SHOCKING Red Wings Trade Update... Simon Edvinsson signing INCOMING | Red Wings News

We have a shocking new Detroit Red Wings update revolving around Simon Edvinson as multiple NHL insiders have just revealed what's happening behind the scenes with the contract negotiation with the player wanting one thing and the team wanting something completely different. Things have continued to progress to snowball to a point that the player requested a trade but some of these new updates reveal that there could be light at the end of the tunnel for Simon Edvinson and staying with the Red Wings and good news for Red Wings fans we're going to break down some of these new updates what insiders are saying what's actually happening behind the scenes with these contract negotiations that have been drawn out to this point we're almost in November and we have a December 1st deadline to sign RFAs we're going to break that all down and much more in this episode of Red Wings Digest but before we get into all of that a quick reminder to hit that subscribe button Mark and I are giving you guys daily updates on everything that's happening with the Red Wings so make sure that you do hit that subscribe button so you don't miss a single thing that's going on with the Red Wings and thank you so much for 5,000 subscribers that happened last week we're almost at 6,000 subscribers so thank you so much for the support here on the channel everybody commenting the support and the viewership every single day we're going to continue bringing you guys updates on everything that's happening including this one on Simon Edvinsson today where they've met in person Mark they've met face to face Simon Edvinsson is back I don't know if You guys missed it, but last week we covered it on the channel. He flew back from Sweden. He is skating back on the East Coast again. Now, him, and him being Simon Edvinsson, his agent, J.P. Barry, and interim general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, Sean Horkoff, met in person, face-to-face, about three to four days ago, according to Pierre LeBrun. Now, this is great news because meeting in person tells me that there is still a bridge here to get a contract done for him to stay at Red Wings. He was also skating recently in his Red Wings gear, which i don't know if that really means anything at this point because it's just here but um you know this to me still you can still see a bridge here where this can get done and not like literally a bridge deal figuratively i'm saying there is still a way that this contract can get done so Mark, do you have any thoughts on this? We have a bunch of other updates to get to including Dylan Larkin by the way i didn't even mention that brand new update on Dylan Larkin as well but do you have any thoughts on this because i think this is really good news and points towards the organization's doubling down you know what let's get this done let's stop playing games and i think that's good news now i don't know you know if they're still playing some games because you know the way this team has operated for the last while at this point but do you have any thoughts on that you said it perfectly if you're looking at this from the outside if they weren't going to meet if he flew back to North America he was training and kind of shut down interviews or at least shut down speaking to them in person then you feel like okay there's absolutely no chance in hell that this kid signs this contract but at least with this we know they're meeting face to face there's not bad tension or bad blood which there probably still is a tiny bit but at least there is some decency between the two sides that are willing to work on a meeting in person you can have that heartfelt conversation you can have those conversations without it being over text or word of mouth from your agent i like the direction this is trending in is it gone on too long god yes it's october middle of october past middle of october and we're still talking about this but at least with this they have no interest in trading we knew that he wants to be here of course the reports of wanting to be out and everything maybe this is tactic coming through from his agent at the end of the day at least the face-to-face gives us a bright light at the end of the tunnel hopefully shorter tunnel than we expected because it's gone on too long already but this is a team that needs to get it done because not only is this a young guy you want to retain and keep on your roster he's a big part of it and going to be a big part on how they make the push to hopefully make it into the playoffs and we are 12 days away from being one month away which is a weird way of saying it but 12 days away from being one month away from the deadline where if you don't get this signed which isn't too far-fetched to imagine at this point he's missed almost a month of this season to this point um to him to get him signed if you miss that december first deadline which we know the red wings are awful awful with deadlines if you miss it he misses the entire season you lose an entire season of him which is just awful you also lose a season of his rfa status on a contract if you sign up to go long term it wouldn't really matter you become an rfa uh or ufa excuse me at the end of that seven-year contract anyway but uh still you you lose even if you want to go a little bit shorter and you end up on something that's maybe five years six or something like that you lose some rfa years there but anyway um you know who he plays with this guy's a phenomenal player i mean i don't even know if we need to dive into this we do it all the time i mean simon evans is a huge part of this team and um you know if you're a Red Wings fan, if you're a Red Wings fan of course you want this guy to stay and of course you want to get this contract signed this organization needs to stop playing games. Is he asking for a lot of money? Yeah but a lot of players are... this is a top pairing defenseman in a league where top pairing defensemen like Quinn Hughes, like Makar and a few others are going to start getting 20 plus million dollars a year