Detroit Red Wings get a C for trading up to pick 6-6 goalie Sebastian Cossa in NHL draft

Detroit Free Press

Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez grades the Detroit Red Wings’ choice of Western Hockey League goalie Sebastian Cossa as the 15th overall pick in the 2021 NHL draft.

Grade: C

One day after trading for Alex Nedeljkovic, Steve Yzerman made another trade for another goalie and moved up seven spots to take Cossa, a 6-foot-6 giant who’s 18 and seven years younger than Nedeljkovic. Cossa does a good job using his size to cut off angles and he gives the Wings something they don’t have right now: an elite goaltending prospect. The big question is why Yzerman spent so much — second- and fifth-round picks — to move up and bypassed Jesper Wallstedt?

ANOTHER GRADE: Wings get a B for drafting Swedish defenseman Simon Edvinsson

Contact Carlos Monarrez at cmonarrez@freepress.com and follow him on Twitter @cmonarrez.

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