Love the description, but can't see carolina deal, we can only retain 3 salaries, there's not enough room for all of those D on the backend. I would love a fleury-faulk, DK-Manson, XO-Jensen lineup though I just can't see us getting that many players at once because we already have too many as it is

Just tossing out some ideas. I think it would be smart to trade Z sometime within the next two years bc his value will drop like a dime but still have a cap hit of 6 mil. I love Z and I understand the skill, leadership and chemistry he provides but if Detroit goes through a rebuild, he doesn't deserve that.

Oh I'm with you my friend I've been ready for a big youth movement, I would love to lose players like Z, helm, kroner, howie, green, Ericsson (obviously), and wasn't a fan of the length of the Nielsen signing. While watching the game tonight I was all for a Hagelin for smith and helm deal

Add Abby to that list too! Glendening is a good fourth liner but definitely overpaid. I took into consideration some of your criticism and made some edits if you don't mind taking a look. Not much we can do about Kronwall, Helm, Abby or Nielsen but I think Green and Z could be traded and Ericsson can be bought out. It's all entirely hypothetical because unfortunately we truly have no idea what will happen but I think all the trades above make sense for both sides. Definitely not all at once but it's still fun to imagine.

Reason I didn't include the overpaid Abby is because the team does need a little bit of leadership and I wouldn't mind having him as a younger Shane doan type player with the kids. I don't think we'll get anyone to bite on Z in all honesty I would love the carolina trade but I know that won't happen without giving up at least chevy. I think the only other issue I can see besides our d is we don't have any quality right handed forwards up front in our prospect pool or team. We have so many future left handed forwards but we have frk (bust), or Mitch Callahan who I personally love but he's a fourth liner if anyone gives him a chance. In a personal level you are one of the few who can see that blash can only play with what he's got. His "stars" are 36 years old so that's what he has to use

Blash is proven successful! Received praise from Babcock! Won in the AHL! Maybe he receives criticism for his defensive system that restricts the scoring chances in return for semi-strong D but when the entire team sticks to the system, EVERY game is a close game. Blash can't run a speed system because the entire team isn't speedy. Blash can't run a tough guy, big hitting system because all he has is Ott and Abby. The way he adapts with what he has is pretty remarkable although it is honestly hard to always appreciate because Detroit can be utterly disappointing to watch sometimes.