NHL team is shopping big name player to acquire coveted star.

The fact that Steven Stamkos will be the hottest free agent on the market this offseason is a well known fact at this point, and many teams remain in the running to acquire his services. However one team seems poised to do whatever it takes to put them in the running.

The Detroit Red Wings are reportedly dead-set on taking a run at Steven Stamkos this summer, and general manager Ken Holland is already taking steps to put his club in the eventual bidding war for the star foorward.

"(They're) most definitely looking at Steven Stamkos as an unrestricted free agent option, but in order for the Red Wings to get into that game, obviously they're going to have to move out the money of Pavel Datsyuk," TSN's Darren Dreger reported on Friday's edition of "Insider Trading."

Datsyuk, has one more year remaining with the Wings at a cap hit of $7.5 million. "The Magic Man" has apparently already received a significant offer to play in the KHL with SKA St. Petersburg. Despite the demand for his services, Datsyuk won't decide on his future endeavours before meeting with the Red Wings later this month.

"Ken Holland ... is actively trying to move that one year, the remaining year on his contract," Dreger said Friday. "Maybe there's a team out there that needs that $7.5 million to get to the (salary cap) floor, but the Red Wings know in order to move it, they're going to have to sweeten it."

Dreger cites young forwards Tomas Jurco and Teemu Pulkkinen as potential players who could be packaged to entice a trade partner, adding that Holland is "hard at it" in his attempt to get a deal done.

Datsyuk has said he's willing to help the Red Wings out by agreeing to have his contract moved if he chooses to depart for Russia.

For his part, Stamkos will become a UFA if he's not re-signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning before July 1.

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