The Detroit Red Wings have signed Stephen Weiss to a 5 year $24.5 million contract. Last year Weiss played only 17 games due to injury. With the decision to let Filpula walk done, the Wings needed to sign another top tier center to allow for Datsyuk and Zetterberg to play on the same line.
Now that the Red Wings have made two big signings, I expect they will now focus on signing their own UFAs.
The free agent signing period has begun in the NHL and I see a flurry of signings on Twitter. The Detroit Red Wings have picked up another Swede, signing Daniel Alfredsson to a one year deal.
I see that Filpula wants much more pay than the Wings are willing to provide, so he will be gone. I hope that the Wings sign Clearly and I am ambivalent about Brunner.