What do you think of the team?

[Winger98]

I agree with everything in this post, right down to the positions of the players to add. But I maintain my skepticism about being able to land quality guys to fill those positions.

Again, I hope I'm wrong. Just two plus players in those slots would make a big difference to rounding out the roster (with the pending kids). But major assets or dollars will likely be needed to add those pieces, and I don't yet see any evidence that this front office is willing to cough up more for a better tier of player.

Fingers crossed it works out.

I'd add luck to that equation. So much has to align to get the right guys at the right time, it goes beyond just having the assets and cap to throw at it. Even if a guy like Marner hits the open market, we throw $14m/7 years at him...we could be the high bidder and he still just prefers to go play in Carolina or something.

What we can feel good about is that Yzerman has put the Wings in a position to chase those moves. They have $17m or so falling off the cap this summer, a big chunk falling off again after the 25/26 season, they have all of our picks for the next three drafts but our 4th this draft to use as collateral...They're in a good position for good things to happen.

 

[Snuggs]

Little better than Montreal, worse than the Senators. (IMO). Better than the Flyers/BlueJackets/Penguins/Rangers.

They need help in the places everyone's mentioned. ( 2nd line center or better 1st line, 3rd line winger, top four LHD. ) I'm hoping to add at least ONE this year in no particular order.

I can settle for Oliver Bjorkstrand and Ryan Lindgren if I can't have Elias Pettersson.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

I agree with everything in this post, right down to the positions of the players to add. But I maintain my skepticism about being able to land quality guys to fill those positions.

Again, I hope I'm wrong. Just two plus players in those slots would make a big difference to rounding out the roster (with the pending kids). But major assets or dollars will likely be needed to add those pieces, and I don't yet see any evidence that this front office is willing to cough up more for a better tier of player.

Fingers crossed it works out.

You could be right and time will tell. The Cap is going up by $9mm next year (to $97mm) $9mm! (and I have been told that it should actually be higher now). Cap dollars won't be an issue. Getting good players to sign in Detroit may still be an issue however. Personally, I think you need to use the trade market to find that LHD we do desperately need. Still, I would rather be looking for a middle pair LHD than a top pair LHD.

We shall see if Steve can execute. Like I said, we don't have a ton of problems to solve.