and he's asking for 11, he's asking for 11 and the cap's going to continue to rise and you have the cap space to make it work. I mean your only notable signings coming up here are probably Emmett Finn, MBN right? I might be missing another Marco Kasper maybe but outside of that you don't have any guys that are going to be eating up a huge chunk of the cash uh and the cap and you know even then what are they going to be making right? I don't think it's going to be anything ludicrous or anything like that so they need to get this guy signed as soon as possible. Obviously the team's preference is to get him signed, they would rather not trade him and Steve Yzerman came out the day after those Edmonton reports came out that you know he wanted to be traded uh he basically came out the day after and said uh we have no interest in trading him and we want him to be a Red Wing so some negotiating through the media as well and Mark, you mentioned that too so that is definitely a huge factor in all of this but uh you know from Jeff Merrick too I know uh that he wasn't thrilled about the first offer that they made by the way the first offer came I think the day after the deadline for the eight-year contract uh because that's when interim general manager Sean Horkoff was appointed again being bad with deadlines just awful um and it's felt like it just hit a level of frustration with the organization that has now led to that trade request even if you even want to call it that I think it's just like really frustrated with where he wants something that's closer to what he deems is fair right so again really really good player now we have another update to get to but before we do that Mark any final thoughts on Simon Edvinsson because it sounds like you know the fact that they met in person I think is really positive we want to keep it somewhat positive everything to this point has been butchered but it sounds like they're putting you know some processes in place they're doing their due diligence to actually get this done and make the player feel like we want I mean if you lock him up to 10 or 11 million dollars you're still paying a combined of 20 million dollars for one of the top pairings in the entire NHL and when you look around like you said Kale Makar 20 million dollars Quinn Hughes is going to get north of that as well you're paying two elite defensemen that stay on that top pairing, what other teams are paying and listen I'm not saying even so is Quinn Hughes or Cale Makar but when looking in a vacuum two of those players are worth more than one of them so just get the damn deal done get this kid in it's going to be hard enough for him to get into game shape and get him up to the speed because we know it's notorious if you're missing a lot of time of course he came to camp which is a huge step but he's not in a lot of players are going to be 10 to 15 games into the season when we see hopefully his first game So at the end of the day, you've got to get this signed And at least we're getting traction And the fact they're meeting That there's some positive signs Finally coming out of this organization And positive signs on the ice too We covered that yesterday with their 5-on-5 play Improving a little bit and some great performances from you know and some of the younger guys too Last update here for this one Phil LeBrun doubts that Dylan Larkin By the way, Phil LeBrun has had a lot of stuff In the Red Wings through the offseason Into the actual season Doubts that Dylan Larkin is basically going to stay a Red Wing He thinks that there's going to be a trade here, and he said that Steve Yzerman, I think, hopes to change Dylan Larkin's mind over time and have him want to stay in the trade. Which, by the way, if it's soured so much to this point, and we don't know exactly what's happened behind the scenes, but I think we all have a good idea of what's happened behind the scenes. If it's soured to this point, I don't see a world where he does stay. Like, what are you still trying to convince him to stay for? I know he's a great player, but you're going to lose pretty much any trade anyway with him to try to get some assets back. although if you do get what has been reported that they're asking for that's not bad i think that would be a good trade but um they want to see if he wants to stay in Detroit which i don't think is realistic myself and again that's Pierre LeBrun saying that multiple other insiders saying the same thing too um and so far this season started really hot first two games he played after that they've been better without him on the ice we talked about that yesterday too and um you know he has a lot of years left on his contract uh you know it's something where he can request a trade and just like Connor Hellebuyck like hey buddy you're not going anywhere unless we get exactly what we want so that's uh kind of where they're at right now with Dylan Larkin and with uh a lot of different decisions that they have to make which is uh trying but not good enough so uh we'll see how that continues to progress the rest of the way this season last thing i'll mention too it is going to be a wild ride in the eastern conference market not just in the eastern conference the atlantic division for the most part in this season the red wings have been dead last a little bit of a spike they put up some you know a decent performance against the San Jose Sharks but they find themselves at the end of the night on October 19th and reporting this on October 20th last place in the Atlantic Division however they're right there I mean if you win a couple games you're right back into like fourth place basically right not even like above that so um they're right in there it's going to be one of the toughest divisions in the entire sport this season so we'll see how that progress but guys let us know in the comments how you feel about everything we discussed today how do you feel about the Red Wings being last in the Atlantic Division Simon Edvinsson new updates on that and it sounds like Dylan Larkin will not remain a Red Wing it just depends on when that trade is going to go through