The Official 2013-14 Regular Season Talk Thread

[l3ulvl]

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]

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by l3ulvl

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kobalt

Fell off a cliff. He's done.

[DaRK]

I heard NYI wanted to trade for Backstrom...

[gopher_guy]

lol Backstrom. That gif looks like a beer leaguer who's a half a case in.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by gopher_guy

lol Backstrom. That gif looks like a beer leaguer who's a half a case in.

That's pretty much a carbon-copy of the goal my 7YO son let in last weekend, haha.

[Money99]

Interesting concept on the NHL changing it's Draft Lottery system.
Apparently the NBA is seriously looking into this:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...6362--nhl.html

To paraphrase, no more lottery. Each team will be assigned a static draft position over the next 30 years.
So for example, the Wings will know that they have the 19th pick in 2017, 24th pick in 2018, 1st pick in 2019...etc.

It's an interesting idea, one I doubt the NHL goes for (but they do love to copy the NBA, so who knows).

I really don't think it's a fair system at the moment.
Who's to say a team wouldn't have had more, or less points if they were in a different division or conference? So why line them up according to points as if all 30 teams had equal travel and schedule?

That's why if there had to be a change, I'd prefer the draft resemble something similar to how the 2005 draft was done.
Give all 30 teams a chance at the #1.
Each team will have x-amount of balls in the box depending on how they finished, how many cups they've won, or how many #1 overalls they've already obtained in the past 3 or 4 seasons.
So teams like Edmonton, who've had multiple #1 picks over the past few seasons, would only get 1 ball, while other teams might get 3.
I think that's way more exciting and gives each fanbase a chance to get excited for that #1 overall pick.