Per Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen, here’s a plain and simple summary of the Red Wings’ goal-scoring losses over the course of the first day of free agency:
With the loss of David Perron, Jake Walman, Shayne Gostisbehere and probably Daniel Sprong, the Red Wings have lost 57 goals off last season’s team. Walman (12) and Gostisbehere (10) were the team’s top goal-scoring defensemen, while Sprong netted 18 goals and Perron 17. Sprong is still available in the free agent market. How will Detroit recoup those goals? Detroit Hockey Now will address that with a story later this week.
Continued (and I’m looking forward to Allen or Bob Duff addressing the issue); at this point, unless the Wings sign a Tarasenko or van Riemsdyk, the answer is going to be through a trade or two.
