arky
Joined: Aug. 2016
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Wings are at least 2 to 3 years away from making the playoffs. Maybe more. They have core players like Mantha, Larkin, Bertuzzi, Hronek and Fabbri, but everything else is young, like Seider, Veleno, Rasmussen, Zadina, Mc Issacs and whomever we pick in this years draft. They lack a goalie in the system that wows anyone. It will take time as Yzerman has said, but the future is getting better as we are getting younger and shedding contracts like Daley, Ericksson, Helm and Filipula. The two that will continue are the Adelkader and Neilsson. But in 2 more years one of the two or both will be gone. It is just going to take time.
As far as trading for players for picks, it is just not realistic. Yzerman took chances on ppl layers and traded prospects that he believed did not fit the future for others he though fit better. He was 1 for 3. Perlinni and Comrie failed but he seems to hit on Fabbri. It cost us Regula, Saarjarvi and DeLa Rose. I presume he will continue this trend until he sticks the minors with His type.of players, trading picks just does not seem to be in the cards.