Alex DeBrincat had been having a “chill day” at home with his wife and one-year-old son Sunday when the call finally came.
For weeks, the possibilities of a trade to his native Detroit had been speculated freely. DeBrincat had even discussed the subject over golf with Dylan Larkin recently. Now, it was real. DeBrincat would be a Red Wing, joining the team he grew up watching, as a much-welcomed — and much-anticipated — scorer, on a new four-year contract.
“It kind of came together pretty quick,” DeBrincat said via Zoom Monday morning, already in Metro Detroit. “So it was very exciting.”
Exciting for DeBrincat and his wife Lyndsey (also from Southeast Michigan), certainly, and as DeBrincat pointed out, “I don’t think anyone’s happier than my parents.”
But also exciting for the Red Wings. Monday morning, Steve Yzerman was walking through Little Caesars Arena when he ran into veteran defenseman Ben Chiarot in the hallway. The enthusiasm was there, too.
“He’s excited that we brought not only Alex but other players in, because they want to be as competitive as they possibly can be,” Yzerman said. “So I think the guys will feel good that we’ve added NHL quality players to the roster and we hope to be more competitive, and the players will feed off of…
