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The Daily: More Walman Antics, Seger Re-Signs, NHL Rumors
In the midst of the Florida Panthers hammering the Edmonton Oilers 6-1 in Game 3, former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jake Walman found the spotlight yet again.
Cameras caught the Edmonton defenseman squirting his water bottle into the Florida bench after Florida’s A.J. Greer stole Walman’s glove.
Isn’t it supposed to be Florida’s Brad Marchand that gets all of the camera time? Not this series.
Walman was spraying water at the Panthers bench 👀 pic.twitter.com/gzuvCi9WJM
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) June 10, 2025
Earlier in the series, Walman was recorded laughing in the face of Florida forward Tomas Nosek for taking a costly penalty in overtime.
Game 3 was a physical game and Walman was involved in that as well. The Panthers are usually initiating the physical play, but they didn’t like Walman’s actions here.
Jake Walman just gave a couple rights to Matthew Tkachuk 😳👊 pic.twitter.com/gSv9SgT33Z
— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) June 10, 2025
Red Wings In Case You missed It
Prospect defenseman Axel Sandin Pellikka’s summer workout is geared to give him the best chance of playing for the Red Wings. He was recently honored as the Swedish Junior Player of the Year.
Vote Axel Sandin Pellikka (1st round’23) Goal of the year for this goal. #LGRW #skeaik https://t.co/PzgJtG0bUm pic.twitter.com/Ld47fMBT6r
— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) May 9, 2025
Former Red Wings player Dominik Kubalik has a clause in his Swiss contract that allows him to leave that league if he gets a deal with an NHL team.
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The Grand Rapids Griffins re-signed Swedish center Gabriel Seger (10-7-17, plus-five) to a one-year deal. He’s a role player with plenty of value. Before signing with the Griffins last summer, Seger played college hockey at Union and then Cornell.
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Montreal: Marc Dumont explores the Nicolas Hague-to-Montreal trade chatter. Montreal Canadiens.
Philadelphia: William James looks at the Flyers’ options for the No. 22 pick. Philadelphia FlyersÂ
Pittsburgh: The Penguins are a Hague suitor. Dan Kingerski believes the Pens also have interest in Rangers defenseman K’Andre Miller. The New York Post’s Larry Brooks reported the Rangers will likely “move on” from Miller.
San Jose: Post-combine, Michael Misa is still favorite to go No. 2, but there are some sleepers. San Jose Sharks.Â
Vegas: Hannah Kirkell writes that the Golden Knights need to avoid trading William Karlsson. Reports say the Golden Knights pondered trading him last season when they attempted to acquire Mitch Marner. Vegas Golden Knights.Â
It was fun watching the Oilers get unhinged last night. Just like the announcers pointed out, they were still in it when they were going gonzo with the cheap stuff. If they lose this series Knoblauch will likely get canned. You can’t have that kind of melt down in a still winnable SCF game. Excusable maybe in the last 5 minutes of the game, but not late in the 2nd and the start of the third. That they came out that way in the third was ridiculous.
You can’t can a guy who takes a team to the finals in his first two years with the team. They have ZERO reliable goalies. This offseason the Wings should dangle Mrazek, Talbot, or even Cossa in their face and get something useful. They’re desperate.