yave1964 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 (edited) Congrats to Coach Jeff Blashill and the Griffins for winning the Calder trophy last night, first one ever in team history! Players on the team who will be regulars next season on the parent Wings include:NyquistAnderssonTatarPlayers on the team who will be in the rotation with the parent Wings next season shuffling in and out to replace injured players getting valuable experience who are all NHL ready:JurcoMrazekSheahanFerraroAlmquistCallahanBillinsLashoffNot on the club is our top prospect in the organization who will have his first full season in North America next year is Calle Jarmkrok who will also be in the mix Wow. This is the true genius of Jim Nill at work, he will be sorely missed and I wish him all the luck in the world with the Dallas Stars. So congratulations to the 2013 Grand Rapids Griffins, see you boys at the Joe next year!! Edited June 19, 2013 by yave1964 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Must be nice to have a good farm. Congrats...and it's about time Nill took over somewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeDDS Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I think you've got to give Holland a nod here too. He's got a top 8 team, and apparently (and suprisingly) on the UPSWING with young talent becoming ready. AND we have a farm team that was tops at its level.@flyercanuck, you are absolutely right. We Wings fans don't know how good we have it when it comes to our player development and scouting systems. I mean, how many years have we gone without anything close to a top draft pick? We lose the best defenseman of our generation, and actually go FARTHER into the playoffs than the previous season. And yet it is not unreasonable to expect even greater things from this team even as they switch to the East next year. That kind of developmental system speaks loudly to both Nill AND Holland, as well as the coaches. Even Babcock had a say in sending Blashill to GR this year.We ARE spoiled, there's no doubt about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Do you have a job opening for Holmgren?Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeDDS Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Do you have a job opening for Holmgren?Congrats!There's a peanut vendor position in the upper deck available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I was thinking more along the lines of Player Operations.he knows how to gut a team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingNut722 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 @hf101As a condition of employment, all Red WIngs' front office staff must spend at least one season shoveling octopi off the ice. It's a probationary period to see if the candidate will be a good fit within the organization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 @yave1964 Even though he spent no time in Grand Rapids, you might as well throw DeKeyser's name on to that impressive list of youngsters, just so the Flyer fans who are about to throw up can skip the whole yucky pre-throw up taste in their mouths and just get on with it....LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingNut722 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 ...yucky pre-throw up taste....wha..wha....WHAT???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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