LeftWinger

No goal, good call back by the refs

He needs to make big saves. Our D does suck, I said that as well in my first post earlier today, among many other days.

Husso s*** the bed....told you so

Brady Tkachuk

Husso s***s the bed tonight. Waived or LTIR by December. Defense exposed. Trade to upgrade D by Thanksgiving.

Anaheim isn't looking for cap relief, they are looking for roster relief to upgrade younger players. I am pretty sure in order to get that relief, Anaheim would have no issues retaining salary. As a matter of fact, only being $2M above the cap floor, they'd have to retain in order to stay compliant. Fowler at $3.25M (50%) is not an overpayment at all. Gibson is on IR at the moment. The article says it may take Viro and a 2nd to obtain Fowler. That's a deal I'd do all day long! But there would definitely have to be some salary moved out in order to fit (even at 50%) Fowler on the team. Maybe Holl is involved and just gets waived by Anaheim as well? IF there is another player coming back with Fowler, I can see it being Vatrano. Again, Anaheim has plenty of room to retain up to 50% to make this deal happen for Detroit, then you might see either a kid forward going back (Soderblom?) or maybe Veleno if they want an NHL player. Holl, Viro, Soderblom, 2nd for Fowler (50%) and Vatrano (50%)

https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2024/10/nhl-trade-rumors-analyst-predicts-trade.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0aSFvMxP2ZDMWVsFiC9pKzFxOsbM0D9N5Hjjea6vuvsfdImuoTQcPj5cg_aem_D31nP4itXEhy5yq_ImdIPg&m=1 I believe Fowler will be a Detroit Red Wing this season....and soon. Remember when Debrincat and Kane were just rumors and most analysts had Detroit as the frontrunner? Get ready for another homecoming. Trouba may still be in the mix come TDL as well.

Weird because with Watson they had 13 F, 7 D and 3 G to give them their 23 player roster. What would the point of waiving him be?

I am still in the opinion that he needs to acquire Fowler. He would instantly be the #1 LHD, plus he is better than Chiarot and Maatta combined. Sure there would have to be major surgery done to the cap, but dumping Husso somewhere would be a good start!

Yes 23 man roster. Game roster is 21. I really didn't think they'd waive Holl! Wow!

Well, that is what I am referring to. Obviously Swayman would move our G position to an elite-ish level, would it be worth it to deal, lets say a 1st and a Lombardi, or Wallinder to get that elite level goalie? I can imagine having Swayman and Cossa here in 1-2 years would give us a pretty similar G-room as Boston has had the last couple of seasons (projecting that Cossa works out.) Throw Augustine in that mix in about 4-5 years and that would be a nice G problem to have. And if Swayman helps us to become a perennial playoff team, giving up a 1st doesn't seem that bad.

Would Detroit be able to shed enough salary to afford Swayman? Obviously Husso would have to go back, but that is not enough to pay out $8M-$9M. You'd have to hope that they'd also take Chiarot or Copp off our hands. All three have a 10-Team No Trade List, but Boston being much, much closer to winning a Cup, I can't imagine any of those three would nix a trade there. Swayman would definitely be a huge upgrade to what we have, we may have to include a young prospect to make it happen though. Who would that be? Lets say Husso and Chiarot are going back to Boston (opening up $9.5M in Cap for Detroit,) which prospect would be the icing on the cake to get a deal done? I am sure it'd have to be a grade A prospect, and maybe a draft pick to get Boston to trade to Detroit. What say you? Which prospect and draft pick will it cost along with Husso and Chiarot?

Anyhow, here's some more trade suggestions for us. This gets us into the playoffs, then when some more contracts fall off next summer, you upgrade some kids, get into a bidding war for Shesterkin (if he hasn't re-signed) and become a Cup favorite team! (re-sign Kane again as long as he is still a point per game player this season.) Maatta, Petry and Lyon walk. Fish and Motte re-sign to anchor the 4th line.

Trade them Husso and let Swayman sit for a year.

5-1 though. That's your D corps for the season right there. They need to upgrade somehow. Someway!

It's weird watching two Red Wings games at once... kinda like watching two NHL games like in the regular season, but not! 2-1 Buffalo Lyon starting in net 1-0 Pittsburgh Talbot starting in net I will say that it sickens me that McGroarty is playing for Pittsburgh.

Not impressed by Husso's .882 SAV. (15 saves, 17 shots.) 1st game for him in a long time though, let's hope he gets better. Edvinsson led D with 22:27 TOI. Cossa 10 saves on 10 shots.

You gotta make the Fowler deal. This D isn't getting them anywhere. Without making a change, they're looking at another top 5 pick IMO. Top 10 maybe.

I'm having trouble finding the stud RHD we gave up. Remind me!

Ok, everyone re-signed. Now make the Fowler deal. We ain't going nowhere with the D as it sits.

Wallinder and Soderblom are B+ to A- prospects, they want players to replace promoted kid in San Diego. Any Cup contenders would have to trade money for money because most would not be able to add his Cap even at 50%. They don't want an NHL player back, they need the roster spot. Unless it's an LTIR or Waiver candidate. https://bvmsports.com/2024/09/16/detroit-red-wings-eyeing-cam-fowler-as-potential-trade-target/

Well I considered this in all my scenarios: https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/exploring_options_at_defense_for_oilers/s1_14825_40899223?utm_source=mb&utm_medium=email&mb_edition=20240916&mb_loc=left_i Considering that Edmonton is in search of a RHD with some term, I don't think acquiring an NHL Veteran for "future considerations" is out of the question. https://bvmsports.com/2024/08/21/thatcher-demkos-knee-injury-raises-concerns-for-canucks-future/ Considering his uncertain recovery from his injury, Vancouver may be a little desperate to acquire an NHL quality goalie. All they have is a Silovs and a PTO guy. https://thehockeynews.com/news/top-pair-nhl-defenseman-cam-fowler-surfaces-in-trade-speculation-for-handful-of-teams

This is still my trade hopes that will make our team better and open roster and cap space: to EDM : Justin Holl to DET : Furture Considerations (or) to SJS : Ollie Maatta to DET : 5th Round Pick (That would be Walman, Maatta, 2nd for a 5th) to VAN : Ville Husso to DET : 2nd Round Pick to ANA : Willaim Wallinder, Elmer Soderblom, 3rd Round Pick to DET : Cam Fowler (50% retained) then re-sign Seider 8yrs $9.5M AAV Fowler - Seider Edvinsson - Gustafsson Maatta - Chiarot (Chiarot - Holl) Johansson - Petry Lagesson to GR

Lagesson is only $775K. Edmonton is still looking for a RHD, we need to offer them Holl for futures. As close as they are to a Cup, I'm pretty sure they aren't on his no-trade list.