Detroit’s plan was always interesting to me — they had a long rebuild ahead of them but also didn’t want to bottom out and risk losing fans (income) and losing their culture. The compromise was to keep a respectable team by any means necessary — which involves signing UFAs to medium term deals.
I’m most interested to see how Yzerman swings for more “core” pieces. I mean, that’s the whole thing.
The Habs nailing it with Hutson was a game changer — the Red Wings need some luck like that and they’re doing well.
