Detroit Red Wings in trade talks with Canadian team per Elliotte Friedman
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Elliotte Friedman dropped intriguing news on Friday night and now everyone in the 313 is staring at the border wait times in Windsor - possibly waiting for Logan Stanley or Luke Schenn out of Winnipeg.
The word is out that Steve Yzerman and the Winnipeg Jets are deep in talks about moving some serious weight to the Motor City blue line.
Detroit needs grit and they need it yesterday if they want to survive the gauntlet that is the Atlantic Division.
Logan Stanley is the name everyone is circling because the guy is finally playing like the monster the Jets hoped for when they took him in the 1st Round, 18th overall, back in 2016.
Standing as a 6'7'' mountain on the ice, Stanley has completely rewritten his narrative this season with a shocking offensive breakout.
He has already piled up 8 goals and 9 assists for 17 points in 52 games, all while playing a mean, physical brand of hockey.
With 95 penalty minutes on the board, he is exactly the kind of nightmare that visiting forwards hate to see in the crease.
Yzerman looking for a heavy presence on the backend
Stanley is a steal right now for any team looking to balance their books while adding size, especially with his bargain price tag.
But he isn't the only option on the table as the Jets look to offload veteran assets before the deadline hits.
Luke Schenn is the other piece of the puzzle, a guy who knows exactly what it takes to win when the games actually matter.
Schenn was a high-stakes pick himself, drafted in the 1st Round, 5th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008.
He only has 1 goal and 5 assists in 39 games this year, but you aren't trading for him to fill the net.
The heavy-hitting veteran brings a -8 rating and 25 penalty minutes, but his real value is the localized climate of fear he creates in the corners.
The Wings have to decide if they want the youth and scoring touch of a breakout giant or the battle-scarred reliability of a two-time champ.
Yzerman doesn't usually blink first in these negotiations, but the hole on the right side of his defense is getting impossible to ignore.
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