RYAN O’REILLY TRADE UPDATE: HUGE DETROIT RED WINGS TARGET?

RYAN O’REILLY TRADE UPDATE: HUGE DETROIT RED WINGS TARGET?

It is an interesting time to be a Detroit Red Wings fan. You take a look at this roster and you say, “Hey.” There are a number of impressive additions that the Canadians have made over the past little while. EMTT Finny is still a seventhround pick who made the league just a few years after getting drafted. Marco Casper, for all that he has struggled through this season, that sophomore slump has been quite the pain for him, but he still is an NHL player that I think a lot of folks will say is valuable that can provide some intangible qualities and whose long-term progression is generally seen as a good thing. And then you have Nate Danielson down the middle third line. A guy who probably would have been on this team had he just been available earlier at the start of this season. There are a number of guys that the Red Wings have that we can say have been good stories. Not even to include Axel Sandine Pelica or Michael Brans new guard who made an impact earlier on. But today, I wanted to talk about that center search and a conversation that popped up on Detroit hockey now as to whom it is the Red Wings probably should target the most. Right now, the wing center core goes as follows. You’ve got Larkin, Comper, Danielson, and then Andrew Cop. Marco Casper can also play center as can technically Yonathan Bergrren, but this is what we are greeted with right now, at least at the time of recording this video. Which is why I wanted to head over to Detroit Hockey now and Kevin Allen’s piece from November 21st, so Friday, that talks about how one player makes more sense for the Detroit Red Wings than Alex Tuck. Also, at the time of this article’s publication, the Grand Rapids Griffins played at that night. Let’s scroll down there and read. The article opens up by talking about the presence of Buffalo Sabres forward Alex Tuck at number three on the Athletics recent trade board and how it’s prompted considerable trade buzz amongst Detroit Red Wings fans about the possibility of Eerman pursuing him in a trade. But maybe the fan attention is misplaced on Tuck. Tuck is desirable to be sure. He boasts 95 94, excuse me, goals over the past three seasons. At 29, he is still in his prime. The Red Wings need another scorer for their top six forward group. But he’s going to be a UFA this summer. And will he want to cast his future with a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in 9 years? He’s on a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in 14 years. Would the Red Wings give up a first round pick and an elite prospect for a rental player who may have no interest in signing with them? They would want to know they could sign him. Plus, it feels like sooner or later, the Sabres will offer Tuck a deal worth more than $10 million a year. He grew up rooting for the Sabres. It would seem like he would take an extension if the average salary were in line with the most recent signings aka the Kyle Connors, the Adrien Kempes, to a bigger extent, Capriov, Rantin, Nus, etc., etc. Which is why Kevin Allen goes out there and dismisses the potential 10 plus million dollar Alex Tuck and says this that the better fit for the Detroit Red Wings on that athletic list may be Nashville center Ryan O’Reilly at number seven. At 34 years old, O’Reilly is still a 20 to 25 goal scorer and a 50 plus point guy. His career faceoff percentage is at 55.7% and he is over 56% this year. He’s making 4.5 million this season and next. O’Reilly does have a no movement clause, but he’s an old school player who probably would be willing to move for an opportunity to play meaningful games down the stretch. Could he be persuaded to come to Detroit for the chance to play with Patrick Kane? If so, his price tag should be less than Tux. we would guess the Red Wings will make a phone call about Ryan O’Reilly. Now, that is quite the intriguing conversation. And obviously, you know, we’ve made videos about O’Reilly with a bunch of other teams. We’ve discussed him in Vancouver, him in Montreal, him in Detroit now. And it makes sense, right? He is a center. All these teams that we mentioned are looking for centers. And even though O’Reilly is 34 years old, it might not necessarily be ideal to get a guy who’s a lot older and bring him onto a team that has mostly younger dudes, but we have seen Steve Eiserman not be afraid to take on players with a little bit of age on them. Case in point, literally, I mean, Patrick Kane, Comfort, Mason Appleton, Andrew Cop, James Van Ramdike. It’s either you’re an old guy or you’re a young guy. The amount of guys that are in between, it’s just kind of uh lacking in that respect. Dylan Larkin, you can say, is on the in between. Confer is technically on the in between there. But between JVR and Patrick Kane and EMTT Finny and Nate Danielson, obviously there’s a pretty big contrast here in terms of the age of most of these forwards, O’Reilly would be just another one of these guys on the tail end. His contract’s very friendly. 4.5 million bucks a year till the end of 2027. Even if this guy is not that good, four and a half million is still relatively cheap, especially with the cap going up and all these other players like Tuck and Kempe and whatever potentially getting eight figures. O’Reilly doesn’t really need to have that conversation just yet. He’s making four and a half, that’s it. He’ll make it for the next two seasons. And I think whichever team he ends up going to or finishes off the year with will be reasonably happy with that. O’Reilly this season has 13 points in 20 games. On pace for 54 points in 82, on pace for about 25 goals as well, which is right in line with what he had done last season with the PRs, scoring 53 points in 79 games over there. His first season with Nashville, though saw him put up 69 points in 82, which was very, very solid. Of course, that came the summer after he was a near point-ame player with the Toronto Maple Leafs post trade from the St. Louis Blues. It was a pretty dramatic time for Ryan O’Reilly, seeing as the Blues technically gave up on him, and a change of scenery was evident. He did have the one good year that you can say he had with a Cons playoff run, under a point per game, 77 points on the season. Ryan O’Reilly at one point was the best defensive defenseman, excuse me, defensive center in the National Hockey League as evidenced by his Selki trophy. But ultimately that has led him over to Nashville where now he is on one of the worst teams in the NHL and you can say that with all the news coming out that the Predators are open for business. Yeah, it’s not really all too surprising here. They are second last in the National Hockey League at the time of recording this audio. Look at that. A Vancouver is 29th. That’s amazing. But either way, Nashville is in a sellers position right here. They do have a pretty good core of guys that would provide value to other NHL teams and O’Reilly is certainly part of that. I think that this guy will demand a pretty reasonably high trade price from whichever contender or borderline contender wants to use a sulky winning center from yester year. But do you think the Red Wings should be that team? Kevin Allen’s going out there and saying so he makes a lot more sense than Alex Tuck in his opinion. I’d have to agree just from that perspective alone. If I were to choose Tuck versus O’Reilly, maybe O’Reilly right now makes more sense because you don’t have to commit too much money. He is a center. He plays a position of need and he can still be reasonably good for 4 1/2 mil. But Alex Tuck is very strong as well. I do think that Tuck provides a lot more value on the ice, but you’re going to have to pay a much higher price for that. you’re going to have to shell out more assets and you’re going to have to shell out more money if you do sign him. But I want you to let me know your thoughts in the comments section below. What do you think would benefit the Detroit Red Wings more? Ryan O’Reilly or Alex Tuck? Allen is arguing that O’Reilly is that guy. Do you agree or disagree? This article will be linked in the description if you want to go out there and read it yourself. Let me know in the comments all your opinions. I hope you enjoyed this British Ash roll and bye.

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We’re going over Nashville Predators centre Ryan O’Reilly, and whether or not he could be a trade target for the Detroit Red Wings.

Article: https://detroithockeynow.com/2025/11/21/red-wings-need-another-scorer-alex-tuch-ryan-oreilly-nashville-predators-sabres/

This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

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