The Legacy of Steve Yzerman

[jaster]

A comprehensive list of Steve Yzerman's work as GM of Detroit. This post is designed to be continually updated over his tenure as GM. Inspired by FissionFire's Ken Holland thread from years past.

Brick = Player signing
Sangria Sunrise = Waiver claim
Aqua Velva = Trade
Wilted Lilac = Player lost to waivers/buyout/contract termination/expansion/retirement
Chartreuse = Coach/Executive signing/firing
Seafoam = Draftee

Year 1
Opening Night: $78.05M ($81.5M cap)
4/19/19 - Joined Detroit as General Manager
5/1/19 - Signed C Joe Veleno to 3-year entry level contract
5/6/19 - Hired Pat Verbeek as Assistant GM
5/8/19 - Re-Signed D Dylan McIlrath to 2-years/$1.4M
5/28/19 - Signed D Oliwer Kaski to 1-year/$925K
6/21-22/19 - NHL Entry Draft
(1-6) D Moritz Seider
(2-35) D Antti Tuomisto
(2-54) W Robert Mastrosimone
(2-60) D Albert Johansson
(3-66) W Albin Grewe
(4-97) C Ethan Phillips
(5-128) D Cooper Moore
6/22/19 - Traded 2019 5th round pick (143) to Buffalo Sabres for 2019 6th round pick (177) + 2019 7th round pick (191)
(6-159) W Elmer Soderblom
(6-177) D Gustav Berglund
(7-190) W Kirill Tyutyayev
(7-191) G Carter Gylander
7/1/19 - Signed G Calvin Pickard to 2-years/$1.5M
7/1/19 - Signed D Patrik Nemeth to 2-years/$6M
7/1/19 - Signed C Valtteri Filppula to 2-years/$6M
7/11/19 - Promoted Kris Draper to Director of Amateur Scouting
7/14/19 - Signed D Moritz Seider to 3-year entry level contract
7/17/19 - Re-signed D Joe Hicketts to 2-years/$1.4M
7/26/19 - Re-signed C Dominic Turgeon to 1-year/$750K
8/14/19 - Traded 2020 4th round pick to Tampa Bay Lightning for W Adam Erne (signing rights)
8/14/19 - Signed W Adam Erne to 1-year/$1.05M
9/3/19 - D Niklas Kronwall retires
10/6/19 - Traded W David Pope to Vancouver Canucks for D Alex Biega
10/28/19 - Traded D Alec Regula to Chicago Blackhawks for W Brendan Perlini
11/6/19 - Traded C Jacob de la Rose to St Louis Blues for W Robby Fabbri
11/30/19 - Traded D Vili Saarijarvi to Arizona Coyotes for G Eric Comrie
12/12/19 - Traded D Oliwer Kaski to Carolina Hurricanes for D Kyle Wood
12/19/19 - G Eric Comrie claimed off waivers by Winnipeg Jets
2/21/20 - Claimed D Cody Goloubef off waivers from Ottawa Senators
2/24/20 - Claimed W Dmytro Timashov off waivers from Toronto Maple Leafs
2/24/20 - Traded D Mike Green (50% salary ret.) to Edmonton Oilers for C Kyle Brodziak + [conditional] 2020 4th round pick
2/24/20 - Traded W Andreas Athanasiou + W Ryan Kuffner to Edmonton Oilers for W Sam Gagner (10% salary ret.) + 2020 2nd round pick + 2021 2nd round pick
3/8/20 - Re-signed D Alex Biega to 1-year/$875K
Final Standings: 39 pts (in 71 games) | 31st overall | 145 GF / 267 GA

