Kyle Calder, Ex-Red Wings Deadline Add, Dies at 47

Kyle Calder was one of those deadline pickups that tells you exactly how a front office thinks when the games start to tighten up. He arrived in Detroit at the 2007 trade deadline, a move that fit the kind of depth swing contenders make when they believe one more piece can matter. His death at 47 lands hard because the league still remembers how quickly a player can become part of a playoff push, then part of the franchise’s memory.