Confirmed with Link: Kailer Yamamoto bought out

[GMR]

My favorite Wings player since Ladislav Kohn.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Holland better gift Detroit a top prospect or a high pick sometime in the future.

 

[Hen Kolland]

spector was tweeting about it right after the trade, i don't have the link atm. His camp was not a fan of going from playoff team to bottom feeder etc. etc.

Imagine being unable to stick on a team as top heavy as Edmonton, approaching a level of unemployment and being audacious enough to say that you are too good for the team willing to give you a chance to play.

 

[ShelbyZ]

Holland better gift Detroit a top prospect or a high pick sometime in the future.

He already did with Klim Kostin.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Holland better gift Detroit a top prospect or a high pick sometime in the future.

First dibs on Drai if they ever move him.

 

[jkutswings]

Holland better gift Detroit a top prospect or a high pick sometime in the future.

You can't spell Phenomenal without Leon.

 

[Dotter]

if we paid 1m to acquire kostin then it wasn't for free............

Who is this "we" ? I just checked my bank account and my million is still there.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

He already did with Klim Kostin.

 

[ShelbyZ]

Too bad.

Maybe there's some better coming in than him.

I feel like the only way this comes back to bite the Wings is Yamamoto going somewhere else and making some decent impact combined with some combo of:

-Kostin disappoints
-Whatever vets or reclamation projects Yzerman brings in to fill spots at forward don't pan out like Yamamoto does elsewhere
-Zadina is still taking up a roster spot to do absolutely nothing of value

 

[Run the Jewels]

I do wonder with the cap hit thing if Detroit is working on a trade for a player who will make a decent chunk of change? We have $30 million in cap space but obviously need to pay Seider and Ray. That cap hit comment could be other teams being unable to fit Yamamoto on their roster but you'd think Yzerman would have figured that out beforehand. It could be that we wouldn't be able to fit Yamamoto's $3.1 million this upcoming season.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Please tell me there's a significant move still coming. Because buying him out before he even plays a game here, when there's a boatload of cap space, makes zero sense.

yesterday you were complaining about this move for loading up on mediocre depth. Yzerman just got rid of some of that mediocre depth but now that's a problem too?

It looks like Kostin was the player he wanted, and that though it may not pan out Yzerman has plans for the cap space and roster spot.

 

[Go Wings]

So we took on his contract and bought him out for nothing? Detroit should have gotten a 2026 2nd round pick like Chicago did for Bailey

Yzerman must have owed Holland a favour.

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

So we took on his contract and bought him out for nothing? Detroit should have gotten a 2026 2nd round pick like Chicago did for Bailey

Yzerman must have owed Holland a favour.

Is nothing Kostins first name? Thought it was Klim

 

[JediOrderPizza]

So we took on his contract and bought him out for nothing? Detroit should have gotten a 2026 2nd round pick like Chicago did for Bailey

Yzerman must have owed Holland a favour.

Kostin was the value I guess, and Bailey's contract was way more so not equal at all.

 

[Go Wings]

Is nothing Kostins first name? Thought it was Klim

Yes pretty much. The league is full of 4th line players like him. Taking on a contract for buyout for a 4th line player is not a good move.

This offseason has been shit so far.

 

[norrisnick]

I do wonder with the cap hit thing if Detroit is working on a trade for a player who will make a decent chunk of change? We have $30 million in cap space but obviously need to pay Seider and Ray. That cap hit comment could be other teams being unable to fit Yamamoto on their roster but you'd think Yzerman would have figured that out beforehand. It could be that we wouldn't be able to fit Yamamoto's $3.1 million this upcoming season.

There is no cap issue this year unless Steve was planning to acquire and buy out every overpaid guy in their last contract year in the league. Probably more a roster spot thing that was worded poorly.

 

[Holden Caufield]

So we took on his contract and bought him out for nothing? Detroit should have gotten a 2026 2nd round pick like Chicago did for Bailey

Yzerman must have owed Holland a favour.

Bailey was 3M+ real life cash.
Yamamoto was 1M real life cash.

Kostin is something. We will see what happens there.

 

[13to40]

Very happy and relieved that he was bought out. The last thing this team needed was another soft smaller player.

Sign Kostin and this trade is still a massive W for Stevie and co.

Hoping for some gritty free agency signings tomorrow. 1-2 nard nosed players would be nice to add some extra sandpaper and weight behind the forecheck.

 

[DamonDRW]

Great news if true. Kostin is fine.

 

[ShelbyZ]

I kind of figured Yamamoto would get a shot to turn it around because the Lightning under Yzerman's tenure were like the Cesar Millan of diminutive forwards (Johnson, Marchessault, Gourde, Conacher, etc.).

But maybe it wasn't Yzerman.

 

[norrisnick]

Yes pretty much. The league is full of 4th line players like him. Taking on a contract for buyout for a 4th line player is not a good move.

This offseason has been shit so far.

Kostin fits the Laughton/Barbashev mold. Check out their early NHL progress. Very similar to Klim's. All drafted late 1st/early 2nd physical utility forwards with just enough puck skills to be slotted anywhere in the lineup.

 

[SoupGuru]

So let me get this straight. We kept Zadina and got rid of Yamamoto.

I don't get it.

 

[lilidk]

if we paid 1m to acquire kostin then it wasn't for free............

Wonder if he even stays with Detroit, that will be so stupid

 

[Snuggs]

So let me get this straight. We kept Zadina and got rid of Yamamoto.

I don't get it.

Welcome to the offseason so far.

 

[norrisnick]

So let me get this straight. We kept Zadina and got rid of Yamamoto.

I don't get it.

Yamamoto has been playing alongside McDrai and RNH and had an AAV over $3M. Zadina has been playing with Pius Suter with an AAV sub $2M.