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In this episode of The Hockey Writers Grind Line, Detroit Red Wings writers Devin Little and Evan Sabourin get together with producer Matthew Zator to discuss the Red Wings signing Tyler Motte in free agency.
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All right, let's go to a forward
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This is one of my favorites, Tyler Mott. I loved him in Vancouver
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I hated it that they traded him to the Rangers. I would have taken him back as a Canuck on the fourth line
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but he's a Red Wing, which is the second next best thing. So Evan, what do you think about Tyler Mott
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being added to the team? I mean, it's a Christian Fisher, almost 2.0 type player for me
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And those are kind of the guys that you love. You know, I always check on social media
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You check the other teams, the team that came from his reactions about when they signed elsewhere
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You can see that a lot of people were like, you know, a lot of Red Wings fans
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who weren't familiar with Tyler Mott were bashing the signing and this and that
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And then you see the Lightning's reaction about our fans' reaction saying
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hey, you're going to love this guy. This guy is, you know, tooth and nails grit
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This is the kind of players, you know, you need come playoff time, you know
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and he's not going to give you much offensively, but he's going to fight and play that 200 foot game
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that Stevie Y loves and that we all love, that, you know, he's going to fight tooth and nail for us
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And those are the kind of guys you have to have on your bottom six. So I think he'll fit in nice
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probably in a fourth line role, but I like the signing again, low turn, low cost
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And, you know, again, you got to have these kinds of players come playoff time
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So I'm happy with it. Well, you don't have to read a bunch of articles
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when Tyler Mott was with the Canucks, you'll know how much I like him. So I love the signing, great penalty killer
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Has a bit of speed, he can score. I mean, he has, I mean, he doesn't score a lot
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but he's good for six, seven goals per high nine. I mean, if he does get the opportunity, he can score
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It's just the biggest thing he brings is that energy and that great, yeah, two-way game
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to the bottom of the lineup. And you don't have to worry about him when you put him out there, which is great. Devin
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He makes the record better defensively, and that's exactly what they needed in their bottom six
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That's for sure, it's a good signing for me. And also former University of Michigan
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there's an add to that too. How'd I forget that part? It's the most important part
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Had 32 goals in his- Another. Last season there, so. If they can get Kyle Connor now
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they can reunite the CCM line, so. Yeah. And the Confor-Connor and Mott line, so
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Go, Kyle Connor, I'm in. Devin, what do you think about Mott
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See, now, this is that time where I'm on the other end of having everything basically on his side
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Even down to the CCM line, that finally got brought up right at the end. I got you there in the last second, dude
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on a buzzer beater. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I'll just echo everything that's been said
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Bottom six, honestly, fourth line guy that, like you said, Matt, you just don't have to worry about
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as you said, Evan makes the Red Wings better defensively. That's what they, that was kind of a prime
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or a primary objective for them this off season. And he does that
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And also, he's another one of those Michigan boys. He's from St. Clair
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Just another one of those guys that it's easy to cheer for just because he's from Michigan, right
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I'm sure he's very excited to wear a Red Wings uniform
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