00:00But the other news that two cuts had there in the update.
00:03Yeah.
00:06So, Topic Lovelland says that both Dylan Larkin and Andrew Kopp are going to be gone for two weeks,
00:13which means they're going to be gone for a minimum of six games.
00:17They're not going to have them.
00:19Now, here are the line combinations, by the way.
00:21Let me just mention this, too, because people that don't know, the Red Wings had,
00:24they recalled three players from Grand Rapids.
00:27It's Sheldon Drees, John Leonard, and Edouard Trollmex, and those are three forwards.
00:35So, you've got the two guys that are out.
00:37Brancic Nygaard is banged up, but he did come back and play in the game,
00:40so I don't know if he's going to play tonight,
00:41but you're going to have some information on that in a second here.
00:45This is not great news as they are closing out the season
00:51and trying to hang on to a playoff spot a day after or the first game after they just had
00:58this heartbreaking loss
01:00at Florida against the Panthers where they had this lead with 90 seconds to go.
01:05They blew the lead and then lost the game in regulation with 15 seconds to go.
01:10So, not the way you want to start off with the news that not only is Andrew Kopp out for
01:15two weeks,
01:15which doesn't surprise me based on him not being able to put any weight on his foot as they skated
01:19off,
01:20but the Dylan Larkin stuff is a little surprising to me because it seemed like Dylan Larkin was just day
01:24-to-day,
01:25going to come back soon, maybe tonight.
01:27Nope, not tonight.
01:28Two weeks, six games.
01:30Yeah, so in practice today, the number one line, Dabrinkit and Kane centered by J.T. Kompfer.
01:40Kenny, are you listening to this?
01:42Because, Kenny, this will disgust you more than anybody,
01:46but top line, Dabrinkit, Kane, and Kompfer is their center.
01:50Your second line at practice today, Finney and Raymond on the wings,
01:55Kasper centering that line.
01:57Your third line is Appleton, Nygaard, right, with Rasmussen as the center.
02:08And your fourth line...
02:10I'm sorry, what was the third line again?
02:12MBN, Rasmussen, and Appleton.
02:14Okay.
02:15Okay?
02:16Your fourth line is JVR, Dries, who they just called up, and Shine.
02:25Okay.
02:25There's your fourth line, with Perron being, David Perron being rotated in.
02:30He'll be probably ready to go Saturday, I think.
02:33You think Saturday now?
02:34You think we're going to go up to maybe Saturday, maybe next week?
02:36Yeah.
02:37But nonetheless, they've got to juggle things because six games without Dylan Larkin and Andrew Kopp.
02:43The bottom line is Vasilevsky's not exactly shaking in his skates right now,
02:47if he's going to be the opposition goalie.
02:50Probably not, but this comes at such a bad time.
02:54You know, right after the trade deadline, and then the injuries happen immediately.
03:01Larkin got hurt immediately after the trade deadline.
03:03Gibson went down, and fortunately he's okay, and he's going to start in net.
03:07But he's gone out of a couple games now.
03:09And now Andrew Kopp is out, and your depth is tested, and it's not good.
03:17You know, you're still waiting for Perron, who you trade for, to come back.
03:20But, I mean, it's not like Perron's going to jump into one of the top two lines and be the
03:23guy.
03:24It's interesting that you're right with the top line being the Debrinket, Kane, and Comfer.
03:29I would look at Casper, Raymond, and Finney being the better of the two lines there.
03:35But nonetheless, that does not look good.
03:38No.
03:39That does not look good.
03:40Kenny, what's your first thought on hearing this?
03:42We're playing minor leaguers.
03:43We're not making the playoffs, guys.
03:45I mean, what are we talking about?
03:46We said yesterday.
03:47This is brutal.
03:50Two weeks without Kopp and Larkin?
03:53Yeah.
03:54So yesterday, I was, what, a six?
03:57No, I was at a five.
03:58Oh, you were not a five.
03:59You were a little bad.
04:00Yeah, that was earlier in the week.
04:01Yeah.
04:02You were down to a two yesterday.
04:03I buried them late yesterday.
04:06And, you know, now the plot.
04:08And now you're what?
04:09You're putting water on the grave to make sure that that dirt stays compacted?
04:14I just put a sign saying, resurrections are punishable by law.
04:20You're putting some pea gravel on that grave now?
04:23Is that what you're doing?
04:24Yeah, pretty much.
04:25And Kenny's with you.
04:26Two of you guys together.
04:28I went from, I was from an eight and down to a seven.
04:33And now, I'm still.
04:37You have to be below five now, don't you?
04:39I'm like a four.
04:39Okay.
04:40Yeah.
04:40It's two weeks without Larkin.
04:42It's six games without Larkin.
04:44And that's the one that really, really hurts.
04:47Six games without Dylan.
04:49So, that means that they're going to have 11 games when he comes back at best with Dylan
04:53Larkin and the rest of these guys.
04:56Yeah.
04:58Well.
05:01What's Dan Campbell say?
05:02Next man up.
05:03Yeah, it is next man up for sure.
05:05But there's only so many guys you can do that with.
05:06I know.
05:08The guys in the minors are playing well at Grand Rapids, but they're minor league players.
05:12Right.
05:12They're not.
05:12That's why they're in Grand Rapids.