Year 2
Opening Night: $73.89M ($81.5M cap)
4/29/20 - Signed W Mathias Brome to 1-year entry level contract
4/29/20 - Signed G Victor Brattstrom to 2-year entry level contract
6/5/20 - Signed D Albert Johansson to 3-year entry level contract
8/9/20 - Re-Signed W Evgeny Svechnikov to 1-year/$874K
8/24/20 - Re-Signed W Robby Fabbri to 2-years/$5.9M
9/26/20 - Re-Signed W Sam Gagner to 1-year/$850K
9/26/20 - Traded Future Considerations to New York Rangers for D Marc Staal + 2021 2nd round pick
9/26/20 - Re-signed Turner Elson to 1-year/$725K
9/28/20 - Re-Signed C Dominic Turgeon to 1-year/$750K
10/6-7/20 - NHL Entry Draft
(1-4) W Lucas Raymond
(2-32) D William Wallinder
10/7/20 - Traded 2020 2nd round pick (45) to Los Angeles Kings for 2020 2nd round pick (51) + 2020 4th round pick (97)
(2-51) C Theodor Niederbach
(2-55) W Cross Hanas
(3-63) D Donovan Sebrango
10/7/20 - Traded 2020 3rd round pick (65) to Minnesota Wild for 2020 3rd round pick (70) + 2020 5th round pick (132)
(3-70) D Eemil Viro
(4-97) W Sam Stange
(4-107) G Jan Bednar
10/7/20 - Traded 2020 5th round pick (125) to Vegas Golden Knights for 2022 4th round pick
(5-132) D Alex Cotton
(6-156) D Kyle Aucoin
(7-187) W Kienan Draper
10/7/20 - Traded 2021 7th round pick to St Louis Blues for 2020 7th round pick (203)
(7-203) W Chase Bradley
10/7/20 - W Justin Abdelkader bought out
10/8/20 - Re-Signed W Adam Erne to 1-year/$998K
10/8/20 - Re-Signed W Taro Hirose to 1-year/$825K
10/9/20 - Signed W Bobby Ryan to 1-year/$1M
10/9/20 - Signed D Jon Merrill to 1-year/$925K
10/9/20 - Signed C Kyle Criscuolo to 1-year/$700K
10/9/20 - Signed G Kevin Boyle to 1-year/$775K
10/9/20 - Signed W Riley Barber to 2-years/$1.6M
10/10/20 - Signed G Thomas Greiss to 2-years/$7.2M
10/10/20 - Signed D Troy Stecher to 2-years/$3.4M
10/11/20 - Signed W Vladislav Namestnikov to 2-years/$4M
10/27/20 - Re-Signed W Tyler Bertuzzi to 1-year/$3.5M via arbitration
11/3/20 - Re-Signed W Anthony Mantha to 4-years/$22.8M
12/11/20 - Traded rights to W Dmytro Timashov to New York Islanders for Future Considerations
1/9/21 - Claimed D Christian Djoos off waivers from Anaheim Ducks
3/15/21 - Signed D Donovan Sebrango to 3-year entry level contract
3/24/21 - Signed D Seth Barton to 2-year entry level contract
4/9/21 - Traded D Patrik Nemeth (50% salary ret.) to Colorado Avalanche for 2022 4th round pick
4/10/21 - [pt. 1/2] Traded D Brian Lashoff to Columbus Blue Jackets for D David Savard (50% salary ret.)
4/10/21 - [pt. 2/2] Traded D David Savard (50% salary ret.) to Tampa Bay Lightning for 2021 4th round pick
4/11/21 - Traded D Jon Merrill to Montreal Canadiens for C Hayden Verbeek + 2021 5th round pick
4/12/21 - Traded W Anthony Mantha to Washington Capitals for W Jakub Vrana + W Richard Panik + 2021 1st round pick + 2022 2nd round pick
4/16/21 - Signed W Lucas Raymond to 3-year entry level contract
Final Standings: 48 pts (in 56 games) | 27th overall | 127 GF / 171 GA

