nbwingsfan
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So if Green signs, there is zero chance of a young defender making the team, unless Detroit trades someone who is already on our roster (DeKeyser/Kronwall/Daley/Ericsson). Green (and Jensen) would constitute the 6 spots for a d-man and there is no way that Hronek or Hicketts will be a 7th d-man when they need consistent playing time to develop better.
So unless Kronwall LTI-Retires or one of Ericsson (who could also LTI-Retire), Daley, or DeKeyser gets traded...it makes no sense for Detroit to make this move.
I simply don't understand how you get younger and rebuild your team faster by pursuing Green (and even Kovalchuk for that matter), when you have no chance whatsoever of competing for a Cup in the next 5+ years. Detroit would have to be playing out of their minds and Toronto, Tampa, and Boston take a nose-dive for them to even sniff the playoffs.
This is clearly Ken Holland being Ken Holland and trying to figure out a way to bring a playoff run to a brand new arena, rather than admitting that he has royally messed up the franchise since Lidstrom retired. He should have retired, like he said he would, when Lidstrom left the game.
One of Kronwall/Ericsson is basically always hurt and Jensen could easily end up the 7th D.
I have no problem signing Green to one to two years as long as we actually trade him this time. It would be nice seeing an actual top 4d on this team