Many of you may be wondering, why haven’t the Red Wings had a big time free agent signing this offseason? Doesn’t Ken Holland see the need for some new talent on a team that hasn’t won a cup since 2008 and that quickly approaching the five year mark? Well Wings fans, I don’t think there is any cause for concern right now because there isn’t the talent out there that I’d want the Red Wings to spend their dollars on. Guys upfront like Filppula, Helm and Emmerton will have to provide some scoring power and on defense you're going to see some new faces who'll have a great opportunity to step up.
My opinion, I'm glad to see that they didn't make any high profile signings. I'm intrigued by the fact they've got some young talent in the works that will have the opportunity to have significant ice time this season. Brenden Smith, Gustav Nyquist Jan Mursak and Jakub Kindl could be the future for the Red Wings. In past years, playing time has been at a premium but that's changed.
Sure, if they would have added Parise and Suter then we’d be talking about a whole different ballgame. However, just because they didn't sign either of those two and didn’t waste their money on the likes of Alexander Semin or Jaromir Jagr or Matt Carle doesn’t signal the end of their playoff streak. I still see the Wings as a dominate team in the Central. Just by process of elimination they are still on top. The Predators and Jackets lost key players and the ‘Hawks and Blues but I'm not worried - this division is very much winnable.
The extra dollars Holland has to work with allows him to reassess the situation and play free agency the right way and not the Joe D way (cough cough 40 million for Charlie V cough cough). Rest easy Hockeytown, all is well western front.
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