We're missing scoring/D, so let's say we trade Datsyuk this season (hypothetically), I'd go for :
Datsyuk for E. Kane
Datsyuk for a signed Perry / Ryan
Or
Datsyuk for PK Subban
Dastyuk for Carlson
All with picks balancing.
I would not be opposed to trading Datsyuk to the Eastern Conference.
This team clearly needs a full rebuild, and whatever assets the Wings could get in a Datsyuk trade, could accelerate the rebuild.
people in this thread suggesting that we honestly trade Datsyuk.
Why not? Look at Jay Feaster and how he is treating the Iginla situation. That team isnt winning anything and they will end up getting nothing in return for Iginla once he retires.
Tarasenko and Shattenkirk for Datsyuk.
For sure we are not considering any trade before the 2013-14 trade deadline. And then we need to be out of the playoff race. Othervise Pavel finishes his NHL-career as a Wing.
Let's see where are this time at next year.
No team is giving up a young top pairing Dman for a 35 year old datsyuk.
We're not quite in Calgary territory yet. Yet.
Wait that long and the return will be next to nothing.
The big return is justified by having Pav for two runs at the Cup.
The Blues took their share of hits during the dismal 2005-2006 season, but we're willing to give general manager Larry Pleau the benefit of the doubt on the best sports move of the year. Trading Doug Weight to Carolina in midseason in exchange for a first-round draft pick and two fourth-round picks virtually assured the Blues a last-place finish in the NHL while providing the team with another first-round pick in the amateur draft. Sure, the Weight trade effectively ended the team's streak of 25 straight playoff appearances, but so what? It's not like the Blues won a Stanley Cup in those years. Thanks to the trade, the Blues picked up three of the top 31 players selected in the 2006 draft. And then they went and re-signed Weight following his Stanley Cup victory in Carolina! It's like he was never really gone! Weight's experience as one of the best players in the league will no doubt prove priceless as the team rebuilds under new ownership with a fresh batch of talent that might just deliver the cup to St. Louis.
Didn't watch the game yesterday but I'm curious, how did Brendan Smith play?
Who gives a crap.
Should the wings have traded Yzerman or Lidstrom?
There's value to keeping a true Flame like Iginla or true Wings like Datsyuk.
Meh, this is a business and loyalty doesn't buy you what it used to 20 years ago.