Pittsburgh Hockey Now’s Dan Kingerski believes the Red Wings would be a good trade destination for Penguins forward Rickard Rakell, coming off his 35-goal, 70-point season.
The Los Angeles Kings and Seattle Kraken round out Kingerski’s best landing spots for the Swedish forward. He gives the San Jose Sharks a wildcard label.
“It seems too perfect,” Kingerski wrote. “A team with a heritage of successful European players is acquiring one of the most talented Swedish wingers. Beyond the ties of culture, Detroit is a few moments away from angst and anger. Captain Dylan Larkin was a little bit terse in his public exit interviews, and it’s been six years under the Yzer-plan without a playoff appearance.”
The Penguins are looking for prospects and draft picks, and the Red Wings are willing to part with those. They have a good stash of quality youngsters,
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The Red Wings have roughly $12 million in salary cap space remaining. But there eight teams with more salary cap space than Detroit. That includes the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks who each have between $23 million and $28 million in cap space. There’s not much left in the UFA market, but there are trade options that require cap space.
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