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This is how he slept last night.lol

Huberdeau-Lindholm-? Mangiapane? Pelletier-Backlun-Coleman? Weegar-Tanev Hanifin-Andersson? Or swap Hanifin and Weegar? I think Weegar is likely a better fit with Tanev. So many questions....

How masterful with Lucic and Monahan off of the books next year. Get these extensions done.

More than earnest. I apologize profusely. I'll even go even further and thank JG now!!

Holy crap!! Can we still not make new threads about the trade? We'll schlock everything together in the offseason thread...consider me annoyed af. But what a trade.$12.5 x 8 extension. DO IT NOW!!

Time for avatar changes.lol

Yeah but that's the home of country music, so likely expected...

Why does Tara keep appearing as a cap dump? Am I missing something? $7.5mil for 34/48/82pts in 75 games. That's not a cap dump, that's a bargain. Yet pretend Monahan isn't a cap dump? I think we're setting ourselves up to be disappointed on the return. Not often a player wanting to leave is a favourable situation on return.

If these allegations prove correct, what does the NHL do? Not a good look to have a predator as an owner. Literally creepy as Blockchain. His own Blockchaining daughter was around the same age. Just to be accused is horrendous, can't remove that. If found innocent, it becomes, "hey look a rich person with high-priced lawyers got out of it". Whether that's true or not, that will be the optics. The tweets are disgusting. What could the excuse possibly be? $75,000 to a young ballerina that isn't connected to friends or family. Unbelievable. What kind of an older "man" looks at teenage girls and thinks, "I need to get with her"? Innocent until proven guilty...yeah sure. How do you even find yourself facing these allegations? I can't think of one reason. My daughter is now in her 20's and has a ton of friends that are gorgeous. How do you even look at them and think about sex? It's the lowest form of depravity, for wont of a better word. Even hardened criminals in prison will torture you for sexually assaulting a minor. Even they have a higher moral code. I see this isn't the 1st time he's been accused. Twice is a trend. This story can't just fade away. Where there is smoke, there is fire.

Everyone's throwing Kyrou's name out there like Army has a desire to trade him. I highly doubt he does. He's running a hockey team. Not hung up on one player's "ties". I'd count Detroit out too. He's pretty toxic. Mgrs talk. We need to maximize his value now. This can't linger into the season. His value could depreciate.

Kyrou, Buchnevich and Tarasenko? What?lol

Yup. Thomas is my preference, and there is no way that they're parting with him.

I preferred Brian Elliot....sorry, couldn't resist.

So let's break this down.lol Players that are available from Detroit regardless of Tkachuk: Bertuzzi (unvaccinated) Zadina - 3rd liner so far... Suter - redundant 3C in the D Johannson (tons of D prospects). They're proposing: "Detroit Red Wings receive: Matthew Tkachuk (with an agreed-upon 8-year extension likely around $10M/year) Calgary Flames receive: Tyler Bertuzzi, Albert Johansson, Filip Zadina, 2024 1st (unprotected)" This is a horrible deal for Calgary. Here Calgary, take the stuff we don't really need anymore for your star. '24 unprotected 1st?lol Detroit's turning into a good team, 2 years they'll be proving it. THWs come up with stupid Satoshi Nakamoto constantly.

Outside of St. Loo, the other teams have the lowest tax rates in the league. He's maximizing cash. There's no other way to put it. It is crystal clear.

His return value would decrease. Who wants a 1 year rental that you know won't re-sign?

Anaheim has zero reason to do that. They're still in the middle of a young rebuild and McTavish is a big part of it. California tax rates are high, so Tkachuk wouldn't want that either.

Nashville has it. Tomasino Fabbro

No Detroit on his list? Yay!! I can go back to hating him like I always did. He NEEDS the bs antics to be effective. I'd like him in Detroit's division though. Just to watch Seider drop him lots. That would be fun.

Ouch. That's entirely creepy.

I could see Army doing Kyrou+ Thomas, not a chance. It really was last year to do it. Fans would've be enraged. And then, "oh, nevermind". Great player. Then I'd go to Chicago and get Katchouk for pennies on the dollar. Sutter loves his "hard game" players.

Bummer. Thomas straight across, 1-for-1. I'd have done it last year. We win that trade.

Thanks cross, this is where I was going. Who knew we'd miss Ken King so much as a buffer? Is this the idea? This thing is getting run into the ground in every way imaginable. Are we at toxic level with ownership?

I'll add Ilitch didn't want a rebuild so Holland was forced. He just made some really bad decisions. Ilitch was a financial giant in Detroit. He built so much legacy in Detroit and surrounding colleges, infrastructure etc that when it comes to approvals it's like an afterthought. This is the most accurate assessment regarding the arena. Moving the Pistons there was unnecessary, but yeah. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/10/04/little-caesars-arena-financing/106313428/ So what I remember of Cass Ave was hardcore prostitutes and crack peddling right out in the open. Seriously. Like the worst you would see on TV. My bone of contention is the current failure to add the accompanying infrastructure. But make no mistake, Olympia holdings bought up one of the worst areas you'd ever see. It's a huge fix. The Lions, Tigers, Wings and Pistons are within spitting distance of each other. Concert halls, restaurants etc a walk away from there. I view it as a great investment for Detroit. The entire core is like bright size life now. Not accidentally hanging a left out of the Fox Theatre or crossing the street from Comerica,and being in big trouble. I speak from experience.lol

Just a question and not an attack. Is there a point here where BT has become a lame duck? We're sitting at 0-for-2 heading into Mangia & Kyl. This offseason has been a disaster. One could say he just ran out of time/bought himself no time by not reaching any extensions last year. "See what happens" approach is now officially a nightmare.