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Tweets from Red Wings GM Ken Holland’s trade deadline conference call

The Red Wings’ beat writers spoke with Wings GM Ken Holland during a conference call on Monday evening, in which Holland addressed the team’s trading of Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights and the team’s relative dearth of deadline moves.

The Detroit News’s Gregg Krupa weighed in…

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What the beat writers are saying about the Wings’ deadline move

The Red Wings’ beat writers have weighed in on the Red Wings’ trade deadline move and non-moves.

The Free Press’s Helene St. James focused on the Tatar trade and the sum total of the Wings’ draft picks this year…

The Wings traded forward Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights just before Monday’s deadline, in exchange for a first-round pick in 2018, a second-round pick in 2019, and a third-round pick in 2021. The Wings are not retaining any salary, so it clears a contract that had three more years at $5.3 million per year off the books.

It also gives the Wings two first-round picks in the 2018 draft, which is considered deep on high-end defensemen and high-scoring forwards.

From prior trades, the Wings also have two picks in each of Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 6 in 2018. One of the fourth-round picks is a conditional pick from the Petr Mrazek trade, and could rise to a second-round pick if Mrazek and the Philadelphia Flyers reach the final four of the playoffs.

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Tomas Tatar trade official

The Tomas Tatar trade is now official:

Here’s the Red Wings’ press release:

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Joe Louis Arena site developer files suit against City of Detroit

This is of concern, per the Detroit News’s Louis Aguilar…

The new owners of the land occupied by Joe Louis Arena filed a lawsuit against the City of Detroit on Monday, requesting a two-year extension on what to develop on the riverfront site.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S Bankruptcy Court by Gotham Motown Recovery, the company created by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), which owns the rights to develop the site. FGIC was a creditor in Detroit’s bankruptcy and the company was given the arena site and parking garage as part of the settlement deal.

Under the current agreement, the city has 90 days to tear down the arena once it is vacated.

But the firm says the city is sending too many mixed signals of what it wants developed there. The city hasn’t responded to the filing, and did not immediately respond for comment.

FGIC CEO Tim Travers, on behalf of Gotham, said in a written statement Monday, “We are concerned that the city’s actions may hinder and delay a successful development on the Joe Louis Arena site, which is our objective.”

And the Free Press’s J.C. Reindl:

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What the f— just happened? We’ll know more at 6

The Detroit Red Wings were able to trade Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2018 1st-round pick, a 2019 2nd-rounder and a 2021 3rd-round pick, but the Red Wings did not trade Mike Green, did not trade Gustav Nyquist, did not trade Xavier Ouellet, and we’ll have to wait until this evening to find out why:

I’m not sure what exactly Holland will say, and I’m sure that whatever he does say won’t satisfy the fan base–which is fine and just in my opinion–but a Tweet told quite the tale about Green not being moved in an environment where Erik Karlsson (who didn’t move) and Ryan McDonagh (who did move) were available:

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HSJ, Khan: Red Wings assign Coreau, Bertuzzi to GR for AHL playoffs

FYI:

Mike Green not traded

 

 

Red Wings trade Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights

The Detroit Red Wings have traded Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights:

Update: From the Free Press’s Helene St. James:

Update: Pending a trade call, the Detroit Red Wings have sent Tomas Tatar to Vegas.

The move was made close to the 3 p.m. deadline, and all trades have to be OK’ed by the NHL in order to go through. The Wings receive a first round pick in 2018, a second-round pick in 2019, and a third-round pick in 2021.

The Wings had been looking to move defenseman Mike Green, a pending unrestricted free agent, but teams were wary because Green has not played since suffering a neck injury Feb. 15.

Update #2:

Update #2: From the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan:

 It took until late in the afternoon, but the Red Wings finally pulled off a trade before Monday’s deadline.

They traded forward Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for a 2018 first-round pick, 2019 second- round pick and 2021 third-round draft pick.

Tatar, 27, signed a four-year contract last summer with an average cap hit for $5.3 million.

Tatar played in 62 games this season with 16 goals and 12 assists (28 points), with a minus-8 plus-minus rating.

The Red Wings were unable to trade defenseman Mike Green, 32, who will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

Cup of Khan: On Ken Holland’s deadline philosophy and players in play

MLive’s Ansar Khan reminds Red Wings fans who “they’re dealing with” (pun intended) this morning:

“I want us to be a team that can compete for the Stanley Cup,” general manager Ken Holland said earlier in the week. “We’re competitive. We’re not quite where we need to be. To be where we want to be, I got to acquire draft picks. We need to hit on those draft picks, and the more draft picks that I can acquire, or young players through trades, is a better chance that we’re going to wake up three, four, five years from now and start to see the young players coming on to the team and having an impact on the team.”

Defenseman Mike Green is the most likely player to be dealt because he’s an unrestricted free agent after the season. Detroit has had extensive talks with Tampa Bay, but the Lightning’s first priority is Erik Karlsson, the star Ottawa appears poised to deal. Green has missed six games with a sore neck but is close to returning.

The Red Wings are trying to move one of Tomas Tatar or Gustav Nyquist. Nashville has shown interest, but there are stumbling blocks with both. Tatar has three years remaining at a cap hit of $5.3 million, which might be too rich for some teams. Nyquist has a full no-trade clause.

Toronto is interested in Luke Glendening as a fourth-line shutdown center but doesn’t appear willing to meet the Red Wings’ asking price of a second-round pick or good prospect.

The Red Wings made it known weeks ago that defenseman Xavier Ouellet is available. He hasn’t cracked the lineup on a regular basis.

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The Athletic’s Custance on Mike Green

Of note from The Athletic’s Craig Custance’s Monday morning “Ten Thoughts” column:

[Mike] Green has full trade protection, but according to an NHL source, he has already given the Red Wings clearance to trade him to at least Washington and Tampa Bay. And those two teams remain the most logical destination for Green, if a deal gets done. The Lightning are loaded with possible ammunition and would probably net the best return, but the availability of Erik Karlsson and Ryan McDonagh pushes Green down the priority list. You have to assume the Lightning will exhaust all efforts to land a better defenseman before moving on to Green, while the Capitals might only be interested if they can get him on the cheap. Neither scenario is great for the Red Wings.

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