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8 right where we sit now. A rare time we dont move back. Take it as a win.

we get relief if he rehabs next year, just like the bolts and kucherov. we have to pay fabri, but get cap space relief.

Unless we are going into the season with Oesterle, Juolevi, and Walman as our LD (I hope not), I suspect that at least one of Juolevi or Walman are let go or re-signed, waived, and sent down to GR. Probably Juolevi. Stephens and Zadina will both be re-signed and given full time spots on the roster.

what pick do we get, Zoltan? Can we elect to buy out the rest of Abdelkaders $ with our open cap space? Would be nice to get him off the books.

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Bad example. The last time we won the cup in 2008 Zetterberg and Datsyuk played together. Z and D played together more often then not especially in the early years along Holmstrom and later Cleary Big Bert and Abdelkader. The Euro twins never should have been split and only were because of big brain Babcock. Another bad example. Lidstrom didnt play much with Chelios but played alot with Coffey and Murphy 2 hof and Schneider and Rafalski not hof but great d. On this current Red Wings team it might be smart to split up 2 best d but if were as deep as we expect to be on d I can see Ed-Mo playing alot together to form the best d pair in the league like the 90s/00 Red Wings.

I don't know if Cotton will ever be an NHL dman. But knowing his strengths and faults (which are extreme) I think if he ever becomes an NHL dman he should probably be paired with a stud who can hide/cover those faults and allow him to play his game. I highly doubt Seider and Edvinsson spend much time paired together. It's much smarter to spread their talent across 2 pairings and roll them. Exactly why Zetterberg and Datsyuk were separated more often than not.

That may be, but I can't take credit for it. Plus, I know very little about him....

I have no problem picking Kasper. Kasper the friendly red wing.

Might be a Ras situation. He has nothing left to gain from juniors. He is eligible for GR and under contract so we can put him there if we want. Ned, Holtby, JVP, Cossa, Fulcher

That sounds good and all, but unless we’ve got 3 or 4 blue chippers on defense we are cooked. Wait…What’s that? *checks notes* We have some dudes named Edvinsson, Johansson, and Wallinder too? Well that seems good, eh?

Ottawa will win the draft lottery.