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"Detroit has been seen as the logical landing spot for Alex DeBrincat by some — and Detroit was on his list of teams — but my sense of the situation Tuesday was the Red Wings didn’t feel they were that close on a deal with Ottawa. I know DeBrincat had Dallas as one of his preferred destinations, as well, and the Stars have had conversations with Ottawa about DeBrincat. But given the Stars’ cap situation, they would need to move money out somehow. It’s not likely the Stars can do it. They’re also still talking to pending UFA Max Domi. As I reported last week, Sens GM Pierre Dorion is fine with a 2024 first-round pick, so he never viewed this week as the deadline for a DeBrincat trade. There’s still time. But again keep in mind that whatever team wants to trade for DeBrincat, an accomplished goal scorer who’s only 25 years old, he’s going to cost $8.5 million to $9 million a year on an extension. Again, cap space is a problem right now almost everywhere. That’s partly why this trade hasn’t been that easy to pull off so far." ****** that's not a bidding war. that's "there have been no bids that include a first round pick."

can we put tork out of his misery?

at least its better than what you think the future of the tigers is. 🙂

i dont mind trading for debrincat, but i'm not giving up a ton to do it. im not getting in tater's bidding war of trading every first round pick for the next two years just to get him. that's not a good idea.

i'm not sure any of those trades - as well as the toffoli trade that just happened - impact the debrincat situation at all. #17 and a zadina type should still be more than enough. the kings are loaded with talent. they can afford to give up those guys to get pld. and winnipeg wants good players who can contribute now, the wings cant afford (and dont have) to give up those types of players and LA can because they are deeper and better. that's the type of move the wings can make in two years when/if their young players start to develop, which is WHY YOU DONT SELL THE FARM FOR DEBRINCAT WHEN HE ONLY MAKES YOU A BORDERLINE 8TH SEED. patience. this was the worst organization in hockey just three years ago. it takes time to dig out of ken holland's terrible drafts.

that makes me want to deal Larkin, lol.

livers has been a big nothingburger, imo. and he's always hurt. i dont get the fascination.

hope so.

i think lawrence, parsons, and chase. sewell has been really good and is very young.

all these flyers trades keep getting shot down at the last minute. kind of leads me to believe their new gm might bot have a full grasp on all the details of his job yet...and that someone in the organization is leaking EVERYTHING to the media.

michigan will take him. still cant understand why he wanted to go to the nba. everybody told him it would be different dealing with nba players and he found out the hard way. when the players dont like you, youre toast.

taylor hall given away for nothing (including former red wing prospect alec regula). makes me wonder why we dont do something like that and weaponize our cap space. chicago ia just going to flip him at the deadline for a first round pick. edit: in hindsight, we might have been on hall's no trade list.

i was going to say B. 🙂 if michkov truly is a superstar in the making, you wait for him and get him anyway you can. the guy was mentioned as 1B to Bedard's 1A for a long time. if that is still true, you go get him. debrincat is a good player but not a superstar. but i trust their scouts more than internet junk i read. if they dont think he is, then dont do it. at the end of the day, i think michkov goes top 5 or 6. never gets past washington.

would you rather: A) trade #17 and zadina for debrincat and make the pick at 9; or B) trade #17 and #9 to move up to the top 5 and take mitchkov (and get a second rounder to boot).

hopefully this is a sign that bedard ia going to end up like taylor hall and not connor mcdavid.

that's quite a salary dump.

it could also be that they have an agreement in principle as long as X prospect is still on the board. if friedman is reporting stuff there must be SOME kernel of truth to it. otoh, knowing about stevie's ban on media leaks, maybe not?

i hope its for 17 and zadina. 😉

i dont think he's a product of kane, but i dont think he's a 40 goal scorer without a top center. with that said, you could say that about a lot of players! and my overall point with debrincat is that his value is diminshed by his contractual circumstances and that his last year was not as good as his previous years. he's not worth two first round picks to me. he's not worth a top 10 pick this year to me.

max at the athletic has been pushing honzek for a while now. seems like rasmussen to me, big guy who doesnt skate all that well and scores at that level because he's so much bigger than everyone else but there are questions about how that will translate at the nhl level. but stevie loves size and that makes sense given how small the wings are.

wentz is only on the team because everyone else is hurt.

i hope so. but none of those guys other than goff have done anything yet. and stafford won a super bowl. lots of potential for sure.

so. many. penalties.

who does he think he is? zion williamson?

two first round picks for debrincat is stupid. if another team wants to pay two first round picks in a loaded draft for a player on the verge of unrestricted free agency who has openly said he'll only sign with certain teams and was traded for ONE FIRST ROUND PICK two years ago, well....i have a bridge in brooklyn to sell you. debrincat is not worth two first round picks. that's stupid. its tater being tater and doing the most sports radio hot take thing possible. again, last year it was trading multiple first rounders for shane wright, this year its multiple first rounders for debrincat. no, no, NO. The wings have not been lottery lucky. so you either become a team that kills you with depth, or you mortgage it all for a star. debrincat is a good player, but he is not a player you mortgage it all for. #17, zadina (or equivalent but not mazur or lombardi) plus a second should be more than enough. if not, sign debrincat next year when he's a udfa. take the two first rounders in a loaded draft with a gm who has been very good at identifying and developing top talent. i'll do that all day over debrincat. one first, maybe. two? insanity. if you want to mortgage the farm for a player it has to be keller or connor or elias petersson or someone like that. not a small winger whose production fell considerably once he was removed from being on a line with an all time great offensive player.