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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 25, 2023 at 8:34 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 25, 2023 at 10:03 a.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy12Bob</b></div><div>You've just exposed your ignorance of what's going on in Detroit.

Detroit have the best prospect pipeline in the entire league on LD with Edvinsson, Johansson, Wallinder, and others but they are bereft of RD prospects that are close to being ready. That is the reason for Yzerman signing stopgap players that are RD (or capable of playing that position). We now have 7 competent NHL defenders that are signed to deals that fit very well with the expected timeframe in which our prospects are expected to mature.

Detroit is not going to trade away Määttä for a 38 year old player. Määttä will be needed the next couple of years as 3rd pair or 7th D depending how quickly Edvinsson and Johansson develop. Ghost will be traded at the deadline and one of those two will get the nod to replace him. On the right side we have Petry signed for two years and Holl for three, that is the time it will take for Sandin Pellikka, Tuomisto, and Gibson to develop into players that can replace them.

The Detroit defense is very well crafted considering what talent we have in our prospect pool and the time it will take for them to become ready to step up.</div></div>

Exposed my ignorance of Detroit's defense...sure man, whatever floats your boat.

It's a fairly accurate statement that DET has been adding meh D-man for a good while now, to the point they have to place a $3M dollar player as a healthy scratch, and have no room at all for any of the youths you mentioned unless injuries happen.

You're reading too much into this trade. It's a 7th D swap between Suter and Määttä, neither one is a lock to make to the lineup. DET gets a 2nd for taking in a worse player, although they'd play the same role. That trade wouldn't change anything for their core.