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It turns out Detroit was never seriously after Semin

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BOSTON, MA - MARCH 29: Alexander Semin #28 of the Washington Capitals tries to keep the puck from Chris Kelly #23 of the Boston Bruins on March 29, 2012 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

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With Alexander Semin signing with the Carolina Hurricanes on a one-year, $7 million deal it presents another missed free agent opportunity for the Detroit Red Wings. According to Semin’s agent, however, it’s an opportunity Detroit wasn’t exactly chasing.

Ansar Khan of Mlive.com reports the Wings never seriously pursued the free agent Russian.

Semin’s agent, Todd Diamond, told M-Live.com that he had only one conversation with the Detroit Red Wings.

“It never got serious with them,’' Diamond said.

It seems a bit curious that Detroit would keep their distance from Semin considering Pavel Datsyuk’s familiarity with him, even playing on a line together during the World Championships, and the possibility he could help Semin feel more comfortable having a fellow Russian to play with there.

Detroit has now missed out on landing Ryan Suter, Zach Parise, Shea Weber, and now Semin in an offseason that sees the Wings with oodles of salary cap space to splurge on. While Suter and Parise worked out their own deal with the Wild and Weber was a RFA, landing Semin would’ve at least required a big money one-year offer.

You have to wonder if perhaps GM Ken Holland has a trick up his sleeve to go after Bobby Ryan or if perhaps he’s waiting out a possible labor storm.