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I hope to see a couple of trades from Yzerman to acquire picks or prospects. https://nhlrumors.com/nhl-rumors-philadelphia-flyers-and-the-vancouver-canucks/2020/09/07/ Would you take on JvR and 3 more years at $7M to acquire their #23 OA draft pick?

This is true, BUT, he has won already, he's a Champion, sure he'd probably like to win some more, BUT he did say "This is MY time in terms of my value at it's peak." Which sounds like to me that he is going to go where the money is. Now maybe there will be Cup contenders out there willing to give him "his value" but there is no doubt that Detroit can afford him, plus it is home to him. I have no issue if Yzerman signs him. You have to start with that ONE valuable name in order to attract more to the mix. Continue to draft and develop, make trades, but you do need UFA's as well. Krug would be one of the big names available and if he put his faith in Detroit, then another or two may want to follow in the coming years. Adding Krug, even for 7 years,only helps this team in the short term and the long term. We aren't going to win the Cup over night, not ALL of our prospects are going to "develop" into Cup champion quality. You NEED Vets like Krug to help move the kids along. He may sign 7 years, and we may not win a Cup in those years, but we WILL become a playoff team within 2-3 and he will be very valuable to our team and the development of players like Hronek, Seider and McIssac. We can still acquire a "big contract" or two as well in order to get picks/prospects. We can still sign top 6 UFA material. We have TONS of cap space, plus Z's LTIR if needed. If Yzerman makes a deal or two, signs a couple of UFA's, maybe if we get a compliance buyout, when can rid ourselves of Nielsen or Abby's contract as well.

considering the French boys involved in your scenario (Veleno and Mantha) Montreal just might overpay for them.

He pretty much built that Tampa team, so if they win, then Yzerman deserves credit for his moves and drafts that built that team.

It looks pretty good to me. Of course I did watch the Red Wings all season, so playoff teams are bound to look better. I am SO glad that all of Pitt, Chi, Bos, Nash, Tor are not going to win or are they getting the #1 OA. For this I am happy! I kind of actually wouldn't mind Tampa winning because at least then we KNOW that Yzerman can build a Champion and he will do it again in Detroit. But I am actually kind of rooting for The Isles, even though they have proven that they didn't need Tavares to get here, it would be such a sock in the eye for him, for them to win a Cup after he dissed them for Toronto.

I've been watching games when I can, its cool to note that there is only TWO teams left in the playoffs that have won a Cup since 2000. Tampa and Colorado...and hopefully Dallas can take care of Colorado tomorrow. That being said, it is pretty cool that there may be a new Cup Champion this season that hasn't won one in a long time, if ever. But, I cannot wait for this playoff to be over so we can get on this the off-season and The Yzer-Plan.

https://www.tsn.ca/trade-bait-winnipeg-jets-sniper-patrik-laine-on-the-board-1.1517697 ...see anything that peaks your interest? I would honestly entertain the idea of Mantha to Montreal for Domi PLUS. I wonder is Yzerman would show any interest in Killorn? Would you? I'd also consider Matt Murray if Dallas isn't looking to move Bishop. I wonder what we could fleece Holland with for Larsson? We could offer him plenty of "his players"" that he left behind. Rasmussen? Cholowski?

Mr. Yzerman? Jim Nill is on line 1... https://www.tsn.ca/13-nhl-teams-will-carry-salary-cap-overages-into-next-season-1.1517304

I think Dallas will shop Bishop and re-sign Khudobin. Going back to my thoughts on that, Yzerman should take 100% of that contract and their 1st round pick. We have the space, we need to solidify the G position. No guarantee Bernier won't go back to pre-January Bernier. Having Bishop for the next three years will only help us. I know he has a NMC, but we know they can be waived. Detroit might not be his best option for winning, but it might be his best option for playing, plus his history with Yzerman helps too.

They get offered to each teams from the bottom up, only being able to choose one, Detroit will choose their 2021 1st rounder and then Ottawa takes the 2020 2nd. ...and in other news, ocean front property value in Nebraska is at all time high! www.nebraskaoceanfront.com No, the only round impacted by the elimination of teams is the 1st round. Each subsequent round is sorted by where the team finished in the regular season. We have the #32, #45 and #58 in the 2nd round.

Let's see if it gets as heated as Hossa v. Franzen! Team Fabbri here!

Glendening and Ehn? Larkin, Mantha, Bertuzzi, Fabbri, Timashov, Rasmussen, and then whichever one of Hirose, Svech or Smith that are more important to the team.

Statistically, the 52 games he played with The Detroit Red Wings was the best PPG he has had as a NHL player. Very good signing.

