Lebrun of the athletic just did a big four part article on where the trade targets are going to go in the nhl. listed about 20 players.
none were predicted to go to detroit.
does he know something? i doubt it. nobody knows anything about what detroit is doing. my point being we see what we want to see and we focus on detroit.
i doubt the performance of detroit's three best players means anything in the big scheme of things, unless you also assume players now all want to go to winnipeg or edmonton or minnesota or new jersey? maybe montreal because salfkovsky played so well for the czechs?