How to improve this team over the summer?
Going into the off-season the Wings are projected to have about $18-20M in cap space after penciling in modest extensions for RFA’s. Management could improve this number if they are able to offload a few contracts that will be expiring for 25-26: Tarasenko (4.75), Holl (3.4), Gustafsson (2).
In an ideal world the Wings are able to come out of the summer adding top 4 D and a legitimate top 6 forward. The big question is always how many of these type of players actually make it to market?
The current list -
Under 30 Impact Forwards -
Mitch Marner
Brock Boesner
Nikolaj Ehlers
Vets -
Brock Nelson
Brad Marchand
Matt Duchene
John Tavares
Jamie Benn
Defenseman -
Vladislav Gavrikov
Jakob Chychrun
Neal Pionk
Ivan Provorov
Dimitry Orlov
Aaron Ekblad
Who does everyone want to see this team take a run at to help this team take another step or two?