I’m not surprised here. Bowey was solid for the Wings from time to time, but he never found a home in Detroit.
DET does not qualify Madison Bowey.— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 7, 2020
Update: The Free Press’s Helene St. James believes that the Wings moving on from Bowey = a roster spot for Moritz Seider:
The novel coronavirus pandemic makes it hard to make much in the way of plans, but Moritz Seider fits the bill of a right-shot defenseman. He is on loan to his old German club, Mannheim, but can be recalled whenever the NHL gives the green light to start training camps.
The target date for the 2020-21 season is Jan. 1.
Yzerman signaled as far back as last December that Bowey didn’t really fit into the rebuild. Bowey was placed on waivers, cleared, and assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins, but the stint in the minors didn’t last long because of injuries in Detroit.
Yzerman has rid the Wings of multiple players he inherited, including veterans Jimmy Howard, Trevor Daley, Jonathan Ericsson and Justin Abdelkader.
