Quoting: Hemmer
detroit is in the bottom of the league for a reason. u can’t genuinely say that kassian wouldn’t be a 3rd line option on the wings. you may have a lot of bottom 6 players, but he is right at the top of the list. the team doesn’t necessarily have to be the wings, but lavoie is a good sweetener for a lot of teams.
Yes I can genuily say that. Detroit have an abundance of wingers, both top-4, bottom-4 and prospects. There is no room on the roster for any more. Look at the roster Detroit has, on the LW there is Bertuzzi, Vrána, Fabbri, Svechnikov, Smith, Hirose, Raymond, on the RW there's Zadina, Namestnikov, Pánik, Berggren.
Lavoi is of no use to Detroit, LW is the only position the team is absolutely stacked on. Detrot needs centres not wingers!
Detroit already have Pánik who is signed for three more years and is comparable to Kassian. Why would they want another one on an equally bad contract.
Kassian might be of use to some other team but if Detroit were to get him they would have to buy out someone else and that makes it pointless unless they get a handsome reward for taking him on. You'd need to add a 1st round pick for this to make sense for Detroit.
Detroit is in the bottom of the league becase they lack centres and defense, especially LD, not because they lack wingers!