Year 3
Opening Night: $69.04M ($81.5M cap)
5/18/21 - Re-signed Jeff Blashill as Head Coach
5/19/21 - Signed D Eemil Viro to 3-year entry level contract
5/20/21 - Signed W Jonatan Berggren to 3-year entry level contract
5/31/21 - Signed D Wyatt Newpower to 2-year entry level contract
6/30/21 - Hired Alex Tanguay as Assistant Coach
7/16/21 - Traded W Richard Panik (50% salary ret.) + 2021 2nd round pick to New York Islanders for D Nick Leddy
7/21/21 - D Dennis Cholowski selected by Seattle Kraken in expansion draft
7/22/21 - Re-Signed C Michael Rasmussen to 3-years/$4.38M
7/22/21 - Traded G Jonathan Bernier (signing rights) + 2021 3rd round pick to Carolina Hurricanes for G Alex Nedeljkovic (signing rights)
7/22/21 - Re-signed G Alex Nedeljkovic to 2-years/$6M
7/23-24/21 - NHL Entry Draft
(1-6) D Simon Edvinsson
7/23/21 - Traded 2021 1st round pick (23) + 2021 2nd round pick (48) + 2021 5th round pick (138) to Dallas Stars for 2021 1st round pick (15)
(1-15) G Sebastian Cossa
7/24/21 - Traded 2021 2nd round pick (38) + 2021 4th round pick (128) to Vegas Golden Knights for 2021 2nd round pick (36)
(2-36) D Shai Buium
(3-70) W Carter Mazur
7/24/21 - Traded 2021 4th round pick (128) to Vegas Golden Knights for 2021 4th round pick (114) + 2021 5th round pick (155)
(4-114) C Redmond Savage
(5-134) C Liam Dower Nilsson
(5-155) D Oscar Plandowski
(6-166) W Pasquale Zito
7/25/21 - Re-Signed D Marc Staal to 1-year/$2M
7/26/21 - Re-Signed D Gustav Lindstrom to 2-years/$1.7M
7/27/21 - Re-signed C Kyle Criscuolo to 2-years/$1.5M
7/27/21 - Re-Signed W Taro Hirose to 1-year/$850K
7/28/21 - Re-Signed G Calvin Pickard to 1-year/$800K
7/28/21 - Re-Signed W Sam Gagner to 1-year/850K
7/28/21 - Signed D Jordan Oesterle to 2-years/$2.7M
7/28/21 - Signed C Pius Suter to 2-years/$6.5M
7/29/21 - Signed W/D Luke Witkowski to 2-years/$1.5M
7/29/21 - Signed D Ryan Murphy to 1-year/$800K
7/29/21 - Signed D Daniel Renouf to 1-year/$800K
7/30/21 - Traded 2022 6th round pick to Tampa Bay Lightning for C Mitchell Stephens
7/30/21 - Re-Signed D Brian Lashoff to 1-year/$750K
7/31/21 - Re-Signed W Tyler Bertuzzi to 2-years/$9.5M
8/5/21 - Re-signed C Chase Pearson to 1-year/$874,125
8/10/21 - Re-signed W Jakub Vrana to 3-years/$15.75M
8/14/21 - Signed G Sebastian Cossa to 3-year entry level contract
8/15/21 - Re-signed W Adam Erne to 2-years/$4.2M
8/19/21 - C Frans Nielsen bought out
9/2/21 - Signed W Carter Rowney to 1-year/$825K
9/3/21 - Re-signed D Filip Hronek to 3-years/$13.2M
9/14/21 - Re-signed W Givani Smith to 2-years/$1.5M
12/14/21 - Re-signed W Robby Fabbri to 3-years/$12M
1/19/22 - Claimed C Gemel Smith off waivers from Tampa Bay Lightning
2/19/22 - C Gemel Smith claimed off waivers by Tampa Bay Lightning
3/6/22 - Claimed D Olli Juolevi off waivers from Florida Panthers
3/16/22 - Signed W Cross Hanas to 3-year entry level contract
3/20/22 - Traded D Troy Stecher to Los Angeles Kings for 2022 7th round pick
3/21/22 - Traded D Nick Leddy (50% salary ret.) + W Luke Witkowski to St Louis Blues for W Oskar Sundqvist + D Jake Walman + 2023 2nd round pick
3/21/22 - Traded W Vladislav Namestnikov (50% salary ret.) to Dallas Stars for 2024 4th round pick
4/13/22 - Signed G Magnus Hellberg to 1-year/$800K (current season)
4/24/22 - Signed D Simon Edvinsson to 3-year entry level contract
4/25/22 - Signed W Turner Elson to 1-year/$750K (current season)
Final Standings: 74 pts | 25th overall | 230 GF / 312 GA

