We’re going over the idea of the Detroit Red Wings targeting one of Elias Pettersson or Robert Thomas from the Vancouver Canucks and St Louis Blues in the offseason.
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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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18 Comments
Ive come around to Robert Thomas I need to watch more of him but if we could get a fair trade for him we would be in way better shape
Make a Carter Bear video 👀
15 goals for 11.6 million deserves nothing higher than a sixth round pick if not Vancouver sweetening the deal
I want both. I cant imagine what that would cost. I think Plante should stay until we see what he has got. I think any one else is expendable.
EP40 on the cheap. Give him a fresh start and offer sheet Robo, then fill the rest with kids and hard nose players. Play-ers!
You had your chance at Thomas. No longer for sale
I think with the additions of the kids coming up next year to replace the useless vets gives management all the time in the world to go trade hunting. Wings need to go for Pettey and Lafreniere. I think the bottom 6 will be fixed by draft capital and top 6 needs to be fixed by real tangible trades. Laf is a good "we can make him better" piece to work on that top line and Pettey would do wonders feeding a goal scorer like Cat, given how he prefers to be a play maker from years past.
They should tank for the next 2-3 years! They're not one or two players away from moving on from the 1st round, let alone make the playoffs..
You have GOT to get one of those center prospects up. Kiiskinen just got added to the mix in GR and…. I think he's going to do pretty well. Get him minutes.
Thomas didn't move at the deadline, what makes you think he's available?
I say trade for Auston Matthews/Zegras, Jase Robertson, and Byram. Trade Compher, Finnie, ASP, MBN, Lombardi and any prospect not named Bear, Plante, or Augustine.
1st line = Robertson – Larkin – DeBrincat
2nd line = Kasper – Matthews/Zegras – Raymond
3rd line = Bear – Copp – Kane
4th line = Mazur – Rasmussen – Shine
Defense
1st line = Seider – Edvinnson
2nd line = Faulk – Byram
3rd line = Chiarot – Wallinder
4th line = JBD – ALJO
GOALIES = Gibson – Cossa
They didn't disappoint me! I'm not a crybaby who has a one track mind of ALL I CARE ABOUT IS THE TEAM MAKING THE PLAYOFFS 😂😂😂 The team has gotten better every year for the past 4 seasons! That is when the real rebuild started you can't even count the first 5! Maybe the media needs to stop with all the NEGATIVITY. First time the Red Wings accumulated over 90 points in a season since 2015!!! Who are you going to trade without giving away a key cornerstone of our current roster seriously 🤣🤣🤣 I DON'T RECALL ANYONE WHO USES CRITICISM AS A MEANS OF MOTIVATION!!! THESE PLAYERS ARE HUMAN BEINGS!!! How would all these media people like that YOU NEEDED TO BE TRADED OR FIRED ALL THE TIME!!! The media and the fans need to change in my opinion not the players!!! GO WINGS 🐙
our toxic media and fan too mean to EP40😮
Pettersson has more Skill but Thomas would give us more snarl. I Wouldn't bump Larks to 2C in ANY world, But A 2C of this caliber Would lighten the Load and allow Larkin to look like he does in the best on best formats where he's not carrying soo much slack.
Offer sheet Robertson and trade for Thomas. Oh Yzerman is the GM. Never mind.
Yzerman "FINALLY" making a move? Why is he "FINALLY" making a move? What was he doing the last 7 seasons? If the Wings go 11 straight….somebody's going to be gone. I smell it. We've been saying "maybe next year" the last 10 years" We just can't keep repeating these disappointing seasons. Maybe that'll guarantee play offs next season. I don't believe the organization wants to go through another year missing the playoffs. Either something happens this off season to improve or it definitely will one year from now…i.e. someone getting fired. Things will happen in the near future for sure one way or another, sooner or later. I smell it.
Nobody cares more than Stevie Y they embarrass him more than anybody. That doesn't mean you make stupid decisions, he gave them Faulk at the deadline they still 💩 the bed
Huge no on getting another overpaid, soft Swede for a center