Wings talking contracts
There is a great article by Ansar Khan detailing where the Wings stand on re-signing Wings players.
The Wings lost out to Nashville in the bidding war for Peter Forsberg. GM Ken Holland did make an offer for Forsberg that included a first round pick, second round pick, and possibly a prospect from Grand Rapids.
Talks with Pavel Datsyuk and his agent, Gary Greenstin, have continued with Holland. Vice president Steve Yzerman has sat in on dinner discussions. Their last meeting was last night before the Wings game in Phoenix. While talks haven’t been going great, the Wings are encouraged by the progress since they were incredibly far apart earlier in the season. It’s believed that Datsyuk wants $7 million, but the Wings aren’t likely to offer more than $5 million especially with Henrik Zetterberg only making $2.6 million for two more years.
I was a little surprised to hear that the Wings are planning on offering Kirk Maltby another contract assuming he’s willing to agree to a price lower than his current salary of $1.368 million. Khan also briefly mentioned where the Wings stand with five other players.
There has been no recent dialogue between the club and defenseman Mathieu Schneider. And the Wings will wait until after the playoffs before deciding whether to offer one-year deals to goaltender Dominik Hasek and defenseman Chris Chelios. Their other unrestricted free agents are defenseman Danny Markov and center Robert Lang, the latter of whom is not likely to return.
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