Quoting: oliver_wahlstrom
LMFAOOOO. Zadina plays more than 5 more minutes a night and has played like 8 more games. he has played like 40 more career games. Islanders need wingers with elite talent. Wings need defenseman. There quite literally is no need for Zadina when the wings have a desperate need for LD
Your perception of Detroit's needs is very flawed. Detroit have a huge prospect pool on LD, it is in fact the position of them all where Detroit is best covered.
Detroit have Edvinsson who projects to be of Seider-like quality, Johansson who could become better than Hronek, Wallinder who is looking to be even better than Johansson, Viro, Sebrango, McIsaac who all are looking to be capable roster players in a few years.
Detroit needs two veteran LD on short contracts to tie them over until the kids are ready. It is the very fact that we have such an abundance of good prospects that is the reason that our left side defense is so bad right now, there hasn't been any reason to make big moves in that position because all that is needed is being cool and wait for it to fix itself.
The kind of help Detroit needs on LD can easily be found in the offseason. PIT is in cap trouble and needs to dump either Pettersson or Matheson cheap, WPG wants to get rid of Schmidt and there are a few more. In addition to trades there are about five FA's to be had that fit the bill.
Trading away a good prospect to fix a problem that doesn't need fixing isn't a winning strategy.