Modifié 27 juill. 2020 à 6 h 51
Quoting: TMLBRIAN
But it's so much fun!
Ya fair enough, I can see both players helping them out a lot in the future. Maybe no 4th and it's closer. Detroit has a lot of work to do! That is for sure.
Andreas Johnsson has been brittle. First it was his ankle then it was knee surgery. His value is so up in the air that I doubt any team takes on that risk. Travis Dermott is a #4,5 d-man with speed. Looking at the Wings defensive prospects you see they already have their defensive core set (Hronek, Seider, McIsaac/Cholowski, Gustav Lindstrom, possibly Drysdale, and 2 more years of Danny DeKeyser) and have recently draft d-men in the 2nd round (2019 #35 Antti Tuomisto and #60 Albert Johansson plus 2017 #71 Kasper Kotkansalo). I think they would rather look to a veteran UFA like Krug to round out that roster.
Maybe if you moved from Detroit's #32 pick to their pick from Washington or Edmonton it would strike me as better.
I think everyone looks at Detroit and doesn't realize how young their good players are. Dylan Larkin seems like he's been in the NHL forever--he's 23 (for a few more days), Hronek already playing on the top pair is 22. Zadina and Veleno are 20. Seider is 19. Mantha and Bertuzzi are 25. Fabbri is 24. That's the top 2 lines basically and the top pair. Oh and they have 35M in cap room this offseason and only have 5 contracts on the books in 21-22 (with 2 of those being aging veteran contracts that will provide more cap relief when done) so they can spend when they need to when other teams will be forced to jettison young talent (like Tampa). Add in the top 4 pick this year and probably again next year and Detroit will be much more competitive than people realize. Just like Colorado and LA will be a force for years to come out West.
Leaf fans might hail Dubas as this great GM, but I think deep down they'd even admit would trust Yzerman a hole lot more. Dubas bet on a rising cap and signed 4 players to massive contracts that will cripple the organization now that the NHL will have a flat cap for a while....it's a reality this thread all but ignores.