Dream Trades for Detroit Red Wings before the deadline
By Chris Giles
Filip Zadina and prospects traded to Arizona
Trading a player when he is having another off-season is usually met with disaster. It’s a risky move to trade a player like Filip Zadina. Zadina has never fulfilled the promise of being a sniper for Detroit. In 143 career games, Zadina has only scored 22 goals.
Similar to Mantha last year, Zadina is a player than was drafted before Yzerman was GM. Yzerman really has no ties to the player. Zadina has underperformed and needs a change of scenery.
Filip Zadina, prospect William Wallinder, and a 2nd round pick will be traded to Arizona for Jakob Chychrun. Chychrun sustained a lower body injury on the weekend and may be lost for an extended period of time. With this injury, all teams headed to the playoffs are now out of the running for this year’s top trade chip.
This trade make sense for both teams. Zadina has loads of potential to play a top six role in Arizona. Wallinder is one of the top defense prospects currently playing in the SHL. The 2nd round pick will be Detroit’s pick this year meaning that it will be in the top 45 this summer.
The Red Wings will benefit in a number of ways. They will be adding a proven veteran and leader who can play LD, a weakness for Detroit at the NHL level. Chychryn has a very affrodable cap hit of $4.6M until the end of the 2025 season. Detroit currently have too many LD prospects and not enough room for all of them, someone has to go.