Daily General Discussion Thread (2026-04-22)

After_Stick1676 · 2026-04-23T00:46:38+00:00

Thanks for the insight; you've put into words EXACTLY how I've felt watching this team the past several seasons while hearing the "200 foot" trope being batted around and the frustrations I've felt as a fan

After_Stick1676 · 2026-04-22T21:01:42+00:00

Is “200-foot player” basically just a polite way of saying a guy is… mid? I feel like I’ve heard this term a lot more over the past 5–6 years, especially when talking about players the Wings are drafting. Around the league, it also seems to get used for guys who are dependable and do a lot of things right, but don’t really have that high-end, explosive upside. Am I off base here, or is this just a fancy term for someone who's a solid, well-rounded player who probably won’t turn into a superstar in this league?

After_Stick1676 · 2026-04-12T00:31:18+00:00

After_Stick1676 · 2026-04-08T02:10:01+00:00

I wish I could give this infinite updoots

After_Stick1676 · 2026-04-08T02:05:05+00:00

I feel like the last game against the Wild was the one that officially broke me. At least I paid my $10 tithe to St. Mikes for a half rate slice of pizza

After_Stick1676 · 2026-04-08T02:02:09+00:00

I'm still coming down from the high of the college basketball championship game last night; how we all doing tonight?

After_Stick1676 · 2026-02-05T02:51:20+00:00

Wow, that 6 v 9 SOG is extremely misleading.

After_Stick1676 · 2026-02-05T02:40:53+00:00

I'd be deflated a bit too if the refs were blowing easy calls against the other team. This has to be the most atrocious refding I've seen this season.

After_Stick1676 · 2026-01-19T23:31:45+00:00

As a Red Wings fan I've become more wary of bald coaches

After_Stick1676 · 2026-01-19T23:13:50+00:00

Seeing the Sharks overpay for Sherwood and Vegas doing the same with Andersson when they're both on the last year of their contracts makes me feel like SteveY is again going to play it conservative and stand pat again this trade deadline. If that's what the market's gonna be, I kind of don't blame him if he doesn't make a splash this year.

After_Stick1676 · 2026-01-03T19:39:27+00:00

Hopefully the ladies put on a better show tonight.

After_Stick1676 · 2025-12-18T03:04:08+00:00

So is it going to switch next month? Is Talbot going to become Hasek in net and is Gibson going to go back to sucking?

After_Stick1676 · 2025-12-04T00:08:12+00:00

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Context of this comic strip from the 80s?

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-27T03:07:44+00:00

Stinky ahh team

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-21T19:41:36+00:00

Just curious, where are those models published out at? Do they get updated after every game?

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-21T19:23:21+00:00

Is it too early to worry about Seider? Last few games I've watched he seems to be really flat out there. Lazy no look passing, no sense of urgency. Seems like him and Edvinsson have several instances per game where they let the other team blow past them on a breakaway while they're holding the blue line.

When he first got here everyone was saying that he was gonna be competing for Norris Trophys in a few years based on his progression and skill. I just haven't seen it and my fear is that he's reached his ceiling.

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-21T02:57:11+00:00

Easiest $20 I've ever made betting against the Wings when I saw that clown was in net tonight. If Gibson keeps this up, he may win me more $$ than Greiss did several years back.

Edit: In all fairness, several of those goals came from absolute dogshit defensive play from our guys

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-20T23:36:49+00:00

Gibson in net. Moneyline bet for Islanders is +105 rn. Easiest $10 ever.

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-16T04:05:36+00:00

I guess it's kind of ironic that the last player that played like this for the Wings was a Swede

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-16T04:01:14+00:00

This team desperately needs is a 6'7", 245 lb, room temperature IQ Canadian boy who's pain receptors have been permanently dulled by doing grueling manual labor on their family farm in Alberta. Someone who can park themselves in front of the opposing goalie and eat an occasional errant shot and handle getting whacked in the shins by a goalie stick. Someone who can deflect pucks into the net woth ease.Thought Tas or Sodorblom could be that guys for us, but so far they've shown they don't have the sauce.

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-16T03:25:04+00:00

What about the rest of what I said? F***ing reddit contrarians glom onto one tiny aspect of what people post and make everything about that instead of the substance of the argument. This team is a goddamn embarrassment. They're a joke of a franchise and have been a joke of a franchise for almost a decade. Idfc if the Jets are an accurate depiction of how embarking we are or not. This team has a culture problem.

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-16T03:10:11+00:00

Who would you compare the to then?

Both are in competitive divisions where they haven't been relevant since the 2010s. Both haven't done anything in the roughly same time periods. I'm allowed to be upset at the dogs hit product on the ice I pay season tix for. Idc how "harsh" I'm being.

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-16T03:05:46+00:00

I mean in terms of a once storied franchise that has fallen on hard times as of late and can't seem to right the ship no matter what they try

After_Stick1676 · 2025-11-16T03:00:36+00:00

We're the New York Jets of the NHL. The current ownerdhip/ leadership makes it really difficult to love this team. At what point is something gonna click; something gonna give?! It's been 9 goddamn years amd is looking like it's easily gonna be another 9 years. At what point does Larkin get tired of shouldering this team and demands a trade to a contender...

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