Speedy catch-up post: regarding player roles, The Athletic goodies, Wings videos and Zadina hype

Of Red Wings-related note over the course of the past week, on a source-by-source basis (if you missed the Zetterberg post, I caught you up on the Swedish and English news regarding the Wings’ captain as well):

A. MLive:

  1. Ansar Khan examined the 2018-19 season outlooks for Darren Helm, Luke Witkowski, Justin Abdelkader and Thomas Vanek;
  2. Hugh Berenreuter also discussed prospects Reilly Webb and Brady Gilmour’s respective growth while playing for the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit.

B. The Athletic:

  1. Scott Wheeler penned a lengthy profile of Michael Rasmussen;
  2. Dom Luszczyszyn penned a Red Wings season preview;
  3. Corey Pronman reported that Finland’s Otto Kivenmaki and Sweden’s Jesper Eliasson performed well at the Under-20 Four Nations Tournament;
  4. Craig Custance spoke with outgoing Sweden head coach Rickard Gronborg about Henrik Zetterberg;
  5. Max Bultman penned a fine profile of Dennis Cholowski;
  6. And the Red Wings did not rank highly in the Athletic’s “tiering” of NHL teams.

C. Detroit Red Wings:

  1. The Red Wings posted “By the Numbers” profiles of Luke Glendening, Joe Hicketts and Givani Smith;
  2. The Wings also posted a trio of videos, spotlighting the Joe Kocur Foundation’s charity softball game, the Stars and Stripes Showdown, and Luke Witkowski’s flight with the Thunderbirds:

 

The Wings posted a clip of their fantasy campers taking part in a star-studded experience as well:

FYI:


D. NHL.com:

1. NHL.com suggested that Filip Zadina is the 6th-best NHL prospect available for the 2018-19 campaign, and Michael Rasmussen finished 46th out of 50 prospects. Zadina got talked up by Mike G. Morreale on the NHL Network:

 E. The Hockey News:

1. The Hockey News’s Sam McCaig also praised Zadina and Rasmussen as potential Calder Trophy candidates.

F. Toledo Walleye:

1. The Walleye announced that they will play a preseason game against Kalamazoo on October 6th;

2. The Walleye also signed forward Hayden Hodgson and re-signed defenseman Ryan Obuchowski.

G. Grand Rapids Griffins:

1. In the alumni department, Kyle Quincey signed a contract with IFK Helsinki of the Finnish Liiga for the 2018-19 season.

 

 

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My name is George Malik, and I'm the Malik Report's editor/blogger/poster. I have been blogging about the Red Wings since 2006, when MLive hired me to work their SlapShots blog, and I joined Kukla's Korner in 2011 as The Malik Report. I'm starting The Malik Report as a stand-alone site, hoping that having my readers fund the website is indeed the way to go to build a better community and create better content.

2 thoughts on “Speedy catch-up post: regarding player roles, The Athletic goodies, Wings videos and Zadina hype”

  1. “Michael Rasmussen finished 46th out of 50 prospects”

    Sadly , what I saw the WHL, he is a very “quiet” player. If he wasn’t 6’6″ Heavy that would be sort like Nyquist. I hope I am wrong but he is a big teddy bear. Unfortunately the Wings have plenty of those. Put him on a good team and that would be fine. Certainly skilled.

    Zadina looks pretty good hence his ranking of 6.

    They probably will both start in GR and the over paid , rusty anchors will get a spot on the roster. Maybe better for there development as GR is probably a better team than the Wings in most areas

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