I wouldn’t say it’s that unlikely. He is just in an unfortunate spot as Detroit has the deepest forward group in hockey
Dreger: Buchnevich is likely to be traded
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I’d have no problem giving the 1st year this year. You are essentially getting DBC and Buch for 2 1st round picks and a couple prospects
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Question for Wings fans, do you guys have a sense for what Yzerman is wanting to do at the deadline?
No idea lol. I think If he’s adding it has to be a top 6/top 4 type guy with term. The team has tremendous depth already
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Depends on who you ask, but ultimately doesn't matter as long as they have actual top 4 potential.
Kasper wallinder 1st would be the winner.
We can also add a 2nd back in this years draft l.
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Unless they're defensemen, right? Buch fits right in, age wise, with the D you've got locked up.
We trading for Thomas all of a sudden?
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I mean, we want to trade Krug and I'd prefer to trade Faulk too under the assumption that we can acquire a younger top 4 replacement. We shouldn't compound our defensive problem with Buchnevich, unless he's open to more of a 5-6 year deal.
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Krug, Faulk, and Parayko were all signed between the ages of 26-28 while the Blues were still considered contenders. And Blues fans want Krug gone and quite a few want Faulk gone as well. If we signed Buch to a long term contract he would be 30 and we would be in a early stages of a rebuild/retool/reimagining/reset/revamp/refocus/remix to ignition. Completely different points in the franchise.
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This is really a bizarre way to argue that the youngest of the players named is too old to re-sign.
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don't think I'd add anything honestly. Kakko is 23 years old and improving every season.
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Doesn’t make them any more likely to carve out solid NHL careers.
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Why would we sign a player who doesn't fit into our long term plans just because we signed players to long term deals 4-5 years ago? Especially when two of them only have 2 years left on their deal after a hypothetical Buch extension and one of those players is actively being shopped because we want to get younger around the 23-26 age to fit in with the new core.
If you are going into a rebuild you aren't going to just sign players because they are younger than your oldest players. And you can't compare signing a player to a long term contract at 30 while going into a rebuild (that could end up being a long term thing) to signing a player at 26-28 while you are trying to win a cup, they are completely different stages in the life cycle of a franchise.
Then add on to that, Who even says Buch would want to resign with us if we do end up going towards a rebuild. He's right at the end of his prime years, why in the world would he stick around to be on a losing team for the finale of his career when he could go off and play on a team with aspirations to win a cup within the next 5 years.
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When those players were signed/extended, we were still in a win now phase, and now we are in a rebuild/retool phase. Pretty simple.
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Wouldn’t do that. I understand the request but I think Yzerman doesn’t move Kasper unless its some sort of robbery.
You should hold on to him then. Don't worry I am sure he will break that 40 point plateau sometime soon.
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