Audio from the 5th day of the Red Wings’ training camp ’18: Smith, Rasmussen, Blashill

The Red Wings wrapped up training camp in Traverse City today, and as a result of the team’s desire to get the heck out of dodge, we received limited media availabilities.

Givani Smith spoke with the media earlier this morning, discussing his anticipated role as he prepares to turn pro with the Grand Rapids Griffins, as well as his ability to play net-front on the power play, which he hopes to do during the exhibition season:

Michael Rasmussen speaking for nearly 3 minutes is a lot of time for “Ras” as he speaks quickly, and Rasmussen made sure to emphasize that he does not plan on heading back to the WHL this season, instead focusing on earning a job with the Wings (a task which I believe he will accomplish):

Finally, coach Jeff Blashill spoke with the media, discussing the challenges of the exhibition season, the “tweaks” Vanek and Zadina suffered, his desire to get Hronek and Cholowski working as quarterbacks on the power play and more:

Update: Here are some short Twitter videos from the Red Wings, as well as a Tweet of note:

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