In what world will Chris sell the Wings ? Chris is a hockey guy , Mike is a Tigers guy , but Mike is old , so the Tigers will be on the market when he passes . As far as the fire sale goes , the team has two roads stay the path and either barely make the playoffs and get probably eliminated early , OR sell off aging assets and try to get enough prospects to be a competitive team in a few years . The cubs aren ' t an easy mold to follow , because the hope is that the prospects turn out , but the team doesn ' t have great chances as it is right now , and trading off some of the guys should net us better odds in the future . There isn ' t some grand Detroit conspiracy . The Ilitches are keeping the wings . <| sep |> Cheapest ? Well get it as drop , it doesn ' t cost anything .