Then if DDK goes down with an injury, Cholowski starts playing poorly after half a season. Oof. The Wings may not surpass their wins from this season.
And I don't know that it's good for Seider's development for him to get destroyed night in and night out.
see my last post edit.
This looks like the best thing for the Red Wings & a few other teams.
1. Just as 3 key RFAs are coming up for their renewal or bridge, the timing is impeccable.
2. Plus gives us advantage of weaponized cap space (cap dumps & or
cap casualties + picks/prospects/young NHLers).
3. UFAs have less options & we can outbid if needed, without going overboard.
4. Keeps our own negotiations within reason, i.e. if Mantha asked for the Moon, $8Mx7-8yrs.
5. We'll undoubtedly see some buy-low type trade offers for RFAs of other teams that wanna get paid, but can't fit & are rumored to be considering wanting to see/get Offer Sheets. And/Or, offer sheets facilitate other cap dump/casualty scenarios to nix the OS.
If SY can somehow snag Cirelli or Serg that'd be a huge feather in his cap.