Agalloch93

There's still hope if he gets up and somehow swings a deal for Yandle. CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR FORWARDS Tomas Holmstrom ($1.875m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m) Simon Gagne ($3.200m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m) Jiri Hudler ($2.875m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m) Drew Miller ($0.825m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m) Jan Mursak ($0.550m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m) DEFENSEMEN Nicklas Lidstrom ($6.200m) / Brad Stuart ($3.750m) Keith Yandle ($6.000m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m) Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / Mike Commodore ($1.000m) Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) GOALTENDERS Jimmy Howard ($2.250m) / Ty Conklin ($0.700m) CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter) (these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion) SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $63,733,711; BONUSES: $0 CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $566,289 That's if he can't dump Hudler somehow, be great if he could since Mursak should really be in the lineup (I don't care about Abdelkader).

Yandle is only 24. He would be the anchor of the defense for the next 10+ years. He put up 59 points on a team that doesn't know the meaning of the word offense. This is probably a pipe dream, but it would be incredible if Holland could just man up and trade a couple assets.

It's looking like Yandle is going to get dealt. TheFourthPeriod David Pagnotta I'm not saying a Yandle trade is close, but it's been/being explored. Word on the street is he's concerned with future of team in Phoenix.

Not really, they're only 10 million from the floor right now, and that's still with 1 defenseman to sign, and 5 forwards, two of which are Ladd and Wheeler whom will command a decent amount of money.

Meh.

I'm talking about defense as well though. I've seen him call Ehrhoff, Wisniewski, Pitkanen, and Kaberle all awful. Who exactly is good then?

No chance the Wings are one of the teams inquiring about him. Holland doesn't like to give up a ton of assets like this. If you can get him without giving up Brendan Smith I'd explore the possibility but that's highly unlikely.

Just curious, and I'm not saying I want Gagne, but who DO you want the Red Wings to sign? I've been lurking here awhile now and I've seen you shoot down literally every player mentioned as a possible acquisition. Who would you like?