Wings' Holland shifts focus to signing Damien Brunner, Valtteri Filppula and Daniel Cleary

Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Comments Detroit forward Valtteri Filppula, left, was the source of trade rumors before the NHL draft but nothing transpired. Filppula, along with Daniel Cleary and Damien Brunner, could become an unrestricted free agent after July 5. (Detroit News/David Guralnick) Detroit— Red Wings general manager Ken Holland met with the agents for potential unrestricted free-agent forwards Damien Brunner, Valtteri Filppula and Daniel Cleary over the weekend, but progress on new deals was slow. All three can become unrestricted free agents on July 5. There was speculation leading into the weekend the Red Wings would trade Filppula’s rights, but that didn’t happen. Holland will...