reporter "newsy when you go to chiptole do you -" "GREAT rice, great beans, need to work on the proteins a bit. red hot salsa is inconsistent but the sour cream does have a great pop to it. Looking forward to game day, will be a great test for us"
I love Stevie as our GM and he's done a very good job as GM. That being said, the Tigers' run to the playoffs teaches us that Stevie's plan to fill up the lineup with veterans and force the young players to "fight" their way onto the roster isn't the optimal plan. Sure there needs to be some veterans, but certainly not as many as Stevie has brought in. And the veteran contacts should be shorter terms (1-2 years ideally). Similar to how Adam Peters is building the Washington Commanders. If you being in too many veterans on longer term deals, you end up blocking the development of players who need to be in the NHL and deserve to be in the NHL. In fact, going back to the AHL slows down their development as players need to get used to speed and physicality of the NHL. Going back to the AHL delays that maturation. In this case, Kasper should be on the Wings. Danielson and Mazur probably as well. However, they're not because of veteran contracts clogging up roster. At this point, the right thing for Stevie to do would be to move players such as Copp, Veleno, and Maata (even if we need to eat some of their contracts or give up some draft picks). They're fine solid players but we have young players who are just as good as they are right now and will be far better in a year if given NHL experience.
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Helene is brutal. Get her off the media team. Seriously.
Love Ed and I know it was preseason but they didn't LOOK ready. š PP needs work.
reporter "newsy when you go to chiptole do you -" "GREAT rice, great beans, need to work on the proteins a bit. red hot salsa is inconsistent but the sour cream does have a great pop to it. Looking forward to game day, will be a great test for us"
Larkin cost them multiple preseason games with selfish dirty plays. not captain material at all
I love Stevie as our GM and he's done a very good job as GM. That being said, the Tigers' run to the playoffs teaches us that Stevie's plan to fill up the lineup with veterans and force the young players to "fight" their way onto the roster isn't the optimal plan. Sure there needs to be some veterans, but certainly not as many as Stevie has brought in. And the veteran contacts should be shorter terms (1-2 years ideally). Similar to how Adam Peters is building the Washington Commanders. If you being in too many veterans on longer term deals, you end up blocking the development of players who need to be in the NHL and deserve to be in the NHL. In fact, going back to the AHL slows down their development as players need to get used to speed and physicality of the NHL. Going back to the AHL delays that maturation. In this case, Kasper should be on the Wings. Danielson and Mazur probably as well. However, they're not because of veteran contracts clogging up roster. At this point, the right thing for Stevie to do would be to move players such as Copp, Veleno, and Maata (even if we need to eat some of their contracts or give up some draft picks). They're fine solid players but we have young players who are just as good as they are right now and will be far better in a year if given NHL experience.