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Pretty much all of this. I don't see this as a galaxy brain move or 4D chess or anything. I think Yzerman saw an opportunity to address some immedate, pressing needs for cheap and so he did it. If Hronek isn't putting up points, Yzerman probably doesn't make this trade. If we're getting good production from our secondary forward scorers, Yzerman probably doesn't make this trade. If we're not getting pushed around physically and we're not struggling to spend quality time in the o-zone, Yzerman probably doesn't make this trade. If this team isn't in desperate need of any kind of pick-me-up it can get, Yzerman probably doesn't make this trade. Perlini can help us right now. Regula's two years away from getting a nine-game cup of coffee with the big club.

Team needs forwards who can score goals more than it needs a good-not-great D prospect who may or may not be playing on the third pairing in three years. That's the logic. Whether that's good logic or not is up for debate. But it is what it is. IMO, rolling Bertuzzi-Larkin-Mantha all season long and letting the rest of the forward group atrophy doesn't help the rebuild. It kills confidence, kills morale, kills belief. Hirose hasn't scored a goal and it's pretty clear he isn't going to be a goal scorer. AA hasn't scored a goal and he's a team-worst -12. Our power play has been garbage. Yzerman's throwing the team a bone. He's giving his troops some help.

I'm thinking some fans are really going to struggle with how painful this Yzerman rebuild really is going to be if they can't handle a "minor pieces" type trade like this one. Yzerman's going to clean ******* house. And not just in the "trade Helm, Neilsen, Howard, Daley, and Green for picks" sort of way. But also in the "I'm trading AA for a 2nd because he's a passenger" sort of way. Going to be wild.

Wow! He's even bigger and faster than I thought. Check out those wheels. He looks great in Red and White...

Keep in mind, Larkin is still a fresh 23 years old. Zberg was still scoring 40 pts a season at that age. And Datsyuk was scoring at about the same pace as Larkin is now. This kid still has his best years ahead of him.

HYPE! LGRW!

You can't call someone else dumber if you can't use the correct form of "you are".

Yzerman acquired Brendan Perlini and not Boston's 2018 3rd round pick Jakub Lauko? LOL what a moron

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First we lose Regula. Now we lose out on Josi. What a terrible 24 hours to be a Wings fan.

We're not looking for a savior. We're looking for help. It's painfully clear that this team is fatally deficient, even by tank standards; the situation is below the "OK, we're bad, but at least it's a 'good' kind of bad" water line. It's a very bad place to be. Perlini isn't going to magically transform this team into a contender, but it's some help for a team that needs some help. You can't ask the top line and Helm to score all of our goals this season. "But we already have Erne." Erne is a grinder. Perlini is more of a scorer. Yzerman is trying to plug some immediate holes with low-risk, high-reward young talent. Erne gives us some size and truculence. Perlini gives us some size and scoring ability. I don't see the problem.

We have the luxury of Hronek and Seider now, two player who Regula was never going to pass on the depth chart. 3rd pair right handed D isn't a hard spot to fill, making Regula expendable... Lindstrom, Saarijarvi, Bowey, Lindstrom, Tuomisto are all expendable too Perlini is a guaranteed 2/3 line forward and is still a young gun himself. We don't need to bottom out anymore, if you hadn't noticed we're already there. Literally why

Regula is "a solid D prospect, who is still 19", but the rest of the D prospects mentioned, are "unknowns"... The narrative is very clear with you. NEVER trade a prospect or pick (unknown) for a player (known), regardless of potential, because that unknown *could* someday be better than the known (or not...). Prospects and picks are GOLD... He might not be here past 2-3 years, but that's 2-3 years that we do have him, and we wouldn't have had Regula... Regula may never make it. Perlini already has 200 games played in the NHL at 23 years old. That's more than any of Mantha, Athanasiou or Bertuzzi had at the same age. He has also scored 45 goals in that time. Not bad production for a player that has been playing 10-12 minutes a night... Maybe (another) change of scenery, and realizing this could be his last shot in the NHL, could get him going. He has the skill, he just lacks the effort (from what I've read). Maybe getting him in the room with a couple workhorses in Larkin and Glendening motivates him... We have a lot of players in the pipe, but we also have quite a few that should gone in the next couple years. All of these players aren't going to pan out, and even if they do, we'll have some trade chips down the line. This team severely lacks depth. Yzerman addressed this with the additions of Erne and Perlini. Neither are needle movers, but they both improve our team now, while not taking too much away from the future. Here it is again... The unknown is better than the known... This Lauko kid may never play a game in the NHL, but you'd rather him over a kid (just a few years older) that has and definitely will play in the NHL... Regula was traded for "a guy who's on his 3rd team already", but you expect him to add much value as a "throw in + AA in a blockbuster deal"??? Do you not realize how ridiculous that sounds?

I don't mind the player - 6'3"+210lb+fast as f***=like - just the logjam of middle-six(a bit generous maybe) forwards we got. If Perlini takes a third line role that should push Erne to the fourth and push Abdelkader/Helm/DLR off the roster.

Big kid and probably moves Helm down into the bottom 6 which isn't bad is it? I am reserving judgement but based on the video he seems okay is he our saviour umm doubt it. But let's pop some popcorn and watch as this show still has a looooong ways to go

Yeah. He better snap out of it before he ruins the season.

And neither 23-year-old Datsyuk nor 23-year-old Zetterberg was ever asked to carry a talent-starved team on his back. They were surrounded by tons of talent all throughout their 20s. Put Larkin on a mid-2000s Wings team and he probably murders fools.

Worth noting that Perlini has scored goals at the NHL level. 14 in 57 games in 2016-17 with the Coyotes. 17 in 74 games in 2017-18 with the Coyotes. 14 in 68 games last season, split between the Coyotes and Blackhawks. I don't think it's a stretch to say he's capable of potting 20+ goals under the right circumstances. So...nice D prospect for some immediate scoring help? Sure. I'll take it.

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Why does Yzerman hate Ericsson and Seider?

I don't really think defense is our weakest position anymore though, especially the right side (that's weird to say)... Like has been mentioned, we have Hronek and Seider that are as close to locks to be top 4 defensemen on the right side as we've had in a long time. That 3rd pairing slot on the right side isn't a major concern. I'm sure one of Bowey, Kaski, Tuomisto, Lindstrom, Barton, UFA can easily fill that role. I don't think Regula will be a big loss, even if he hits his ceiling. In saying that, the last thing this team really needed was another middle six left-handed winger... You mention that "we have way too many scrubs as it is, and need to subtract", and I agree. That's where this comes in... I don't know a ton about Perlini, but he's a big body (6'3", 212lbs), and can skate really well, which is something every team can use, and he's only 23, so there's still some room for growth. At worst, I see Perlini as a significant upgrade over Ehn and de la Rose, which strengthens our bottom six. Neither of these guys will be back next season. Also, at least two of Nielsen, Filppula, Helm and Abdelkader should be moved in the next season or two. Sure, we have other bottom six options in Erne, Kuffner, Turgeon, Pearson, Smith, but adding more depth at a relatively low cost, isn't a bad thing. Again, I'm not thrilled with the trade, but I don't hate it either. Another low risk, potentially high reward trade in my opinion...

We needed more Italians on the roster.

You mean elite players are better when they play for better teams? You don't say.