Daniel Alfredsson isn’t a problem, exactly. He tied for the team lead in scoring with 49 points in his first season in Detroit, and the Red Wings clearly like him. The trouble is that in bringing him back for another season, Detroit would further complicate an already difficult situation up front.
General manager Ken Holland seems committed to keeping Alfredsson anyway, as he revealed to MLive.com’s Ansar Khan on Monday.
“My take is we're probably going to try to do something with Alfie,” Holland told Khan. “He had a good year, 19 goals. When he was healthy, he was valuable.”
Holland added that he doesn't expect Alfredsson to appear in all 82 games for Detroit, owing to the team’s wealth of young talent, and that he isn't interested in bringing aboard any other free agents. Still, as Khan notes, the addition of Alfredsson will give the team far too many forwards on one-way deals:
If Alfredsson returns, the team will have 15 forwards on one-way contracts, one more than it intends to carry. Jurco is the only one of the group who can be assigned to the Grand ...
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Breaking Down the Detroit Red Wings’ Daniel Alfredsson Problem
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