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Red Wings just released the Prospect Tournament Roster... 11 Filip Zadina RW Halifax (QMJHL) 2018 1st round (6th overall) 21 Dennis Cholowski D Portland (WHL) 2016 1st round (20th overall) 27 Michael Rasmussen C Tri-City (WHL) 2017 1st round (9th overall) 29 Vili Saarijarvi D Grand Rapids (AHL) 2015 3rd round (73rd overall) 34 Patrik Rybar G Hradec Kralove (Czech) Signed by Red Wings, 5/21/18 36 Kaden Fulcher G Hamilton (OHL) Signed by Red Wings, 10/3/17 46 Lane Zablocki RW Victoria (WHL) 2017 3rd round (79th overall) 48 Givani Smith RW Kitchener (OHL) 2016 2nd round (46th overall) 49 Axel Holmstrom C Grand Rapids (AHL) 2014 7th round (196th overall) 50 Reilly Webb D Saginaw (OHL) 2017 6th round (164th overall) 53 Jordan Topping LW Tri-City (WHL) Signed by Griffins, 7/20/18 58 David Pope LW Omaha (NCHC) 2013 4th round (109th overall) 62 Trevor Hamilton D Penn State (B10) Signed by Griffins, 3/28/18 63 Jared McIsaac D Halifax (QMJHL) 2018 2nd round (36th overall) 64 Zach Gallant C Peterborough (OHL) 2017 3rd round (83rd overall) 67 Brady Gilmour C Saginaw (OHL) 2017 7th round (193rd overall) 68 Justin Fazio G Sarnia (OHL) Free Agent Invitee 70 Christoffer Ehn C Frolunda (SHL) 2013 4th round (109th overall) 73 Marcus Crawford D Saginaw (OHL) Signed by Griffins, 4/3/18 74 Cole Fraser D Peterborough (OHL) 2017 5th round (131st overall) 76 Nicolas Guay C Drummondville (QMJHL) Free Agent Invitee 81 Trevor Yates C Cornell (ECAC) Signed by Griffins, 3/28/18 89 Pavel Gogolev RW Peterborough (OHL) Free Agent Invitee 90 Joe Veleno C Drummondville (QMJHL) 2018 1st round (30th overall) 92 Maxim Golod LW Erie (OHL) Free Agent Invitee 94 Alec Regula D London (OHL) 2018 3rd round (67th overall)

Yeah, but at least you'll get a look at Smith, Holmstrom, Zadina, McIsaac, Veleno, and Regula. Those are the guys on the roster that I'd be most interested in watching. In the development game I went to Regula made some things happen and McIsaac was having a good game, but got wiped out along the boards and didn't return. Givani Smith is always fun to watch. lol

I'm not really surprised Svechnikov, Turgeon, Hicketts, Hronek or Sulak won't be there. They're all established pros at this point. Kind of surprised Berggren, Lindstrom (as well as Kivenmaki and Setkov) won't be there though. I assume they're all training in Sweden / Finland. Kotkansalo, Larsson, Petruzzelli (as well as Pearson, O'Reilly, Adams and Holway) aren't eligible because they went the college route and aren't under contract with the Wings yet. The same reason this will be Pope's first prospect camp. He played his final season of college this past season and signed a contract with the Wings this summer.

My simple thought on Dahlin is "caution." It is very hard to extrapolate a player's potential at 18 years old....it is even more difficult (much more difficult) to do so with a defenseman.

agreed not happening but it could be done if Bergevin has taken his meds or not that day Kenny calls. Opens some space for the youngins for sure.

Ekblad isn't good now...? News to me Anyway, Ekblad definitely was not as hyped to the level of Dahlin. If that's your angle, you've been asleep at the wheel.

For Bergiven? Abs O lute Ly

#19 all the way

Should name it Erik or Karl in honor of his soon to be teammate. Girl? Well, Erika or Karla of course!

I don't think that's really much of a factor, I mean they were drafted only 6 years apart. Yzerman's best season, production wise, was '88/'89 with 65g 90a 155 pts 80 games and Fed's best production was '93/'94 with 56g 64a 120pts with 82 games played. Five years, 9 goals and a whopping 36 assists separate their best seasons...and Yzerman played 2 fewer games to get there. We really don't have to speculate about how different defenses were because obviously, these guys were teammates. Yzerman played only 58 games in '93/'94 and racked up 24g 58a 82pts. Fedorov averaged 1.46ppg in his best season and Yzerman averaged 1.41ppg the same year. While clearly Fedorov didn't play to his potential much of the time, and could have achieved more, Yzerman is the guy you choose first in a re-draft...he simply worked harder, which more than made up for any skill difference between these two awesome hockey players. Edit: one other thing to note. Yzerman's 2nd best regular season production was during the '92/'93 season...when he racked up 58g 79a 137pts in 84 games 1.63ppg. Sergei played only 73 games that year and produced 34g 53a 87pts = 1.19ppg.

Seems about right.

Right now? Rasmussen > Veleno Rasmussen's post draft campaign was stellar, I say that with his playoff performance in mind. Rasmussen is going to be better than Mantha. If you were high on Mantha, let that sink in. Rasmussen is Mantha, minus the weak compete level, and minus the fear of going to the dirty areas. Veleno will hopefully be stellar too, but there's a reason Ras is being considered for the team this year and Veleno is mostly ruled out, barring a crazy camp performance. Ras is the better player right now. To his credit, he's a year ahead.

Counterpoint: you can't spell Veleno without "no."

(but you're right)