Detroit will take on some salary and term but you are going to pay in a big way...guys like Yzerman and Francis know they have some GMs over the barrell and will extort all they can. They hold all the cards
- hfc355
LA, Anaheim, San Jose and some other teams mentioned are in the soft rebuild phase as they have a lot of young prospects as well....young prospects need veteran leadership and support to develop (in most cases).
Your statement on Detroit and Seattle makes the point that prices can be driven down...say CF has an offer from Seattle to take on Jake but he has to include a first, ,maybe he shops that deal to a Detroit and says the first is too rich, would they do it for a second. not saying it will be the case....but it seems like there is a whole lot of black and white going on and very little discussion of the grey