from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
With the Arizona Coyotes in town it seemed like a good time to revisit The Trade.
OK, maybe it doesn’t necessarily deserve capital letters. But it was a noteworthy deal, indeed.
On the evening of the NHL Entry Draft in 2016, the Wings were able to unload the last year of Pavel Datsyuk’s contract after he had retired, eliminating the salary cap charge, to the Arizona Coyotes.
The Wings sent the final year of Datsyuk’s contract and their first-round pick (No. 16 overall) to the Coyotes for Arizona’s first-round pick (No.