The Red Wings are on the cusp of a wild card spot with 21 games to go, and trying to snap a franchise-worst eight-year playoff drought.

The Detroit Red Wings acquired a 2025 fourth-round pick today to facilitate the trade that sent center Yanni Gourde from Seattle to Tampa Bay. The Kraken shipped Gourde to Detroit for defense prospect Kyle Aucoin. The Red Wings then sent Gourde to the Lightning for a conditional fourth-round pick.

A busy day of transactions continued for the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday afternoon, when word broke that Detroit would be facilitating the deal that sent Seattle Kraken forwards Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand to the Tampa Bay Lightning.