Confirmed with Link: Maatta traded to Utah for a 3rd Round Pick

[Run the Jewels]

At the same time I feel underwhelmed. Maatta was pretty low on the list of dman I’d like to see moved.

You aren't getting anything for Holl or Petry, you'd have to kick in a sweetener. Yzerman traded Maatta because he had actual trade value.

 

[norrisnick]

If you trade a UFA 8 games after he signs with you, what message are you sending to other UFAs in the future? Gus was never a viable option for this.

Pick your destinations better because getting a contract offer doesn't mean you fit into the team.

 

[Nnowski]

The wings defence gets significantly worse if/ Maatta is playing Chiarots minutes. Chiarot has been very solid in Detroit outside of one year when his Dad was dying at home



Johansson I noticed had quite a few shifts last game against McDavid or Draisatl and actually held his own. I wonder if that was the "okay lets see what this kid can do" moment. There's interviews from the Griffins last year saying Aljo was their best damn ahead of Edvinsson. Seeing what Edvinsson can do with big minutes makes you wonder what they have in Aljo for sure


Yeah Larkins comments at training camp make me think it was directed directly at Walman. The captain basically says there's players who dont care but that got taken care of in the off-season. I'm sure that wasn't a shot at Perron when he said that

Chiarot, by nearly every metric has been one of the worst defensemen in the league since joining Detroit

 

[PelagicJoe]

Excellent. I wish it was Gus. Trade him next.

 

[wingsfannn919191]

You aren't getting anything for Holl or Petry, you'd have to kick in a sweetener. Yzerman traded Maatta because he had actual trade value.

No point paying to move petry at this point. I'd just tell him to stay home

 

[AtlantaHotWings]

Or have Petry bring everyone's coffee order ...

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

Pick your destinations better because getting a contract offer doesn't mean you fit into the team.

Sorry kid, the NHL isn't a video game.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Excellent. I wish it was Gus. Trade him next.

No one wants that bum.

 

[wingsfannn919191]

No one wants that bum.

We did lmao

 

[Game suspension]

I mean it is an okay trade for a tanking team. Are the Red Wings going to tank now ? Not a great signal from SY to the team early in the season.

Remember this trade when the Wings don't make the playoffs and the blame goes to the D. As it always does. Can ya try and improve the team now Stevie ?

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

You aren't getting anything for Holl or Petry, you'd have to kick in a sweetener. Yzerman traded Maatta because he had actual trade value.

Maybe we can trade a third plus Holl for future considerations?

 

[jkutswings]

If you trade a UFA 8 games after he signs with you, what message are you sending to other UFAs in the future? Gus was never a viable option for this.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that Detroit would be actively shopping a guy they just signed. Just that purely from a performance vs contract standpoint, Maatta isn't the worst defenseman on the team.

Or to put it another way, the worst boat anchors don't tend to get traded first because other teams don't want them either.

 

[RRhoads]

Chiarot, by nearly every metric has been one of the worst defensemen in the league since joining Detroit

Good old BS

 

[norrisnick]

Sorry kid, the NHL isn't a video game.

That's another way to phrase that, yeah.