Would it be the right move? Yes. Long-term contracts often become an albatross for teams in the final couple of seasons, but that’s the cost of doing business. The Red Wings need to add some talent, in addition to developing their own, to make significant strides.

Khan is back to writing about the Red Wings. He doesn’t think the team will land Krug and instead guesses they’ll go with stopgap options for the time being.

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Just how many defencemen get moved out of Arizona is hard to say, and until they hire a new GM we can’t know the plan for sure.