Edvinsson Is Apparently Available. That's a Different Conversation.

Eight days ago the Red Wings had "zero interest" in trading Simon Edvinsson. Now, per Pierre LeBrun, multiple teams have joined the Blues in pursuit, and Detroit is at least listening. That's a notable shift in a short window.

The context matters. Bernard-Docker is gone, waived last week, and the depth behind Moritz Seider is thin enough that Justin Faulk is the third name on the chart. That's the blue line problem I've been noting since September — it didn't get fixed by the DeBrincat extension, and it didn't get fixed by waiving Bernard-Docker. What it did do is clarify the situation: Detroit has one reliable defenseman and a significant drop to everyone else.

So the question the front office is apparently wrestling with is whether Edvinsson is the answer to that problem or the currency to solve it. LeBrun's report suggests the latter is at least being explored. My read is that trading him makes the depth crisis worse before it gets better, unless the return is a defenseman who can actually play. Moving Edvinsson for picks or a forward doesn't address the one thing this roster visibly needs.

Worth watching over the next few days. The Blues aren't the only team involved now, which means the price, and the pressure to decide, just went up.