Johnz96

Rating them based on their roles on the team and on their play this year
7 being average for an NHLer in that role
 

!st Line

Datsyuk          10
Zetterberg      9

Abdelkader    5
 

2nd Line

Filppula         6
Franzen        8

Cleary          4

3rd Line

Nyquist       7

Brunner      7

Anderson   6

4th Line/Reserves

Emmerton   7

Tootoo        6

Miller          6

Eaves         5

Bertuzzi     ?

Sammy      ?

Abby woud be an 8 here

1st Pair D

Kronwall     8

Ericsson     7

2nd Pair

Dekeyser   8

Kindl         7

3rd Pair

Quincy     6

Smith       6

Reserve D

Lashoff   6

Colaiacovo ?

White     5

Goalies

Howard  8

Gus        ?

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Although it's not what we're used to, the Wings finished a respectable 15th on the PP and 12th on the SH, scoring 34 PP goals and allowing 30.

40 Gp 14G 17A 31P (1 more point than Hossa, 63 point pace over 82 games) +13  43 Hits all for a $4m cap hit

Datsyuk
Zetterberg
Kronwall
Franzen
Filppula
Kindl
Ericsson
Abdelkader
Andersson
B. Smith
Emmerton
Quincey
Howard
Hudler
Fleischman
Kopecky
Mathias
Knuble
18 current regulars (I may have missed someone) playing in the NHL drafted by the Wings. I don't think too many teams can boast as many
If you add the undrafted free agents who signed their first NHL contacts with the Wings that they have - Brunner, Dekeyser and Lashoff, it looks like a considerably better, more balanced and younger team than the one the Wings are icing.
All this is especially impressive considering that the Wings have had the least amount of first rounders in the years that these guys were drafted and they averaged the lowest drafting position during the years that these guys were drafted.