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Quick Hits: The Buyout Speculation Edition

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Red Wings Rumblings

A Window Opens

The Red Wings activated a 48-hour buyout window after signing Joe Veleno to a two-year deal. The window allows Detroit to terminate contracts that are worth more than $4 million AAV. A lot of speculation that Ville Husso might be a candidate. Any players you would consider buying out with this opportunity?

Talbot’s Take

Here’s a feature on newcomer Cam Talbot. Perhaps not a lot of new information in this article, but I did learn that Cam’s wife, Kelly, grew up in the Detroit area. Also liked this quote from Talbot on the competition the team has in net coming up in camp:

“There’s going to be a competition no matter what between the three or four of us,” Talbot said. “I feel healthy and good even at my age. I played 54 games last year and made an All-Star appearance, so I feel I still have a lot left to give.”

Questions on RFAs

Max Bultman over at The Athletic has a mailbag piece out, and one reader asked about what’s taking so long with restricted free agents Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond. I appreciate Max’s nuance on this topic:

“In my view, the biggest reason they have yet to be completed is because of their importance: If Seider and Raymond sign long-term, their new deals (along with Dylan Larkin’s contract, which runs through 2031) will form the long-term foundation of Detroit’s cap structure. From Seider and Raymond’s perspective, such deals would cover the majority of their prime earning years.”

Max, and myself, are confident that both deals will get done. It’s starting to get to a point (for some fans), where the anxiety is starting to set in that two of the team’s biggest stars aren’t signed. Those feelings are certainly valid, but there’s still a bit of offseason left.

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A Little Hockey History

I have yet to watch the new Netflix film “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” but apparently it has a bit where Eddie Murphy tells some bad guys that he’s the goalie for the Detroit Red Wings during an attempted robbery in the team’s dressing room at LCA:

The goalie line in the opening moments of the hit action-comedy sequel is one of several that give a nod to Black hockey history.

They are the work of Kevin Etten, the self-described “hockey guy” on the writing staff of “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.” Will Beall, along with Etten and his partner Tom Gormican, wrote the screenplay.

Etten played hockey while attending Harvard University, where he also cut his comedic teeth as a member of The Harvard Lampoon, the undergraduate humor publication that helped launch the careers of Conan O’Brien, Colin Jost of ‘Saturday Night Live’ and writers for such shows as ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Veep,’ ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and the ‘Late Show with David Letterman.‘”

Very cool. I’ll probably add this film to my weekend lineup. 😉

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