4 Potential Trade Deadline Moves for the Detroit Red Wings

Keith Yandle

Feb 13, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Arizona Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle (3) passes the puck during the second period against the San Jose Sharks at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports

A semi nice looking piece from the Arizona Coyotes…. Or the Phoenix Coyotes… Or whomever they are, I mean this team might end up moving to Las Vegas in the near future so they might be looking to get rid of players just to get a new team. Keith Yandle wouldn’t be a bad pick up by the Red Wings in the sense that he would help for the playoffs.

While he has only scored 4 goals on the season he does have 36 assists and likes to take a lot of shots on goal which at sometimes the Red Wings either just can’t do or don’t like to do much.

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He has 174 shots on goal this season and the past five seasons he has been averaging 188 shots on goal and that is a good thing.

Age and contract again is important to me when I’m going to bring players in. Yandle is 28 years old which isn’t a bad thing by any means. He isn’t really old and not really young. He has a year left on his contract at a 5.5 million dollar cap hit. Those numbers are not nearly as bad as Kessel and Phaneuf, and you have the chance to resign him to a contract if you want to.