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I'm ok with Nielsen being AA's center this year, because he is more responsible defensively, allowing AA to just go. If you are going to get Turris, it has to be a long bad contract for long bad contract swap (Turris for Abdelkader maybe? With a differential in years based on age of the players involved). Nielsen's numbers weren't great, but there are worse contracts to trade on DET than Nielsen (Helm, Abdelkader come to mind). Nielsen and Fil are placeholders for Veleno and Ras (I think Ras goes to GR and plays C for the start of the year). It wouldn't shock me to see Veleno as your 3rd line C next year, and Ras as the 3rd line C the year after next.
I think Turris had a down year in Nashville, so he'd be a bounce-back candidate, And he's still 29, so he could have a few good years left in him (or it could be a continuing albatross).
Want no part of Reimer. Howard at the deadline last year would have returned a 3rd round pick for a short term rental (and SJS should have bought him). He's a decent starting goalie who didn't get a lot of help, and faced a ton of shots (how many backdoor goals did DET give up last year?). He's a good placeholder until the next option is ready.