Rejoint: juill. 2018
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Kuffner and Rasmussen will be in the AHL. Rasmussen had Jr transfer rights issues that meant he had to be kept in Detroit. He only averaged 12 mins a game and faded in the 2nd half of the season. He will be able to get mins and develop his game in the AHL. Kuffner looked like he was a 4th line player and that's a number game in Detroit.
I think Daley has more trade value at the start of the season if Detroit is willing to retain about 50% of his contract as a few teams need d-men and are up against the cap (Toronto and Tampa). Daley can be a serviceable #4 or realistically a solid number 5 d-man. I think the best example is Ryan Callahan (5.8M/1 year with only a MNTC--is Detroit one of the 15 no's? Yzerman should know) that would free up considerable cap space for a team that has to re-sign RFA Brayden Point coming off his ELC with a 40 goal season plus 4 UFA d-men.
The problem with giving your Feb 2020 roster (at the deadline when you trade 2 d-men) is that you are showing too many up in the NHL. So besides McIsaac who is in the AHL all season until the deadline: Hronek, Chelios, or Cholowski? And what about Kronner? He sure seemed like he has been playing to justify another 1 year deal.