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Forum: Armchair-GM23 hours ago
Thread: New Era
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Old_Snowman</b></div><div>Detroit will be trading away players like Leddy at the deadline. They'll need call up dmen to fill his role. Ideally a veteran NHL defenceman so we don't have to throw one of our young prospect dmen to the wolves before they're ready. A guy like stecher fits the bill, he's currently injured but expected back in March. Detroit's not giving up that insurance on the backend for nothing. Stecher should play out his contract in Detroit and then he can go to Vancouver as a UFA if he wants.</div></div>

Stecher was beat out by Lindstrom and then he broke his wrist and the 6 games he did play were average at best. So his value is maybe a 6th or 7th rd pick. He doesn't have enough value for a team to trade for him just to make sure they get the first chance to sign him. He isn't going to resign in Detroit after the season he has had. He leaves as a UFA when Vancouver has interest in him and he is from the west coast of Canada. So trading him to Vancouver for future considerations is better than letting him walk. That's the kind of thing that players notice and it's how an organization becomes a place where players want to play.