These are pretty cool Twitter videos, featuring Alex Nedeljkovic and Filip Hronek and some GoPros:
Goalie cam.
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021
?: @alexned_ pic.twitter.com/Qk8Lb7RSco
Fil Hronek. ?#DRWTC pic.twitter.com/kDIbyZD5lV
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021
Update: One more:
Love your goalies. #DRWTC pic.twitter.com/ewPCrxkmpb— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021
Among the Red Wings’ videos from Day 2 of training camp are clips of Alex Nedeljkovic speaking with the media…
Adam Erne doing the same…
Moritz Seider showing his shy side…
And coach Jeff Blashill engaging in his daily presser…
As well as a clip of “Sights and Sounds” from Day 2:
Of Red Wings prospect-related note in Europe today:
In the Swedish Allsvenskan, Filip Larsson served as the back-up as HV71 Jonkoping won 3-2 over AIK Stockholm;
Edit/update: Gustav Berglund also scored a goal in Mora IK’s 4-3 OT loss to Vita Hasten:
#Allsvenskan
– Berglund 1+0, +1, 3 SOG in a 4-3 OT loss
– Larsson backup in a 3-2 win#LGRW https://t.co/3NqjUhEUE3— Red Wings Prospects (@DRWProspects) September 24, 2021
And in the Finnish Liiga, Albin Grewe finished even with 1 shot and a penalty taken in 11:04 played as Ilves Tampere won 6-1 over HPK.
Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said during his press conference today that Jakub Vrana will be flying into Cherry Capital Airport tonight. Whether he can skate tomorrow remains uncertain.
Coach Blashill expects Jakub Vrana to arrive in Traverse City tonight.— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021
Per the Red Wings’ YouTube channel:
Take an inside look at Detroit #RedWings Training Camp day 2 with Ken Kal, Daniella Bruce, Art Regner, and Carley Johnson live from Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City.
Enjoy:
Kronner → Fil Hronek. ? #DRWTC pic.twitter.com/A6XEJ1Tmix— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021
Speaking of unique Tweets from the Wings…
Best @AdamSandler movie…
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021
Go. ⤵️#DRWTC pic.twitter.com/Gk5MRaTn4u
Very cool:
Hey Wings fans, good news we will be streaming the Red Wings vs Buffalo game on September 30th from @LCArena_Detroit on the Wings website only. Facebook and You Tube viewers….we will miss your comments lol. Hope you’ll be able to join Paul Woods and yours truly on the call.— Ken Kal (@KenKalDRW) September 24, 2021
Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff notes the following amusing storyline:
During Jeff Blashill’s NHL coaching career, new strands of hair on his head sprout up about as often as victories.
For both of those reasons, the Detroit Red Wings coach is somewhat fascinated by Red Wings prospect Chase Pearson.
“With respect to Chase, number one I like his flow,” the follicly-challenged Blashill admitted. “I think his flow looks great. It’s something I’m super jealous of that I wish I could still have. I used to have a flow just like that back in high school. It was pretty high end, I guess I would say.”
Pearson’s wild, out of control hairstyle is certainly making him stand out in the crowd of hopefuls seeking to get noticed during Red Wings training camp.
“This is a quarantine experiment,” Pearson explained of his flowing locks. “Let’s see how long it can go. I’m going with it.”
DetroitRedWings.com’s Ethan Sears posted a training camp notebook which offers this take on Moritz Seider’s first day at camp:
“He’s a special player,” Larkin said. “You see with him, Lucas Raymond as well. They’re smart players, they’re smart guys. They work extremely hard. You see those high-end skill guys, they play pro, they understand the game, so watching them skate with NHL players, they seem to fit right in and it’s great to see.”
Seider, the Red Wings’ first-round pick in 2019, comes into camp with excitement swirling around him. Though he’s yet to make his NHL debut, the German put together an impressive season in Sweden last year, and is widely projected to make Detroit’s roster out of camp.
Though it’s just one day of camp – meaning next to nothing in the long run – Seider playing opposite Nick Leddy on Thursday, making up what could ostensibly be a top defensive pairing should expectations be blown out of the water, will do little to slow down the excitement.
“I think (Leddy) can bring some of that wisdom not just to Seider but to other guys on our team,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “They’ve introduced some young defensemen there over the last couple of years in New York and I think Leds has seen those guys develop, so I think he can impart some of that wisdom to Seids as well. … That’s the pairing we had today and we’ll see what tomorrow brings but we think it was potentially a good pairing.”
The Traverse City Record-Eagle’s Andrew Rosenthal welcomes us to Friday morning with a set of notes from Red Wings training camp:
The Detroit Red Wings kicked off their annual training camp Thursday morning at Centre ICE in Traverse City.
The stands were not exactly full, but fans from the area got an up close and personal look at the faces of a franchise in rebuilding mode. That included 11 draft picks from 2021, defenseman Nick Leddy acquired in a trade with the New York Islanders; then young stars-to-be like Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, Jonatan Berggren and Joe Veleno.
Seider was paired with Leddy in defensive line rushes.
“Moritz has a chance to be a really good player,” Blashill said. “How good and how quickly, we’ll see.”
Fans are asking the same questions, particularly when Seider — the sixth-overall pick from the 2019 NHL draft — will get a chance on the ice at Little Caesars Arena this season. He spent last year with the Swedish team of Rögle and did not play in the NHL Prospect Tournament last weekend.
“I played with him in Grand Rapids, and it just seems like he’s gotten better every time,” defenseman Michael Rasmussen said. “He’s just improved a lot during the summer. I can tell he’s gotten stronger. He’s worked real hard, so it’s great to see him. He’s a heck of a player.”
Among other team notes, Blashill said the hope is for Jakub Vrána to fly to the U.S. Friday. The Czech Republic native was acquired via trade with Washington in April but missed the start of training camp because of visa issues.
