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Red Wings mailbag: Steven Stamkos? Plus thoughts on Tyler Bertuzzi

Free Press sports writer Helene St. James answers questions from her hockey mailbag.

From Twitter user @sully6one: Any scenario where the Red Wings pick up Stamkos, Radulov and make a trade for Shattenkirk?

HSJ: Even if the Wings are able to move Pavel Datsyuk's contract (if he, as expected, leaves this summer), there would not be room to sign both Steven Stamkos (various reports have him rejecting an $8.5 million cap average contract) and Alexander Radulov (who probably would want at least in the $5 million range). Bear in mind that even with Kyle Quincey and Brad Richards coming off the books (a combined cap hit of $7.