Red Wings decline.

I wouldn't hold my breath

We said it once and we will say it again, Pittsburgh just doesn't have pieces that would interest us in a Tyler Bertuzzi trade. Sorry but that's very underwhelming for our 2nd leading scorer.

Don’t waste the assets on Bertuzzi, Malkin gets more, Rakell gets less (probably), O’ Connor isn’t a top-6 player, Blueger stays on the 4th line, Kadri isn’t a 3rd liner and is wasted money, Kap probably isn’t on the team past Monday, and swap Chiarot with Letang, which you can afford by not signing Kadri and Chiarot. Think they find a way to keep all 3.

O'Conner isn't a top 6 player, but Crosby and Malkin can elevate players so much that they produce at that level, which allows for more depth on the 3rd and 4th line. Happened with Crosby and Sheary. Sometimes the AHL call ups play well in that role. And I wound't call Kadri a waste of money, he's having a great season. Kapanen is playing a lot better recently and we could possibly keep him for very cheap, but anything could happen there. For Letang I don't think it's a matter of us not wanting to keep him or afford him, but the issue is the term he's asking for. A 5 year contract would not be possible for us and if he isn't willing to have lower term it won't work. He also can decide to leave and go to somewhere like Montreal where he could get a monster contract. I want to keep him too, but it's looking like a toss up at this point.

I didn’t mean a waste of money as in he is bad. He has been a beast this year. I meant waste of money as in we don’t need to pay a guy 6 mil+ and put him in the 3rd line. We can use that money elsewhere. I’m sure Kadri will get paid good money to play top-6 minutes somewhere.

Bertuzzi for two 1sts, two good prospects, and a middle pair D

Detroit fans: "No"

LOL