The Detroit Red Wings want to keep their kidneys.
That was the theme of the 2016 NHL entry draft, which saw the Wings draft defensemen in rounds one, two, four and five.
It will take years to know whether Dennis Cholowski, Filip Hronek, Alfons Malmstrom or Jordan Sambrook will pan out at the NHL level, but hopes are high especially that Cholowski can be a future top-pairing guy.
As Wings director of amateur scouting Tyler Wright pointed out, getting one any other way is painful.
“Look at the price to get a top-four defenseman in the NHL these days, whether it’s a trade or free agent, you pretty much have to remove a kidney,” Wright said over the weekend during the draft in Buffalo, N.