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Forum: Armchair-GM21 mai 2021 à 14 h 56
Sujet: Raymond makes the team Need LHD
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeterChiarelli</b></div><div>With this roster setup and another high-end talent joining the organization (anyone from Power to Wallstedt, very exciting) I think there are a few realities that need to be observed regarding the Red Wings:

- This still isn't a cup-alibre team, but it is on the upswing
- Goads of cap space make a trade more suitable given the poor UFA market
- Competing in the Atlantic at the moment is currently a nightmare: you're in a three-horse race with Montreal and Ottawa for the 5th seed, and the strength of the Metropolitan makes a wildcard berth unlikely

With those variables in consideration, I think names like Martinez are probably off of the table: despite having already won a cup, he's had every opportunity to do so again with Vegas and hasn't seen a staunch enough drop-off to his career to assume that he's willing to take himself out of that race.

Instead, I look to the Avalanche and Hurricanes: the dilemmas they're faced with regarding expansion present a rather unique situation for the Red Wings. Enter Ryan Graves and Brady Skjei. The Avalanche are apt to lose Graves due to having too many quality defenders to protect. Hell of a problem. The Hurricanes have a similar issue but there is an equal cap component to their situation. I imagine both clubs would rather get something of value for these players prior to Seattle becoming Club 32. Neither man was moved at the deadline despite this conundrum given that each had tremendous value to provide a possible cup run.

Both men are 26: young enough to be part of a long-term success plan in Detroit yet old enough to be leaders on an ever-younging roster. I look at the trove of 2nd round picks the Red Wings have this season and can't help but wonder what the interest level from Sakic and Waddell is regarding adding another prospect (to what appears to be an interminating carousel of talent) for pieces they'd otherwise lose for free.

Assuming the Red Wings' first three picks are used on Wallstedt, Pinelli, and a winger, is there enough organizational strength to make these two trades, look to add a prospect defenceman at around pick #10 in 2022, then supplementing the forwards with later picks and NCAA prospects? Given the Vrana acquisition and the ages of the remaining core, I think it might be a fit.</div></div>

Why can't more comments be like yours?

I think Skjei and Graves are excellent options. You just have to make sure that the next guy taken from CAR or COL are substantially lesser value than the one they're trading away. I think that's true in both cases (Morgan Geekie, JT Compher being roughly the next best options). However if COL must protect Johnson and needs to leave both Toews AND Graves exposed (or Girard depending on your value assessment) I think they just bite the bullet and lose the player.