The Detroit Red Wings have drafted DEL defenseman with the 6th overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
With the 6th pick in the 2019 #NHLDraft, the #RedWings select D Moritz Seider.#DRWDraft | #LGRW— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 22, 2019
With the 6th pick in the 2019 #NHLDraft, the Detroit Red Wings select D Moritz Seider! pic.twitter.com/dUU82Dyqe1— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 22, 2019
The Red Wings picked German defenseman Moritz Seider with the sixth overall pick.
Seider was openly surprised. pic.twitter.com/LHNT0nnBOS— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) June 22, 2019
Big, great skater and can absolutely crush the competition. I think of all first rounders, he has the most potential to improve as he gets more ice time in the DEL. Played some of his best offensive hockey at the #IIHFWorlds. #NHLDraft— Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisTHN) June 22, 2019
The @DetroitRedWings select Moritz Seider with the No. 6 pick in the #NHLDraft.
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German D Moritz Seider is selected by the Red Wings at No. 6https://t.co/XsAOg3GjhN pic.twitter.com/t7Hm8itXp1— SI NHL (@SI_NHL) June 22, 2019
Detroit claims D Moritz Sieder (Adler Mannheim, DEL) at #6 overall.
From McKeen’s: “He is calm on the puck and when he lets a pass go, it is crisp, quick and easy to receive. His poise with the puck speaks to his overall maturity.”— Tom Dorsa (@TomDorsa) June 22, 2019
6. Seider, Det: First German born-and-trained defenceman drafted in first round is major surprise this high. He entered the draft ranked No. 15 on Bob McKenzie’s final TSN ranking. Big move by new GM Steve Yzerman.— TSNquizmaster (@TSNquizmaster) June 22, 2019
There’s the REAL mock draft buster! In his first draft as #redwings GM, Yzerman takes D-man Moritz Seider from Mannheim of German League.— Mike Zeisberger (@Zeisberger) June 22, 2019
1/6 DET Moritz Seider D
We had Seider 10th on our list, absolutely love this kid. He was our 2nd best D available in the draft. Two-way D with great size and skating ability. He stole the show at the combine, Detroit media will love this guy.— Jérôme Bérubé (@Jerome_Berube) June 22, 2019
At No. 6 overall, Steve Yzerman and the #RedWings went a bit off the board to select German defenseman Moritz Seider at No. 6 overall.
? | https://t.co/Ckv10uUd4k pic.twitter.com/vhLmlyPWN6— MiHockey (@MiHockeyNow) June 22, 2019
6th overall: @DetroitRedWings
Moritz Seider | Mannheim (Germany)
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Getting drafted is kind of a big deal.
Right, Moritz? ? #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/bXIyMRdMeH— NHL (@NHL) June 22, 2019
Yzerman post-pick: “That was not a curveball for us.”— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 22, 2019
Why the defenseman? Yzerman explains. pic.twitter.com/pvkpxF8sQA— Jeff Riger (@riger1984) June 22, 2019
Here’s the Red Wings’ press release regarding Seider:
Red Wings select defenseman Moritz Seider with sixth overall pick
2019 DEL Rookie of the Year won league championship and starred in international playDETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today selected defenseman Moritz Seider in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Seider spent the 2018-19 season with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsch Eishockey Liga, playing professionally in Germany’s highest league as a 17-year-old en route to winning the league’s Rookie of the Year award. In 29 games with the club, Seider logged six points (2-4-6), a plus-two rating and eight penalty minutes, which marked the second-highest scoring season ever for an under-18 defenseman in the DEL. He also appeared in all 14 postseason games for Mannheim as the team won the DEL championship, contributing five assists. The 6-foot-4, 207-pound defenseman made his professional debut for the same team as a 16-year-old in 2017-18, appearing in four games.
Seider is the first German defenseman to be selected in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft, and is the fourth-highest German-born player to be selected. The native of Zell, Germany, also represented his country on two occasions during the 2018-19 campaign. He was named the best defenseman at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship Division 1 tournament, captaining the team as a double-underaged player and tying for second on the team with seven points (1-6-7) in five games to help Germany advance to the top group for the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship. His play saw him earn a spot on the German men’s national team for the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia. He scored two goals in five games during the tournament, earning him the distinction of becoming just the third defenseman aged 18-or-younger to record a point at the World Championship, and the first to do so since Phil Housley in 1982.
Mannheim’s championship season in 2018-19 marked the third-straight season in which Seider ended his year with a league title, as he spent the previous three seasons (2015-18) with Adler Mannheim’s junior club and won back-to-back league titles in 2017 and 2018, racking up 25 points (10-15-25) in 36 regular-season games and 15 points (4-11-15) in 16 postseason games between the two seasons. Seider also captured two medals during international competition during the 2017-18 season, winning bronze at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship Division 1 and earning best defenseman honors alongside a silver medal at the 2018 IIHF World Under-18 Championship Division 1, which helped Germany earn a promotion to the top tier for the following season.
Moritz Seider, Defenseman
Born Apr 6 2001 — Zell, Germany
Height 6.04 — Weight 207 — Shoots R
Selected by Detroit Red Wings round 1 #6 overall 2019 NHL Entry Draft
