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How the Detroit Red Wings were built

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Below is a chart of how the 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings were built with name, position, transaction and 2001-02 base salary according to the NHL Players' Association:

Total payroll: $66,293,750

1983 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Steve Yzerman, C, $7.5 million
(1st round, 4th overall)
   
1989 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Nicklas Lidstrom, D, $8 million
(3rd round, 53rd overall)
Sergei Fedorov, C, $2 million
(4th round, 7th overall)
   
1992 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Darren McCarty, RW, $1.95 million
(2nd round, 46th overall)
   
1993 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
June 30     Kris Draper, C, $1.15 million
from Winnipeg for future considerations
1994 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Mathieu Dandenault, D, $1.1 million
(2nd round, 49th overall)
Tomas Holmstrom, LW, $1.15 million
10th round, 257th aoverall
   
1995 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Maxim Kuznetsov, D, $475,000
(1st round, 26th overall)
   
1996 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
March 20     Kirk Maltby, LW, $1,058,750
from Edmonton for D Dan McGillis
October 9     Brendan Shanahan, LW, $6 million
with D Brian Glynn from Hartford for C Keith Primeau, D Paul Coffey and 1997 1st-round pick (Nick Tselios)
  Jesse Wallin, D, $660,000
(1st round, 26th overall)
   
1998 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
July 7   Uwe Krupp, D, $4.1 million  
  Jiri Fischer, D, $975,000
(1st round, 25th overall)
Pavel Datsyuk, C, $700,000
(6th round, 171st overall)
   
1999 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
March 23     Chris Chelios, D, $5.5 million
from Chicago for D Anders Eriksson and 1st-round picks in 1999 and 2001
July 16   Manny Legace, G, $550,000  
Sept. 4   Steve Duchesne, D, $1.6 million  
Sept. 21   Sean Avery, C, $400,000  
2000 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
Aug. 23   Boyd Devereaux, C, $1.45 million  
Sept. 18   Jason Williams, C, $375,000  
Dec. 28     Igor Larionov, C, $1.15 million
from Florida for D Yan Golubovsky
2001 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
May 30   Fredrik Olausson, D, $750,000  
July 1     Dominik Hasek, G, $8 million
from Buffalo for Vyacheslav Kozlov and a 2002 1st-round pick
July 2   Luc Robitaille, LW, $4 million  
Aug. 22   Brett Hull, RW, $3.5 million  
Oct. 5   Ladislav Kohn, RW, $400,000  
2002 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
March 19     Jiri Slegr, D, $1.8 million
from Atlanta for C Yuri Butsayev and a 2002 3rd-round pick



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