Datsyukian-Deke

All. Summer. Long.

Maybe he needed to get him under contract to make it easier to trade? Maybe? Maybe? Zadina not going to have a roster spot at this point unless someone is traded.

They have already said they want to start Rasmussen on the wing to ease his defensive responsibilities similar to what they did with Larkin. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you! I was starting to get worried with all the agreeing guys were doing around here 

Our cupboard sure is stocked in forwards now. Hopefully we go D,D,Goalie in the 3rd. And there is always next year for those freaking out about defense. You aren’t going to rebuild an entire team with one draft. Even with 11 picks. We took draft steals and I think we maximized the picks we had so far. Yes 2 defenseman would have been nice so far but I really like Mcisaac 

D, D, Goalie in the 3rd just like I wanted. Holland and staff killed this draft. 

D, D, Goalie in the 3rd just like I wanted. Holland and staff killed this draft. 

D, D, Goalie in the 3rd just like I wanted. Holland and staff killed this draft. 

Honestly, defensemen are such a crapshoot that a part of me feels like a newly rebuilding/retooling organization like the Wings should favor forwards in the 1st round, unless it's a truly exceptional defenseman who's practically a lock to be an NHL 1D, e.g. Dahlin, Hedman, Ekblad, Doughty. You really just need to find that one special defenseman, and he could emerge at any given time. It's slightly different with forwards: even if you find that special 1C, you still have to surround him with a small army of high-end forwards and some overqualified bottom-sixers. You can only do so much to accelerate that process of assembling a genuinely deep forward group; any one year can gift you that 1D, but assembling a Cup-worthy forward group is going to take a few years.
The Wings have quietly been putting a solid forward group together for the past several years, and now, with Zadina and Veleno and Berggren, the work is pretty much complete (at least for the time being). Now the Wings can focus more squarely on finding that 1D. And now they're deep enough at forward that swinging a trade is more doable than it has been.

Our cupboard sure is stocked in forwards now. Hopefully we go D,D,Goalie in the 3rd. And there is always next year for those freaking out about defense. You aren’t going to rebuild an entire team with one draft. Even with 11 picks. We took draft steals and I think we maximized the picks we had so far. Yes 2 defenseman would have been nice so far but I really like Mcisaac 

So many guys left. So happy we haven’t traded up cuz a lot of guys have fallen. 

Islanders straight killed it 

Happy Draft Day Fellas! Hope you guys will be as drunk as i will be once the draft starts. 

Happy Draft Day Fellas! Hope you guys will be as drunk as i will be once the draft starts. 

Found this. Interesting argument to support going forward with our first pick. 
 
 

Found this. Interesting argument to support going forward with our first pick. 
 
 

Found this. Interesting argument to support going forward with our first pick.