Will the Detroit Red Wings look different in a month?
The NHL trade deadline is Feb. 24, and once again the Wings will be sellers. They’re mired in a rebuild, and general manager Steve Yzerman is intent on finding ways to stoke that process. There are prospects in the American Hockey League to consider as the second half of the season wears on, and balancing what is best for those potential building blocks short term and long term.
Those are key focal points in this mailbag edition. There also continues to be interest in the position of the captaincy, which ‘the Captain’ announced during training camp he was not yet ready to name.