Trade Pitch Sees Red Wings Acquire Star $52 Million Defenseman in Blockbuster
The Detroit Red Wings are a young team that added some veteran players in the offseason to hopefully end their playoff drought, and one trade pitch adds another star player to the fold.
The website PuckPedia‘s PuckGM tool lets users create their own trades. One user proposed a deal that would see the Red Wings acquire Cam Fowler from the Anaheim Ducks.
The proposed deal would be a blockbuster as the Red Wings would get a star defenseman in Fowler for a prospect, an NHL defenseman, and a draft pick.
Fowler is entering the seventh year of his eight-year $52 million deal. The 32-year-old recorded 5 goals and 34 assists for 39 points in 81 games last season. He has spent his entire NHL career with the Ducks after Anaheim selected him 12th overall in the 2010 NHL draft. Fowler has been the face of the franchise and could be a second-pairing right-shot defenseman for the Red Wings.
Anaheim, meanwhile, would get Viro who is 20 and was drafted in the third round of the 2020 NHL draft. Viro is a defenseman who spent last season in the AHL and could push for NHL minutes next season.
