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If Yzerman isn't planning on signing Bert, he could do a hell of a lot worse than turning him into Sandin.
You want to accumulate assets
Ignore the 4th rounders...they are effectively useless
Doesn't matter how deep you are at LD....if you can bring in a young, 22yr old D-man on a good contract it holds way more value than a pending free agent you're not planning on re-signing.
Whether you trade Sandin somewhere else or move another d-man from your depth pool to address other areas...the bottom line is that you're obtaining the more valuable, long term asset.
And that's not to suggest that a better offer might be out there for bertuzzi...or that Yzerman wants to keep Bert and continue to push for the playoffs...or maybe they're already in extension talks....those are obviously all variables...but in a world where they decide they aren't in the playoff hunt and aren't re-signing Bert...Sandin would be a terrific trade for Detroir.