The offseason is in full force with the draft, first few stages of free agency, and prospect development camp over and done with. Now that some of the major front office changes have taken place, the Red Wings have begun some of their house keeping business. Sunday afternoon the team inked first round pick Moritz…
With every change in general manager, significant changes to the front office are always expected. With the draft and first wave of free agency behind them, it appears the Red Wings have begun to shake things up. Now under Steve Yzerman, the big point of emphasis is on the pro and amateur scouting staffs.
Is it October Yet?! Well, hockey season isn’t exactly around the corner, hell we haven’t even made it to unrestricted free agency. The wait will have to last, but we now know the dates to mark on our calendars. Tuesday afternoon the Red Wings official schedule for the 2019-20 season was released.
The 2019 NHL entry draft has now come and gone and the Red Wings walked out with a collection of prospects to add to the pipeline. In total the club made eleven selections, previously owning ten before trading back in the fifth round. The draft picks came from all over the globe — spanning from…
To conclude the 2019 NHL draft, the Red Wings made back-to-back selections in the 7th round. The first being pick 190 which they used to take Kirill Tyutyayev, an overage forward from Russia. Immediately after that they took goaltender Carter Gylander from the AJHL with pick number 191. Tyutyayev played this past season in the…
With the 159th overall pick in the 2019 NHL draft the Red Wings have selected forward Elmer Soderblom. Soderblom is a Swedish-born player with so much raw potential. I can’t think of a bigger project from this draft. There is a lot of work to do here but he has potential. Coming in at 6’7”…
With the 97th overall pick in the 2019 NHL draft, the Red Wings have selected Ethan Phillips, a center from the USHL. Phillips came over midseason to play for the Sioux Falls Stampede and showcased his speedy style of game. He isn’t big by any means — standing at just 5’9” — so this is…
The next member of the Red Wings 2019 NHL draft class is Swedish forward Albin Grewe. The Wings used their first pick of the third round, 66th overall, to land Grewe. He comes from the Djurgarden system, having played mainly in the Swedish junior league. He did, however, have a 15 game stint in the…
With their third pick in the draft, the Red Wings have selected forward Robert Mastrosimone from Chicago of the USHL with the 54th overall pick. Mastrosimone is the first forward Detroit has selected, with the first two picks being a defensemen. A quick scouting report on the American winger: He is hard-nose, speedy player with…
Red Wings fans have had June 21 circled on the calendar for quite some time. Following the draft lottery the Detroit faithful has been dialed in on players expected to go in the 5-10 range. So when general manager Steve Yzerman made the selection of German defensemen Moritz Seider, projected to go in the mid…
Last but certainly not least! Jack Hughes of the USNTDP comes in as my number one rated prospect for the 2019 NHL Draft. After a tight race with Kaapo Kakko, Hughes lands at the top of my board because of his superstar upside. While this pick over a sure thing in Kakko is risky, you…
Finnish hockey has seen a great boom in top-end talent over the last decade. Star players like Sebastian Aho, Aleksander Barkov, Patrik Laine, Mikko Rantanen, among others, are being produced out of the newest hockey powerhouse. They have more coming in Anton Lundell, Aatu Raty, and Brad Lambert in future drafts. But the next great…
