I’ve been arguing these same points with a few of you here all day.
Hammettf2b
Tldw?
Vast_Sandwich_5245
Literally the exact thing I’ve been saying about this 2nd round pick.
digitang
I’m still confused at why we sent him to SJ with a 2nd, when other teams would have likely traded for him straight up or taken him off of waivers. If we flip picks in the 1st round then it obviously makes sense, otherwise it looks like bad asset management…which is the opposite of what Yzerman is known for. Maybe the 18yo prospect wasnt a throw in, and they have serious interest, like Dmac mentioned. Gonna be a fun offseason
DoeJumars
I love the “we need the open spots”, but we get rid of our 2nd or 3rd best dman and not our 5-7th best guy? That makes 0 sense to me. Like getting rid or year wr2 for a new rookie receiver and keep ing your 3rd and 4th receiver in the process…Holl makes the same $..
sWo97
I had to trade Walman in NHL for the same Reasons.
2shack
I’m really not sad at Walman being gone, I’m just mad and confused at the asset management. The fact that Walman wasn’t shopped around or even put on waivers is just baffling. There was zero effort on Yzerman’s part to clear the spot and retain assets. I’m honestly okay with the Gibson trade because I don’t think he would’ve ultimately been more than a bottom pairing guy. But to give up the second rounder you got for him and get nothing back and also lose a player that other GMs have said they would’ve given something for is baffling.
Late_Brush4518
This podcast is sooo hard to listen lol
myTryI
What intel? This is clickbait shit there is zero “intel” in that video. Waste of time
zakksyuk
I smell a Marner trade…
tdime23
There is zero intel here lol.
laferri2
I really tried to believe hard that this trade meant something but it really looks to me like we just shipped out a serviceable defenseman on a decent contract to make room for keeping trash like Holl and Petry.
This team is being managed just like the Tigers and I’m about to tap out.
Environmental_Arm_27
Using the word “intel” was liberally used in this situation.
I’d maybe describe it as perspective. I can see the desire to open up a roster spot but that really isn’t being questioned. What is festering is the way the move was done.
Can see the need to try and move Walman before the draft, before the market for a “cap dump” is set. And the calculation was just way off. Also appreciative of the notion that the 2025 draft is considered a deeper draft and you don’t want to risk having to give up any of that draft capital.
Still just tough to swallow without any additional concrete information to go off of.
Draft can’t come fast enough so we have something else to litigate!
scubastevie
Why would we move copp? He hasn’t been great but he is no where near our worst player.
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I’ve been arguing these same points with a few of you here all day.
Tldw?
Literally the exact thing I’ve been saying about this 2nd round pick.
I’m still confused at why we sent him to SJ with a 2nd, when other teams would have likely traded for him straight up or taken him off of waivers. If we flip picks in the 1st round then it obviously makes sense, otherwise it looks like bad asset management…which is the opposite of what Yzerman is known for. Maybe the 18yo prospect wasnt a throw in, and they have serious interest, like Dmac mentioned. Gonna be a fun offseason
I love the “we need the open spots”, but we get rid of our 2nd or 3rd best dman and not our 5-7th best guy? That makes 0 sense to me. Like getting rid or year wr2 for a new rookie receiver and keep ing your 3rd and 4th receiver in the process…Holl makes the same $..
I had to trade Walman in NHL for the same
Reasons.
I’m really not sad at Walman being gone, I’m just mad and confused at the asset management. The fact that Walman wasn’t shopped around or even put on waivers is just baffling. There was zero effort on Yzerman’s part to clear the spot and retain assets. I’m honestly okay with the Gibson trade because I don’t think he would’ve ultimately been more than a bottom pairing guy. But to give up the second rounder you got for him and get nothing back and also lose a player that other GMs have said they would’ve given something for is baffling.
This podcast is sooo hard to listen lol
What intel? This is clickbait shit there is zero “intel” in that video. Waste of time
I smell a Marner trade…
There is zero intel here lol.
I really tried to believe hard that this trade meant something but it really looks to me like we just shipped out a serviceable defenseman on a decent contract to make room for keeping trash like Holl and Petry.
This team is being managed just like the Tigers and I’m about to tap out.
Using the word “intel” was liberally used in this situation.
I’d maybe describe it as perspective. I can see the desire to open up a roster spot but that really isn’t being questioned. What is festering is the way the move was done.
Can see the need to try and move Walman before the draft, before the market for a “cap dump” is set. And the calculation was just way off. Also appreciative of the notion that the 2025 draft is considered a deeper draft and you don’t want to risk having to give up any of that draft capital.
Still just tough to swallow without any additional concrete information to go off of.
Draft can’t come fast enough so we have something else to litigate!
Why would we move copp? He hasn’t been great but he is no where near our worst player.