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

Let's dive into it. Elliott Friedman revealed on Saturday Night Hockey, on headlines at the second intermission, that the Red Wings, we'll start with this point, the Red Wings' priority, because let's start with the good news, right? We'll get into the bad news, because fans are pissed, pissed off, right? There's no other way to put it. If you look at Twitter right now, it is a war zone for Red Wings fans, for the Red Wings organization. Now, the Red Wings have made it clear to other teams right now that their priority is signing Simon Evanson, but he also revealed on headlines that Simon Evanson's preference at this point is to be traded. Now, this is a negotiation tactic. Simon Evanson and his agent are putting this in the media to try and take back control in these negotiations, which I can appreciate. It's annoying, and I'm sure the player is annoyed, because look at everything that's happened with this organization this summer. Why wouldn't you be annoyed if you were a player trying to put up with them right now? It is clear there is a huge disconnect. This team wants to sign Simon Evanson to a bridge contract, which would walk him right into him taking you to the cleaners, right in his prime, with the cap going up, right? Which makes no sense, absolutely no sense. So you'd walk him right into that, and he wants a long-term, somewhere between $9-11 million in the 7-year range. With some of the contracts that are being shipped out this summer and signed, why wouldn't you lock this guy up long-term? He has shown he is the best defense partner for Mo Sider, who is one of the best defensemen in the league, and Simon Evanson, in his own right, is one of the best young defensemen in the league. But guys, it continues to get worse for this Red Wings organization. It is quite, literally, unfathomable that it's gotten to this point. I mean, I use the word shocking, I'm running out of words, I'm running out of adjectives for this, because this is insane that this organization has let these things happen, and it's gotten to this point. It is insane. Now, you can see the reaction from everyone on Twitter. Everyone is talking about this. You can see this from Ryan Hanna. He said this is 100% on ownership, on Chris Illich, for wasting an entire summer of negotiating after previous leadership kicked the can for a year, and then not taking care of business the moment Horkoff came in. Completely avoidable, beyond malpractice, what a joke this team has become. This was a slam-dunk move for, oh my goodness, this was a slam-dunk move for Sean Horkoff, man. We were talking about, okay, finally, finally, you stripped the C off Dylan Larkin, you have somewhat of an answer there. You're coming into camp, sign the guy, because we're crying out loud, Simon Evans showed up for camp without a contract, without a contract, and now he's back in Sweden. They're not even close. They're not even close in negotiations. Now there's trade talks. We're going to get to that, as far as, you know, now there's rumors of him being linked to even a divisional opponent, and we'll get to that in a second, too. But this was a layup, like you can see here from Brad. It was. This was the easiest move to make. Just get him locked up. You have the cap space to do it. Elliott Friedman also said on the segment, and I don't know if this is Chris Illich telling him this, you know, right from the horse's mouth, essentially, this is not an issue of the team and the organization doesn't want to spend money. What is it, then? Pay the guy. You have all the cap space in the world. Most siders on one of the best contracts in the world, in the NHL, pay the guy. Get him. Start building goodwill with these players. Now you've gotten to the point where this guy doesn't even want to come back. And by the way, I saw some comments. He's not a UFA. He is an RFA. The Red Wings do hold some control here. But I think this is a little bit of Edmondson and his camp trying to take back some of the power in these negotiations. So everyone is freaking out about this. It is ridiculous. And you can see this from 3-1-3 hockey as well. Simon Edmondson went beyond, above and beyond. He came to camp without a contract. He participated in camp, guys. He participated in camp. He waited patiently all offseason to make the deal. To make the deal. His agent had no idea who he was supposed to be negotiating with. And then finally, Sean Horkoff is named the interim general manager and he has authority, quote unquote authority, to make these moves, which I don't think is true. And I think Chris Illich is running the show completely and has no idea what he's doing. And you're probably going to be taken advantage of in a trade, by the way, because it's Chris Illich, right? Which is horrible. So now they've put themselves in a spot where the player wants to be traded. This is a player. And Mark and I covered it all offseason on the channel. This is a player that said, I don't want to go