Confirmed with Link: Troy Stecher 2 year deal

[BinCookin]

Sounds like things have worked out very nicely for us not this one. Thanks or the insight Hockey Rush

 

[Retire91]

I like the direction the team is heading, on top of Yzerman's knack for building a skilled roster we are collecting those compete players too with those motors. This next season is starting to shape up to be interesting.

 

[Hockey Rush]

mic'd up Troy "aka Tony" Stecher

 

[Shaman464]

Still firmly the worst team in the NHL, but won't be historically bad after the last couple days.

 

[MS]

This is a $4 million player screwed over by biases against his size.

5’10 with 20 points doesn’t look good on the back of a hockey card but when the games are actually played you’ll spend his 20 minutes in the right end of the rink. Highly mobile, great hockey sense, takes abuse to make plays.

Great signing by your team.

Additional thing is that if anyone actually figures out how good he is, on that contract he should be a Coleman/Goodrow type asset at the deadline who would be very attractive to playoff teams.

 

[RoyalDoubleMcCheesie]

Like this deal and the 2 dman Yzerman added this offseason.

Also like how Yzerman is using the cap getting low cap hits so far to keep room at the deadline to take on hopefully a bad contract from a contender and poach a 1st round pick from them.

 

[ShanahanMan]

Great move. Instantly becomes our #2 Dman.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Very good move. Should slide right in to the 2nd pair.

DeKeyser-Hronek
Nemeth-Stecher
Staal-Biega/Merrill/Cholo

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

Dekeyser-Hronek
Nemeth-Stetcher
Merrill-Lindstrom
Staal-Biega
Cholowski

So much more tolerable than last year's blue line. All three of Nemeth/Merrill/Stetcher have potential trade value, or can stick around as affordable stop-gaps.

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

Dekeyser-Hronek
Nemeth-Stetcher
Merrill-Lindstrom
Staal-Biega
Cholowski

So much more tolerable than last year's blue line. All three of Nemeth/Merrill/Stetcher have potential trade value, or can stick around as affordable stop-gaps.

Yeah, that's more what this year's FA is about. We're not going to fix it all at once... so let's add pieces that actually make us something more than a team of pylons that has no chance in any game.

I would really like for Hronek to be able to refine his offensive skill and get better defensively without him having to be a 100% all situations, only guy on the roster who can actually skate without falling D man.

 

[golffuul]

More right shot players in our system now, then in the last 20 years, it feels like.

 

[NotLeddy]

Nemeth-Hronek
Dekeyser-Stecher
Merrill-Biega
Staal/Lindstrom

Genuinely better than last season, cautiously optimistic

 

[Larkin1578]

I hope he plays good enough to get a longer contract with Detroit in two years!! I never heard of the guy but I've read nothing but good things about him!!

Will he be a instant starter in Detroit or will he be shifting back and forth from Detroit to Grand Rapids?

 

[Henkka]

LD DeKeyser - RD Hronek
LD Nemeth --- RD xxx ? <------------ Seider after a season in Sweden?
LD MStaal ---- RD Stecher
LD Merrill -- RD Biega

Nemeth and Biega traded at the deadline.

Then:
LD DeKeyser -- RD Hronek
LD Merrill --- RD Seider
LD MStaal --- RD Stecher
(Cholowski, Lindström)

 

[golffuul]

I hope he plays good enough to get a longer contract with Detroit in two years!! I never heard of the guy but I've read nothing but good things about him!!

Will he be a instant starter in Detroit or will he be shifting back and forth from Detroit to Grand Rapids?

Starter. He played very regularly for Vancouver.

 

[Run the Jewels]

Nice signing, I'm happy with the moves so far. No complaints from me.

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

Both Holland and Yzerman have had unusually good discounts on players this FA.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

Both Stevie and Yzerman have had unusually good discounts on players this FA.

say again?

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

say again?

They’ve signed more contracts below market value than normal.

 

[Shaman464]

say again?

Yzerman has multiple personalities ala Barry from Archer.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

They’ve signed more contracts below market value than normal.

Stevie And Yzerman?

 

[Ricelund]

Not familiar with Stecher but this seems like a great move.

 

[Kingpin794]

Edit: delete

Why did I post that parody account?

 

[RedMenace]

Yeah, that’s the *EDIT* with this off-season. It’s obviously not a home run. But every single move is a walk or a scratched out single or a productive out like a sac fly that scores a run.

If you’re looking for big splashy moves, none here. Wings are trying to be somewhat respectable (aka not complete dogshit) in 20-21. And look to reshape it all in 21-22

E: I previously said issue and that sounded negative to me. That's the crux of this off-season? That's the beauty of this offseason?

I believe the generic, non-committal, non-weighted word you're looking for here is "thing."

I think I liked Stetcher in the Canucks post-season games I watched, so I'm cool with this signing as well. I just don't know where they're going to fit all these defensemen.

Just get a reasonable 2C and we're cooking with water.

 

[Winger98]

Not familiar with Stecher but this seems like a great move.

Makes me think of when Burke signed Lebda thinking that maybe he could just handle more minutes since he was fine as a third pair guy with the Wings. This past season Stecher was 7th in TOI/G for Canuck D, 5th in ESTOI/G. He averaged less than 16 minutes a night for them, and was the guy they shuttled down the lineup with Hughes being there a full season and grabbing Myers over the summer. But then Yzerman kept Biega around and the 'nucks wanted him off their team, too.