Take this podcast for what you will, per Daily Faceoff’s Tyler Kuehl:
All of a sudden, the Detroit Red Wings have the potential to be players at the NHL Trade Deadline.
On Monday, the team traded goaltender Ville Husso to the Anaheim Ducks for future considerations. That took Husso’s $4.75 million AAV off the books. On top of that, the team announced that forward Andrew Copp is out for the remainder of the season, which relieves the team of his $5.63 million cap hit for the rest of the year.
That means the Red Wings are heading into March with plenty of cash to spend, if they so choose, to bolster their lineup as they push to end their near-nine-year playoff drought.
On Tuesday’s edition of Dailly Faceoff LIVE, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discussed what Detroit general manager Steve Yzerman is eligible to do prior to the deadline.
Continued; the Hronek line is hilarious. Here’s the video below:
