After weeks of speculation, the Alex Debrincat saga comes to an end. Ottawa traded the diminutive forward to their divisional rival on Sunday evening. Detroit subsequently signed him to a four-year contract extension that will pay him $7.875 million per season. In return, Ottawa receives Dominik Kubalik, Donovan Sebrango and conditional 1st in 2024 and a 4th in 2024. The return may seem light on its face, but without a contract and unwilling to sign in many places, Debrincat lowered his value. Wingers are the least valuable position in hockey and combined with his contract status and size, expecting a mammoth return would have been a fool's errand. Debrincat to Detroit
