Speculation: Larkin out 2 weeks for Red Wings with lower-body injury, Do the Red Wings trade for a Center? Backlund?

[andora]

Wennberg maybe?

Good call

Makes too much sense

 

[Backlund]

Why not? IF A NICE OFFER COMES, YOU TRADE HIM.

I would if the offer was good enough but management seems to think they can retool quickly and become competitive in a couple of seasons. I think their plan is stupid and they will have to end up having to rebuild anyway but its clear that is the path they've chosen.

 

[Detroit Knights]

I could see Laughton

This is who I wanted. Would trade veleno+ 4th or something but some people on here think its going to be multiple firsts so who the hell knows lmao

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

This is who I wanted. Would trade veleno+ 4th or something but some people on here think its going to be multiple firsts so who the hell knows lmao

PHI overvalues Laughton to a ridiculous extent.

 

[Detroit Knights]

With Larkin out 2 weeks, do the Red Wings trade for a center? Would the Red Wings be interested in Backlund? Would a package Hanifin+Backlund work for the Red Wings?

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I wouldn't mind taking on backlund to get hanifin, but I highly doubt this is what yzerman ends up doing. All the people here talking about wennberg is giving me upsettedness disease

PHI overvalues Laughton to a ridiculous extent.

That's what it seems like.

Laughton would be good for us because he increases the grittyness on the team that we don't have much of. Veleno doesn't chop it up at all so Laughton would be a pure upgrade and philladelphia would get a young rfa that could be re-signed for cheap and play (for the most part) up and down the lineup.

 

[saska sault]

I can't see any moves unless it's a big piece . Wings don't need depth, so it's got to be a substantial improvement to mess with the chemistry and someone young enough to be around for the future .

 

[PajamaBoy]

Why not? IF A NICE OFFER COMES, YOU TRADE HIM.

Lol

 

[viper0220]

I would if the offer was good enough but management seems to think they can retool quickly and become competitive in a couple of seasons. I think their plan is stupid and they will have to end up having to rebuild anyway but its clear that is the path they've chosen.

They will start off as a retool and end up doing a rebuild. This ownership will be forced into a rebuild.

 

[Master P]

Could see them targeting Crosby & Guentzel. Pittsburgh could be interested in Perron (old), Holl (bad), and Määttä, based on prior history.

Seeing Crosby lined up next to Patrick Kane in wings jersey's would be a trip.

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

I'm not that interested in making big moves to cover Larkin's absence but it does kind of make me wish the Zegras rumors were true.

Edit: lol just saw that Zegras is out with injury and will probably return around the same time as Larkin. Not wishing anymore.

 

[nbwingsfan]

We have enough players who can sub in to C in a pinch so there’s no need to get some middling player.

Unless the plan is to go big game fishing all along, there’s no need to add a meh player that won’t move the needle just for a couple games where we don’t play the best of teams

 

[MakeCgyGreatAgain]

So Backlund resigns in Calgary and was named captain so we could trade him as a deadline deal. Get real. Backlund will/should be a Flame for life.

 

[FlyguyOX]

This is who I wanted. Would trade veleno+ 4th or something but some people on here think its going to be multiple firsts so who the hell knows lmao

Veleno + Johansson/berggren sounds better as a flyers fan. Tbh I don’t see much difference between Poehling and Veleno. A bit redundant as player types.

Wings are my 2nd team so I watch them a lot and Laughton’s grit and on and off ice leadership would fit very well. Plus he can play literally anywhere in the lineup and has term. Flyers value him so much because of those things too.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Backlund isn’t moving

 

[Lunatik]

You can have the poster, but we'll keep the hockey player.

 

[Detroit Knights]

Veleno + Johansson/berggren sounds better as a flyers fan. Tbh I don’t see much difference between Poehling and Veleno. A bit redundant as player types.

Wings are my 2nd team so I watch them a lot and Laughton’s grit and on and off ice leadership would fit very well. Plus he can play literally anywhere in the lineup and has term. Flyers value him so much because of those things too.

If that's the case then it'd have to be berggren but I just don't see us trading berggren for a laughton type. I think Yzerman values berggren so I think we would go in a trade for a buchnevich/hanifin type situation. Obviously there would be adds, but I think he'd be in those trades.

Laughton's the type of player we need. Other wings fans may hate that or not like that idea, but he is the type. Like a Tom Wilson too. We need gritty ass players that mix it up, piss people off, and can lead on the ice. We have a couple good locker room guys already, so we need more on-ice guys now.

 

[Tatar Shots]

Detroit has 6 centers on the roster and Kasper in the AHL. There is no reason to trade for a center because they won’t get anyone that will bump Compher from the top line in Larkin’s absence.

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

The flames just re-signed Backlund and also named him captain. No way would they move him

 

[Nashan 7111]

The flames just re-signed Backlund and also named him captain. No way would they move him

Maybe Backlund might want to go try and win. Not sure if Detroit would be his choice as he good is there chance?

 

[Petes2424]

Gourde would be a great fit in Detroit right now, but I’ve heard Seattle has no intention of trading him. So what’s available that’s better than they already have to take Larkin’s minutes and produce? Rasmussen and Veleno are going to produce as much as most Cs you can get at the deadline. So unless they’re moving on a Mittlestadt, I’m not sure Larkin’s injury changes their deadline plans.

If they were in on someone like Wennberg, who doesn’t really fit their preferences, or Henrique, who does fit their style of player more, to add prior to the injury, maybe they push to get that done. Henrique would be the one if it’s a UFA deadline type deal, and not a hockey trade.

 

[WingsToPick4th]

I could see the wings targeting a guy like Casey Mittlestadt.

 

[Oddbob]

It's 2 weeks, why would they need to add a center for only 2 weeks? If they add someone it won't be because of this injury.

 

[Petes2424]

Kasper is NOT in Grand Rapids lineup tonight. That’s a player they’d move in a Mittlestadt trade. Or in a Hanifin trade IF Calgary included a player like Sharangovich.

 

[saska sault]

Kasper is NOT in Grand Rapids lineup tonight. That’s a player they’d move in a Mittlestadt trade. Or in a Hanifin trade IF Calgary included a player like Sharangovich.

He's injured. And Yzerman ain't trading him, or Danielson or Ed.

 

[Petes2424]

He's injured. And Yzerman ain't trading him, or Danielson or Ed.

If there’s anything Steve Yzerman has proven as a manager, it’s that he’ll trade anyone, if it’s in a deal he likes. You obviously don’t trade any of those 3 for an aging player, but a player like Mittlestadt, you’d likely think about.

Personally, I’d think about trading Kasper for him but not Danielson. I’d have to watch more of Mittlestadt’s play away from the puck. That said, very rarely does a 19 year old perform as Kasper is, in the AHL. Kasper is going to be a tenacious, pain for years to come. We’ll see if he can play C in the NHL. That’s the only question with him imo. Can he withstand it? Danielson? Pure C, very soon in the league. Both are way ahead of where Mittlestadt was at the same age.