Red Wings Trade Nemeth to Avalanche

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The Red Wings traded defenseman Patrik Nemeth to the Colorado Avalanche for a fourth round draft pick in 2022 on Friday night.

The move comes in advance of Monday’s NHL trade deadline.  The Red Wings will retain 50% of Nemeth’s salary in the transaction.

Detroit signed Nemeth as a free agent from Colorado during the summer of 2019.  He played 103 games for the Red Wings, notching 17 points in a shutdown role.

Nemeth is due to become an unrestricted free agent in the coming offseason.

The deal marks the first-ever direct trade between the Red Wings and the Avalanche.


The first report that something might be up came via DH.N’s roster monitoring.


I will continue to lament the fact that the Red Wings don’t have the pieces to acquire better picks than this, but I like the move.  Just because they can’t get anything better doesn’t mean they shouldn’t sell what they have.

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