Year 4
Opening Night: $76.15M ($82.5M cap)
5/16/22 - Signed C Pontus Andreasson to 1-year/$842,500
5/21/22 - Re-signed W Taro Hirose to 2-years/$1.7M
5/22/22 - Signed D Steven Kampfer to 1-year/$750K
6/9/22 - Signed W Elmer Soderblom to 3-year entry level contract
6/14/22 - Signed G Jussi Olkinuora to 1-year/$750K
6/24/22 - Re-signed G Victor Brattstrom to 1-year/$750K
6/30/22 - Hired Derek Lalonde as Head Coach
7/7-8/22 - NHL Entry Draft
(1-8) C Marco Kasper
(2-40) W Dylan James
(2-52) W Dmitri Buchelnikov
7/8/22 - Traded 2022 3rd round pick (73) to St Louis Blues for G Ville Husso (signing rights)
(4-105) D Anton Johansson
(4-113) C Amadeus Lombardi
(4-129) W Maximilian Kilpinen
(5-137) D Tnias Mathurin
(7-201) C Owen Mehlenbacher
(7-212) C Brennan Ali
7/8/22 - Signed G Ville Husso to 3-years/$14.25M
7/8/22 - Hired Bob Boughner as Associate Coach
7/8/22 - Hired Alex Westlund as Goalie Coach
7/13/22 - Signed C Marco Kasper to 3-year entry level contract
7/13/22 - Signed C Andrew Copp to 5-years/$28.125M
7/13/22 - Signed D Ben Chiarot to 4-years/$19M
7/13/22 - Signed D Olli Maatta to 1-year/$2.25M
7/13/22 - Signed W David Perron to 2-years/$9.5M
7/13/22 - Signed W Dominik Kubalik to 2-years/$5M
7/13/22 - Signed W Matt Luff to 1-year/$750K
7/13/22 - Signed C Austin Czarnik to 2-years/$1.525M
7/14/22 - Signed D Mark Pysyk to 1-year/$850K
7/18/22 - Hired Jay Varaday as Assistant Coach
7/20/22 - Re-signed C Chase Pearson to 1-year/$917,831
7/25/22 - Signed D Robert Hagg to 1-year/$800K
8/10/22 - Re-signed D Jake Walman to 1-year/$1.05M
8/26/22 - Re-signed W Filip Zadina to 3-years/$5.475M
11/23/22 - Claimed G Magnus Hellberg off waivers from Seattle Kraken
12/19/22 - Traded W Givani Smith to Florida Panthers for W Danny O'Regan from Anaheim Ducks (3-way trade)
12/23/22 - Signed C Amadeus Lombardi to 3-year entry level contract
1/18/23 - Traded C Kyle Criscuolo to San Jose Sharks for C Jasper Weatherby
2/16/23 - Re-signed D Olli Maatta to 2-years/$6M
2/28/23 - Re-signed D Jake Walman to 3-years/$10.2M
3/1/23 - Signed C Alexandre Doucet to 3-year entry level contract
3/1/23 - Re-signed C Dylan Larkin to 8-years/$69.6M
3/1/23 - Traded D Filip Hronek + 2023 4th round pick to Vancouver Canucks for [conditional] 2023 1st round pick (NYI) + 2023 2nd round pick
3/2/23 - Traded W Tyler Bertuzzi (50% salary ret.) to Boston Bruins for [conditional] 2024 1st round pick + 2025 4th round pick
3/3/23 - Traded W Jakub Vrana (50% salary ret.) to St Louis Blues for C Dylan McLaughlin + 2025 7th round pick
3/3/23 - Traded W Oskar Sundqvist to Minnesota Wild for 2023 4th round pick
3/3/23 - Signed G John Lethemon to 1-year/$750K (current season)
3/3/23 - Signed W Alex Chiasson to 1-year/$750K (current season)
3/9/23 - Traded D Steven Kampfer to Arizona Coyotes for Future Considerations
3/19/23 - Signed D Antti Tuomisto to 2-year entry level contract
3/27/23 - Signed D William Wallinder to 3-year entry level contract
3/28/23 - Signed W Carter Mazur to 3-year entry level contract
Final Standings: 80 pts | 24th overall | 240 GF / 279 GA

Year 5
Opening Night: $??.??M ($83.5M cap)
6/28-29/23 - NHL Entry Draft
(1-9) C Nate Danielson
(1-17) D Axel Sandin Pellikka
(2-41) G Trey Augustine
(2-42) D Andrew Gibson
6/29/23 - Traded 2023 2rd round pick (43) to Nashville Predators for 2023 2rd round pick (47) + 2023 5th round pick (147)
(2-47) D Brady Cleveland
(3-73) W Noah Dower Nilsson
(4-117) D Larry Keenan
(5-137) D Jack Phelan
(5-147) W Kevin Bicker
(6-169) G Rudy Guimond
(7-201) C Emmitt Finnie
6/29/23 - Traded Future Considerations to Edmonton Oilers for Kailer Yamamoto + Klim Kostin (signing rights)
6/30/23 - W Kailer Yamamoto bought out
7/1/23 - Re-signed W Matt Luff to 1-year/$775K
7/1/23 - Signed W Tim Getinger to 1-year/$775K
7/1/23 - Signed D Brogan Rafferty to 2-years/$1.55M
7/1/23 - Signed G Alex Lyon to 2-years/$1.8M
7/1/23 - Re-signed D Gustav Lindstrom to 1-year/$950K
7/1/23 - Signed G James Reimer to 1-year/$1.5M
7/1/23 - Signed W Klim Kostin to 2-years/$4M
7/1/23 - Signed W Daniel Sprong to 1-year/$2M
7/1/23 - Signed D Justin Holl to 3-years/$10.2M
7/1/23 - Signed D Shayne Gostisbehere to 1-year/$4.125M
7/1/23 - Signed C J.T. Compher to 5-years/$25.5M
7/2/23 - Signed W Christian Fischer to 1-year/$1.125M
7/3/23 - Signed C Nolan Stevens to 1-year/$775K
7/7/23 - W Filip Zadina contract terminated
7/8/23 - Re-signed G John Lethemon to 1-year/$787,500
7/9/23 - Traded W Dominik Kubalik + D Donovan Sebrango + [conditional] 2024 1st round pick + 2024 4th round pick to Ottawa Senators for W Alex DeBrincat (signing rights)
7/9/23 - Signed W Alex DeBrincat to 4-years/$31.5M
7/12/23 - Signed C Nate Danielson to 3-year entry level contract
7/14/23 - Re-signed D Wyatt Newpower to 1-year/$787,500
7/14/23 - Re-signed D Jared McIsaac to 1-year/$787,500
8/15/23 - Traded D Gustav Lindstrom + [conditional] 2025 4th round pick to Montreal Canadiens for D Jeff Petry (50% salary ret.)

