Shawn Horcoff has made his final decision with Simon Edvinsson, per Pierre LeBrun

Simon Edvinsson still has no deal with the Red Wings, and Thursday evening the Bruins surfaced among at least 10 teams calling about him.

Pierre LeBrun reported the interest. He also confirmed the detail that should worry Detroit fans most: a sizeable gap on salary remains.

The Red Wings keep telling every caller the same thing. Their preference is to re-sign the restricted free agent, not move him.

Ownership has handed management full authority to get an extension done. Long-term, mid-term and short-term offers have all been put in front of the Swede.

None of them closed it. And as LeBrun pointed out, the longer this drags on, the more realistic a trade becomes.

Here's what the Red Wings would be shipping out. A 6-foot-6, 222-pound left shot who went +12 in each of the last two seasons.

He did that on a $894,167 cap hit. Cheap, big and 23 years old is the exact profile every front office shops for in October.

Edvinsson trade talk grows as Detroit's offers keep falling short

Last season produced 25 points in 72 games.

That's a dip from the year before. The plus-minus didn't budge.

Edvinsson has 60 points over 175 NHL games, and every one of them came in a Red Wings sweater.

So why would the Red Wings even listen?

Because they opened 1-2-0 on home ice with seven goals scored. A slow start makes every front office twitchy.

The blue line isn't getting any younger. Ben Chiarot is 35 and still looking for his first point, while Justin Faulk is 34.

Boston's interest makes sense on paper. The Bruins just thumped Utah 6-1 on Thursday, and Hampus Lindholm is 32.

The Red Wings' position looks like a house with a full calendar of showings and a seller swearing it isn't on the market. Eventually somebody puts in an offer the family has to read twice.

Trading him over a salary gap would be a bad hockey trade. The Red Wings drafted him sixth overall in 2021 for exactly this stage, when the growing pains are paid for and the payoff starts.

You don't sit through two seasons of Grand Rapids development just to watch an Atlantic Division rival collect the prime years.

The Red Wings host Seattle tonight, then visit Montreal on Saturday to finish a back-to-back. The phones won't stop ringing in between.

Sooner or later, one of those calls comes with an offer the Red Wings can't wave off.

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