I feel like I see this Zadina+2nd for Pionk trade so much that it's going to happen in the off-season.

Next year's second, not this draft.

Zadina is an outright bust. Yzerman blew it passing on Hughes. Horrible trade just another Puljujarvi. 👎

Zadina was a Holland pick. not Yzerman,

Yeah! Yzerman blew it drafting Zadina! Except it was Holland. It was a Holland pick.

Thanks, Tips. Yzerman wasn't working for the Red Wings back then. 🤭

It makes so much sense but it won't happen.

Fr. Man, we should've expected that draft to go horribly wrong - the North American leagues dominated that top 10 in projections.

We had our choice between Hughes, Bouchard and Dobson. No one expected Zadina to fall. It sucks. We're always reminded of it. But every team blunders at the draft at some point. The best ones don't make it a habit.

Who's to say Bennett doesn't want out or just have to flip him for less after a year

Well that's just embarrassing.

No kidding. If you're going to insult a team it's always best to get your facts straight.

If we had Yzerman that draft man oh man.

I'm guessing Stevie would've drafted Dobson. But we'll never know. Kenny was going to draft Bouchard before Zadina fell to #6. He said Hughes was too small. Funny how Kenny ended up with Bouchard in Edmonton. All I remember is Kenny smiling like a butcher's dog after he drafted Zadina. And Jimmy Benning looking like the cat who swallowed the canary after being gifted Quinn Hughes. LOL

In theory it was perfect, and if Zadina was the player he was touted on, Red Wings would be a hell of a lot better, but man its hard to not want to just remove the NA scouting sector seeing how good Hakan Andersson is.

Zadina was a Holland pick not Yzerman pick.

Detroit isn't currently surrendering the 43rd overall pick for Neal Pionk. Make it 2024 2nd and it's a deal.

And Florida doesn't have the cap space for Mark Scheifele.

Remove the 2nd from the Detroit trade and u have a deal.

FLA has the extra 2M as Gudas and Hornquist are gone

And those players have to be replaced, And probably for a lot more than what they were currently making with Florida.

Hornquist on a 4th line making 5m++...nah, a fourth liner can make 1m