Bertuzzi

RedWing fans are gonna be so mad…lol.

Even with a 25 year old top 6(mid 6 at worst) NHL winger; still a RFA and under team control.

A 25 year old NHL LHD signed long term to a reasonable 4M deal. A solid 2nd pairing LHD on a good team(a really good 3rd pairing on a play-off team at worst).

A “B”, B-“ prospect and a 1st round pick.

They will still be highly upset at this ACGM

Bertuzzi for Kapanen, Pettersson, Hallander, 1st

I wouldn't be mad at this. Kapanen will do better when he gets away from Sullivan (he was better in Toronto) with a $840K QO, Pettersson is a good 2nd pair guy under contract, Hallander has possibilities, and a 1st. Ya never know what some crazy GM would do, but realistically, Detroit isn't going to get much better than that.

Det can do better, pass

You're wrong.

This is actually a good starting point for a negotiation. It's not enough but it's enough to get us talking.

Hållander is a rather weak prospect so replace him with someone with a better fit for Detroit (like Poulin).
Bert scores 80 points a year and Kapanen only half of that, we need the other half replaced too (add Nylander).
To really wet our tongues throw in another prospect (like Joseph).

See, we're not as unreasonable as you think.

The thing is that Detr

The thing is that Detroit doesn't have to trade Bert. The best option might very well be to keep him.

Pettersson can be had cheap in the offseason. PIT have cap problems and will likely have to trade either him or Matheson and both are interesting for Detroit.
Hållander hasn't really panned out and Kapanen only produces half of what Bert does.

In a worst case scenario (where Bert declares he's going UFA) we may still get an even better deal at next years TDL where we can retain 50% and really fleece some desperate GM. Keeping him gives us 80 points next season that we won't have without him.