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Not time for a Taveres. Keep your money in the pocket. Have another great draft and load up for 2020. Core is starting to come together

Yeah they should get a young one. But signing Vanek in the cap era just for “handedness” in a non-playoff team sounds utterly stupid. Unless Holland thinks we have a shot at the playoffs. If we’re signing any older free agents it’s to flip them at the trade deadline in case things don’t workout. Vanek’s value sucks.

As long as he doesn't go to Toronto, I'm cool.

Bert to a 2 year deal Frk to a one year deal https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/red-wings-agree-to-terms-with-bertuzzi-and-frk/c-299265896

IDK, if I could trade the weird guy down the hall from me at my office, I would.

According to the Wings Twitter, we just re-signed Frk and Bertuzzi. Detroit Red Wings @DetroitRedWings · 4m UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today agreed to terms with left wing Tyler Bertuzzi on a two-year contract and right wing Martin Frk on a one-year contract. tyler bertuzzi and Martin Frk

On 97.1 The Ticket, this morning, Holland again said he expects 2 to 5 young players to make the team this fall Extra spicy rumor...

But he is a mediocre defenseman that will make too much money. He will fit perfectly with Detroit.

Awesome, good on Frk for not waiting for FA... interested to know the AAV's though

Seems silly to trade a guy just because he likes to be alone at lunch time and doesn't talk much.

Maybe the wings never reached out to him? Don’t know.. I like Tavares a lot, but seeing as how he might make up to 12 million a year after a bidding war ensues, I’m pretty alright with him going elsewhere. Hopefully it’s the western conference.

DO NOT WANT

I would imagine that the conditions attached to the Russo deal, are somehow related to him making The Yotes roster this season. Probably won't get anything if he goes to their AHL affiliate. As far as XO, we probably couldn't find a team to take him without having to carry some of his salary, and it was probably cheaper to buy him out to clear the roster space. Just my thoughts.

She would be your aunt.

Alleviating the logjam... Pretty crazy we couldn't get at least that for Ouellet though...

I couldnt believe he was still on the board at 6, the whole Wings table probably busted a nut when Arizona passed on him.. What a steal. We needed D, but they couldn't pass on that. Ended up getting some good D and G prospects later on. Successful draft.

Git er done Kenny

Good. Wings were never getting him and now the Leafs can't have him either. f*** those guys.

So you guys want a player who scored 9 goals last year? So we want 2 versions of Nielsen?

Can he retire in the next American election year? So like 2020. I want at least one leader to be liked by the overwhelming majority.

Because it's the natural cycle of every team in a league with a salary cap. We were a perennial playoff / Stanley Cup contender for over two decades. Because of that we never had an opportunity to draft high enough to get any truly elite talent. We lucked out with some gems, but that's becoming more and more rare in the modern NHL, due to better scouting, covering the entire map, rather than just North America. I can't believe some fans are so irrational to be upset about a rebuild after decades of success. Especially a fan in his 40's. I could somewhat understand if you were a kid, and success is all you've ever known, but you lived through the "Dead Wings" era. You should have a better understanding and patience with a rebuild. Holland has done a fantastic job so far, adding picks and building through the draft. It's not going to happen over night, but we're well on our way. This was a huge draft for us. We're pretty much set up front (other than adding some right-handed snipers). We have a lot of high end goalie prospects. We just need to add some high end defensive prospects. We didn't do that in this draft, which is kind of disappointing, but Holland absolutely made the right picks. The only thing I can think of that Holland could have done in this draft that he didn't do, is trade up into the top 10 when Bouchard slipped. I also think Holland likely tried to do that though, but the price was too high. Which is fine. Coming out of this draft with four 1st round ranked prospects is HUGE! This rebuild isn't over yet, so those that don't understand the process, it's going to be a long torturous few years. I'm actually enjoying the rebuilding phase more than I ever thought I would. It's fun to see the influx of young, skilled players coming through the draft, rather than signing / trading for old sloppy seconds from other teams...

I'm pretty sure any hockey fan can explain this to you Jonas... You don't need to be a scout or have any insider knowledge to understand that this team is rebuilding. And when a team rebuilds (properly), they should be a bottom 5-10 team for a few years. Common sense...

it's confirmed Z-Z in the Top line...

So this was the outdoor game at Wrigley Field?

no thank you....