Mitch Kasprick is the “Motown Curmudgeon” aka “Motown Mitch”
Odds and Ends, Thoughts and Questions, from this past week in hockey –
Just so there’s no confusion when I’m spewing my bias, I am a fan of the Winnipeg Jets, Arizona Coyotes, Manitoba Moose, Winnipeg Ice, and all Team Canada Hockey teams.
I am NOT a fan of Gary Bettman or as I call him, Count Chocula. I am a big believer in the 7Ps. You’ve been warned.
1. Jets: A lot of Jets fans are asking how the Jets let RFA, Eric Comrie slip away and turn into a UFA? Was it an oversight or an organisational decision not to tender a QO to Comrie? Comrie had played in enough games to still be considered an RFA but he was 90 minutes short in those games to retain his RFA status. Somebody over at TNSE has some “splaining to do”. The winner in all this was Eric Comrie who earned himself a tidy little raise and a chance to be the #1 tender in Buffalo. Two years at $1,800,000 per season is a helluva lot more than he was going to get in Winnipeg. Good for him. [Read more…]
1. Jets: Without getting into any in-depth analysis of the Jets’ performance at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft last week, I will say that overall I was pleased with their picks. The truth of the matter is NOBODY really knows for sure and it will be 2-4 years before we can make a decent evaluation, so until then I won’t bore you with my predictions. There are predictions and analyses from smarter people than I all over the place and by now I think you’ve probably seen quite a few. One of our writers (Riley Malinowski), will be posting his thoughts soon. 
