Grading the Alex DeBrincat trade: Red Wings finally add high-end offense, Senators’ return looks light

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The Senators ‘had no leverage,’ but the mess was of their making.

felt like a foregone conclusion. It was a virtual certainty he’d get moved once he made it clear he wouldn’t sign an extension with Ottawa as an RFA and the Senators filed for arbitration as a measure to lower the cap hit from the $9 million qualifying offer he was owed.

DeBrincat didn’t exactly make out like a bandit here. He limited his potential landing spots and ended up signing a four-year extension at a $7.875 million AAV when there was big-money potential if he played out his final season with Ottawa and became a UFA next summer, when the NHL salary cap is slated to spike significantly for the first time in half a decade. He would’ve had a chance to pick his destination and sign a seven-year deal in the middle of his prime at 26.

But today, we’re grading the teams, not the player. How did the Red Wings and Sens fare on the trade, which sent DeBrincat to Hockeytown in exchange for Dominik Kubalik,a 2024 conditional first-round pick, a 2024 fourth-round-pick and Donovan Sebrango?Time flies when you’re having…incremental increases in fun. We’re quietly four years into GM Steve Yzerman’s tenure as Detroit Red Wings GM. Since the dawn of the Yzerplan, the Wings have slowly improved, posting points percentages of .275, .429, .

Last offseason, Yzerman changed his behavior to that of a GM who felt his team was ready for playoff contention. He made aggressive additions, from David Perron to Andrew Copp to Ville Husso. He continued that trend this summer, adding J.T. Compher, Shayne Gostisbehere, Daniel Sprong, Klim Kostin and Justin Holl.

 

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