On Saturday, news broke that the Detroit Red Wings acquired D Marc Staal and a second-round draft pick from the New York Rangers in exchange for future considerations.
Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman spoke to the media via a Zoom meeting following the trade and he was asked if he “had the appetite” to make more deals like this.
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“We’re still in a position to do that,” Yzerman told reporters. “We have the cap space. We have roster spots to fill, so we have to be careful — you can get to the cap very quickly — but we’re in a position to potentially do future deals like this if they come along.”
Yzerman added that nobody wants to give up picks but sometimes they are in a position where they don’t have much of a choice.
“Nobody wants to give up picks or prospects but sometimes you have to do what you have to do to make your team better, and we’re trying to — I don’t want to take advantage of that, but find teams that are in a position that need to to do that, and again, we’re trying to add picks or prospects and at the same time ice a team.”
I asked Steve Yzerman if he had any appetite to do more deals like this, using his cap space to acquire picks, this offseason. Here's his answer: pic.twitter.com/Q6OgiASLpR
— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) September 27, 2020
Your looking at steveys tampa bay cup team. Nice job steve.
Your seeing Steve’s Stanley cup team in Tampa bay lightning. Good job Steve. Lets bring Cooper home to detroit.