Would you trade Detroit Red Wings star Lucas Raymond, who finished second in team scoring this year with 25 goals and a team-leading 51 assists for 76 points?
Let us know in the comment section below and we’ll publish responses and include them on a future podcast.
Raymond’s 10-team, no-trade clause doesn’t kick in until the start of the 2028-2029 season, according to puckpedia.com.
So, theoretically, the team’s 24-year-old, high-scoring winger could be dealt to any of the other 31 teams in the NHL.
What would you want back? What’s realistic? Or would you just say, no?
In Bob Wojnowski’s column on the Red Wings’ season-ending news conference on Thursday, he floated the idea Raymond could be on the trade market.
“It would take a major trade to significantly alter the teams’ makeup,” Wojo wrote in the column. “And that would mean dealing Dylan Larkin (doubtful), Alex DeBrincat (doubtful), Lucas Raymond (possible), or a promising youngster such as Marco Kasper (possible).”
In this week’s edition of The Detroit News/Red Wings podcast, beat reporter Ted Kulfan and host Mark Falkner discuss the possibility of a specific Raymond trade.
Tune in at the 5:30 mark of the podcast and see if you would make the deal for a veteran top-notch center to take some of the pressure off Larkin up the middle and a young top-4 defenseman to help on the blueline.
Here are highlights from episode 145 of The OctoPulse podcast:
▶ :05: Varsity Ford of Ann Arbor
▶ 1:30: Steve Yzerman less defiant than last year’s season-ending news conference
▶ 2:20: Yzerman on timeline to make the playoffs
▶ 4:10: Rebuilds in Montreal, Buffalo and Ottawa in full force
▶ 5:30: Pros and cons of trading Lucas Raymond
▶ 8:20: Would you deal Raymond for Vince Trocheck and Braden Schneider of the Rangers?
▶ 10:20: Is Elias Pettersson of the Canucks too risky of a deal?
▶ 11:10: Rangers beat reporter Colin Stephenson of Newsday on Trocheck and Schneider
▶ 18:30: Should Detroit add free agents Michael McCarron and A.J. Greer?
▶ 21:20: Ted’s final Red Wings grades
▶ 24:20: Wings “not even close” to playoff intensity
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Previous OctoPulse podcasts
▶ Red Wings endure staggering fall from grace
▶ Wings’ McLellan pushes right buttons in Philly
▶ Faulk to make debut vs. Devils; Larkin sidelined
▶ USA Hockey ‘on top of the mountain’ with double gold medals
▶ Unlikely assist on Red Wings goal; playoff chances
▶ Edvinsson injury tests Wings’ blueline depth
▶ Fedorov, Kane cap historic week in Red Wings’ history
▶ Nate Danielson demoted; Dave Goricki tribute
OctoPulse guests in alphabetical order
▶ A: Trey Augustine, Dave Andrews, Kenny Albert, Kashawn Aitcheson
▶ B: Riley Brengman, John Bacon, Red Berenson, Matt Beniers, Scotty Bowman, Joe Bowen, Cooper Black, Phil Bourque, Jason Bukala, Nick Bogas
▶ C: Steve Coates, Leo Carlsson, Mike Cammalleri, Logan Cooley, Caley Chelios, Cole Caufield, Mitchell Clinton, Mellissa Channell-Watkins
▶ D: Nate Danielson, Dave Drinkill, Jamie Drysdale, Ken Dryden, Jake Davis
▶ E: Cole Eiserman, Simon Edvinsson, Mike Emrick, Emerson Etem
▶ F: Jordan Forgione, Everett Fitzhugh, Jim Fox, John Forslund
▶ G: Cutter Gauthier, Dylan Guenther, Jerry Green, Stu Grimson, Gerard Gallant, Liam Greentree, Bruce Garrioch, John Garrett
▶ H: William Horcoff, Mark Howe, Cross Hanas, Luke Hughes, Murray Howe, Milan Hejduk, Brian Hayward, Brandon Hawkins
▶ I: Greg Innis
▶ J: Kent Johnson
▶ K: Joakim Kemell, Mark Kirton, Megan Keller, John Kelly, Mike Keenan, Emily Kaplan, Rich Kincaide, Alex Kannok Leipert, Ryan Kennedy
▶ L: Ryan Leonard, Nick Libett, Chaz Lucius, Brian Lawton, Pat Lafontaine, Nicklas Lidstrom, Craig Laughlin, Dave Legwand, Bill Lindsay
▶ M: Doug MacLean, Al Montoya, Tim Mayer, Wes McCauley, Dan Milstein, Max Namestnikov, Ken Morrow
▶ N: Ted Nolan, Frank Nazar, Dwayne Norris, Pat Nagle
▶ O: Mark O’Brien, Phil Osaer
▶ P: Madison Packer, Dave Poulin, Gabe Perreault, Jakub Petr, Doug Plagens, Cole Perfetti, Darren Pang, Zayne Parekh, Julie Petry, Chris Pronger
▶ R: Abby Roque, Jason Ross, Manon Rheaume, Lucas Raymond, Marco Rossi, Luc Robitaille, Marcus Ragnarsson, Sam Rosen, Daryl Reaugh
▶ S: Riley Sawchuk, Bob Stauffer, Will Smith, John Shannon, Paul Stewart, Moritz Seider, Tim Stutzle, Jake Sanderson, Craig Simpson, Kirsten Simms, Mats Sundin, Brad Stuart, Melissa Szkola, Callie Shanahan, Colin Stephenson
▶ T: Tripp Tracy, Bryan Trottier, Tim Taylor, Jacob Truscott, Amanda Thiele
▶ V: Rick Vaive
▶ W: Paul Woods, Shane Wright, Bob Wilkie
▶ Z: Rick Zombo, Trevor Zegras
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Lucas Raymond could be traded to help Detroit Red Wings make playoffs