05:14And it's not like they're 19 and 20 year old minor league players.
05:16They're leading their team in scoring.
05:17These are 27 and 29 year old men.
05:20These are veteran minor leaguers.
05:22Yes.
05:22These are veteran minor leaguers.
05:23I'm not.
05:23I mean, look, they can only bring up what they can bring up.
05:26But it's the guys on the main roster.
05:28Some of their guys that they would bring up are hurt too down there.
05:31Nate Danielson.
05:32And I think Carter Mazur's hurt too.
05:33Is he hurt again?
05:34I believe.
05:35I'm not 100% sure.
05:36So, you just come back and he had like nine points in seven games, six goals in seven games.
05:42Yeah.
05:44I'm not confident like I was.
05:48I was kind of poking you guys a little bit embarrassed that you guys would get off the bandwagon.
05:52And you wanted to play taps yesterday right off the season.
05:57Kenny was with you.
05:58I felt like I was the lone man here.
06:01And now this news that Dylan Larkin's out for at least the two weeks, which is going to be at
06:08least six games.
06:10I don't like that.
06:12How can we make it better for you, Gator?
06:15But the one thing in sports right now that can make it better for you right now.
06:20You're down in the dumps.
06:21I can see it.
06:23I'm going to need a free agent signing, a trade, something.
06:28Okay.
06:29It's going to take something big.
06:32Or just if they win tonight, show me they can still get it done tonight.
06:36I don't have confidence, but show me you can do it.
06:39Let's see.
06:39Oh, certainly.
06:40Certainly if they can't win tonight, they're going to go down to Dallas and win.
06:45It sounds like you take joy in this.
06:47I don't like it.
06:47No, I don't take joy at all.
06:49I don't like this at all.
06:50No.
06:52Playoffs is good.
06:54I've missed the playoffs.
06:56Need Lucas Raymond to step it up big time.
06:59Seriously.
07:00Yes.
07:01Lucas Raymond has to step up big time and provide offense for this team.
07:05And everyone else is going to have to follow suit.
07:07Unlike the effort we saw from Casper the other night, Casper's going to have to continue that effort.
07:11And these guys are going to have to skate 20 minutes a night or more than that.
07:15I mean, those top two lines, run them into the ground.
07:19Because I have no confidence in the second two lines.
07:22It's the first two lines.
07:23I've got to play.
07:24And then I'm playing those top four defensemen.
07:27And those guys are playing 23, 25 minutes a night.
07:31Now, I might be crazy.
07:33But based on production, I'd have JVR centering the breaking cane ahead of Comfer.
07:41But.
07:43Well, Comfer is, I mean, he's more of a center anyway.
07:46And the ability to.
07:48Well, then this is why it's there.
07:50He's going to take face offs.
07:52I know.
07:52I know.
07:53I'm just JVR can actually put the puck in the net, it seems.
07:57In limited amount of playing time.
07:59Well, maybe he gets more playing time.
08:01We shall see.
08:02This is not good news.
08:03No.
08:03Not good news on the Red Wing front.
08:05On the injury front.
08:05With Dylan Larkin and Andrew Kopp out for the next two weeks.
08:09That means at least six games.
08:12That's what Todd McClellan says.
08:15And the Wings play a big game tonight in Tampa.
08:17Every game the rest of the season is a big game.
08:19I don't care who you're playing.
08:20You've got to get your points where you can get your points.
08:21Because right now, the playoff line of demarcation, it's three points over Columbus, who has a game in hand.
08:29All right, I'll try to make you feel a little better.
08:31Pistons will win tonight.
08:32They play the depleted Sixers.
08:34That doesn't make it feel better.
08:34Pistons lead by three and a half over the Celtics for the one seed with a game in hand.
08:39They're five and a half over the Knicks with three in hand.
08:42And because Minnesota lost last night, their pick swap would give them the 21st pick in the draft as opposed
08:48to the 29th.
08:50I really don't care.
08:51Okay, I'm just, I'm trying, Gator.
08:54You're not going to get it done with basketball.
08:57Because I'm not concerned about the Pistons.
08:59I think the Pistons are fine.
09:00You know, worry about the Pistons in the second round of the playoffs, depending on who they match up with.
09:04That's what I'll worry about.
09:06I don't worry about the Pistons regular season because they're just fine.
09:09By the way, shameless plug, but I don't have to be shameless.
09:12I think of the Pistons.
09:14Myself and Evan, the latest installment of Restore the Floor.
09:18We were joined by Mike Tirico.
09:20So we encourage you to listen, subscribe, restore the floor, wherever you get your podcasts.
09:26And you can actually watch it on YouTube so you can see Mr. Tirico as well.
09:29And Mike's the best.
09:31And we get to see him.
09:32Yes, you get to see him.
09:33Did a little Zoom for you?
09:34Something like that?
09:35Yes, we did.
09:35Nice, nice.
09:37248-539-9797 is the telephone number.
09:40Same word of text.
09:40You want to talk about the rough Red Wing news.
09:42We just got Dylan Larkin, Andrew Kopp out for at least two weeks.
09:48That's six games at least they're going to be missing.
09:50And that's huge because they only have like 17 games left in the season.
09:53And they've got to get every point that they can to assure that they're going to make the playoffs.
09:57If this team doesn't make the playoffs, that's going to be really, really rough.
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