athanasiou will be looking to cash in after the last negotiations with detroit.. he's become a 30 goal scorer, if he has another repeat year he will probably ask for more than 5m

I think DET should take a chance on Honka.

If AA has another season like last season, He'll probably push closer to at least 6 x 6.

The Vegas trade is absolutely horrible for Detroit. Detroit is trading Green retaining 50% of his salary, taking a cap dump so Vegas has room for Green and a 5th round pick all for a 2nd round pick from a playoff team. There is no reason for Detroit to take this trade.

I don't see Detroit trading Howard he's 35 and doesn't want to leave Detroit. I think the Wings respect that. They haven't bought out or buried Ericsson yet. Plus with Howard playing another year or 2 it gives their goalie prospects more time to develop.

JJ to Detroit won't happen. They really can't afford to take on extra cap. They have 14 RFAs and 8 UFAs with contracts expiring at the end of the season. Plus they didn't sign
Nemeth to trade him away.

Your prediction of Detroit taking Askarov is interesting and depending on where the Wings land in the draft lottery that is a possibility.

Green probably isn't part of the future with the Wings even thought he has expressed interest in being there. Just due to his age and injury history

Howard is given the chance to win a cup, thats why he's traded.

Nemeth would be in the final year of his deal so you could argue that if you wanted.

The draft is going be a **** show. If the Wings are in the top five, they get an all star for sure

Howard had that chance at last seasons TDL. Holland was willing to take less than a 1st if Jimmy wanted to go to a contender and he passed. He has said in a couple of interviews his home is in Detroit and they have no intention of moving. He's been playing real competitive hockey for around 25 years and with young children he just doesn't want to be away from his family. Now that could change between now and the TDL but if I had to put money on it I say he retires having only played for 1 team.

With Nemeth just signed in Detroit and they go and trade him before he even plays a game you can make future players not want sign in Detroit because of that. We don't know who else wanted to sign him, if there are teams he doesn't want to play for or maybe he signed in Detroit for other reasons.

I'm going to say Detroit gets the 6th pick in the first round because that's where they landed in the draft lottery the past 2 seasons. The more I think about it the more I like Detroit taking Askarov.

I am addressing your view about Howard. Given Yzerman’s tenure in Tampa, he made long hard choices and often sentimentality took a back seat to putting the
best team on the ice. I have mention a few times here, I think Detroit needs to get younger. The unrestricted free agents will be moved for picks at the deadline.

When he arrived in Tampa, he immediately sought to improve the consistency of club’s goaltending. (Roloson in 2011, as stopgap & going to the conference finals,
Linback in 2012, and when that didn’t pan out, Bishop in 2013. And also making a trade in which Tampa acquired Detroit’s 1st round pick in 2012, which would be Vasilevskiy)

There is no doubt in my mind Yzerman will upgrade Detroit’s goaltending. If it appears Detroit is out of contention of making the playoffs, he may encourage Howard to join a playoff bound club to receive a draft pick. Yzerman may extend the respect and courtesy and let Howard play out the season in Detroit, although he would be hard press to pass up a draft picker prospect.

Howard is 35 on a 1 yr contract It's not going to happen. If It does then you can tell me I was wrong, but that won't happen.