Friedman on NHL Network says Sens & Wings are still actively working on a DeBrincat trade, he wants to play for Detroit. Zadina being placed on waivers gives DET more room to work on a DeBrincat deal. Friedman doesn’t think the trade is that far away, last hurdle is the toughest
Friedman on NHL Network says Sens & Wings are still actively working on a DeBrincat trade, he wants to play for Detroit. Zadina being placed on waivers gives DET more room to work on a DeBrincat deal. Friedman doesn’t think the trade is that far away, last hurdle is the toughest
— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) July 6, 2023
by CD23tol
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How far away is “not that far”
This whole thing is exhausting, exciting that he wants to be here though
At this point I’m just assuming it’s not going to happen
Who do y’all think will be the roster player they get back? It has to be Kubalik or Berggren right?
This saga will be the death of me.
Ottawa needs to find who’s leaking all this info. Someone should lose their job over this.
It’s cool to be in a situation in which your young prospects are treated like gold, but also a little scary when they might be on the trading block.
I can understand why this is taking so long If the sens are shooting for edvinsson, Kasper, or bergerboy (I have no idea what negotiations look like) – but that would be too much imo – why ship out the younglings when debrinkat is ufa next season – and hopefully that’s partially yzermans view as well.
Let’s get a PPG winger in his prime and give up only scraps to get him (only kidding, it’s gonna hurt a little bit but he’s better than almost everyone we have on the roster or in the pipeline).
More I look at his stats I mentally start negging the guy… why is this my instinct? -31 on a good team, only 5’8… we want him right?
What is the last hurdle?
What the hell does Zadina have to do with it? Does he think we’re offering a $10M/year contract or something?
not going to lie, pretty excited about this potentially happening. You add him as a cherry on top + the around the margins moves we made and thats a really nice offseason.
Blah blah blah. Unless there’s an actual update, I don’t want to keep seeing “reports” about how close a trade is
We know Yzerman prefers to not negotiate through the media, and not much has leaked from Detroit since Yzerman has been here. Friedman has also said on podcasts I’ve listened to that he doesn’t get much from Yzerman.
Another team linked to DeBrincat is NY Islanders, and Lou is similarly tight lipped.
My point is, I am assuming whatever info that’s “out there” on DeBrincat is coming from Ottawa (or DeBrincat’s) side. We’ve even seen some back and forth from Ottawa leaks and comments from DeBrincat’s agent. The stuff about other teams not offering the term DeBrincat wants, nobody is offering as good a contract as Ottawa is, and that other teams have been allowed to negotiate with him. And then DeBrincat’s side said they haven’t been able to talk to anyone yet.
There is a lot of bickering between DeBrincat and the Senators now. Ottawa doesn’t HAVE to trade him, he just said he won’t sign long term there. And DeBrincat’s trade value depends on whether or not the team trading for him can sign him long term. A rebuilding team like Detroit isn’t going to pay a lot for a possible rental. Ottawa was dumb to make that mistake last year, as a team not quite in contention trading for a player that wasn’t going to sign with them.
Ottawa is probably trying to create some leverage to get a better deal from Yzerman, or play the waiting game to see if another team will jump in to drive the trade cost up.
If DeBrincat wants Detroit, it kind of ties their hands. Not many teams have DeBrincat type of cap space.
It either happens or it doesn’t. I’m kind of sick of the media continuing to update on nothing… Makes me appreciate how Yzerman has done business outside the media.
Tied for 63rd in league in scoring last year with -31 +- As a below average follower of the league how much are we giving up for him to come here
This is reaching Rachel and Ross on Friends levels of ‘will they/won’t they’
Hopefully Yzerman is haggling them down. I know they don’t really want cap space back because they’re trying to sign Tarasenko.
I’d do 2nd+Johansson or something similar. Pick and a defense prospect.