Maatta is like the guy on our roster where your 2nd line applies.I’ll take Holl over both Maatta and Gustafsson
He at least keeps it simple and knows his role
Hot damn! Wings win 5-2 and Big Ben 2+0 tonight
Gustafsson is another guy who sucks we signed for really no reason. The only reason we keep doing this is if we think the rookies aren’t good enough to play but then they do. Glad to see him sitting. We need to trim the fat.
Who gives a f*** about dead cap space. The cap dollars would just be spent on some other free agent of a similar caliber. Good free agents won't sign in Detroit until Detroit become competitive. It is just that simple. Much ado about nothing.Yeah, on one hand I'm glad they're already making the move. On the other ... looking like we might have more dead cap for 2 years from a bad signing...
I’ll take Holl over both Maatta and Gustafsson
He at least keeps it simple and knows his role
No no Montreal beat Toronto so therefore Montreal better than Toronto.I will not be surprised if Montreal will be ahead of Detroit this season
It's NHL
Gustafsson is another guy who sucks we signed for really no reason. The only reason we keep doing this is if we think the rookies aren’t good enough to play but then they do. Glad to see him sitting. We need to trim the fat.
Did they get approval from Patrick Kane to sit his pp besty?Already sitting Gustafsson haha. Steve is not gonna like that
53-0 Nashville
If you don't get points in the AHL you aren't going to get points in the NHLShanahanMan doesn't watch the games, only boxscores.
Who gives a f*** really?Who gives a f*** about dead cap space. The cap dollars would just be spent on some other free agent of a similar caliber. Good free agents won't sign in Detroit until Detroit become competitive. It is just that simple. Much ado about nothing.
I summon @OgeeOgelthorpeIf you don't get points in the AHL you aren't going to get points in the NHL
This is a bullshit excuse. Chicago added Teravainen and Bertuzzi while being a literal bottom barrel team. The capitals added Matt Roy and were literally tied with us for points last year. Kraken missed the playoffs with less points than us and signed Montour. Plenty of mid to bad teams are able to sign big free agents every year.Who gives a f*** about dead cap space. The cap dollars would just be spent on some other free agent of a similar caliber. Good free agents won't sign in Detroit until Detroit become competitive. It is just that simple. Much ado about nothing.
Those two contracts did not prevent us from signing Roy. More importantly, even if they were not on the roster there is nothing we could have done to force Roy to sign with us.Who gives a f*** really?
With the capspace spent on Holl and Gustafsson they could have signed Matt Roy to play behind Seider.
And don't give me that BS that good free agents won't come here Kane came here and re-signed.
Those two contracts did not prevent us from signing Roy. More importantly, even if they were not on the roster there is nothing we could have done to force Roy to sign with us.
Patrick Kane was 34 and coming off a nasty surgery when we signed him. He was hardly the belle of the ball at that point.
And none of those cities are Detroit, Michigan. I appreciate that you Canadians may have a very limited understanding of US labor and employment laws. Our country's laws in 2024 simply do not allow for indentured servitude or slavery. I presume that Canada has similar laws. There is nothing we could have done to literally force Roy to sign with the Detroit Redwings, nothings. Moreover, the CBA does not allow us to compel a UFA to sign with the Wings.This is a bullshit excuse. Chicago added Teravainen and Bertuzzi while being a literal bottom barrel team. The capitals added Matt Roy and were literally tied with us for points last year. Kraken missed the playoffs and signed Montour. Plenty of mid to bad teams are able to sign big free agents every year.
It’s on Yzerman for signing 3 shitty vets to 4-5M contracts each instead of signing 1 good vet to a 7M contract and promoting 2 kids, which would likely have a much better outcome.
Which would you rather have?
Holl + Gustafsson is more than Matt Roy’s salary.
Chiarot-Seider
Edvinsson-Roy
Chariot-Maatta
Petry
Or what we have now ?
The excuses for mismanagement are getting old.