The Red Wings seem set in terms of their lines for Thursday’s home opener vs. Columbus, per Wednesday’s practice and MLive’s Ansar Khan:
#RedWings power-play units:
Nyquist-Larkin-Bertuzzi (net front), Rasmussen-Daley
Athanasiou-Nielsen-Mantha (net front), Vanek-Cholowski— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 3, 2018
#RedWings lines at practice same as yesterday:
Nyquist-Larkin-Mantha
Bertuzzi-Nielsen-Rasmussen
Abdelkader-Athanasiou-Vanek
Helm-Ehn-Glendening
Frk (extra)
D:
DeKeyser-Cholowski
Daley-Sulak
Ericsson-Jensen
Kronwall (out) not skating. Hronek and/or Hicketts not recalled as of yet.— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 3, 2018
After the Wings’ final practice before the home opener, the Red Wings held a media availability, per the Free Press’s Helene St. James…
When you lose a game of rock, paper, scissors. #RedWings pic.twitter.com/MUFjSxbhF7
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) October 3, 2018
And…
#RedWings Ericsson said he is out tomorrow due to upper body injury suffered in preseason, which isn’t progressing. Team will need to recall Hronek or Hicketts for opener.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 3, 2018
Ericsson says he is out for tomorrow…has not seen progress like he wanted #RedWings
— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) October 3, 2018
Trevor Daley playing Thursday
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) October 3, 2018
And then…
Red Wings name Frans Nielsen & Dylan Larkin as alternate captains, will rotate duties. Nielsen on road, Larkin at home. They join Niklas Kronwall & Justin Abdelkader in wearing an ‘A.’
No captain for time being.— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) October 3, 2018
Four alternate captains for #RedWings as Larkin and Nielsen join Abdelkader and Kronwall. No captain this season.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 3, 2018
Blashill says Larkin and Nielsen will join Abdelkader and Kronwall as A’s
— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) October 3, 2018
Per Blashill, Dylan Larkin and Frans Nielsen named alternate captains and Kronwall and Abdelkader will remain alternate captains.
Dylan will wear the A at home and Frans at away games.
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 3, 2018
#RedWings Blashill said Larkin will wear the A at home and Nielsen on the road.
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 3, 2018
4 A’s
kronwall abdelkader nielsen (road) larkin (home).
Z. still the C, to me.#RedWings
— gregg krupa (@greggkrupa) October 3, 2018