C'mon man!!! Logan Stanley is your best scorer from the blueline (last night, at least) and this is how you thank him? All kidding aside, Stanley is a big body who is rounding into form. This is not the time to trade him. It's the time to sign him to a decent contract that is long in term and team-friendly in $$$.

Don’t just buyout Wheeler it’ll only hurt the Jets as they need leadership that Wheeler provides

He is a big body yes. But a big body that can't skate at an NHL level. The NHL is too fast and guys are too shifty and too skilled for Stanley to keep up. A lot of the time in the defensive zone he looked lost out there. He wasn't able to find the right positioning. I was hopefully with him to be Buff-like. Big body who could shoot and knew where to be at the right time. Stanley can shoot and is a big body but the important piece the positioning is a huge concern. So him taking a step forward is good because hopefully his trade value goes up. Now would be the time to trade him.

Scheifele and Lowry can provide leadership. Wheeler is a great leader but this team is in it's prime or very close to their prime and Wheeler is on a steep decline in terms of his game. He has been great for the Jets but its time for that 34 year old man to move on and maybe go to a rebuilding team and be a leader to bring those guys up. Or to Seattle to have a leader piece to the guys they bring in for the expansion draft.

Stanley's just 23. His skating is still a work in progress. He'll never be a top-4 pairing, but he's a very serviceable young Dman for a team that needs a big body. He'll have a place in the league, at least until he loses a fight.

Detroit already have 4 newly signed bluechip prospects on LD + two more unsigned and will also be offered several veteran LDs on cap dump deals that they will be paid for.

Detroit also have enough goalie prospects.