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Thursday night’s home opener will be pushed back to an 8:00 start time as the Detroit Tigers (6:08 start) will be looking for some more post season success. There are even recommendations that fans heading to LCA check on parking ahead of time and show up early
Mlive did a post and this statement is in the write up:
The Red Wings said in a statement: “With heavy traffic volume expected that evening in downtown Detroit, fans are encouraged to arrive early and to give themselves extra time by reserving parking in advance at Olympia Parking locations by visiting ParkWhiz.com."
Austin Watson has now been assigned to Grand Rapids after clearing waivers. Without knowing for certain what all the moving pieces are, it looks like that’s where the newly inked veteran will start his season. Ansar Khan has the updated lineup as:
Forwards (left wing-center-right wing)
Alex DeBrincat-Dylan Larkin-Lucas Raymond
Vladimir Tarasenko-J.T. Compher-Patrick Kane
Michael Rasmussen-Andrew Copp-Christian Fischer
Tyler Motte-Joe Veleno-Jonatan Berggren
x-Austin Watson
Defensemen (left defense-right defense)
Ben Chiarot-Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson-Jeff Petry
Olli Maatta-Erik Gustafsson
Albert Johansson
Goaltenders
Ville Husso
Cam Talbot
Alex Lyon
Khan also writes that Husso’s preseason play may have seen his stock rise in the organization back to the presumed starter.
It is a sincere hope that the team will allow Lyon and Husso to rotate and battle for the top spot. Both are on expiring deals and two hungry goalies could be a boost. There is a lot that fans in the comments are going back and forth on. Many (possibly most, including myself) want to see Kasper in this lineup sooner rather than later.
I’ve had one person touch base that there may be some still moving parts so we may see more changes if there’s any meat to that.
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