Confirmed with Link: Walman and a 2nd Round Pick traded to SJ

[Our Lady Peace]

Gotta be making a big splash here on D and I'm all for it

With that being said I'm gonna KMS if Detroit takes on Trouba

Anything but Trouba. I'll rent Ekblad for a year if that means we don't get Trouba

 

[SantosHalper]

Only what I've seen is Trouba to Detroit.

Why not both? Trouba retained for Holl

Chiarot - Seider
Edvinsson - Ekblad
Määttä - Trouba
Johansson - Petry

 

[ricky0034]

this is just bizarre

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Presumably because we knew no one would take him for free. I think it is safe to say that something we don't know about is the reason that Walman was mysteriously absent from the lineup down the stretch last year. Yzerman is not dumb, if he could have moved Walman for less he would have done so.

Agreed. It's just part of why this is so baffling.

As I said in the trade forum, maybe this will be a rare time that "Future considerations" actually turns out to be something.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

What's interesting too is that Jake had a ten team NTC. Find it hard to believe that San Jose wouldn't be on there.

Drury: Goodrow, to waivers you go. Hope you like San Jose
Yzerman: Hold my beer....

Agreed. It's just part of why this is so baffling.

As I said in the trade forum, maybe this will be a rare time that "Future considerations" actually turns out to be something.

Future Considerations = 1OA

 

[Euro Twins]

Presumably because we knew no one would take him for free. I think it is safe to say that something we don't know about is the reason that Walman was mysteriously absent from the lineup down the stretch last year. Yzerman is not dumb, if he could have moved Walman for less he would have done so.

Bad attitude, out partying too much. Huge ego, always crying that he had a booboo.

Word of all that gets around and probably no one wanted him.

Now he and zadina can fill the nets with pucks

 

[ricky0034]

maybe Holland offered McDavid and Draisaitl for Veleno and the Wings are in a mad dash to acquire cap space before he changes his mind

 

[Murmansk16A]

Bad attitude, out partying too much. Huge ego, always crying that he had a booboo.

Word of all that gets around and probably no one wanted him.

Now he and zadina can fill the nets with pucks

And do the Griddy.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

It will increase the likelihood for everything. Before this, we had like ~6M space for an extra player (if not Kane).

Now we have 9 million.

Stamkos money

 

[jkutswings]

Wings need the offense Ghost brings way more than they need what Walman brings.

But they need their defensemen to actually play defense more than they need the offense Ghost brings.

 

[izlez]

Bad attitude, out partying too much. Huge ego, always crying that he had a booboo.

Word of all that gets around and probably no one wanted him.

Now he and zadina can fill the nets with pucks

Word of that gets around. So every NHL GM knows, killing his value. But at the same time, not a single NHL reporter gets any word on it?

 

[Euro Twins]

But they need their defensemen to actually play defense more than they need the offense Ghost brings.

Edvinsson should be a nice upgrade over walman. And Johansson hopefully will fill out the top 4 or else be a bottom pair and maybe Petry slides into ghosts dms on the 2nd pair?

 

[RedHawkDown]

This is such a random trade…

 

[Euro Twins]

Word of that gets around. So every NHL GM knows, killing his value. But at the same time, not a single NHL reporter gets any word on it?

I know what I know. I can't speak to what insiders have heard or not.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

The Red Wings org has become a no griddy zone.

 

[izlez]

I know what I know. I can't speak to what insiders have heard or not.

Are you claiming to know something that the general public doesn't, or am I misunderstanding?

 

[Hughes Hefner]

I love how so many people are just assinating a man's character with baseless accusations. We're getting into Correy Perry and Connor Beddards mom territory...

 

[Ezekial]

Do we still have second round pick?

Yes we traded them Tampa's

 

[ShanahanMan]

This just means that Steve is expecting us to regress more next year and is trying to clear assets for further rebuild. I think we can expect more guys with value to be traded as well like Berggren and Fabbri.

 

[67 others]

What's interesting too is that Jake had a ten team NTC. Find it hard to believe that San Jose wouldn't be on there.

its possible he likes warm sunny places I guess.

 

[jkutswings]

I love how so many people are just assinating a man's character with baseless accusations. We're getting into Correy Perry and Connor Beddards mom territory...

Personally, I'm not assuming anything about Walman. I liked him as a player, even if I thought he was better served as a second pairing helper than on the first pairing with Seider.

But sending a 2nd rounder with him in exchange for future considerations makes at least one of the two likely:
1) There were issues with the player not related to on-ice performance, and/or
2) There are one or more pending moves that are EXTREMELY time sensitive, so they had to pay a price to make cap room ASAP.

I'm hoping it's just Reason #2, both for the sake of Walman and the Wings.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I don't get why Detroit couldn't have put Walman on waivers. San Jose would have first crack at him.

Is there another guy going on waivers soon that San Jose will claim and trade to Detroit for future considerations? That's really the only thing I can think of. Otherwise this was just a dumb f***ing trade.

 

[Euro Twins]

Are you claiming to know something that the general public doesn't, or am I misunderstanding?

I definitely do. It's not my place to divulge more info than what I already have. And tbh I don't care if you believe me or not.

Just sharing a small bit of info to shed a bit of light on the trade.

Just know that Yzerman and the coaches were sick of his bs.

So if they needed to clear cap space leading to a signing he was the odd man out since they can't trade holl or Petry.

However I fully expect holl to be bought out

 

[Oddbob]

Ok, what did Walman do that both pissed of the Wings and made him a cap dump? Even if he is in the doghouse, hard to imagine you can't get at least a 2nd/3rd for him rather than paying cap dump prices. Unless there is something big or nefarious involved this will be my first really questioning an Yzerman trade/move. Also, why did they trade Gibson right away?

 

[ShelbyZ]

The future considerations will likely be a Christmas card from the Grier family with a picture of Mike doing the griddy on the front.