Detroit — The Red Wings began the second day of the NHL Entry Draft on Friday by selecting a pair of forwards, Dylan James and Dmitri Buchelnikov, in the second round. A 6-foot, 181-pound left wing, James was the rookie of the year in the United States Hockey League and was taken with the No. 40 overall pick. James had
Steve Yzerman and friends pitched a slider with their second round pick (52nd overall) by selecting Dmitri Buchelnikov. He was projected to go somewhere in the third to fourth round, but Detroit showed just how high they are on the kid by picking him this early, and with 51 picks between this selection and their
Entering the 2022 NHL Draft, the word around the Detroit Red Wings was that they needed to come out of the first round with a center prospect they can build around heading into the future. So then maybe it was of little surprise that general manager Steve Yzerman did just that and selected a center
In a busy morning for the Detroit Red Wings, they also announced that two new coaches were joining the staff. Bob Boughner will be coming on as an associate coach and Alex Westlund joins the staff as the goaltending coach. Bob Boughner was originally drafted by the Red Wings 32nd overall in the 1989 Entry
Sights and sounds of day 1 at the NHL Draft in Montreal, where the Red Wings selected Marco Kasper 8th overall.
Things kick off at 11am ET and coverage moves over to NHLN and ESPN+ in the US with Sportsnet and TVAS keeping up Canadian coverage. Wings have plenty of work. Things will go very quickly for day 2. Marco Kasper, assuming he stays in the SHL for the upcoming season, makes it three high profile
MONTREAL — The more Steve Yzerman and Kris Draper saw of Marco Kasper, the more convinced they became he was the right player for the Detroit Red Wings. “We like everything about the way he plays,” Yzerman said Thursday after selecting Kasper at No. 8 overall on the first day of the 2022 NHL draft
Marco Kasper speaks with the media following his selection in the 1st round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
Detroit Red Wings Director of Amateur Scouting Kris Draper speaks with the media at Centre Bell in Montreal after selecting center Marco Kasper 8th overall in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
Detroit Red Wings EVP and GM Steve Yzerman speaks with the media at Centre Bell in Montreal after selecting center Marco Kasper 8th overall in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
Marco Kasper shouldn’t have any trouble fitting in here. The newest member of the Red Wings organization speaks three languages — German, Swedish and English — and they’ll all come in handy whenever he joins his NHL team in Detroit. Or more specifically, when he joins the rest of the young core of talent that Red Wings
Carley Johnston with the Detroit Red Wings first round (eighth overall) pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, center Marco Kasper at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
MONTREAL — The Detroit Red Wings‘ latest prize draft pick described himself as a ” really competitive player. I want to win.” Steve Yzerman banked on Austrian Marco Kasper with the No. 8 overall pick in the first round of the NHL draft on Thursday to continue the impressive impact made by the Wings’ first-round picks
In an NHL Entry Draft filled with surprises, the Red Wings didn’t shock anyone. They selected center Marco Kasper with their first-round pick, eighth overall, on Thursday night. The Austrian center played in Rogle (Sweden) last season, where he had seven goals and four assists in 46 games. Kasper had 13 points (six goals) in 12