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[Winger98]

stickied so this can be easily found/edited/etc.

 

[Larkin2AA]

Thanks for doing this, man!

 

[FabricDetails]

That question at 9:04 from Trev- I wonder what he was trying to get at, exactly. Perhaps that the 'Ole Country Club Holland Loyalty days are over?

That headshake from Stevie is kind of meme worthy.

 

[jkutswings]

Thanks for doing this.

So far I see a handful of moves I really like, several items that I'm indifferent on but aren't significant to begin with, and nothing I'm really upset or disappointed by.

Should be a fun off season this summer.

 

[Ricelund]

Great work!

 

[SlickHands]

It's a bad situation to inherit, but you can't say Yzerman hasn't made every smart move he can make. No big head scratchers, no big risks, no desperate signings to try to turn this team into a mediocre playoff team (ala Holland), and lots of accumulating assets. Going to be a long rebuild, but at least he's doing it the right way.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

It's a bad situation to inherit, but you can't say Yzerman hasn't made every smart move he can make. No big head scratchers, no big risks, no desperate signings to try to turn this team into a mediocre playoff team (ala Holland), and lots of accumulating assets. Going to be a long rebuild, but at least he's doing it the right way.

Holland had different directives at that point. His last couple of years when allowed to rebuild looks similar in terms of heavy asset acquisition. His last one actually being Stevie's. Curious what Stevie does in year 4 next year... I don't think we plan on being bad beyond the 2022 draft. I get staying bad for the crack at Shane Wright, he is the best player since McDavid, in my opinion he can be better than Crosby. So yeah exceptional talent if we get lottery luck in 2022.

 

[PullHard]

To this point I'd say the Regula-Perlini trade is the clearest loss of perceived value in a swap, it remains to be seen what Regula turns out to be, and with the young D we've got in our cupboard it likely won't matter

 

[SlickHands]

Holland had different directives at that point. His last couple of years when allowed to rebuild looks similar in terms of heavy asset acquisition. His last one actually being Stevie's. Curious what Stevie does in year 4 next year... I don't think we plan on being bad beyond the 2022 draft. I get staying bad for the crack at Shane Wright, he is the best player since McDavid, in my opinion he can be better than Crosby. So yeah exceptional talent if we get lottery luck in 2022.

I'm not blaming Holland for the keep the streak alive nonsense. But the maturation / development of his picks for about a 7-8 year period, leaves a lot to be desired. Even if he didn't have a ton of 1st round picks to work with, the cupboards were pretty bare.

 

[Oddbob]

To this point I'd say the Regula-Perlini trade is the clearest loss of perceived value in a swap, it remains to be seen what Regula turns out to be, and with the young D we've got in our cupboard it likely won't matter

To me that was a loss immediately because Regula was so young and Perlini was kind of already what he is, not very good. I get he was going for a Fabbri type situation, but at least with that one he gave up another player who was already what he was. Not saying Regula will even make the NHL, but I liked his outlook more than trading him right away.

That said, I definitely understand any GM wanting the team to be his guys and to have his stamp on the team. I think a number of Holland drafted players will find their ways to other teams in the near future. Won't be surprised to see Cholowski, Lindstrom, McIsaac, Larson and some others be traded within not too long. Also wouldn't be absolutely shocked if any of Zadina, Rasmussen or Veleno were traded as well if Yzerman finds guys he likes better.

