Quoting: Chief_Kief
For a team that is so bad your pool is weak. Adding 5.5M for 3 years (only 9M actually owed) to get 2 young NHL players seems pretty good to me, especially for a team that needs to hit the floor
Ok let's start with each arguement.
Wings are roughly 6 million from the cap floor. They still have to sign Mantha, Bertuzzi and a backup goalie. That should be roughly 12 to 13 million putting us over the cap floor.
We have talent it is just young , guys like Veleno, Rasmussen, Zadina, Seider and McIssacs among some of the names. I think it will take time. That is what rebuilding is about.
As far as Ladd, Staal's contract is for one year. Here today and gone tomorrow. He is also a good mentor and leader and will help bring along a very young d corp. Ladd on the other hand is owed over the next 3 years and the same amount in cap dollars when some of those kids will be seeking their next contract. He is also no a position of need as we have 3 guys who make too much and bring nothing to the table.
As far as Aho and Bellows, Aho is 24 not so young and has not cemented a foot hold on the big club. Bellows is 22 but averaged 0.5 points in the AHL per game, ok but not great.
Again you are trying to dump Ladd for a song and a dance and that is not good enough. Wings will want picks or better prospects, not 24 year old AHLer's or mid level prospects.