NHL trade deadline: March 21

[buddha]

i think this recent stretch of games has served as an unfortunate but necessary reminder of just how far behind this franchise was when yzerman got here and just how far behind they remain.

seider and raymond are great blocks.  larkin is really good.  bert is good player.  i think vrana is really talented.

the rest of the team is not good.  there's youth in zadina and ras and veleno, but the rest of the squad is a long long way off.

do we really spend on a #2 center and a top line defenseman this offseason?  i cant see it.  theyre still at least one more year away.

we need someone (multiple someone's) like soderblum to be our brayden point.  our guy who comes from nowhere to be a star.  we need to do something like flipping zadina into sergachev like he did with another struggling top pick in drouin.

unless we can pull those rabbits out of our hats, its going to be another year like this next year.

but i have faith in SYGM.  and i really hope to see berggren this year and edvinsson next year (and shane wright...)

[lordstanley]

[lordstanley]

[gehringer_2]

15 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

A lot more drama in that graphic than in the trade I'm afraid. 

[1984Echoes]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

A lot more drama in that graphic than in the trade I'm afraid. 

A whole lot more.

[sagnam]

This trade seems like it's just Yzerman doing a player a favor.

[buddha]

the stat heads will be pissed considering they value stetcher more than anyone else seems to.

[Shinzaki]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

the stat heads will be pissed considering they value stetcher more than anyone else seems to.

He gets on base....

 

Sorry...wrong movie

[Motor City Sonics]

WOW,  another fleecing by Yzerman.    Nice work 

 

(I'm just practicing)

[slothfacekilla]

Supposedly the Panthers are interested in Leddy.  I'm not sure they have a first round pick for a while already.

[slothfacekilla]

I was way off, interesting trade:

 

https://twitter.com/DetroitRedWings/status/1505968759315521548?s=20&t=AJUCmI10FuvQmsKFo6x3Nw

 

 

Edited March 21, 2022 by slothfacekilla

[Shinzaki]

That's a nice looking trade....

[Tenacious D]

Twitter sure likes it

[1984Echoes]

Couple bigger guys if they're healthy...

3rd or 4th liners...

I like that 2nd rounder in 2023 as well...

That's the clincher.

[lordstanley]

It's alright I guess. I didn't think we'd get a 2nd for Leddy, but we did give up a 2nd to get him. Walman and Sundqvist are dime a dozen players. Small win, IMO.

[Shinzaki]

We retain 50% of Leddy's  salary

[slothfacekilla]

Happy about the 2nd.

Sundqvist is whatever, fourth line PK guy.

Walman was once highly thought of as a prospect but has slipped down rankings every year.  Then he was relegated to sheltered / 7th d minutes.

 

At this point probably not much there but some guys develop late so maybe it can be a little something.

[Shinzaki]

 

Namestnikov to the Stars for a 4th rd pick per ESPN

Edited March 21, 2022 by Shinzaki

[1984Echoes]

4 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Namestnikov to the Stars for a 4th rd pick per ESPN

That should cap it off. 

It's about everything we had to trade of value.

I like even getting just an extra 4th rounder simply because it allows some maneuverability in the draft to trade a couple picks to move up and get a player we really want... if the need/ opportunity arises. That's probably Namest's trade value, a 4th rounder. But the draft flexibility is the most important issue to me at this point...

[Shinzaki]

The pick is..apparently,,,the Stars 2024 4th rd pick

[buddha]

and look, you guys said leddy had no value!  

that said, getting a second and parts for leddy is a good deal.  i would have thought a couple thirds would be the most we get.

and the players we got are just meh, but they'll probably slot in as the second or third best defensemen on the team.  sigh.

 

[slothfacekilla]

1 hour ago, Shinzaki said:

 

Namestnikov to the Stars for a 4th rd pick per ESPN

I completely missed this.  Pretty solid get for the Stars.

[buddha]

looks like twitter confirmation that bert stays put.

red wings look done unless they end up shipping greiss somewhere.  send out a forward and a defenseman and bring back two defensemen.  no room at the inn for berggren?

[Shinzaki]

Apprently...as of 5:30 pm there's still teams on hold with the trade registry waiting to get trades approved

[1984Echoes]

3 hours ago, buddha said:

... send out a forward and a defenseman and bring back two defensemen.  no room at the inn for berggren?

Sundqvist is a Forward.

Final tally is send out two D (Stecher, Leddy) a Forward (Namest), and a combo AHL'er (Witkowski) for a forward (Sundqvist) and a blueliner (Walman).

I see lines as:

Larkin-Bertuzzi-Raymond

Veleno-Vrana-Zadina

Suter-Hirose-Sundqvist

Rasmussen & flip two coins between Erne, Gagner, Givani & Rowney. At some point, something has to stick here.

There's nothing in that 3rd line that says we shouldn't bring up Berggren. In fact, you could drop Veleno and Zadina to the 3rd line, bring up Berggren and put him on the 2nd, and push Sundqvist up to the 2nd and that's probably a better 2nd line. Drop Hirose back to Grand Rapids. 

Blueliners:

Walman-Seider

Juolevi-Hronek

Staal-Lindstrom

... those are some ugly pairings as well... It's not Seider's fault, obviously. But I don't see anything stopping the team from bringing up Sebrango or McIsaac for some run to see what they have with those two either.