Where did Yzerman go wrong with the rebuild?

[Nnowski]

Didn't walman get traded for future considerations that weren't even disclosed? That is essentially paying nothing to move him.


Most drafts less than half the second round picks ever play more than 100 games. Be nice if some of them hit but it is a crap shoot. If he was whiffing in the first round consistently that would be a story.

Most teams aren't picking as high as the Wings were for 5 years

 

[Retire91]

Most teams aren't picking as high as the Wings were for 5 years

the parity between picks gets pretty flat after about pick 20

 

[Nnowski]

the parity between picks gets pretty flat after about pick 20

Still, you'd hope someone who was billed as being good at drafting would hit on someone

 

[lilidk]

sometimes a Michelin star chef will have a snack while the entree is baking in the oven. If we are having this same conversation in 2026 then yes I will concede the point. His timeline was and is the long road.

Oh believe me in 2026 we still going to talk about same, team going to be better, just a little bit, not enough to complete for the cup, just for wild card

 

[flychairman]

Wings had to get rid of Walman and that second rounder to get that sweet cap relief to... uh... (scratches head) waste most of that relief on Gus and Campbell.

 

[Air Budd Dwyer]

Wings had to get rid of Walman and that second rounder to get that sweet cap relief to... uh... (scratches head) waste most of that relief on Gus and Campbell.

The rumors were that Walman wasn’t exactly endearing himself to management due to some behavior behind the scenes. If you’re a bad defenseman, which Walman is, it’s hard to overcome that.

 

[flychairman]

The rumors were that Walman wasn’t exactly endearing himself to management due to some behavior behind the scenes. If you’re a bad defenseman, which Walman is, it’s hard to overcome that.

Yes, the rumors have been mentioned on this board dozens of times.

The bigger issue is using that cap relief on Gus and Campbell.

The minor issue is not trying waivers and Grand rapids tough love on walman first.

Giving up a second to get rid of walman's final two years would be logical for a contending team.

 

[wingsfannn919191]

We're still going on about walman lol at the end of the day it's an yzerfail. It'll never make sense he had to attach a 2nd to move him. GM's were surprised he was available

That 2nd rounder could have been used to draft jiri's kid lukas fischer. Yzerfail

 

[JediOrderPizza]

We're still going on about walman lol at the end of the day it's an yzerfail. It'll never make sense he had to attach a 2nd to move him. GM's were surprised he was available

That 2nd rounder could have been used to draft jiri's kid lukas fischer. Yzerfail

The 2nd traded for Walman was pick #53 which was Leo Sahlin Wallenius. Lukas Fischer went #56 to the Blues, The Wings acquired that 2nd pick used in the Walman trade from the Gibson trade where they also got Kiiskinen. Wings still had their own 2nd and selected Max Plante #47.

They still could've gotten him if they wanted to, they didn't.

 

[lilidk]

The rumors were that Walman wasn’t exactly endearing himself to management due to some behavior behind the scenes. If you’re a bad defenseman, which Walman is, it’s hard to overcome that.

He has been good until end of last season.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

He has been good until end of last season.

I actually thought he started looking rough after those Sweden games. So December and onward.