Believe it or not, we are already at the quarter-point of the 2021-22 NHL regular season and though our Detroit Red Wings have shown some fight so far, it is still unlikely that they will make the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season. (Don’t kill the messenger)
That being said, if the Red Wings are out of the playoff picture when the NHL trade deadline approaches, you can bet that GM Steve Yzerman will be looking to make a trade or two.
In a piece published on Winging it in Motown, Jake Rivard suggests the following four players as potential trade deadline candidates.
Troy Stecher
Robby Fabbri
Vladislav Namestnikov
Nick Leddy
Click here to read about Rivard’s rationale for each of these players being traded before the deadline.