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<v Speaker 1>Since twoenty seventeen, every team in the National Hockey League

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<v Speaker 1>has made the damn playoffs at least one year except

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<v Speaker 1>for two to see Trent and Buffalo. Holy crap. I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking with somebody last night. My son coaches his

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<v Speaker 1>old school's lacrosse team, all right, and they said, debt.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, Debt, could you do the PA? I said, ah, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll do the PA. You know, go out there and

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<v Speaker 1>you hear a lot of a lot of dads talk

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<v Speaker 1>about various things that do in the PA. I went

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<v Speaker 1>to the game earlier this week and one of these

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<v Speaker 1>guys said, goal scored by number six. He's not on

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<v Speaker 1>the roster, so good job to you, whoever you are.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he had just had no idea who the

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<v Speaker 1>kid was. I'm like, oh my god. These kids, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not going to get a chance to play at

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<v Speaker 1>the collegiate level. In all likelihood, they'd love hearing their name, right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, sure, you know, I make sure I

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<v Speaker 1>got both rosters pronunciations, you know, just like you're getting

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<v Speaker 1>ready for a game anyway. So this guy in between periods,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we're talking a little bit about sports in

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<v Speaker 1>general and monitoring the Wings game, and I actually said,

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the first quarter, I said to you,

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<v Speaker 1>the Red Wings are up, won nothing. Alex Dabrinka with

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<v Speaker 1>his thirty six goal of the year. The guy's like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for that update. I appreciate it. He pulls out

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<v Speaker 1>his laptop. He's watching the Frozen four. I'm I'm dvrd it.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he's he's watching Western Michigan in Denver and

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<v Speaker 1>double overtime. And we're kind of, you know, making sure

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<v Speaker 1>we're keeping each other abreast of what's going on, because

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<v Speaker 1>I got the Wings game on on my phone. And

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<v Speaker 1>he says to me after the after the first quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>after the early part of the Red Red Wings game,

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, what's what's going on with this team? And

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<v Speaker 1>I said, look, it'd be great to sign Mitch Marner.

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<v Speaker 1>And everybody wants the big name free agent. We wanted

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<v Speaker 1>him football, we wanted in baseball, Hi, Alex Bregman, we

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<v Speaker 1>wanted in basketball, we wanted in every sport, the big

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<v Speaker 1>name guy. Please come here, unless we're already sat. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>even with the Lions, even though they were already set,

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<v Speaker 1>even though we thought they were a really good football team,

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<v Speaker 1>you still would love to have a big name guy

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<v Speaker 1>opposite Aiden Hodginson. If I tell you, hey, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>chance they could get Michael Williams out of Georgia, you'd

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<v Speaker 1>be like, uh, that's fine, I don't care. I want

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<v Speaker 1>fill in the blank with a big name. Now he's

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<v Speaker 1>not a free agent, but how many times have you

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<v Speaker 1>had a conversation with a friend who said, I really

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<v Speaker 1>wish they would have traded for Max Crosby. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>they would have traded for Miles Garrett. I wish they

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<v Speaker 1>would go get Trey Hendrickson. I wish we could get

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<v Speaker 1>a guy like TJ Watt. And I understand it because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm that guy too. So the big name we associate

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<v Speaker 1>because the big name has production behind it. So when

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<v Speaker 1>you're talking about the Red Wings and this offseason and

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<v Speaker 1>you're going what do they need, you immediately think, well,

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<v Speaker 1>Mitch Marner would be nice. Now, he's a right winger,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not a center, but he leads Toronto in points

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<v Speaker 1>with ninety seven, leads Toronto and assists with seventy two.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a really good player. He's a plus thirteen as

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<v Speaker 1>a forward, pretty damn good as well. He's a big

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<v Speaker 1>reason why Toronto's had a nice year. Okay, last year

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<v Speaker 1>people thought he disappeared in the playoffs. They were carried

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<v Speaker 1>by Austin Matthews, William Nielander. Both those guys are pretty

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<v Speaker 1>damn good. Mitch Marner is not necessarily that ultimate goal

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<v Speaker 1>scorer for Toronto. That's Matthews primarily. But Marner is a

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<v Speaker 1>very productive player, and at the age of twenty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>you would get a guy still in his prime. He's

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<v Speaker 1>never scored more than thirty five goals in a season,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's pretty damn good. Okay. I mean Alex Stabrinkle's

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<v Speaker 1>got thirty six. So he says, this guy says, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you think their biggest problem is? I said, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the problem is pretty obvious. I think the problem

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<v Speaker 1>is their third and fourth line scoring. They don't get

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<v Speaker 1>much production from those people. Lucas Raymonds got twenty six

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<v Speaker 1>goals and leads the team in points with seventy five.

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<v Speaker 1>Alex to Brinkett leads the team in goals with thirty six.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither one is even close to being a plus player.

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<v Speaker 1>Dylan Larkin's got twenty nine goals, Patrick King's got twenty

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<v Speaker 1>Those are four of your top six forwards. Your third

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<v Speaker 1>and your fourth lines are basically non existent. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>the hard part. Losing Andrew Copp Surezell didn't help this team,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when Tom McClellan came on board. When Tom McClellan

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<v Speaker 1>came on board, Andrew Copp seemed to seem to get

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<v Speaker 1>it a little bit. But you've got to have more

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<v Speaker 1>scoring up and down, and especially your center positions. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I like Marco Casper, I think most people do. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if Marco Casper is a first or a

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<v Speaker 1>second line center. I don't. Andrew Kopp was playing the

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<v Speaker 1>second line center and then he got hurt. Casper is

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<v Speaker 1>a third line you know, a full season, because remember

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he's a guy. I guess he's played pretty

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<v Speaker 1>most of this season, right, seventy three games, so most

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<v Speaker 1>of the season. Michael Rasmussen has had a bad year,

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<v Speaker 1>not just because of the minus thirteen, but you're expected

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<v Speaker 1>to score more than he has and he hasn't. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's I think what this team needs. I think defensively,

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<v Speaker 1>if you like most Cider, I do you like Simon

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<v Speaker 1>Edmondson I do. I think both are good players. I

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<v Speaker 1>think Ben Sharot's a decent player. I think he's a

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<v Speaker 1>great player, but I think he's a decent player. I

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<v Speaker 1>think Albert Johansson is going to be a really good player.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you need some depth on your defense. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if that's young guys or a veteran to

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<v Speaker 1>come in here. You know they tried that by signing

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Gustafson, and all he is is a team worst

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<v Speaker 1>minus nineteen getting sixteen minutes a game, So probably not

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<v Speaker 1>the best move. Another bad move by Steve Eisaman. His

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<v Speaker 1>draft picks have been really good, it's hard to deny that,

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<v Speaker 1>but his free agent signings have been not good at all.

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<v Speaker 1>As good as his draft picks have been, his free

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<v Speaker 1>agent signings have been equally as bad. But I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to see, and obviously it's not Mitch Marner because

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<v Speaker 1>he's a right winger. I'd love to see them go

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<v Speaker 1>out and get an ace center, like one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best centers in the league. There's your first line center,

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<v Speaker 1>Dylan Larkin becomes your second line center. It's not just

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<v Speaker 1>the third and fourth lines that need to scoring. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that, to be honest with you, your first

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<v Speaker 1>two lines you don't necessarily have legit first two line guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I've said this for a while. It's not a knock

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<v Speaker 1>on any one particular individual because I like them. I do.

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<v Speaker 1>But some of those guys belong on second lines, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're on Detroit's first line. It's going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>tough challenge for Steve Eisman to try and fix the

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<v Speaker 1>situation that they have right now.