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Mo Seider Less Problems
- Jul 27, 2010
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I think it's time to start looking ahead at what we should be trying to add this summer.
Here is a link to the impending 2023 UFA's: 2023 NHL Free Agents Tracker
I think we have a few needs we should be looking to address:
1) Goal Scoring - need to add more talent up front
2) #2 Goalie - Pretty inconsistent play from both Hellberg & Ned
3) Bottom pair/Depth RD - Lindstrom/Hagg/Oesterle are not good
As far as forwards go... I think Max Domi would be a pretty good replacement for Bertuzzi, if he ends up not re-signing. Can play center or wing. Good possession player. Not a perimeter player. Has 18 goals and 31 assists in 60 games this year and is winning 53.7% in the dot.
J.T. Compher is a pretty good player that can play center/wing and was a teammate of Larkin at Michigan for the 14/15 season. He has 41 pts in 58 games. Would ideally like a better goal scorer, but we also just need upgrades where we can get them.
Will be curious to see if Yzerman pursues Killorn or not... given we could use a guy who is a bigger body and physical. But he will be 34 by next year and he has a good amount of miles on him.
I don't think I would mind Nick Ritchie as a bottom 6 forward signing - he is big, can score, and has more hits than anyone on the Wings team this season.
The backup goalie options are pretty weak... we may have to re-sign one of Ned/Hellberg? Maybe we look at Korpisalo, or Raanta, or Adin Hill?
For defenseman we could look at Hamonic/Schenn, but I really worry about the bottom falling out with those guys. So it would have to be a short term deal for me.
**If there is already a thread like this out there, please feel free to merge this.
Here is a link to the impending 2023 UFA's: 2023 NHL Free Agents Tracker
I think we have a few needs we should be looking to address:
1) Goal Scoring - need to add more talent up front
2) #2 Goalie - Pretty inconsistent play from both Hellberg & Ned
3) Bottom pair/Depth RD - Lindstrom/Hagg/Oesterle are not good
As far as forwards go... I think Max Domi would be a pretty good replacement for Bertuzzi, if he ends up not re-signing. Can play center or wing. Good possession player. Not a perimeter player. Has 18 goals and 31 assists in 60 games this year and is winning 53.7% in the dot.
J.T. Compher is a pretty good player that can play center/wing and was a teammate of Larkin at Michigan for the 14/15 season. He has 41 pts in 58 games. Would ideally like a better goal scorer, but we also just need upgrades where we can get them.
Will be curious to see if Yzerman pursues Killorn or not... given we could use a guy who is a bigger body and physical. But he will be 34 by next year and he has a good amount of miles on him.
I don't think I would mind Nick Ritchie as a bottom 6 forward signing - he is big, can score, and has more hits than anyone on the Wings team this season.
The backup goalie options are pretty weak... we may have to re-sign one of Ned/Hellberg? Maybe we look at Korpisalo, or Raanta, or Adin Hill?
For defenseman we could look at Hamonic/Schenn, but I really worry about the bottom falling out with those guys. So it would have to be a short term deal for me.
**If there is already a thread like this out there, please feel free to merge this.