So, if Holland's actually going to sign a UFA defenseman or two...

[HockeyinHD]

... which ones and for what deals would keep you guys from yelling in rage? Yes, I know, set aside the general suggestion that any signing makes the Wings better and thwarts the goal of Utter Desolation for Picks.

4 or 5 @5 for Shattenkirk?

3 @3 for Del Zotto?

3 @3 for Wideman?

I can see him making the Shattenkirk offer, actually. Pair up the DK and Shattenkirk deals. 3ish to Tatar, 2ish to 3ish for AA. A little bit of fancy dancing around the cap until Kronwall can go on IR... 7 seed, baby!

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[Shaman464]

... which ones and for what deals would keep you guys from yelling in rage? Yes, I know, set aside the general suggestion that any signing makes the Wings better and thwarts the goal of Utter Desolation for Picks.

4 or 5 @5 for Shattenkirk?

3 @3 for Del Zotto?

3 @3 for Wideman?

I can see him making the Shattenkirk offer, actually. Pair up the DK and Shattenkirk deals. 3ish to Tatar, 2ish to 3ish for AA. A little bit of fancy dancing around the cap until Kronwall can go on IR... 7 seed, baby!

No way Tatar is only getting 250k raise. And No way Shatternkirk comes here for less than 6.5 and for 6+ years.

 

[Spitfire11]

Whichever one is willing to sign for 1 year and can be unloaded at the trade deadline

 

[Frk It]

... which ones and for what deals would keep you guys from yelling in rage? Yes, I know, set aside the general suggestion that any signing makes the Wings better and thwarts the goal of Utter Desolation for Picks.

4 or 5 @5 for Shattenkirk?

3 @3 for Del Zotto?

3 @3 for Wideman?

I can see him making the Shattenkirk offer, actually. Pair up the DK and Shattenkirk deals. 3ish to Tatar, 2ish to 3ish for AA. A little bit of fancy dancing around the cap until Kronwall can go on IR... 7 seed, baby!

None of these are guys we are speculated to be pursuing, as far as I know.




Shattenkirk is gonna get more AAV and term than that.

 

[ShanahanMan]

This is Holland. The GM that signs players for one last stop before retirement.

Expect Girardi and Markov to get 3 year deals.

 

[Leronziia]

Come on down, Daniel Girardi.

 

[Spitfire11]

What the hell could his plan possibly be to sign 2 FA defensemen?

Green - Campbell
Jensen - Dekeyser
Girardi - Kronwall
Ericsson

Lose everyone else to waivers/Griffins?

I guess this would be a very Holland thing to do..

 

[Ezekial]

So with only Franzen on LTIR it's what? approx 11.5 in cap? Plus I'll estimate 7.5 for Tatar/AA/XO. Around 4 million in cap space as of now, that could get us Trevor Daley or any of those other old schmucks who's best hockey is way behind them.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Girardi would fit in with our entire defense concept of zero offense.

 

[Spitfire11]

Girardi would fit in with our entire team concept of zero offense.

Would have been the Wings' 2nd highest scoring defender last season

 

[Leronziia]

Girardi would fit in with our entire defense concept of zero offense.

All we need are shot-blockers and guys that can clear the zone by icing the puck.

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[Heaton]

Tatar is getting 5m/yr minimum.

I'm not a fan of signing any UFAs, just go with the team we have. Signing any old defenseman to a 3 year deal is ridiculous.

 

[PelagicJoe]

I'll take any of those over any d not named Green.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Yeah if you guys think Danny d is bad wait till we get girardi

 

[Goalie guy]

Well the guy Kenny ran out of town is in on Shattenkirk and Girardi. No one wants to come here now.
Elliotte Friedman
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@FriedgeHNIC

Word is TB has expressed interest in Dan Girardi. We'll see where it goes over the next few days

 

[WingedWheel1987]

Doesn't really matter if they sign any of those players. Wings will fail to make the playoffs and Holland will continue to look like a dumb***. Just speeds up his eventual firing, so that's a win in my book.

Organization is basically in a vegetative state till he is gone.

 

[Mijatovic]

Pretty much we should either be in on Shattenkirk or none at all. Shattenkirk means we shed a contract somehow but means we have a bonafide actual decent defender.

We are boned when Green leaves next year.

 

[jkutswings]

If there could only be the provision that no LONG term deals are signed, then natural selection will continue to chip away at the talent base until people get fired.

Detroit has already waived goodbye to any chance at an elite free agent coming here. (Not that many ever hit the market anymore to begin with, but that ship has sailed.)

Now we'll see guys of Mike Green's caliber stop answering the phone, and it will only be the scrubs and has-beens who take Kenny's money...which will improve the draft stock, despite the front office fighting Father Time like an exhausted infant fighting off the moment that they finally pass out and go to sleep.

It's just sad that a 5 year process will take at least 10 years, simply because management thinks they're still the smartest guy in the room.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Like is he signing those players then trade them at the deadline? That is the only thing I can think of that would make some sense. Would some of those players even sign 1 year deals?

 

[StargateSG1]

Doesn't really matter if they sign any of those players. Wings will fail to make the playoffs and Holland will continue to look like a dumb***. Just speeds up his eventual firing, so that's a win in my book.

Organization is basically in a vegetative state till he is gone.

I said the same thing.
Let him dig his own grave even deeper

 

[Boomhower]

Like is he signing those players then trade them at the deadline? That is the only thing I can think of that would make some sense. Would some of those players even sign 1 year deals?

Girardi and Daley will have enough interest to leverage multi year deals.

I highly doubt Hainsey or Campbell will get multi year deals.

 

[Martinez]

I'm for it as long as they're 1 year deals so we can get draft picks for them at the TDL

 

[Run the Jewels]

Well the guy Kenny ran out of town is in on Shattenkirk and Girardi. No one wants to come here now.
Elliotte Friedman
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@FriedgeHNIC

Word is TB has expressed interest in Dan Girardi. We'll see where it goes over the next few days

Probably doing it as a favor to Girardi to get Kenny to pay more to acquire him.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

How about kulikov?

 

[Syckle78]

Whichever defensemen that gives us the best chance to lose. So basically any of the ones that would actually sign here.