Leaderboard

I hope Holland isn't dumb enough to offer more than 0 years on ANY "vet" defenders... This team doesn't need any more vets, we need young guys that can help with this rebuild. Do NOT sign any over the hill UFA's. If you must sign a UFA, take a look at one of the young reclamation projects like Yakupov or Grigorenko. I'd go as high as 2 years at $2.5M on either of those guys, but I wouldn't pay a dime for any of those aforementioned veteran defensemen. We have enough depth at every position, we just lack top end talent. You're not going to get that in free agency. If you want to improve this team, make a f***ing trade.

No, No No No.Don't do it Kenny. We're already logjamed at D, no need for a 33 year old rental.

apparently you can tell me the name as a clue and I still wouldn't figure it out

FrkEhn A, eh?

I really hope at some point the Wings find someone who can make needed trades and manage the cap. This is absolutely pathetic.

5 years ago I would have agreed with you. Now I'm expecting a 7 year 35 million dollar deal for Trevor Daley from Holland.

I'd rather have Svechnikov than a vet Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Been hearing reports that Detroit is interested in guys like Hainsey and Giradi. My ******* god, please no. I hope these reports are all untrue about which D men we're looking at. Just seem all awful decisions to be making and a bunch of guys in the decline that will certainly be overpaid. I really, really hope these rumours aren't true but if they are.... Holland seriously needs to go.

There isn't cap room to sign a 32 year old player to a 6 year $5 mill+ contract. Gotta take the positives when you can find them, right? Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

Poile has already said that he's looking for a top 6 forward (Duchene), but isn't willing to move any of his top 4 defensemen... How he expects to pull that off, I have no idea... Edit: what amato said... But yeah, we need to be calling teams like Nashville, Anaheim, Winnipeg, Carolina, Philadelphia, etc to see if there's a deal to be made. I'm fully confident that if we go into this season without making any significant changes, we will have a good shot at Dahlin / Svechnikov in a year's time.

So you think we should sign a past-his-prime "band-aid" veteran defenseman so we can waive and lose a kid like Sproul or Ouellet?

Well so much for the funny name line. Wait, we could still eventually have: Frk - Ehn - AA

Daley? Hainsey? Girardi? Really? So... what? Instead of one guy taking up a roster spot from kids that should be playing instead you'd have two?

No I think they got rid of that type of compensation, unfortunately.

No No No No No! We buy him out and his caphit ends up being spread out over 6 years (at a lesser amount of course). We are not going to contend for a cup in the next 3 years, so why waste cap space for 4-6 years from now when we have a chance. The only reason to buyout a player is: A. If you dont, you will lose someone you need to keep (ie. a Larkin, AA, or Mantha) B. you need to add an extra piece to win now Neither of those apply to us. If the re-build gets accelerated, then we can always buy him out in a year or two which will shorten the length of the penalty. IMO, we should trade E and retain the majority of the caphit.

About the dumbest thing I've ever seen posted here...

Why would that make you a racist? He just isn't very good at hockey. Neither is Girardi so we should stay away from both...

I just don't understand signing a D when we have 7 here already and a couple that can be called up. You start signing D you're going to have to waive some. Don't think that a team won't take any one of Sproul, XO or Jensen. They'd be gone instantly...for free and You know Holland won't trade E.

hopefully we trade him for OEL

I get more and more worried about this team daley Pls no one tell Dabura

A player has no name

Is this a name guessing game?

Most people say good riddance, but seem to forget that he was our leading scorer/point getter until he got injured...

This is good. His voice was getting stale in Grand Rapids.

I cant wait for everyone to eat crow on this kid.