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Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman said "our goal is to acquire more draft choices" before the NHL trade deadline on Feb. 24.
"My plan isn't to be passive," Yzerman said in a TV interview with team play-by-play announcer Ken Kal released on Friday afternoon. "Certainly, I'm looking for ways to build for the future and trying to acquire draft picks or prospects or young players that can come into the organization sooner or later."
Yzerman said he's getting ready now for the trade deadline with midseason amateur and pro meetings and he'll have a better idea if "there's areas of interest from other teams and a better indication of what you may be able to do.