In alot of my arm-chair GM setups I had Fabbri at $3.75M, so this is nice. I am not so sure that Bert gets over $4M. 3 @ $3.75M sounds good. Mantha between $5.75M and $6M looks nice for another 3 years. Of course the year Larkin signed his $6.1M he averaged .76PPG, again Mantha was at .88 last season. So he may garner a bit more than Larkin. $6.5M would be tops in my book. Honestly, if he wants to be a tough negotiator,then qualify him, offer him the $5.75M and let him go to arbitration with his request. If he wants more than $6.5M, then I would just as well deal him to another team. Maybe Holland will pay him. They are always throwing Nurse's name around in trades, so I'll send them Mantha and Hirose for Nurse and their 1st. anyhow, this is not the off season thread, so I will go back there if I have anything else to add not pertaining to Fabbri.

I am not unhappy with this. He did average .6 PPG, Bert was slightly higher and Mantha was about .88. We all knew Mantha was going to cost us at least $5.5M, I can see Bert getting about $3.25M - $3.5M. I'd be ok with Mantha around $6M. With Fabbri's contract we still have $33M available PLUS Z's LTIR if needed. We have to get these guys signed and make them happy (enough) to understand that they are part of this core. Our other RFA's will not cost anywhere near this amount. We will be ok. Yzerman will still have room to acquire a contract if he wants to, or go in on a UFA if he'd like, or more than one of each!

Here is TSN/Button's top 10. Guys, Byfield is falling to us. If Laf and Stutle go 1 and 2, Ottawa probably wanting a top 10 talent on F and D, sensing that Detroit has many holes on D, they take Drysdale at 3, leaving Byfield to us, then at 5 they take BPA at the forward position.

I think Yzerman should package those two together for a top 10 pick. I was excited when Zadina dropped, but after his bold statements about filling their nets, then he failed to even fill AHL nets, I have my doubts. Trade these two, get Askarov with the pick...or take FWD at 4, D with the pick from these two, G with the Dallas pick (I mentioned above.)

The Rangers are taking Drysdale 1st OA.

Stepan is to acquire a draft pick along with him. All four could possibly be TDL material for a cup team looking for depth.

Honestly, we really don't need to use any buyouts or Z's LTIR if we did something like this. The $8.8M in cap space is USING Z's LTIR, so that just means we could sign up Mantha, Betuzzi, Fabbri or Timashov for a few dollars more if we had to. Plus we'd have the TWO 1st's and THREE 2nd's again. Dunno, just throwing some stuff out there to get picks and make our team a little better for next season. ...I know there are other RFA's that remain unsigned (Bowey, Hirose, Ehn, Erne and Perlini) but I would just qualify them and see if they can make the team. If not, they get waived to GR or if someone scoops them up.

Washington 2nd is #54. Our two 3rd's are #63 and #65, that is mostly why I said a 2nd because it may look a little better on paper. But if they's take one of the 3rd's, that's cool too. We could always grab a 2nd from Arizona as compensation for taking on Derek Stepan's contract. Then we could just throw then a 5th or 6th. to DET : Derek Stepan (no salary retained) 2020 2nd round pick (#49) to ARZ : 5th round pick (#125) plus cap space to attempt to sign Hall or another UFA to DET : Ben Bishop (no salary retained) 2020 1st round pick (#24 (for now)) to DAL : 2020 2nd round pick (Washington #54) Turgeon plus cap space to "Go For It!" ...even taking on the $11M from these two still gives us plenty of money to re-sign our RFA's, with Z's LTIR and if we can compliance buyout a player...of course if they allow a compliance buyout, then that could stop these teams from trading their picks!

going back to my idea of Detroit acquiring Ben Bishop. Watching these playoffs thus far, it looks like Khudobin has been their guy. They do have $13M in cap space next season, but if they convinced Bishop to waive his NMC to come play for Yzerman for the next three years, that would give them roughly $20M in space to upgrade their team. They could throw HUGE money at Taylor Hall or Torey Krug if they wanted to...or anyone else they may be interested in. to DET : Ben Bishop (no salary retained,) 2020 1st round pick to DAL : 2020 2nd round pick (Washington) maybe a middling prospect. (Hirose or Turgeon maybe) again, this would solidify our G position for next year and a bit beyond until we can develop one. Plus, as I eluded to earlier, right now we don't have a G in the system that will require protection from Seattle except Fulcher. Per rules a G has to be protected, Bishop could be that G. I mean if we go with someone else for a year, then we have to protect Fulcher because of the rules, fine, but Bishop would be an upgrade to our G, cost far less than trying to sign Markstrom, Holtby or Lehner. We'd have a pretty good duo of Bishop and Bernier for a year. Ton's better than having Howard last season... ok, just noticed that Jake Oettinger is their back up today...is Bishop injured, or has he opted out?

At least it wasn't one of the teams we all thought it would be. I'd be ok with The Rangers taking over that division and shoving mud in Pittsburghs face.

Honestly, I think Rossi or Perfetti will be a nice pick. But all we need is for ONE team ahead of us to take a D, and we'd have a shot at Byfield or Stutzle. Then again, maybe Yzerman likes Rossi or Perfetti better than the others...