Yzerman is out here wilding. Walman should've at least gotten them a later round pick, but even if they want to make cap space, buy out Hollo instead of paying to move Walman who is better than Holl. The Wings almost made the playoffs, but they still aren't a team that can afford to piss away 2nds lol. Walman will be a good placeholder on SJS for one of their prospects to have to beat out at a fair cost.
If Buffalo buys out Skinner, they will make the playoffs because of the Skinner curse. Skinner doesn't do much aside from score goals around the hashmarks. He sucks in his own end, isn't a good playmaker, not an elusive skater or puck possession guy, but he has a good shot. Can totally see him signing for a team like EDM where McJesus will get him to 40g or something.
That Vancouver trade is kinda annoying. If we didn't have more immediate needs at RD for which we need full cap flexibility, I'd have wanted Ottawa to make that trade. Mikheyev has speed that we could use in our middle 6 and PK, even if he has Erik Condra level hands. Getting a 2nd would've been nice and even Lafferty could've been useful for us on our bottom 6.