Quoting: aedoran
Barton isn't going to be all that expensive but a bottom 6 winger you claimed off of waivers and a 29yr old dman doesn't move the needle at all.
Quoting: TampaBayLightning22
You trade us a 29 year old LD who will be 30 before the season starts in Radim Simek whom we've no use for same with Balcers. Like i said we pass. And in now way am i saying Wings are contenders but we're not giving up assets for players we don't need and are a dime a dozen.
Quoting: DeadWingsv2
I don't understand this mentality that because the Wings haven't been good, that adding players that aren't good is ok? The whole point of the the rebuild is to add better players, to become a contender again, not tread water with more tweeners and bad players.
Neither of those players help us move forward, so they have no value to us.
You guys do realize that you can advocate for DET to pass without being facetiously condescending about the said player you're passing on, right? Baclers is not a "tweener", "bad player", "a dime a dozen", or simply a "guy claimed off waivers". Barabanov was a guy SJ claimed off waivers as well, and he was easily worth two 2nds at the past trade deadline and just earned a very lowball 2.5aav contract (most were expecting 3-4mil).
Similarly, Balcers has a great deal of value. He has very good advanced analytics, is an RFA at the end of next season so you have control over his rights, and his cap hit for next year is only 1.55mil -- that's great value to many teams around the league. He's worth a 2nd rounder. Sure, he had a down year last year points-wise (unlucky and injuries coupled with being on a bad SJ team), and that's fine if DET passes on him, just stop trying to pass him off as a nobody when that's just not true.