 

[Oddbob]

I'm not blaming Holland for the keep the streak alive nonsense. But the maturation / development of his picks for about a 7-8 year period, leaves a lot to be desired. Even if he didn't have a ton of 1st round picks to work with, the cupboards were pretty bare.

Thing is though, we were always drafting at the end of every round or near to it, so lots of not having 1sts, 2nd or 3rds and then many times are earliest pick was near the 60 mark, which is really a hard spot to find game changers. Also I always find that the picks in the 20-end of the 1st round, seem to bust more than early-mid 2nd round picks. Sometimes I think teams take the perceived guy that should go in the 1st round rather than taking a player maybe a little lower ranked but who is a better fit, but that is just my thoughts as to why the end of the 1st picks seem to be weaker or perceived weaker at least.

 

[Retire91]

Cool so glad this is up, thank you

I was all salty about this move lol
7/1/19 - Signed C Valtteri Filppula to 2-years/$6M

Just kidding really glad he got a second go around and is probably great in the locker room

 

[Hammettf2b]

4/10/21 - [pt. 2/2] Traded D David Savard (50% salary ret.) to Tampa Bay Lightning for 2021 4th round pick


Stevie got robbed on this one. Total blunder /s

 

[RabidBadger]

Buying out Abdelkader cements his legacy with me. I don't care what comes after that.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

I love Yzerman.

 

[heyfolks]

10/28/19 - Traded D Alec Regula to Chicago Blackhawks for W Brendan Perlini


Not seen much discussion on this trade over time. surprised it took place and hard to tell how it turns out for a few years, BUT Perlini was garbage and AR was a point a game D man his last year in the OHL.


Blackhawks' Alec Regula: Up to taxi squad

 

[lhsgolf19]

10/28/19 - Traded D Alec Regula to Chicago Blackhawks for W Brendan Perlini


Not seen much discussion on this trade over time. surprised it took place and hard to tell how it turns out for a few years, BUT Perlini was garbage and AR was a point a game D man his last year in the OHL.


Blackhawks' Alec Regula: Up to taxi squad

Dude has 3 Points in the A this year, he is no good, come on guys

 

[FabricDetails]

Thought Perlini was in the AHL. Guess he's in the Swiss league.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

10/28/19 - Traded D Alec Regula to Chicago Blackhawks for W Brendan Perlini


Not seen much discussion on this trade over time. surprised it took place and hard to tell how it turns out for a few years, BUT Perlini was garbage and AR was a point a game D man his last year in the OHL.


Blackhawks' Alec Regula: Up to taxi squad

Perlini was a 15 a year goal guy before coming to Detroit. A 3rd liner for a 4th round draft pick when we were absolutely hurting for any kind of offense isn't a bad trade. It was a gamble to provide the team with cheap depth.
Regula was likely the ask because he was teammates with Adam Boqvist in the OHL. It's not like Regula looks like a world beater. Probably a 5-6 kind of defenseman or worse.

 

[ricky0034]

Perlini was a 15 a year goal guy before coming to Detroit. A 3rd liner for a 4th round draft pick when we were absolutely hurting for any kind of offense isn't a bad trade. It was a gamble to provide the team with cheap depth.
Regula was likely the ask because he was teammates with Adam Boqvist in the OHL. It's not like Regula looks like a world beater. Probably a 5-6 kind of defenseman or worse.

not sure where you're getting that 4th round thing from

he was an early 3rd round pick(5th guy selected in the 3rd round)

he was more than a year post draft when traded so bit weird to call him an x round pick to begin with at that point but that's just flat out inaccurate

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

not sure where you're getting that 4th round thing from

he was an early 3rd round pick(5th guy selected in the 3rd round)

he was more than a year post draft when traded so bit weird to call him an x round pick to begin with at that point but that's just flat out inaccurate

Apologies, I thought Regula was picked in the 4th round, not the 3rd. It's still not a bad asset to trade for a guy that scored 14, 17 and 14 goals before coming to a historically bad Detroit team.

 

[lilidk]

I expect more trades around draft time

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

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[Vandalay Industries]

4/10/21 - [pt. 2/2] Traded D David Savard (50% salary ret.) to Tampa Bay Lightning for 2021 4th round pick


Stevie got robbed on this one. Total blunder /s

That's only because you don't understand that it was part of a three team trade and Yzerman certainly did not make a blunder. It was yet another excellent move by Motowns Big Wheel.