Team: 2018-19 Detroit Red Wings

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 31, 2018

Published: Aug. 31, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

After another tanking year, the wings have found themselves with 3 1st RD picks with trading Nyqvist to Anaheim and Vanek to Edmonton.

Tho Vanek has a tainted trading clause I had only picked a random west coast team. With Nyquist, it only makes sense he goes to a contender like Anaheim who has aging wingers who can score but not as much as they has used to. Putting Nyqvist on a line with Rakell ( Assuming he moves to C ) and a vet like Cogliano or Eaves. Leaving your top line with Kase, Getzlaf and Perry. ( Pretty scary )

By now the wings are grooming Larkin to become the next wings captain and solidifying his place as a cornerstone for the franchise, thats why he deserves first line PP minutes over Nielsen.

Rookies like Pope and Turgeon will likely be called up after Nyquist and Vanek are shipped off allowing them to start meshing with the younger generation of Wings. Svechnikov will start as a 3rd liner but quickly will be promoted to at least the 2nd and earn him a spot on the PP.

With the aging blue line collapsing from all around, the wings will bring up at least two prospects whether its Hicketts, Cholowski, Hronek or even Sulak. They won't get as much special team minutes but will occasionally jump in to learn from some Mentors like Ericsson, Kronwall etc.

We aren't gonna talk about the graveyard which is the existing D-core.

Howard and Bernier are a solid tandem in net, not Murray and Fleury like but still able to keep some pucks out of the net. Jimmy has one year left on his deal, I don't expect the Wings to move him ( even though he has some value ) they enjoy keeping their older homegrown vets as mentors for upcoming prospects, Kronwall and Hicketts ( or whoever ), Zetterberg and Larkin and even Datsyuk and Abdelkader so it wouldn't be entirely out of the picture the resign Howard fro another year so he can teach guys like Fulcher or Petruzelli.

For prospects like Rasmussen and Zadina, give them one last year in their respective junior teams to dominate rather than bringing them up to a basement team and risk putting their morale and confidence in jeopardy. They could easily make the jump to the AHL this season but not to the NHL.

I could also foresee the wings moving some pieces around at the draft for a defensive prospect if the price is right.

The goal is Hughes v2, but Kaapo, Newhook or a solid D man would be a great asset for this seemingly speedy rebuild.

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