Getty A Red Wings trade pitch lands Alexander Nikishin in a blockbuster one-for-one swap that would send 41-goal wing Alex DeBrincat to Carolina.
A trade pitch directed at the Detroit Red Wings would send winger Alex DeBrincat to the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.
In return, the blockbuster scenario would land Detroit the rights to restricted free agent Alexander Nikishin, a defenseman who scored 11 goals in his rookie season.
The scenario imagines DeBrincat skating for Carolina, inverting the real standoff gripping training camp. It’s Nikishin, still unsigned, who wants out of Raleigh, not DeBrincat trying
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