James van Riemsdyk not traded to Detroit

[redwings8831]

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[GoBoltz56]

Wait.....what!!??

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

But why...

 

[Pavels Dog]

if it's cheap why not. we're not tanking.

 

[SirloinUB]

Random

 

[Filppula]

What the? Always liked JVR but I don’t get it.

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

Bertuzzi stop gap we’ll probably extend for a year or two and flip again, if I had to guess.

 

[SoupNazi]

This was random. If we weren't at max number of retained contracts, I'd be expecting us to flip him.

 

[GoBoltz56]

I was thinking maybe we are flipping him, but we can't retain on anyone else. Weird.

 

[Umingmak]

Everything a re-building team needs: a past-his-prime pending UFA!

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

What..

Stupid

Come on Yzerman

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

But why

 

[Konnan511]

Why?

 

[redwings8831]

 

[Umingmak]

We already know it's Sunny.

 

[jkutswings]

Why?

St Louis wants him with our picks to cough up Rob Thomas.

 

[SoupNazi]

So wonder if this is a three-way trade?

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Um not to nitpick (because I don't understand this trade), but "hearing" is not confirmed.

 

[izlez]

Oh shit, I had a long internal dialogue at the beginning of the season about bringing in JVR but didn't want to be ridiculed for promoting the idea of trading for old guys, so I like it in theory. Have to see the price

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

have always like JVR. Could be a good netfront board guy with Larkin and Raymond

 

[ShanahanMan]

Would make absolutely no sense unless we’re moving someone else.

 

[DTR]

 

[SirloinUB]

WHAT IS GOING ON

(for a low price, I kind of see value in getting Larkin someone to play with but Im talking 6th rounder kind of thing)

 

[norrisnick]

Thank you! Dodged bullet

 

[Larkin2AA]

Lmao this is amazing.