Confirmed Trade: [ANA/DET] Ville Husso for future considerations

[Coaches Coroner]

The first domino to fall towards the thread deadline

Huh? You gotta watch Threads(1984) by a certain date? For school?

 

[DavidpauseReinbacher]

Hope you’re not serious. He’s no longer the Risto from 2-3 years ago. He’s turned into a very solid dman, who can handle the minutes playing with either Edvinsson or Seider. Probably Edvinsson. He’d help them a lot 5 on 5. He wouldn’t be cheap either.

Then we probably aren't in it.

Do you care to address the actual post instead of nitpicking the mere mention of a player at the end?

Nah there's been no indication transactions wise that Yzerman will trade picks or upper end prospects for 33 year olds.

Maybe the Canucks want some of that action.

 

[banks]

Husso wasn't NHL worthy any time I saw him with Detroit. But I love a comeback story. So I hope he gets a shot with Anaheim at some point this season. I'll be watching.

But the more interesting story is if Gibson is traded. If he goes to Edmonton I'll be jumping on their bandwagon so hard it could break an axle!

 

[bov]

Then we probably aren't in it.


Nah there's been no indication transactions wise that Yzerman will trade picks or upper end prospects for 33 year olds.

Maybe the Canucks want some of that action.

Thanks for making my point.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

There comes a point where you have to compete, he has shown in the past he's willing to make a splash. Clearing 3.6 mil for this season only, days before the deadline tells me he's ready to make a significant move if it presents itself.

If the Schenns are indeed available, I could see Detroit going in that direction.

Yzerman's MO has been to not trade anything of value for pieces who aren't going to be in the organization for awhile.

Debrincat is the one big move he's really made on the trade market where he had to give anything significant.

 

[Henkka]

10.8M for deadline cap space.

- Can add a forward (center)
- Can add a defenceman

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

10.8M for deadline cap space.

- Can add a forward (center)
- Can add a defenceman

According to PuckPedia, it's $14M.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Has to mean Gibson is gone right?

Nah it's already been addressed many times in this thread, but the Ducks were down to one healthy goalie in the AHL and he's a prospect who isn't ready for the AHL let alone being one more injury away from the NHL. They are trying to get their AHL club to the playoffs, so had no choice but to go out and get a capable AHL goalie. Rather than give up some sort of asset (a pick or whatever) to fill this temporary AHL need, they just used some of their endless cap space and will spend the roughly 1.2M owed to Husso. Plus it gives them a bit of a buffer above the cap floor, in case they wish to sell impending UFAs like Dumoulin or Fabbri for picks.

 

[bov]

Yzerman's MO has been to not trade anything of value for pieces who aren't going to be in the organization for awhile.

Debrincat is the one big move he's really made on the trade market where he had to give anything significant.

Detroit is in a position to make the playoffs and I didn't mention rentals. He has made plenty of big moves over the years, dishing out significant assets to do so. His approach with Detroit has been more conservative than it was with TB, but they now have a deep pool of picks and prospects to deal from if necessary. This stuff about his "MO" is irrelevant, eventually you have to give to get. He is not opposed to this at all.

Husso comes off the books after this season anyway, he isn't just clearing cap days before the deadline for no reason. Obviously, Detroit is prepared to take on salary right now if the deal/s present itself.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Detroit is in a position to make the playoffs and I didn't mention rentals. He has made plenty of big moves over the years, dishing out significant assets to do so. His approach with Detroit has been more conservative than it was with TB, but they now have a deep pool of picks and prospects to deal from if necessary. This stuff about his "MO" is irrelevant, eventually you have to give to get. He is not opposed to this at all.

Husso comes off the books after this season anyway, he isn't just clearing cap days before the deadline for no reason. Obviously, Detroit is prepared to take on salary right now if the deal/s present itself.

Which time, outside Debrincat, has he done that with Detroit?

Detroit is not in the position or the quality of team Tampa was when Yzerman was making Miller/McDonagh type moves.

 

[Petes2424]

I don’t see him with seider since they are both RH shots. Prefer a LH D that way chiarot could move down to 3rd pair keeping Ed-Jo together. Still he would be a solid addition for now and help going into next year to shelter ASP a little or to by time if ASP isn’t quite ready even though I think he is more than ready.

I know you have some sources inside the organization have you heard anything about ASP coming this year after his season?

Nothing but assume he’s coming if he’s able to. Detroit is really good at NOT even commenting on Swedish kids until after their season finishes. They don’t pry. But I assume he’s coming as soon as he can. MBN to GR too.

With Copp out for the year now, that gives them even more cap space. Everything’s on the table. Including retaining for picks on deadline day, if they can’t do what they want.

The McCann stuff is probably legit. The Schenn stuff is also probably legit knowing the relationship between the teams. I know the Byrum stuff was very, very real, but the Cozens stuff is still more media driven. I’m told the DET/BUF talk was always centered around Byrum. If it ever moved to Cozens, who knows. I’ve heard the Ristolainen speculation for about a month now, added to speculation about Drysdale. Detroit’s more defensive oriented scouts have watched Philly more than any other team. I was told back in December that was about Drysdale, but now I’ve heard it’s about either. That Risto has grown on them. Mittlestadt should scare DET fans some, because Yzerman was in on him last year, and the DET scouts have always liked him. Even the beginning of this year. So Colorado watching GR more than once recently is something to keep an eye on. I could absolutely see that happening for those reasons. If they get Mittlestadt though, they’ll have to make a second move for a defensive forward.

Losing Copp is gonna hurt a lot. All those anti-Copp folks are going to see what life without him looks like now, unkess Compher really steps into that role. Copp’s the player a coach just looks at and he knows what to go do. The glue player. So you hope whoever they do bring in, can pick up some of those defensive assignments. Hopefully Rasmussen isn’t out long too because he’s the 2nd player that does all the dirty work. Losing both, you get the results they just got over the weekend. Blowing 2 goal leads late in back to back games.

Think Berggren might finally be on his way out too btw. Heard he’s being shopped for someone who can help them 5 on 5 more.

Things are getting very real. Is he gonna make a core move or punt with more filler type players? Guess we’ll find out, but they will be active. Likely sooner than the deadline.