Thee Official 2024-25 Detroit Red Wings Thread: McLellan gave the league one loss as a courtesy

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Berggren with a perfectly placed wrist shot to tie it. Romanov’s broken stick made it happen

He’s playing with Compher and Tarasenko.

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Larkin with a great play in the corner to retrieve the puck and found an open Raymond for the shot

Isles D should’ve had Raymond covered

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Piiiiuuuus jersey sighting

Somehow missed out on the Zamboni gravy boat

[linseman]

Piiiiuuuus jersey sighting

Somehow missed out on the Zamboni gravy boat

those things are limited edition! should have got there earlier

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luuuuuuuucas

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edvinsson handlin' things

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Piiiiuuuus jersey sighting

Somehow missed out on the Zamboni gravy boat

those things are limited edition! should have got there earlier

Got in at like 5:45 for a 7pm start, apparently you have to be in line at 5:30

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Petry had an absolutely insane turnover to Pastrnak that somehow didn’t end up in the Wings’ net

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The PP looks so bad tonight

[linseman]

Piiiiuuuus jersey sighting

Somehow missed out on the Zamboni gravy boat

those things are limited edition! should have got there earlier

Got in at like 5:45 for a 7pm start, apparently you have to be in line at 5:30

i was going to make a joke about how you must have spent too long savoring your chili down at cheli's but i looked it up and i guess it's no longer in business

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aw crap

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Brutal blown icing call before the Marchand goal, I was sitting above that end and Tarasenko 100% had it

But then Tarasenko turned the puck over after the ensuing faceoff

Kane hitting the crossbar with 15 left was rough

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Other thoughts:

Edvinsson is so good. He makes plays that the non-Seider defensemen struggle mightily with look downright easy.

Tarasenko had a nice assist on the Raymond goal but was a mess otherwise. Kane just doesn't seem committed physically at even-strength. Kasper generally looked good and made some smart offensive plays, but in the first he tried to hit McAvoy and just bounced off him. I think that's partially on Kasper needing a bit more physical maturity and part on McAvoy being a stack of bricks. Zadorov, who is built that way but larger, wrecked Rasmussen after he just made center for a dump-in.

Holl did some good things and some bad things. Gustafsson, man, I don't get it. The PP was terrible but him especially so. Chiarot and Petry got absurdly lucky after they coughed it up a few times, but Chiarot made some plays.

Motte was the best player on his line with Compher (who made a great play shorthanded but didn't do much otherwise) and Berggren (didn't get free for shots).

The Broons don't look great offensively outside of Pastrnak and Marchand, but their blueline is big / strong / mobile enough to keep the score low. Swayman wasn't hugely tested but made a nice save with maybe 30 seconds left.

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Betting the under for Isles Wings round 3

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No Kane, Veleno in for him

Gustafsson out

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Raymond missed a tap in

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Dennis Cholowski Revenge Game?

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Isles get on the board after Lyon lost his stick and thought he had a second to grab it, didn’t look set for the shot

Wings somehow have no shots despite a bunch of pressure

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Seider gets the Wings on the board with a quick shot from the circle

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Larkin goes on an iffy trip, looked like Holmstrom (the bad one) just fell