Équipe: 2019-20 Red Wings de Detroit

Date de création initiale: 16 août 2019

Publié: 19 août 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

After the acquisition of Erne, I expect Yzerman may be done adjusting the roster this offseason. He could still look to weaponize Detroit's cap space to speed up his re-build though. The organization will be looking towards having their prospects compete in training camp for big league spots (two forward roles available at minimum) and could move veterans to make room if more of the young guys force their way onto the team. If nobody impresses enough, I think the plan will be to have a strong AHL team led by the young guys and then sell some pieces at the deadline to perhaps bring up the prospects for a look near the end of the season.

Offseason
Kronwall chooses to retire rather than come back and play through another year of knee pain. He has cups and money so there's really no reason for him to risk his health any further. I could see him being offered a scouting/coaching/management role with the organization in the future if that's what he chooses to do.

Training Camp
Hirose continues where he left off last season on a line with AA and Nielsen, earning himself a top 6 role.
Detroit's management wants to free up a spot for Cholowski to develop at the NHL level and ships out Daley to a contender. I think the Flames get him for depth and cap savings (moving Frolik).
Svechnikov hopefully is fully recovered from his injury, but because he is waiver exempt, the Wings likely keep him down playing a first line role in the AHL due to so much missed development time. Rasmussen, Zadina, and Erne compete for the third line role with PP time at the NHL level. Nobody impresses enough and Detroit pillages the NYR for Strome/Namestnikov to fill that role in a stop gap move while allowing their prospects time to develop in the AHL. Erne is on the 4th line to start the year.
The Wings send down what they hope will be a dominant top line at the AHL level in Svechnikov, Veleno, and Zadina, and let Kaski adjust to the NA sized ice at the AHL level. Rasmussen goes down as well to play with Ehn giving the AHL a formidable top 6.

As the Season Progresses
They move out as many pending UFA's as they can at the deadline:
Frolik & Green are likely worth 2nd rounders at the deadline if they are playing well (especially if Detroit retains).
Maybe Ericsson can get a 4th or 5th if he shows he's healthy as a 6/7D.
Namestnikov could be flipped at the deadline for a 3rd (San Jose perhaps) but he's young enough that they may keep him around a couple more years as prospects work their way into the lineup.
Not sure what the goalie market would be for Howard. Perhaps if a team loses a goalie to injury they would get him and pay a premium, but I expect the return would be mediocre otherwise and perhaps Detroit would hang on to him.
After the trades they call up Kaski to fill Green's spot, and either move up Erne, or try one of Zadina / Svechnikov / Rasmussen on the third line where Frolik was being played. They could also bring up Ehn or another prospect to play fourth line instead of playing all three veterans, but I assumed they'd prefer to have prospects playing more meaningful AHL minutes on what should be a playoff team down there.

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