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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 1, 2018 at 12:57 a.m.
Thread: Red Wings At / After Draft
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ragsandbluesfan</b></div><div>Hronek should get minutes late in the season when kronwall has his annual injury witkowski wont have to play because you forgot martin frk who will take wahlstrom's spot because he's comitted to college for next year already use 16+ to trade up to where you can get joel farabee, wahlstrom's linemate, they're great together, they can be centered by rasmussen in the future</div></div>

Yeah i forgot Frk, but even though Wahlstrom is commited to Harvard, he hasnt officially joined them. Ive heard he's even considering changing the school he's commiting to. So thats anything but a sure thing. Farabee would be great to pair with Wahlstrom, but we really need to take a defenseman in this first round of this draft, whether its with our first pick, or second pick (wherever that might end up being) we've gotta get a D


Edit: i believe it was Craig Button who said he commited to Harvard a while ago, and is exploring other schools.
Forum: Mock-DraftApr. 30, 2018 at 11:10 p.m.
Thread: After Lottery
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caboose119z</b></div><div>I'd be shocked to see the Wings pass on Bouchard. From the sounds of the beat writers he might be the highest player on their list that will be reasonably available.
Personally my late picks would be Noel, Bokk, and Miller but I'm not sure they'll all be available at that point. Why'd you go with Samuelsson and McBain?</div></div>

Im with you, i dont think they would pass on Bouchard, and personally i hope they wouldnt. I just feel like this is probably the BEST path to go down. Even though we need defense BAD, its so hard to pass on Wahlstrom.

I went with Samuelsson because i thought he was pretty solid at U18's and he seems to be the wings type of guy. ESPECIALLY if they end up going with Hughes, they will need a big guy to compliment him, but i think they still take him if they go with Wahlstrom, if they go with Bouchard, im not sure they would also want Samuelsson. I went with McBain because through my many readings it seems Wings scouts are really high on him, he has decent upside as a center, probably would play well as a 3c/4c behind Larkin, Rasmussen, and possibly Wahlstrom if they convert him.


Honestly im hoping for some sort of Trade up with the Vegas pick, something like DeKeyser (retain some salary) + Vegas pick to Colorado (who has been looking for a bigger defenseman) to move up into the mid range, maybe take Bode Wilde or Serron Noel.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 21, 2018 at 8:21 p.m.
Thread: Dream
Yeah, not sure on the trades. Tampa &amp; Toronto trades are fine, not sure about the Carolina trade, thats a maybe.

I think the Nashville trade is a no, i think a closer deal on that one would be Tatar for Fabbro straight up, or take Fabbro out of the deal.

The Ottawa deal is a hell no. You might get away with dealing all of that for Duchene, <strong><em>MAYBE</em></strong> Karlsson, but not both.

And i wouldnt trade anything for JT, because if he wants to be in Detroit then he will consider signing with us in the offseason.
If you trade a 1st and 3rd and he doesnt resign and we're not making the playoffs then what was the point?

Also you have to take into account that if Zetterberg retires before his contract is up, we're still responsible for his cap hit for the rest of his contract term, so there will be no cap relief for him retiring.