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Speculation: With Copp out for the season and Husso traded. Wings got $14m in cap space. What should Yzerman and co do with it?

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theVladiator said:
Do not need to do anything with that cap space. Historically bubble teams have wisely stayed away from big acquisitions. They either stay pat, or grab something from the bargain bin (4th-5th round pick territory). Do not expect DRW to buck the trend.
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I mean I can see them doing something. I just don't see it being something that would walk on July 1st.

Like, if Calgary were to put Rasmus Andersson out there (Which I doubt at this stage) I could see them showing interest. But it's gotta be somebody that fits the Larkin and under age bracket and is still contract controlled.
 
Strange tweet by PuckPedia since a player being on LTIR effectively functions as more cap space for the duration of time that player is on LTIR. Is PuckPedia just nitpicking semantics for seemingly no reason? Is the author of that tweet trying to be the smartest person in the room?
 
Fixed to Ruin said:
Seth Jones?
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Other then a Luke Schenn type to play on the bottom pairing, I’d keep an eye on Ristolainen if Detroit can’t get Byrum or K’Andre Miller. Neither of whom has their big contract yet, and if they don’t get it by the deadline, there’s a real good chance they file for arbitration before signing one.

Teams do not want good young Dmen hitting arbitration because they will win big awards and walk themselves to UFA, with all trade powers. Owners and managers handing out all the massive deals to unproven Dmen will make any arbitration hearing laughable. Then the dman will get a short term deal at a very high AAV. Holding all cards on any trades too, as they’ll just pull a Debrincat.

So they either have to give them the long-term wealth contract or trade them. It’s that simple.

It’s those two dmen who are worth watching first. Then Ristolainen who’s become a really solid dman, and he fits Yzerman’s type of D. Big men who can move the puck, yet responsible. That’s what he’s turned into.

As for Seth? Think it’s a real possibility IF they’re comfortable with where his game is at, and he’d agree. He’s been really good since the trade ask.

If there’s a team who has the room, the need and can easily pay any price the Hawks would want, it’s Detroit. They’d probably actually pay the price for long term retention too. Once again, as long as they think he’d buy in.

Imagine him and Edvinsson together and how much ice they can cover in about 2 seconds. They could be one of the hardest pairings to play against that we’ve seen in years.

That all said, haven’t heard anything about Jones to Detroit.
 
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Erik Karlsson with Edvinsson. The Wings need a top 4 d-man.

I'd say Trouba because he singlehandedly helped the Wings beat the Ducks, but I am not sure if Trouba has it this year.
 
What might be a good idea, is the Wings take on cap retention from big contracts willing to be moved where they get extra draft picks, prospects, etc.
 
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