The Detroit Red Wings have made only a couple of moves so far in the days before the 2012 trade deadline hits at 3 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, but a trade earlier that sent Mike Commodore to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a conditional draft pick might have opened the rumor floodgates as it were.
A rumor has begun to circulate that the Red Wings are traded D-man Brad Stuart to the New York Rangers for draft picks, but it's not been confirmed yet.
This is only a very early rumor and there are other sources saying that it won't happen at all, so there's no sure idea of whether or not Stuart is actually going to be a New York Ranger by the end of deadline day.
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