The Red Wings’ prospects had a relatively uneventful afternoon’s worth of practicing and working on their Performance Edge Pro drills…until Daniel Cleary got beaned in the head by a slap shot with about 15 minutes left in practice. Cleary was helped off and probably got a stitch or two on the right side of his head.
The Wings’ media appearances were brief during the afternoon:
Kasper Kotkansalo, the affable Finnish defenseman from Boston University, accurately suggested that his footwork and edge work are going to be the arbiter of his professional career. The Kyle Quincey-style defenseman (the good Kyle Quincey, not the “ugh” parts) skates forward and backward well, but his edges need improving if he is to graduate to NHL-level mobility as his collegiate career continues:
Jonatan Berggren has shown tons of promise as an undersized forward, but the 5’10,” 181-pound-listed forward wasn’t too comfortable speaking English, so his interview was short…
And Otto Kivenmaki, who estimates that he is between “65 and 70 kilos” (he’s listed at 5’8″ and 154 pounds in the program), also conducted a short-but-sweet interview, admitting that he didn’t know much about the Red Wings and that Sidney Crosby was his favorite player. I could lend this kid 20 or 30 pounds:
