Zed to W's?

Spector is reporting speculation that Richard Zednik is being offered to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for centre Robert Lang, although he asks whether the Wings would be getting a fair deal in picking up Zednik and his streaky scoring.

Recall that Lang and Alex Kovalev were teammates together in Pittsburgh between 1998-'99 and 2001-'02 and in that time they put up impressive points totals together. In those 4 seasons, Lang had an average of 50 points a season, while Kovalev averaged 71. Although Lang is 35, this deal would be great for the Habs - Lang is a proven scorer and a decent faceoff man, and would help make the useless Mike Ribeiro expendable.

Only two questions remain, though: 1.) Are the Wings interested in Zednik's services?; and 2.) Will the Habs be willing to absorb Lang's hefty contract, which goes until 2007 and pays in the neighbourhood of $3.8 million? I'm not sure that Lang is the guy that the Habs would want to use their free cap space saved from José Theodore on, but acquiring Lang would be a fairly short-term investment anyways. In my opinion, if the Wings bite, make a deal.