Prospects News & Rumors: Wallinder, Pinto & Miettinen Eddy Jones | December 8, 2020 Team Sweden’s World Junior Championship woes continue as another player is forced to withdraw from the tournament due to COVID-19. The Ottawa Senators’ prospect Shane Pinto is off to an…
Red Wings See Potential in 2020 Draft Pick Alex Cotton Ryan Guenter | December 3, 2020 This past October, Alex Cotton of the Lethbridge Hurricanes became a fifth-round pick for the second time in his young hockey career. The right-handed defender was taken 132nd overall by…
Decision Time for Red Wings and Hicketts in 2021 Ryan Guenter | November 29, 2020 Joe Hicketts faces another year of uncertainty heading into the 2020-21 season. The Kamloops, British Columbia native becomes a restricted free agent after next season. Given the ubiquitous uncertainty surrounding,…
Red Wings Prospect Cross Hanas Has Skillful Upside Ryan Guenter | November 26, 2020 With 12 selections in hand for the 2020 NHL Draft, it quickly became evident that the Detroit Red Wings were focused on skill. Personally, that became crystal clear when Detroit…
Red Wings Prospects Hope to Capture Gold for Sweden at World Juniors Peter Ploshehanski | November 20, 2020 The holiday season is upon us, and Christmas is just around the corner. To myself and loads of other prospect junkies, Christmas is synonymous with the International Ice Hockey Federation’s…
Prospects News & Rumors: Seider, ECHL, Clarke & More Greg Boysen | November 18, 2020 We have our first official roster announcement for next month’s IIHF World Junior Championship and a rather big name was not included. Bad news out of the ECHL as it…
Detroit Red Wings ‘Untouchable’ Prospects Devin Little | November 18, 2020 When you’re a rebuilding team like the Detroit Red Wings, the name of the game is adding prospects, not subtracting them. To that point, general manager Steve Yzerman has drafted…
Tracking Red Wing Prospects Currently on Loan in Europe Ryan Guenter | November 12, 2020 With uncertainty surrounding the schedules of nearly every hockey league in North America, NHL teams are loaning players to European teams on an increasing scale. The Detroit Red Wings have…
Red Wings’ Prospect Berggren off to a Scorching Start in the SHL Patrick Brown | November 12, 2020 Jonatan Berggren has always been known as a playmaking threat, hence the reason the Detroit Red Wings drafted him 33rd overall in 2018. His stick handling, agility, and vision seemingly…
Prospects News & Rumors: Drysdale, Amirov, Askarov & Zadina Greg Boysen | November 8, 2020 The Anaheim Ducks now have both of their 2020 first-round draft picks under contract. Meanwhile, we had a very busy weekend in European hockey. Two other first-round picks from the…
Theodor Niederbach Has a “Swede” Opportunity with the Red Wings Peter Ploshehanski | November 6, 2020 With the 51st selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, the Detroit Red Wings selected from Frölunda H.C., Theodor Niederbach. The selection made by Kris Draper on October 7, 2020,…
Prospects News & Rumors: Oettinger, Robertson, Berggren & Cormier Greg Boysen | November 4, 2020 The Dallas Stars revealed that two of their key players could miss some time whenever the 2020-21 season begins. This could open the door for two of their top prospects…