In terms of Holiday shopping, the Detroit Red Wings would be difficult people to cross off your list. The team is very much in a stage where they can respond to “what do you want” with “ohh I don’t really need anything big... I’ll love whatever you get me,” causing you to bash your head into a wall while scrolling Amazon for any semblance of an idea three days before December 25th.
The Red Wings really do have plenty of “must-haves” when it comes to building their team. They have a few young high-impact forwards still reaching their prime, an up-and-coming top defenseman in Moritz Seider and a few other solid top four candidates, great goaltending in Ville Husso, and a couple of veterans contributing as solid depth pieces.