solid player

Devils legend

Decent pick up, most likely a temporary replacement on the third pairing before Chiarot comes back. He's a level better than Mete or Leskinen and more defensive minded, possibly allowing a more dynamic pairing with Romanov as he could act as last man back worse case while Romanov is more offensive. As soon as Chiarot comes back tho I wouldn't be surprised if this guy doesn't play at all, unless Kulak or Romanov are playing poorly.

I'm just curious as to why Detroit didn't want Mete. Im sure Merill for Mete straight up is more valuable than a fifth and a bottom tier ahler

Detroit can still take mete off waivers. They get the 5th and mete if they really want.

very true, but they didn't know mete would be on waivers, assuming this trade took hours/days to ensue