No way Holland goes for Dion the caveman at this point. It was Phaneuf/Franson/Myers/Petry or hold out for Green. The Wings and their fans won big time. There's no way we see Phaneuf's stoopid heinous contract in Detroit while Green is still on his very reasonable one.
Dion's contract is just too dumb...even trading Q on the last year of his contract for Phaneuf doesn't make sense...even if Toronto ate the salary difference this year because Caveguy is signed for $7m per till the sun burns out(2021?). Insane.
I think Green's contract keeps us safe from Phaneuf.
Like nearly everyone else I'd like to see Holland trade for a legit partner for Kronwall that would allow Blash to move #52 down to the 2nd or 3rd pairings where he belongs. Such a move would make Q expendable(if he's not part of the trade) and could make the Wing's blueline corps look quite respectable for the first time in some while. Hopefully some of the young guns up front can make some waves between now and the trade deadline so that they become viable trade bait. DDK and Gator are due a raise next season so that'll gobble up most of what the Wings will save by NOT re-signing KFQ. Ideally I'd like to see some combination of Q, Helm, Nyquist, Tatar, Smith, Kindl, etc used to obtain an upgrade on the top pairing. Make it happen Kenny!
