The Red Wings extend their win Streak to 5 straight with two solid-looking wins against the Tampa Bay Lightning and Edmonton Oilers! Including the First NHL goals for Axel Sandin-Pellikka and Emmitt Finnie!
Current Atlantic Division Standings (as of video posting):
Montreal Canadiens (12pts)
Detroit Red Wings (10Pts)
Florida Panthers (8pts)
Toronto Maple Leafs (7pts)
Buffalo Sabres (6pts)
Boston Bruins (6pts)
Ottawa Senators (5pts)
Tampa Bay Lightning (4pts)
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Do we blame it on Blashill, LaLonde, or is it simply biology and mentality?
The Ras downfall started after his extension. He has been awful since.
If the talent is there, it's a problem of motivation. If the talent isn't there motivation won't help anyway. This team is in a different posture now. If you're not motivated and not productive you will get clipped.
Yes.
Admittedly i’ve never been big on Ras, but after last night it’s just enough is enough at this point. His odd EN goal simply doesn’t outweigh all his penalties and lack of presence.
He seems a genuinely nice man, very nice, too nice…and that has always been the problem
Red can score on empty nets…..lol
Rasmussen, Compher, and Berggren all have to be on the bubble. In my opinion at least. 🚨
Yes. Yes they do. He had that one good season pre-injury and has been invisible to awful since.
I feel about this video how you do about ras, didn’t really add much value. Just kinda existed
There’s smaller or average guys that play big and then there’s guys like Rasmussen who are pretty frustrating to watch. He needs a change of scenery. He will not be part of this team having any success in the playoffs when they do get in.
I’ve been over Ras since last season
Rather see mazur instead of rasmussen
Absolutely. When Danielsen has recovered he should take 3rd line C, and Compher can sit in 4C. Moose can sit in the press box and think about it.
Ras is a bum cut him
This has been Ras’ career boys. We can’t expect anything from him.
Rasmussen as soft as ice cream. He is big as a house and he is soft. He don’t use his size when it comes to checking and scraping. Rasmussen don’t score he isn’t fast he don’t lay anyone out with a hit so you would think he would stand up for teammates but he is scared to do that.
The wings need a line that went they jump over the boards they act like ravaged dogs hitting everything in site but he sticks his toes in when he checks.
The Rasmussen resigning was as bad as the Walman trade the Holl signing.
Finally a podcast calling big softie Rasmussen out.
I didn't understand why Y traded away Velano and keept Rasmussen. And speaking of old bottom 6 guys – why did Y trade away Namestnikov? He was really good at PK and scores some good goals from nothing. Ras has the same kind of numbers but had more minutes, more PP opportunities (back then).
Yes yes they do.
I never saw that play in slow motion, dude actually tried not to hit Ras, and Ras acted all tough 😂
Rasmussen has been terrible.. always and forever bad.. as is Berggren.. and Copp… Holl… Rasmussen can't hit.. can't pass.. can't score… He is the reason the PK is garbage… He has never EVER been part of a good line or made a line play well… Never should have been re-signed… Yzerman continues to make bad signings and bad choices… Yzerman turned down Buffalo when they asked for Kasper or Danielson with a pick for Cozens… (By the way Kasper will not get 40 points this season… He is a 25 point kind of player… Yea said it last year as well) Finnie is a pleasant surprise… Pelikka is nice… But the D would have been so much better with Walman and Gostisbehere on the team… Maybe the Wings will do well this year.. I still think they won't make the playoffs… 5 straight wins will probably be followed by 5 straight loses…
The positives outweigh the negatives at this point. He’s Ken holland’s last dud and then we’ll move into a full yzerman team. It’s time to move on
100%. Plays weak on the puck, slow, dumb penalties, turnovers, doesnt really check, doesnt bring any fire to the team. Its sad, glorified figure skater at this point. Does win some face-offs i guess. If I got a nickel for everytime ras got obliterated right as he passed the red line trying to dump the puck for a line change id be rich
Just iso on him for one game.. dare you.
The knee injury changed him i think
He’s gotta go. He’s getting worse game by game he doesn’t seem to fit on this team anymore.Bring up Mazur or Lombardi
His size and intensity are a huge mismatch. Time to move on.
He's a bigger disappointment when you consider where he was drafted.
Start out by sitting him for a week, see if that motivates him…
He gets empty net goals and that’s pretty much it
Well Rasmussen is terrible again tonight against the islander
Why does Red Wings management intentionally build a Grind Line 2.0? The fourth line is basically the junk drawer on most teams, guys that aren't good enough for top 6 or 9 roles but not a unit like the old Grind Line. They could have kept Glendening as this kind of line needs to win faceoffs. A junk yard dogs like Bertuzzi and someone like Veleno would have been an interesting combo. Ask that line to win a critical defensive zone faceoff to defend a lead. Ask that line to go on the ice after goal, either way, to settle things down or an opposing quick response. They don't have to be enforcers just C+ talent and A+ heart. The nice thing is that you can assemble a line like this and give them more than the usual journeyman contract, you will have them cheap and loyal.
He has the balance of a new born baby giraffe.