Steve Yzerman has finally made his move, as the Detroit Red Wings have traded forward Elmer Soderblom to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a draft pick.
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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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11 Comments
Fire Yzerman I’m done
And no player return involved wow not surprised 🙄😡way to go yzerman 😡😡😡
Hahahaha
Who the hell is Elmer Soderblom? Who cares? The Pens don't need him. Ridiculous move. He's a 6th round pick.
Really enjoyed this video 😊👏
I don't like it. I think Yzerman gave up on him too soon but honestly…. He turned a 5th round pick into a 3rd. Is that a win considering the possibility that Soderblom never becomes much…. Of anything? Maybe. I just like the flashes he's shown. I still believe in him as a player.
Bro called it with Faulk
Making room for MBN or Danielson?
Hate this trade
😑
Go Wings
Soderblom was a 6th round pick that hasn't developed into a regular 4th line player after 6 years which means he probably won't. Turning that long shot 6th round draft into a 3rd round pick looks like a good trade to me. Only time will tell based on who the pick turns out to be. Personally I like the Yzerman is doing this slowly and mainly through drafts and developing their own players. It takes longer, but alos has the potential to give longer term ongoing success instead of just having one or two good years. Look at the Leafs situation of going all in every year. The had no draft picks, no prospects and few valuable players on their roster and they are in last place and looking worse almost every game. Remember what Ken Holland did to the team. Sure they made the playoffs every year, but at the end the roster was a disaster, many contracts were terrible, there were not prospects and the team sucked and left a mess that was going to take years to fix. Personally I think the Wings are making good progress especially since the draft lotteries didn't work out for them. I don't like giving up the first round pick for Falk. Time will tell how that works out.