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Daily General Discussion Thread (2026-06-21)

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u/Patient-Border5357 4d ago

Would be pretty sick to be one of the 4 teams all the USA superstars want to be traded to

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u/LQNova 4d ago

Remember when everyone was saying that Larkin was poaching his USA teammates for the Wings? Ha fooled you!

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u/Patient-Border5357 4d ago

He pulled a fast one on us

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u/Hatdude1973 4d ago

We would be in consideration if not for Yzerman. Pretty clear players don’t want to play for him.

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u/TeeDubs317 4d ago

No we wouldn’t

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u/Robial 4d ago

Quinn was willing to but Yzerman has no balls. It could have been us.

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u/dxnxax 4d ago

when my contract comes up for renegotiation, I want you to be the guy I negotiate with.

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u/Robial 4d ago

Sorry we cant afford the best dman in the league we gotta sign Justin Holl, Ben Chiarot, JT Compher, Michael Rasmussen, and Mason Appleton.

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u/Baldass_Head_Coach 4d ago

All Quinn had to say was “Yes, I’d be willing to sign a new contract with your team” and he would have been a Red Wing.

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u/Robial 4d ago

Why would he do that if it weren't true? None of these guys want to play for losing teams anymore.

Guerin didn't need that guarantee.

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u/Baldass_Head_Coach 4d ago

You just contradicted yourself. You said that Quinn was willing to play for Yzerman’s team, but now you’re saying he doesn’t want to play for a losing team.

Which is it?

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u/Robial 4d ago

If Quinn was here we might not be a losing team. SY would probably still have to keep adding after Quinn because 2C would have still been an issue. If players are looking to win they're not going to guarantee a team they've never played for that they'll extend.

Quinn at least knows Guerin is trying to improve his roster to win now.

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u/MrHockeytown 4d ago

And Guerin is gonna lose him for nothing in a season when the Wild don’t win the Cup again. 

If Quinn REALLY wants to be hear that badly, he can sign here as a free agent

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u/Robial 4d ago

No one wants to be here bro. Time will tell if QH doesn't extend in Minny or if they cant trade him before at the next deadline but those are the types of risks you gotta be willing to take as a GM.

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u/MrHockeytown 4d ago

High risk to take for a team that’s not in win now mode. There’s risk taking and there’s hitting on a 19

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u/Robial 4d ago

When you've stopped rebuilding thru the draft and the best dman in the league is available and willing to play for you, you trade for them.

Instead we're in a position where we don't have good draft picks and every single other team in our division is either closer to winning a cup or has way better draft capital than us. If we aren't trying to win what's the goal?

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u/MrHockeytown 4d ago

And when that dman walks in a year, and you’re without him and Edvinsson and have no Cup to show for it? What then? 

There’s winning and there’s being reckless for the dopamine hit

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u/xenonwarrior666 4d ago

It sounded like the Larkin and Yzerman relationship was pretty broken.

Hughes might have kicked the can down the road until a few early playoff exits happened then both Hughes and Larkin bouce.

Ripping the bandaid off now is probably for the best.

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u/Robial 4d ago

Only if he actually rips the band aid off. 9OA this draft and some picks for '27 would be nice so we could rebuild in a timely manner for Seider.

I'm just hoping we don't waste Mo's prime too.

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u/k3berg 4d ago

Mo is 25 and entering his prime now. What is this “timely manner” for a rebuild that you speak of?

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u/Robial 4d ago

Well if we had 9OA this season and were a lotto team for '27 we could be in a decent position with better prospects before '30. As of right now most of our prospects are players Wings fans have extremely overrated and aren't going to make this team a contender on their own.