Red Wings make first roster subtractions ahead of Red vs. White Game

UPDATE: The #RedWings today assigned F Cross Hanas & Pasquale Zito, D Oscar Plandowski & G Jan Bednar & Sebastian Cossa to their respective major junior clubs & released F Cameron Butler, Luke Toporowski & Cooper Walker from their amateur tryouts. #DRWTC pic.twitter.com/b9RvQyyLkN— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 25, 2021

Bluntly:

  1. Hanas needs to go back to the Portland Winterhawks and have a fine overage season;
  2. Zito needs to play and instigate in Windsor, period;
  3. Bednar needs a full North American season with Acadie-Bathurst;
  4. Cossa is young and will benefit most from playing for the Edmonton Oil Kings right now;
  5. And Butler, Toporowski and Walker weren’t going to be signed.

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