{"id":74264,"date":"2025-08-11T08:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74264\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:56:04","slug":"the-daily-mctavish-may-be-what-red-wings-need-overrated-pens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74264\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily: McTavish May Be What Red Wings Need; Overrated Pens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Czechia website\u2019s report that the Detroit Red Wings are pursuing a trade for restricted free agent center Mason McTavish s<\/a>eems plausible.<\/p>\n

The Red Wings have been looking for another scorer to play in the top six and McTavish is a 220-pound complete player who scored 22 goals last season. Think Ryan O\u2019Reilly. McTavish could be a nice fit between Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane. That would allow Marco Kasper to play on the first line with Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin.<\/p>\n

Anaheim GM Pat Verbeek and Detroit GM Steve Yzerman are close friends. Verbeek worked for Yzerman in both Tampa and Detroit. That doesn\u2019t mean Verbeek will give Yzerman special consideration, but it does mean they have the kind of relationship that helps negotiations move along.\u00a0 The Red Wings have the cap space ($12 million) to sign McTavish if they can negotiate a deal.<\/p>\n

AFP Analytics projects McTavish coming in just under $4 million AAV and $6.7 million on a long-term deal, but we\u2019re hearing McTavish wants more than those numbers. That\u2019s the issue.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Ducks have more cap space than any other NHL team, and they have not been able to sign McTavish. Yzerman and Verbeek are similar in their approaches. That probably means that Yzerman wouldn\u2019t like McTavish\u2019s ask either.<\/p>\n

But the bigger issue is that the Ducks don\u2019t want to give up McTavish. It seems likely they eventually will get him signed. And if they don\u2019t, their asking price will leave some Detroit fans squeamish. The Chechia report says it is Axel Sandin Pellikka.\u00a0 McTavish is worth an exceptional return, but it would be hard to squeeze that trigger.<\/p>\n

Red Wings In Case You Missed It<\/p>\n

Mark Pysyk<\/a> wonders how it could have been different if he hadn\u2019t suffered the Achilles injury after signing with Detroit.<\/p>\n

Jakub Vrana<\/a> finally signs a deal to play for Link\u00f6ping in the Swedish Hockey League.<\/p>\n

Fun video of Patrick Kane\u2019s son, Patrick III, battling with Alex DeBrincat\u2019s son, Archie, on Patrick Kane Day<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Red Wings Extra<\/p>\n

Michigan native David Booth<\/a>, who last played in the NHL with the Red Wings in 2017-18, is playing in the Australian League at age 40. In 11 games this season, Booth has 25 goals and 50 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hockey Now Network<\/p>\n

Colorado: Aarif Deen writes about three issues in the way of the Avalanche making another Stanley Cup run. Colorado Avalanche.<\/a><\/p>\n

Florida: The partying is completed, and the Panthers seem ready to get back to the business of a three-peat. Florida Panthers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Pittsburgh: Dan Kingerski writes about the five most overrated Penguins in the Sidney Crosby Era. Pittsburgh Penguins.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Czechia website\u2019s report that the Detroit Red Wings are pursuing a trade for restricted free agent center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[22937,831,385,22151,10207,99],"class_list":["post-74264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-axel-sandin-pellikka","tag-featured","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade-rumors","tag-red-wings","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}