The Malik Report

So there was some drama…

Word is DET is throwing a curveball…— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 6, 2020

DET are picking Lucas Raymond.— Corey Pronman (@coreypronman) October 6, 2020

And the Red Wings did indeed pick Frolunda Indians forward Lucas Raymond.

The Red Wings pick Sweden forward Lucas Raymond with the fourth overall pick. pic.twitter.com/LMCgTPl7j9— Detroit News Sports (@detnews_sports) October 6, 2020

With the 4th pick in the 2020 #NHLDraft, the #RedWings select forward Lucas Raymond!#DRWDraft x #LGRW pic.twitter.com/ErIU50ZUvR— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 6, 2020

https://t.co/AHXFpnXJcr— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) October 6, 2020

The Red Wings selected RW Lucas Raymond 4th overall. He got 9.5 rating for fantasy upside and 9.9 for NHL certainty.https://t.co/bPYf9zEy16— Jokke Nevalainen (@JokkeNevalainen) October 6, 2020

Lucas Raymond väljs som nummer fyra av Detroit Red Wings i årets draft. Stort grattis, Lucas! pic.twitter.com/yZlUrrgUr8— Frölunda Indians (@frolunda_hc) October 6, 2020

Couple Lucas Raymond stories for you all to get you started:

The case for him at No. 4: https://t.co/0qciaLly0r

His hot start this season: https://t.co/MhMdK00Fx4— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) October 6, 2020

.@daniellabruce_, @carleykjohnston, @ArthurJRegner and @KenKalDRW offer instant reaction following the Detroit Red Wings first selection in the 2020 NHL Draft. #DRWDraft #LGRW

Presented by: @LabattUSA https://t.co/JvHVodPGkW— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 6, 2020

I really like the Raymond pick for Detroit. He’s a playmaker, a scorer, and a competitor.

Here’s what his coach, Roger Ronnberg, told me last week:https://t.co/MhMdK00Fx4 pic.twitter.com/RxLzSbvHzx— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) October 6, 2020

Continue reading Red Wings select Lucas Raymond 4th overall

From the NHL and NHLPA:

NEW YORK/TORONTO (Oct. 6, 2020) – The National Hockey League Players’ Association and National Hockey League announced today that they will target Jan. 1 for the start of the 2020-21 regular season.

Estimated timing for the start of training camp will be communicated at a later date.

Some 16 hours into our fundraising adventure, you’ve raised $1,000 of the $1,378 necessary to buy the upgraded, updated laptop.

I’m humbled by and grateful for your assistance, and now we only have a quarter of the way to go!

Https://paypal.me/Themalikreport or https://giftly.com (to rtxg@yahoo.com) are the easiest ways to make it happen.

Via MLive’s Ansar Khan, the Red Wings have loaned Joe Veleno to the SHL’s Malmo Redhawks. The loan may last for the entire 2020-2021 section.

Remarkably so, we’ve come very far in a short period of time. We’ve raised $800 of the $1,299 in just over 14 hours. There’s $500 to go (plus about $77 in sales tax).

Crossing my fingers, toes and veins.

Per the Red Wings on Twitter, Justin Abdelkader has been placed on waivers to be bought out.

He will be on the Wings’ cap for six years to come.

Good morning. I hope you’re doing well.

I barely slept last night (I think I finally feel asleep at 7:30 AM) worrying about my situation and feeling embarrassed about the mess I accidentally made.

There is good news: the laptop fundraising effort is halfway to the $1,299 goal already, so if we can find between 16 and 24 more folks who are willing to donate in the $30 to $50 range, the whole situation will be resolved today.

The bad news is obviously that there’s a long way to go in a short period of time, and I know that it’s the time of year when other blogs and services look at the new fiscal year and say, “Oh shit, we’re broke!”

So I know my timing is awful and that I’m asking a lot. I’m sorry for that, but shit happens, so here we are.

I’m headed out today to help my aunt get a hearing test at U of M’s East Ann Arbor center so that we can begin the process of getting her hearing issues resolved.

What happens between now and 3:30 will determine what direction the great laptop fundraiser will go.

If you can lend a hand or a recommendation, please do so via https://PayPal.me/TheMalikReport or Giftly; for now, my email (rtxg@yahoo.com) is the next- way to reach me.

Thank you so much for your time.

Folks, here is the dream laptop. We’re $500 down in three hours…Can we raise the other $800 and be done with this for the long haul?

If you can find a similar machine for less in the Metro Detroit area, please let me know! Email (rtxg@yahoo.com) works best while I’m phone-bound…

I need some help if you are able provide me with some assistance.

I tried very hard too fix my laptop monitor myself, and after I was able to get the laptop monitor working but “off” color-wise, I took the cable out and tried to reset the monitor.

After several tries, the cord ripped–it was my stupid fault–but after another 90 minutes, I couldn’t fix the monitor again. So I’m without a functional laptop the day before the draft.

I don’t know what I’m going to do. A repair would take several days at the very least, and cost several hundred dollars. At this point the hard drive is salvageable, but for the present moment, I need a new laptop to do my blogging work.

It looks like $500 to $800 would get a serviceable laptop from Best Buy or Office Depot, and at this point, those are my most realistic options in terms of getting back to work in the next couple of days.

So I have to ask for monetary help. Https://paypal.me/Themalikreport is most expedient, though other options (ex. Giftly.com) work well.

If you can lend a hand, I would greatly appreciate it, no matter how small the donation. I’m in between a rock and a hard place with only my phone available, and as I have about $150 in my bank account, I need help here.

I’m very sorry for screwing up, and I hope we can address the computer issue both short and long term after I’m up and running again.

You make The Malik Report work, and right now I need your help to salvage the draft and/or free agency.  I promise to never try to fix my own computer again!

If you have any alternatives available, please do not hesitate to email me at rtxg@yahoo.com.

Thank you for your time and your readership.

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan looks back at Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman’s pre-draft press conference with the media this evening, and Kulfan took note of Yzerman’s take as to whether European-playing prospects might surge ahead of the North American draft-eligible players who aren’t skating this fall:

The Wings’ scouting staff has had considerable time to interview and analyze this year’s class. But what has added another wrinkle this year is the fact leagues in Europe have begun this season and scouts are getting a bonus look, of sorts, at those players while North American prospects are sidelined because of the pandemic.

Yzerman acknowledged that has added another intriguing aspect to this draft.

“It’s tricky because most of the North American kids haven’t been playing,” Yzerman said. “These kids in Europe, their good play, or poor play for that matter, does it move them above or below the guy that hasn’t played? I don’t think it’s changing our opinion that much watching these kids right now.

“Going into last month, over the course of the summer, we formulated our opinion, did our research the best we could on the guys’ background checks to the best of our ability. And with the European kids, it’s given us a chance to watch them a little bit more, but ultimately, it’s not really swaying our list that much.”

Continued; if you haven’t seen the 41-minute-long presser yet…