Asset Management Around the League: Detroit 2011-2014

I thought that if I was going to write about the Jets asset management, I should compare the Jets to other teams around the league. I decided on the media darling Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. Here is Detroit in the same timespan as the Jets 2011-2014.

Players Lost:
Damien Brunner
Fabian Brunnstrom*
Carlo Colaiacovo
Mike Commodore*
Ty Conklin (retired)
Chris Conner*
Valtteri Filpula
Patrick Eaves
Kent Huskins
Tomas Holmstrom (retired)
Jiri Hudler
Doug Janik*
Nicklas Lidstrom (retired)
Joey MacDonald*
Jan Mursak*
Ian White*
Brad Stuart

Red=flipped for an asset
Blue=lost for nothing
*indicates no longer in the NHL

Some of the players Detroit has lost are bad at hockey, but Brunner, Filppula, and Hudler would still be valuable to them, especially since they have 11 players who are 30 or older.

Players Brought In:
Kyle Quincy--> First round pick
David Legwand--> Calle Jankork, Patrick Eaves, third round pick
Daniel Alfredsson
Damien Brunner*
Mikael Samuelsson
Jordin Tootoo
Stephen Weiss
Kent Huskins*

*indicates not with team anymore

Free agency means Ken Holland can find old players and let young players go like Brunner.

Detroit In:
Kyle Quincy
David Legwand
Daniel Alfredsson
Mikael Samuelsson
Jordin Tootoo
Stephen Weiss
Danny DeKeyser

Detroit Out:
Damien Brunner
Fabian Brunnstrom
Carlo Colaiacovo
Mike Commodore
Chris Conner
Valtteri Filpula
Patrick Eaves
Kent Huskins
Jiri Hudler
Doug Janik
Joey MacDonald
Jan Mursak
Ian White
Brad Stuart

Purple=NHL still
Blue=out of NHL
Detroit has lost all these players and only has David Legwand to show for it. Brunner, Filppula, and Hudler are all younger versions of players like Todd Bertuzzi, Dan Cleary, and Mikael Samuelsson.