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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Aatu Raty is looking pretty good in the SM-Liga, so they may regret that.
Defense market was pretty ugly this last offseason though, if you look at what guys like Ceci, etc were able to sign for. So could see why they went the trade route.
Still think questions could be asked why you just didn't chase after like a Erik Gudbranson type.
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DET is pretty set at RHD. A Ryan Murray type might have worked, but he's struggled to stay on the ice yet again for COL. Edler/Goligoski signed 1 yr deals with NMCs; Suter/McCabe/Martinez/Nemeth/Forbort/Kulikov got term with some level of NTC and went to [presumably at the time] better teams.
It's easy to talk about filling a hole with UFAs, but the shoe doesn't always fit. McCabe might have been a great option, but he's a Wisconsin kid who ended up closer to home in CHI. DET already had Nemeth who returned them a 4th last TDL. Leaving Forbort as the only plausible option
DET lost Cholowski to SEA who waived him at the start of the season... was claimed by WAS (I presume near the bottom of waiver priority at the time?)...they just waived him today - wouldn't be at all suprised to see MTL or DET claim him in advance of trading away a LHD.
An interesting question is who should garner a bigger return: Leddy or Chiarot? Leddy would need a 3rd party to get his AAV to match, but otherwise he's a superior choice...