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Originally Posted by Junglist
Yzerman made genius moves in Tampa that set them up for Cups.
His decision making in Detroit has been the exact opposite, I don’t see the direction.
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It’s the reason I have Detroit and Buffalo as two targets for trades on my list. Those teams are desperate to get better right now. The patience from ownership has run out. There was a rumour at the end of last season about how frustrated the Detroit ownership is that their “new” arena has now been around for 7 seasons and still has not seen a playoff game.
Would be ideal if teams like Buffalo, Detroit, Ottawa and Utah are all fighting for playoff spots this year… those are teams deep in high end prospects that could feel ownership and fan pressure to make a big trade to make a push for playoffs. You never know who else will be on the market amongst defencemen this season but, at this point, I think Andersson is the best defenceman available and he comes with an extra year and a very reasonable cap hit. My hope is coney can capitalize on that to get a top 30 prospect in the league. Ideally a centreman.