Detroit Red Wings’ pursuit of Alex DeBrincat isn’t a magic fix. But it…

Somebody, at some point, has got to take a “big swing” around these parts, right? And no, I’m not talking about Cam Johnson, a fine basketball player who elected to re-sign with the Brooklyn Nets.

The forward is a solid defender and good shooter and won’t come close to moving the needle on his own. He isn’t that kind of player — the fifth best player on a team not named the “Dream Team” rarely is.

In another sport, Ottawa Senators forward (for now) Alex DeBrincat is closer to that kind of player. In fact, he’s the kind of scorer the Detroit Red Wings desperately need and, frankly, just don’t have. The two Wings who could score like DeBrincat does — Tyler Bertuzzi and Jakub Vrana — are gone.

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Then again, neither put the puck in the net like DeBrincat has at his best. Now, you might argue that the Farmington Hills native played his most productive hockey on the same line with Patrick Kane when he was in Chicago, and the Wings don’t have anyone like Kane.

But Wings captain Dylan Larkin is still getting better, and it’s easy to imagine he’d be better still setting up someone like DeBrincat, which is why reports suggest the Senators and Red Wings have been talking about a possible trade for days … or weeks. It feels like that anyway, doesn’t it?

For several days now, information about a potential deal has leaked out, and no nugget was more tantalizing than the report that suggested DeBrincat wants to come home and suit up for the Wings.

The Wings have the cap space and the line space and, absolutely, the psychic space. The question is: Do they have the gut…