Can the Montreal Canadiens make a trade for Simon Edvinsson?
On the eve of the Detroit Red Wings season and the christening of the 2026/27 NHL season, many teams have holes to fix and their own projects to worry about, yet the Red Wings have a significant issue seemingly sticking out like a sore thumb. As the title leads you all to believe, 23 year old Simon Edvinsson, the former 6th overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, is a restricted free agent who is yet to be signed prior to the start of the regular season for the Red Wings. As reported, both Edvinsson’s camp and the Red Wings are not agreeing on terms for a contract, but accordingly with other contracts given out around the league and the rising salary cap, it is expected to be higher than 9 million dollars for a young top 4 defenseman. Edvinsson has certainly given himself an argument for that type of money as well. At only 23 years old he has already cemented himself as one of the most important defensemen on the Red Wings, playing over 22 minutes a night last season whilst putting up 2...