in for 24/7

[ImTellinTim]

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Gaborik is out with a broken collarbone.

Shocking.

[Kobalt]

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Relegate Edmonton to AHL or something.

[DrJones]

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Relegate Edmonton to AHL or something.

One of the great things about Rogers' Canadian TV monopoly is that I'll be able to avoid depressing Oilers and Flames games on Saturday night next year. Would much rather be watching Stars/Sharks.

[DrJones]

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Imagine how bad the Oilers would be if Kevin Lowe wasn't a winner!

[slickdtc]

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Gaborik is out with a broken collarbone.

Dude is made of glass. You're in the wrong business, homes. Hockey is full contact. He's gotta be one of the biggest teases of the last decade.

[carko32]

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Scary thing is, with the Rogers deal, and the salary cap skyrocketing, 5.5 million for Clarkson might look like a bargain.

He turned it around in this one and had a pretty good game I think.

Still 5,5M is too much for player like Clarkson.. I know that it is hard for him as everybody in Toronto is expecting brilliance for 5.5M, but still, Nonis hugely overpaid him. Let's just hope that we resign Phaneuf for reasonable amount and get some true 1st line C - I'd trade Kadri plus sth to get some true 1st line C.

And I can't wait to have Bozak back in lineup, even though he isn't as sparkly as Kadri, but he makes the first line play better - and he wins faceoffs, contrary to Kadri, which is 84th in faceoffs for players that took enough faceoffs this season.

[metalmilitia623]

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Dude is made of glass. You're in the wrong business, homes. Hockey is full contact. He's gotta be one of the biggest teases of the last decade.

I don't follow Gaborik at all but I wonder if he learned to keep his head up or not?
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[bad_philanthropy]

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Indeed 24/7 makes the Wings out to be as dull as I expected, but I'm really impressed with Babcock. On the surface it may seem like he's dispensing a lot of rote coach speak, but listening to it more carefully I think it's way more thoughtful than the standard coaching/leadership cliches. For all his folksy persona, he is educated, and I think is really effective at relating some pretty sophisticated psychological concepts to hockey players among the standard rah rah stuff.

[l3ulvl]

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I'm really big on Detroit's young prospects, I just think the organization is trying to bridge the gap between the current set of vets, and the day the youngins take over. The Weiss signing looks so bad right now, just horrible. Holland wants to keep making runs while Dats and Zett are still around, and has been making questionable FA signings, but the kids aren't quite ready for the big time.

Good potential in Tatar/Nyquist/Jurco/Mantha/Pulk, like 5 more defensemen, even Mrazek. I think when these guys get their chance the transition won't be bad at all, just need someone to take the big step into stardom.

[Kobalt]

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[Money99]

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I'm really big on Detroit's young prospects, I just think the organization is trying to bridge the gap between the current set of vets, and the day the youngins take over. The Weiss signing looks so bad right now, just horrible. Holland wants to keep making runs while Dats and Zett are still around, and has been making questionable FA signings, but the kids aren't quite ready for the big time.

Good potential in Tatar/Nyquist/Jurco/Mantha/Pulk, like 5 more defensemen, even Mrazek. I think when these guys get their chance the transition won't be bad at all, just need someone to take the big step into stardom.

Great post. Spot on.
I'm pretty high on some of our prospects as well, particularly Tatar and Nyquist. I'm also hoping Mantha turns into that scoring stud we've been lacking for a while.

But like you mentioned, these kids are 2 to 3 seasons away from really blooming. The chasm is too wide in comparison to the vets and prospects/kids.

I'm still hoping Weiss can rebound next season (let's face it, it's a wash this year), but I'm not expecting anything big.
And if Helm can ever get healthy, he's better than Weiss and can play on the 2nd or 3rd line, making #90 highly redundant.
That's why I'm going to hold on to my pipedream that the Wings and Leafs can swap headaches and get Clarkson from Toronto.
We need some jam and I think he'd compliment Dats or Zets well. He'd certainly be a huge upgrade over Bertuzzi/Cleary/Franzen/Samuelsson,....

[ImTellinTim]

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Fell off a cliff. He's done.

[DaRK]

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I heard NYI wanted to trade for Backstrom...