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Fleury at 100% salary with a 1st and/or prospect. Let's do this!

Detroit has slowed down...must be working a trade(s) and Krug.

I am still hoping he adds Krug.

If Turris and Mantha have so much chemistry, then lets do it. Right now, all of our projected top 6 players are interchangeable on the 1st and 2nd line.

it all starts with this. Despite us being the worst team last year, players respect Yzerman.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/magazine/searching-for-bobby-ryan/

Not a bad deal. He is a bit local, he played in Ann Arbor with the development team plus went to Pioneer HS. Had to turn off the TSN feed. All they want to talk about was what is best for Canadian teams. I get it, their a Canadian broadcast, but I want to hear about ALL teams.

I wonder if they'll buy him out if he clears...or is the window closed? Also, I'll take Ryan on a couple year deal. Then add Perry and Getzlaf! Why not!?!? (kidding obviously unless we get a 1st from Anaheim.)

I'll take Johnson

Sure, but it's gonna cost them more than $3.5M to sign him, so even if he signs there for $8M or $9M, they are still going to have to trade some cap away. Not necessarily today, but before the deadline to be under the cap.

Before the trade Vegas was $3M OVER the cap, so dumping Stasny only gets them $3.5M under the cap, they have a trade or two more before they can afford Pietrangelo.

I think Vegas won that trade, both in players involved PLUS gaining cap space.

If you ask me, BOTH the Josh Anderson and Max Domi signings set the bar for Mantha and Bert. If we're talking $11M to $12M for those two, that STILL leaves us up to $21M-ish to sign or acquire players. I would be perfectly ok with 8x8 for Krug and then also acquiring another D contract (for assets) like we did with Staal to round out our D. Krug - Hronek Dekeyser - Nemeth Staal - (acquired player) Biega/Cholowski ...if we're talking helping a team get relief, look at the top 3 cap teams. Vegas I'd take Martinez, Arizona I'd take Hjalmarsson or Goligoski and Pitt I'd even take Letang

You said it right here. The 2nd best UFA is available. We are the crappiest team, we will need to overpay in term and AAV. We need to get that D-man in the organization however possible. Seider will be here next season for sure, Hronek has already been here. If Wallinder is that good and he gets here within 2 years, that will still be 5-6 years of playing with Krug. I understand if he goes elsewhere, I understand if Yzerman does not sign him, but nowhere in our system do we have a player as talented as Krug at this point. Krug WILL be our #1 defender this season and beyond. He will be invaluable with his experience and mentoring of the kids. I would call him and offer the 8x8. That is a lot of term and money, but IMO, you pay for what's best for your team. You could get a college degree at a community college pretty cheap, but the better experience and quality way to go is to pay more and go to Harvard. With $33M available, 8x8 is not going to impact our cap now or later.

I just don't see the need to tank again. If we want our players to gain experience moving forward (and morale) they need to be competitive and make the playoffs, even if they lose in the 1st round. If these players keep playing "tank" season's, they aren't going to learn anything, they are going to get any better and their morale will be crap. Signing someone like Krug makes the team better now and later. Their aren't many players on this team that we've drafted that have had playoff experience. Larkin went once. We need to get these "core" kids players that make them more competitive and make the playoffs. I am done with tanking "for player x" and I am sure players like Larkin, Mantha and Bertuzzi are a bit tired of the losing as well. Make this team better before these players become UFA's and leave.

I believe we already have a backup goalie in Bernier. We need to find a UFA G that will push for the #1 job, and possibly take it. There is a lot of talk that King Henrik would fit in Washington, but as a backup. If he feels he wants to start, maybe he'll choose a team where he could take the #1 job. I also want to see Krug here. I am sure I am in the minority, but like mentioned above, we don't have a top 1 or 2 D-man on this team. We need one...NOW. Sure, he'll be in his 30's by time we are contenders, but we have to have to worst D in the league. And I really don't want to watch the AHL D-men come up here and play (like Lashoff ) just to fill in the holes and pretty much watch a "tank" season again. We need assets, make a couple of deals for D-men to get assets, and I would love to see Krug here to lead the kids when they return and into the future. Make a deal for another D for assets, sign Krug, and also, I think it would ok to bring Andy Greene home as well for a year. We already are NOT going to see Lindstrom and Seider this year since they are in Sweden. I guess Hicketts would ok to have up to fill a hole if needed. There are so MANY forwards available that would help this team, I won't even list their names. I'd still prefer to trade for a couple to get assets, but if we go the UFA route, we could always TDL them for assets as well.