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Tick Tock Logic and The Canucks

10/22/2017 at 6:04pm EDT

Apparently, the Wings forward corps is so damn loaded with talent that now-departed Riley Sheahan couldn't find a home amongst all the prolific scorers weaned and accrued by our general manager. This, my 19 friends, is classic Ken Holland.

“He wasn’t getting the opportunity,” Holland said. “He’s going to get an opportunity in Pittsburgh.”

That, and you can tell by the blind, fawning acceptance of that ridiculous statement, is taken out of a little ditty from the chubby, chapped digits of one Ken Kulfan.

So...Riley Sheahan wasn't "getting the opportunity" on a team many claim will be the very worst of the Eastern Conference, But he's "going to get an opportunity in Pittsburgh."

I guess when you dig into roles and what a different team will expect to get out of a middling talent? Sure. But, on the surface, Riley Sheahan can't fit into the Wings system but by god the Cup champs will put him right to good use.

Any words on that in terms of how it relates to your coaching abilities, Jeff?

No?

Noted.

Last year at this time the Wings were just starting their season-long vomit fest following a 6-2 start. And they've lost three in a row after going 4-1. We're down to two choices, barely mediocre or really shitty.

We shall see.

It's a Sunday night live blog, bitches.

LGRW.

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