Simon Edvinsson is back on this side of the globe, but the noise around his future in Detroit hasn’t gone anywhere.
The Red Wings, though, are making their position plain. Interim general manager Shawn Horcoff said Wednesday that trading the big Swedish defenseman is not on the table, and the team still wants to lock him up.
“I have zero interest in trading Simon Edvinsson,” Horcoff said. “Not something I’m entertaining. We want to sign him.”
That statement lands in the middle of a messy stretch for Hockeytown. Detroit missed the playoffs for the 10th straight season, then watched the situation around the organization keep spiraling.
It began when captain Dylan Larkin requested a trade, which eventually led to Steve Yzerman stepping down as GM. As training camp approached, Edvinsson’s restricted free agency became another complication, with the blueliner waiting for the front office picture to settle before signing a new deal.
Even after camp wrapped, no contract came together, and the 23-year-old went back to Sweden. Then, once the 2026-27 regular season got underway, it surfaced that Edvinsson preferred to be traded, turning an already uncomfortable situation into a full-blown talking point.
So where does this go now? On one hand, Detroit clearly believes in what Edvinsson can become for the club.
He was reportedly the player the Vancouver Canucks wanted in exchange for Quinn Hughes, a price Yzerman apparently wasn’t willing to pay. On the other hand, the fact that the two sides still haven’t reached a deal naturally raises questions about how the Wings truly view the young defenseman.
The absence has shown up on the ice, too. Detroit has opened the year with a rough 1-3-2 record, winning just once in its first six games.
The Red Wings are back in action Thursday night at home against the also-struggling Philadelphia Flyers.
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