Winging It In Motown

Date of Birth: April 14, 2003 Position: C Age: 18 Height: 6’0”/183cm Place of Birth: Goteborg, SWE Weight: 176lbs/80kg Nation: Sweden Shoots: Left Rankings #76 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM #121 by FCHOCKEY #85 by MCKEEN’S HOCKEY #27 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (EU Skaters) #77 by RECRUIT SCOUTING #58 by DOBBERPROSPECTS #63 by SMAHT SCOUTING After focusing on

The Red Wings are closing out the 2021 NHL Draft with forward Pasquale Zito at 166th overall. Vitals Born: June 1, 2003Position: CHeight: 6’0”Weight: 174 lbs.Shoots: L [embedded content] We don’t have much on Pasquale Zito, that’s because he plays in the OHL, which ceased all operations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Zito had an OK

Steve Yzerman kicked off the 4th round of the 2021 NHL Draft with a change of strategy — after trading up multiple times, he moved the 102nd pick to the Vegas Golden Knights for picks 114 and 155. With the 114th pick, Detroit selected C/LW Red Savage with the USDP. Vitals Birthdate: May 15, 2003Position:

In the first two rounds the Red Wings took two defensemen and a goaltender, so you would think they’d take a center, right? Each time Detroit came on the clock I was expecting them to take a center. Well, Detroit surprised me again and ended up taking a left wing with the 70th overall pick:

Good morning, WIIM! Day two of the NHL Draft will start this morning at 11amET. Things should run faster today than they did last night but you also likely won’t see too many of the big types of moves. Here’s a quick recap of what the Wings got up to during the first round: Detroit

Welcome back to the second pick of the first round for the Red Wings. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself between Detroit’s own #6 overall pick and now. This one came a little quicker than we were anticipating, as the Wings traded with Dallas to move into the #15 slot in return for picks #23, 48

Well after all the waiting, Detroit got their 2021 Entry Draft started with the team selecting defenseman Simon Edvinsson from Frolunda. With William Eklund still on the board, I was hoping that Yzerman would take the forward, but instead he took a defenseman who could have some people looking back in a few years and

Tonight’s the night that so many NHL fans have been waiting for — the 2021 NHL Draft will kick off tonight from the NHL Network Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. Steve Yzerman currently holds two picks in the 1st round, which could shape up to be a turning point for his rebuild. The Red Wings

Trade Analysis: The Detroit Red Wings acquire Alex Nedeljkovic from the Carolina Hurricanes – EP Rinkside The acquisition cost is meager, to say the least. Even after you subtract the third-round pick they sent to the Hurricanes, they still have five picks in the first three rounds of the upcoming draft (including their own 3rd,

Detroit opens up the 2021-22 season with 4 games in a row at home, including a home opener against the two time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. All game times are to be determined as of now. Indefatigable beat writer Max Bultman has the full schedule below. Detroit first plays Seattle Wednesday December 1st. Team

Steve Yzerman is making quick work following the Seattle expansion draft. Shortly after the trade freeze lifted Thursday afternoon at 1pm, news surfaced that the Red Wings are acquiring goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic from Carolina in exchange for UFA goalie Jonathan Bernier and a 3rd-round draft pick. Nedeljkovic return is a third and Jonathan Bernier —

With the roster freeze lifting at 1pm today, the Red Wings wasted no time announcing an extension for center Michael Rasmussen. The deal is for the next three seasons and carries a $1.46M cap hit. The #LGRW re-signed RFA F Michael Rasmussen to 3 year $1.46M Cap Hit Deal: Yr 1: $1M Yr 2: $1.48MYr

There’s tons of expansion draft takes and reactions out there so I wanted to highlight a couple things that might have slipped past notice instead. As always, share and discuss any Seattle-related stuff you’d like. Thanks! Interview with Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings – Dropping the Gloves Podcast If you don’t know this kid’s name

Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. It’s over. The players all leaked hours before the draft started. And I can’t watch it live, even though I pay for ESPN+, so this is very on brand for the NHL. Because I can’t watch it, I’m going to write this as a recap of what

UPDATE: 8:15 – The Dennis Cholowski pick is official. The broadcast show used Licorice the octopus to reveal the pick and I personally think it was cool. – J.J. After a day of keeping a tight lid on things, Steve Yzerman’s effort to keep the Seattle Kraken’s pick from the Detroit Red Wings under wraps

Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. If you haven’t read the first article that lays out the rules of the expansion draft, that would be a good starting point, as I’ll only give the very basic rules in each of these follow up articles. Previous articles focusing on Detroit in this series were

Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. If you haven’t read the first article that lays out the rules of the expansion draft, that would be a good starting point, as I’ll only give the very basic rules in each of these follow up articles. Previous articles focusing on Detroit in this series were

McTavish rises, Sens go goalie in Button’s final mock draft – TSN According to Craig Button, the Wings take Eklund 6th and Samu Tuomaala 23rd Athletic therapists get funding for study of Toradol, painkillers – TSN Good news athletic therapists will be better educated about Toradol & painkillers.But it’s telling at the same time that

The last two seasons, Jonathan Bernier has played a major role in keeping Detroit in most games that he played. Renaud Lavoie is reporting that Bernier will test the open market when free agency begins on July 28. Another goalie hitting the market. Hearing that Jonathan Bernier will be available on July 28 after making

2021 Draft Consensus Rankings – WIIM Fanposts This year I had 25 sources with almost all of them being familiar to people like me who research prospects. I ended up with 113 players with all but two having at least multiple second round rankings. The two that didn’t had a whole bunch of third round