Red Wings quietly have the deepest defensive group in the league

[TheMoreYouKnow]

The Wings have quietly managed to develop one of the more desperate and delusional fanbases in the league.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

That's not even mentioning Holl who could be another Larry Murphy type player who thrives when going from Toronto to Detroit.

I know, eh? Murphy only put up 1,045 points before getting to Detroit - a bubble player his whole career before he donned the winged wheel.

 

[TBF1972]

your dog has lemon juice in his head

 

[MNRube]

“top 5 goalie in the division”

Underrated part of this legendary post.

 

[ANDI P IS CUTE]

justin holl- good shot blocker and p.killer but horrible otherwise- hes like 6 ft 3 or 4 gets outmuscled by 5 ft 9 guys. also slow and dumb hockey wise.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

The Wings have quietly managed to develop one of the more desperate and delusional fanbases in the league.

You ain't kidding, brother. The dynasty years has them thinking they on the verge of becoming another one any second.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

You ain't kidding, brother. The dynasty years has them thinking they on the verge of becoming another one any second.

Yup all I see is a mid roster with limited upside.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Yup all I see is a mid roster with limited upside.

Some people said the same about Vancouver last summer.

 

[Number 57]

You have Seider and the rest is LOL

 

[smitty10]

This is an epic thread. Can't wait to revisit this in November. Once this guy sees Holl play a few games he'll be calling Chiarot at #1 guy.

 

[PaulD]

I’m so glad you have Justin Holl to play shutdown minutes

and Petry lol

if the Red Wings actually did have the best depth on the blue line , it would beg the question.....what happened to the NHL and where did all the Dmen go?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Hahahaha original post is hilarious

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Vile Pusso isn't top-5 anywhere

 

[CraigBillington]

Larry Murphy lol

 

[LarKing]

The Wings have quietly managed to develop one of the more desperate and delusional fanbases in the league.

It’s a meme thread. I know generalizing a fanbase is far more fun than reading with a little common sense but you should try it some time

 

[bert]

I’d take the Devils D core over Wings‘ 100 times out of 100.
Hamilton , Hughes , Nemec , Marino , Seigenthaler , Bahl .
Very good mix IMO with having each pair with an offense style paired with a stay at home guy .
All are good at moving the puck and Hughes and Nemec have the potential to be elite at it.
Just my two cents but I think Luke and Nemec will be as good or better than Seider amd Edvinsson. Then Hamilton is better than any other D on Detroit, then have Marino Seigs who are elite defensively. Bahl played very well agajnst the Rangers in the playoffs and showed glimpses of being physically dominant and able to defend very well.

There are alot of D cores I take over Detroits with very little hesitation. NJ is much better. Outside of Seider who's a legit top 4 capable of carrying a pairing?....

Seider is by far the best of the four young d you named. I'm taking him and Edvinsson any day over Hughes and nemec.

 

[PaulD]

I can't really find any other team aside from Vegas and Boston that has a more well rounded, balanced and potential threat line up than the Wings.

Gostisbehere, Petry, Määttä, that's 90-100 points alone from #4-6 guys. I don't think there's any team with that kind of scoring punch from depth d-men. Not to mention Seider having a down year last season due to Chiarot reasons. He's easily good for 50 points from the blueline.

Then you have another potential 20 points and 50+ PIM from Chiarot, and Walman who could definitely build on last season potting perhaps another 30pts along with great analytics. That's not even mentioning Holl who could be another Larry Murphy type player who thrives when going from Toronto to Detroit. Even Edvinsson could be good for 20-30 points including 5-10 goals.

Husso is a top 5 goaltender in the division, and there's Larkin and Copp (albeit overpaid) are 2 elite two-way forwards who make their wingers much better than they are (Perron, Fabbri, Raymond and Debrincat).

With the amount of team defense this team has with the additions of Compher, Kostin and Fischer, having a bit weaker scoring forwards is manageable. Wings were good at limiting high-danger chances last season even with atrocious depth, in large part thanks to Lalonde and his brains. Special teams was an issue but that should be improved.

I just can't really think of a more well balanced group, especially the defensive group, with an average age of 29 years old.

Did you test this at Yuk Yuks before HF ?

 

[TGWL]

The defense depth is going to hand out zone time to attacking players like they're giving out Halloween candy.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Or the ‘Is it time to admit we were wrong about the Leafs goalies.’

huh? Leafs goaltending was great last year. Murray was injury prone but Samsonov had a top 10 season for goalies and Woll's stats speak for themsevles.

 

[The90]

This big time reminds me of the classic ‘Habs have deepest forward group in the league’ thread

 

[UED]

I think Gostisbehere-Petry-Maatta might be the worst bottom 3 in the NHL

 

[Stephen]

If you're looking for another Larry Murphy in Justin Holl...

 

[blundluntman]

I can't really find any other team aside from Vegas and Boston that has a more well rounded, balanced and potential threat line up than the Wings.

Gostisbehere, Petry, Määttä, that's 90-100 points alone from #4-6 guys. I don't think there's any team with that kind of scoring punch from depth d-men. Not to mention Seider having a down year last season due to Chiarot reasons. He's easily good for 50 points from the blueline.

Then you have another potential 20 points and 50+ PIM from Chiarot, and Walman who could definitely build on last season potting perhaps another 30pts along with great analytics. That's not even mentioning Holl who could be another Larry Murphy type player who thrives when going from Toronto to Detroit. Even Edvinsson could be good for 20-30 points including 5-10 goals.

Husso is a top 5 goaltender in the division, and there's Larkin and Copp (albeit overpaid) are 2 elite two-way forwards who make their wingers much better than they are (Perron, Fabbri, Raymond and Debrincat).

With the amount of team defense this team has with the additions of Compher, Kostin and Fischer, having a bit weaker scoring forwards is manageable. Wings were good at limiting high-danger chances last season even with atrocious depth, in large part thanks to Lalonde and his brains. Special teams was an issue but that should be improved.

I just can't really think of a more well balanced group, especially the defensive group, with an average age of 29 years old.

This isn't the flex you think it is

 

[RyGuy]

I can't really find any other team aside from Vegas and Boston that has a more well rounded, balanced and potential threat line up than the Wings.

Gostisbehere, Petry, Määttä, that's 90-100 points alone from #4-6 guys. I don't think there's any team with that kind of scoring punch from depth d-men. Not to mention Seider having a down year last season due to Chiarot reasons. He's easily good for 50 points from the blueline.

Then you have another potential 20 points and 50+ PIM from Chiarot, and Walman who could definitely build on last season potting perhaps another 30pts along with great analytics. That's not even mentioning Holl who could be another Larry Murphy type player who thrives when going from Toronto to Detroit. Even Edvinsson could be good for 20-30 points including 5-10 goals.

Husso is a top 5 goaltender in the division, and there's Larkin and Copp (albeit overpaid) are 2 elite two-way forwards who make their wingers much better than they are (Perron, Fabbri, Raymond and Debrincat).

With the amount of team defense this team has with the additions of Compher, Kostin and Fischer, having a bit weaker scoring forwards is manageable. Wings were good at limiting high-danger chances last season even with atrocious depth, in large part thanks to Lalonde and his brains. Special teams was an issue but that should be improved.

I just can't really think of a more well balanced group, especially the defensive group, with an average age of 29 years old.

No.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

That D corps is like taking a huge dump, but it comes out fast, clean and in one continuous coil. You are pretty happy, in the context of having a dump.