A couple of days ago, the Red Wings’ PR corps were ferrying players to a spot that I was unfamiliar with in the bowels of Little Caesars Arena. At the end of the parade of prospects, Trevor Thompson came out of the room and gave the PR guys some firm handshakes and some heartfelt thank-yous.
As it turns out, the very fancy-looking backdrop where the Red Wings give their sit-down interviews with Fox Sports Detroit is sort of jammed into an auxiliary locker room, and that’s where Fox Sports Detroit’s Thompson spoke with half-a-dozen Wings prospects for interviews scheduled to air over the past couple of days’ worth of Tigers games.
Among the interviewees who spoke with Trevor Thompson are one Moritz Seider…
Filip Larsson…
Ethan Phillips…
Gustav Lindstrom…
Antti Tuomisto…
And Albin Grewe (which is pronounced “ALL-bin GROO-vay,” not “AL-bin GREW”):