nkuehnl 0 Report post Posted March 5, 2009 The only upgrade Detroit could have made was in goal. That's really not feasible when we're paying 5 players 6m+, though. Holland's post-cap model has been spending money on skaters and relying on a team defense rather than getting an all-star goaltender at the expense of superstars up front. This isn't going to change until Lidstrom retires. Nobody made an upgrade yesterday that was better than Drake-->Hossa, so I don't think we have anything to worry about. Calgary certainly got much better, but we have no control over that. Holland's "trade deadline" is going to be at the draft where he has quite a few decisions to make: Sign Hossa? Sign Franzen? Sign Kopecky? Sign Samuelsson? Sign Hudler? Trade Hudler's rights? Sign Leino? Trade Leino's rights? Trade Stuart (3.75m) for salary relief? Trade Filppula (3m) for salary relief? Trade Lebda (.65m) for salary relief/roster space? That's way too many questions mark on the team already without adding in the headache of a trade deadline acquisition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