anywhere. We don't know who to negotiate with, but we're going to wait. We're going to wait because I want to play here so bad. I'm going to wait and I'm going to participate in camp without a contract. And it got so bad in these negotiations as soon as Sean Horkoff was able to negotiate that he went back to Sweden and they're not even talking. Friedman also revealed that the camp, his camp, and the team are not even talking right now and his preference is to be gone. And I said it in a video yesterday and I saw some comments yesterday as well. Oh, no way. He's going to prefer a trade. No, no, no, no. I said yesterday, this ends in Simon Evanson being traded. Look at everything that's happened the last six months with this team. This ends with Evanson being traded and it sucks and no one's going to like it. But I'm telling you, based on everything we've seen and how they've gone about their business and the malpractice here, this is going to end with him leaving. This is ending with him being traded. And if you're a Red Wings fan, you should stop pouring money into this team. It's, that is unbelievable that they've let this one, this one, the Larkin thing, whatever. But this one was a slam dunk, a slam dunk in your lap and you messed it up royally. And guess who's next? Guess who's next? Alex Dobrynkit needs a contract. This is his last year under contract as well. And now, insiders are starting to talk about that. They're not sure about a contract. Apparently the team doesn't want to pay him what he's worth, which is 12, 13, 14 million dollars in this cap world, by the way. Simon Evanson, by the way, hasn't played this year. He is worth, take a look at this, all right? These are his three seasons since coming into the NHL and I guess nine games in that other season. But this is his three seasons since coming into the NHL. He has a lot of experience. He was playing top pairing minutes last year. He had 31 points the year before that, 25 last year. This is a great two-way defenseman who's only going to continue to get better. There are guys in this league, in this league, that are, after seven games played, getting seven million dollars. Like, not even a full season, not even half a season, they're getting seven million dollars. Pay the man. And there's going to be people that maybe agree with Chris Illich. Not many. Not many at all. But I think it's ridiculous that you let this one slip through the cracks. I think it's absurd. It's unbelievable that it has gotten to this point. Now, there's a lot of trade chatter going around. Where is he going to end up? I think there's one general manager in particular that's going to be very aggressive and going to pursue him immediately. And a lot of people are not going to like it, but it's the Toronto Maple Leafs. It is the Toronto Maple Leafs. And what does a trade package look like? We can talk about this in another video, but based on the rumors right now, it's two first round picks. It's the Colorado Avalanche's first pick from this year, first round pick from this year, and then it's the Leafs' own first round pick from 2029. That's what it's looking like right now in terms of draft picks. You're also looking at prospect Ben Danford and you're looking at Oliver Ekman Larson who currently plays on the team as well. The Red Wings do not want to come out of a trade with only futures. They want something that can help the team right now, which is absurd because this team is not going anywhere. OEL, by the way, was linked to the Red Wings at last year's trade deadline. That trade fell through because the Red Wings ended up going with Justin Falk from the St. Louis Blues. So there is some smoke here. I just wanted to outline that. And Oliver Ekman Larson is currently on a $3.5 million contract. Guys, this has spiraled out of control. Elliott Friedman has revealed that Simon Edmondson, his preference now is to be traded. I said it yesterday, this ends in Edmondson being traded. This is unbelievable that this has even gotten to this point. We're running out of words here on the channel. I think fans are running out of words. This is the worst run team in the league and it's not particularly close right now. And it is such, such a shame because this team from the 90s when I was growing up to the 2000s, right? What was the team you wanted to be? Was the world beater, right? And look at what they've become now and some of the shocking decisions that they're making. And who's next on the chopping block? It's the Brinkett. Another guy who wants to be here. Another guy who forced his way essentially to be here. And he's next on the chopping block for a bad decision. This is unbelievable. We're going to have more videos. We're going to keep you covered on all the new reports. I'm sure the rest of today is going to be very busy. Let me know how you feel in the comments below. This has completely spiraled out of control. Let me know how you feel in the comments below. We'll see you for another video, maybe later or tomorrow.