Red Wings Offseason 2025

[lordstanley]

Trevor Thompson out from Fan Duel. 
 

 

[slothfacekilla]

Kasper has been looking really good at the World Championships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lordstanley]

So who is going to be the Wings’ Javy Baez, lol. Compher? Tarasenko?

[buddha]

22 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

So who is going to be the Wings’ Javy Baez, lol. Compher? Tarasenko?

tarasenko is the only candidate...

i will be sad if they bring him back.  i fully expect to be sad because i dont think he's going anywhere.

i'm debbie downer so i'm prepared for an offseason like last year: refusing to overpay so getting no free agents, refusing to do rfa's for...reasons, and refusing to bring up prospects "before theyre ready."

so they'll run it back.  that's my fear.

happy buddha thinks they sign at least one big free agent for way too much money and too many years.  6 or 7 years at 8 or 9 for gavrikov, something like that.  buyout tarasenko.  bring up danielson.  bring up wallinder.

raymond-larkin-kasper

kane-copp-debrincat

danielson-compher-mazur

flotsam-rasmussen-jetsome

seider-gavrikov

edvinsson-johannson

chairot-wallinder

gustafsson or holl, whichever one isnt in GR.

mrazek-talbot

hope for the 8th seed.

i could see mbn making it fairly quickly.  he could be a 3rd line winger playing some with ras.  if they bring up danielson, maybe they try him at 2c?  p4obably not right away.  if they sign a winger, kasper could get the 2c spot.  wherever he is will do well.  he's a player.

[buddha]

asp probably needs at least a year.  he'll get shoved around a lot in the nhl.  

[slothfacekilla]

 

 

[Shinzaki]

Call me crazy...but Bert is coming off two straight 20 goal and pretty healthy seasons. He had his best season working alongside Larkin and Raymond. He has the grit our top six lacks

Might be worth checking into what Chicago would want for him

[slothfacekilla]

 

 

[Jason_R]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:38 PM, buddha said:

tarasenko is the only candidate...

i will be sad if they bring him back.  i fully expect to be sad because i dont think he's going anywhere.

i'm debbie downer so i'm prepared for an offseason like last year: refusing to overpay so getting no free agents, refusing to do rfa's for...reasons, and refusing to bring up prospects "before theyre ready."

so they'll run it back.  that's my fear.

happy buddha thinks they sign at least one big free agent for way too much money and too many years.  6 or 7 years at 8 or 9 for gavrikov, something like that.  buyout tarasenko.  bring up danielson.  bring up wallinder.

raymond-larkin-kasper

kane-copp-debrincat

danielson-compher-mazur

flotsam-rasmussen-jetsome

seider-gavrikov

edvinsson-johannson

chairot-wallinder

gustafsson or holl, whichever one isnt in GR.

mrazek-talbot

hope for the 8th seed.

i could see mbn making it fairly quickly.  he could be a 3rd line winger playing some with ras.  if they bring up danielson, maybe they try him at 2c?  p4obably not right away.  if they sign a winger, kasper could get the 2c spot.  wherever he is will do well.  he's a player.

I heard flotsam and jetsome are each asking for four years AAV $4.5 million. It's a crazy market!

The turnstile in goal is a problem, so it is even more alarming that Cossa does not appear to be in their immediate planning for next season.

I hope they let Danielson play in the NHL next year, and I hope they let Kasper get some time at C. 

[buddha]

given how poorly cossa played down the stretch and in the playoffs, its not a big surprise that they dont feel he's ready.

they have a pretty good backup plan in augustine, but he went back to msu.

[slothfacekilla]

 

 

[slothfacekilla]

 

 

[Jason_R]

On 5/16/2025 at 2:00 PM, buddha said:

given how poorly cossa played down the stretch and in the playoffs, its not a big surprise that they dont feel he's ready.

It's not that it's surprising they don't feel he's ready, it's that he had the opportunity laid out there for him to take and he wasn't capable of doing it. Not good. 

[Shinzaki]

Wings are apparently one of the team's who've made an offer to Maxime Comtois who had a nice season in the KHL this year..

 

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=186210

[lordstanley]

Ok, fun as it is to dunk on the Leafs, it’s past time for the Wings to get their house in order. That can start with Marner. I have no idea whether he would be interested though. I can see him thriving for a team out of the limelight like Carolina, Tampa, Kings, etc. 

[slothfacekilla]

 

 

 

[buddha]

4 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Ok, fun as it is to dunk on the Leafs, it’s past time for the Wings to get their house in order. That can start with Marner. I have no idea whether he would be interested though. I can see him thriving for a team out of the limelight like Carolina, Tampa, Kings, etc. 

chicago is going to throw a bank truck full of money at him.

7×15 would not surprise me.  they have more cap space than anyone and a need for a star to play alongside their underperforming superstar.

marner-bedard-whomever is a killer line.  at least in the regular season.  and the hawks dont really care how productive it is in the playoffs but only care that it would be IN the playoffs.

i dont see much of a chance for the wings to outbid teams for marner.  other teams have as much or more cap space.  better off paying way too much for gavrikov or marchand or tavares.  although i think marchand goes back to boston and tavares stays in toronto.

[slothfacekilla]

Sam Bennett is another guy who could get an overpay, depending on how you feel about his on ice antics

[GalagaGuy]

As much as I'd like to have Marner, I wonder if the Wings would be better off adding two guys making 7 million a year rather than one making 14 million?

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

As much as I'd like to have Marner, I wonder if the Wings would be better off adding two guys making 7 million a year rather than one making 14 million?

yeah - the Wings need to make a significant upgrade to at least 2 lines to be a decent team. I'd settle for a couple of not necessarily great scorers who can skate and forecheck better than average because adding those skills will leverage the game for the offensively talented players already here.

Edited May 20 by gehringer_2

[Mr.TaterSalad]

@lordstanley you're a Vancouverite and follow local sports news there. Is Elias Pettersson still rumored at all to be on the trade block? If so, I presume he would be less rich and could be had for cheaper than Marner, no?

[lordstanley]

1 hour ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

@lordstanley you're a Vancouverite and follow local sports news there. Is Elias Pettersson still rumored at all to be on the trade block? If so, I presume he would be less rich and could be had for cheaper than Marner, no?

Petersson is signed  for the next years at $11.6mm per year. I wouldn’t touch Petersson unless the Canucks retained 1/3 and wanted only nominal assets back in return for him. 

[slothfacekilla]

Pettersson scares the hell out of me, seems like he could use a good sports psychologist

[gehringer_2]

32 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

Pettersson scares the hell out of me, seems like he could use a good sports psychologist

I guess the assumption is that Pettersson is the issue and not that the Canucks have a toxic locker room. I don't follow it enough to judge but if there are people in the game who believe that and turn out to be right, another team will get a good deal because I don't see how the Canucks can keep him or get much for him at this point.

[slothfacekilla]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

I guess the assumption is that Pettersson is the issue and not that the Canucks have a toxic locker room. I don't follow it enough to judge but if there are people in the game who believe that and turn out to be right, another team will get a good deal because I don't see how the Canucks can keep him or get much for him at this point.

I thought he'd play a little better after the JR Miller trade but the guy refuses to even shoot on net it seems like.  It'll be interesting to see how a new coach does with him (it does seem like the Canucks had a toxic room last season) but he just doesn't look good AT ALL to me.  It really is a fascinating case.