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The only thing I do not agree with is giving Washington back their 1st. "Helping" them out should and would cost a lot less. Yzerman got Staal and a 2nd in exchange for nothing basically in order to "help" out the Rangers. Now, I am not saying Samsonov is equal to Marc Staal, but I'm betting it would cost no more than a 2nd going back. Maybe just a 3rd. This would be PRE-Expansion draft. I'd take Johnson and Foote for a 5th in return. This would be a total "help." Even though they are poised to circumvent the cap again with Hedman going on LTIR after surgery, I don't think they can keep him there all year and expect to be contenders again. They need cap relief, and this helps them tremendously, plus they will probably lose Palat or Killorn to Seattle considering they may choose to protect young players like Raddysh or Joseph instead. Pre-expansion. Toronto...oh Toronto, what are you going to give us? You want Bertuzzi, you also want cap relief so you can re-sign Filigno and persue Suter (maybe) and possibly attempt a deal for Jones. It'll start with Nylander and a 1st. You wanna trade us Dermott so you don't lose him? Fine, Nylander, Dermott and Liljegrin. We'll even toss in a draft pick for ya! Pre-expansion. This would allow us to protect Hronek, Stecher and Dermott on the back end and Nylander will take Bert's protection up front. With Dermott, I really couldn't care less if we lost BOTH Cholowski and Lindstrom (which we cannot, but it wouldn't matter.) I still like the Vancouver idea (rumor or suggestion, it doesn't matter) I would love to get another top 10 pick. Dermott - Hronek Koekkoek - Seider Dekeyser - Stecher ??? (re-sign Staal?) Yes, I'd still like to see KoekKoek get signed here. I know Cholo and Lindstrom are out of waiver exemptions, so maybe use them as a throw in for a trade above, or #7 D. Trade the other to Holland. so let's sum it up! ( I like doing this!) to DET : Ilya Samsonov (RFA rights) to WSH : 2021 2nd round pick to DET : Tyler Johnson, Cal Foote to TPA : 2021 4th round pick to DET : William Nylander, Travis Dermott, Timothy Liljegrin to TOR : Tyler Bertuzzi, 6th round, Gus Lindstrom (why not!) sign UFA's Slater KoekKoek and Zach Hyman. Re-sign Bobby Ryan and Luke Glendening.

To this day I am mad at Holland for not making that trade happen instead.

Classic.

I liked the idea of Alec Martinez, but I would be ok with Suter pairing with Mo. I am just big on pairing noobs (Seider, Cholowski, Lindstrom) with vets.

Dreger still believes the Wild are going to make an offer for Eichel https://www.tsn.ca/NHL/video/insider-trading-whats-next-for-the-wild-after-buying-out-parise-~2240888

Coming from the guy that wanted to sign Eric f***ing Gelinas... LOL 36-38 year old Ryan Suter >>>>> 30-32 year old Eric Gelinas

so when are the protected list required to be submitted? I am getting antsy and want this off-season to officially kick off!

Minnesota just bought out Parise AND Suter. Parise was obvious, but I'm pretty surprised about Suter. He was usually 1st or 2nd TOI in the playoffs has been pretty consistent. Their contracts were identical so their buyouts look like this: 21-22: $2,371,794 22-23: $6,371,794 23-24: $7,371,794 24-25: $7,371,794 25-26: $833,333 26-27: $833,333 27-28: $833,333 28-27: $833,333 Man - I remember when these guys were the number #1 and #2 FA's that season. We had just lost Lidstrom and Stuart. I felt like it was a lock to get Suter and a chance at Parise too since we were still lacking some firepower. I thought it was a certainty one of these guys would've come to Detroit because I still thought of us as hockey royalty and we had the cap space..... Then it comes out that Minnesota signs BOTH. I remember thinking.....who the f*** signs with Minnesota!?? How the hell could Holland be so inept to not be able to sway one of these guys to sign here over Minnesota?? They began touting how Minnesota was now a force to be reckoned with from here on forward. Then the contracts come out and I remember thinking even back then......these contracts are going to age so terribly. I completely understood why we lost the bidding war and I was happy for it. However, I STILL thought Minnesota was going to be a great team for awhile. How did that turn out? a total of 2 first round victories 5 first round exits 2 postseason misses. Man....things did not turn out well.

Imagine being Holland today. Suter could be had for less than Keith is being paid without giving up assets. He's also younger and better