The Detroit Red Wings hit the ice at Little Caesars Arena today to prepare for tomorrow’s home opener vs. Tampa Bay (7:30 PM EDT on Bally Sports Detroit/97.1 FM):
#RedWings lines/D pairs in final practice before tomorrow’s season-opener vs. Lightning at LCA:
Bertuzzi-Larkin-Raymond
Fabbri-Suter-Zadina
Namestnikov-Rasmussen-Erne
Smith/Rowney-Stephens-Gagner
DeKeyser-Hronek
Leddy-Seider
Staal-Lindstrom
Oesterle-Stecher pic.twitter.com/6gHklZiGvq— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 13, 2021
Arriving for work… It is Hockey Eve! Opening Night for the Red Wings is tomorrow night at LCA. They start with the Cup champion Lightning on Bally Sports Detroit… pic.twitter.com/k3WWTHGc0N— John Keating (@JohnKeatingBSD) October 13, 2021
#RedWings power play units:
1. Bertuzzi (net front), Erne (bumper), Larkin-Raymond (flanks), Leddy (point). Gagner rotating with Erne.
2. Suter (net front), Fabbri (bumper), Hronek-Zadina (flanks), Seider (point). Rasmussen rotating with Suter. pic.twitter.com/nw29YmZZWo— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 13, 2021
WXYZ’s Brad Galli also posted a clip of the top line doing drills:
Osterle was not talked about before the season begins. He must have talent to make the Wings D. Stetcher also started out great with the Nucks but the NHL caught up to Stetcher and exposed some weaknesses and his confidence took a dip.
With the proper coaching and a new team, he might surprise! Interesting pairing these two together. Will see!
Oesterle has been a solid #6 defenseman for a couple of seasons now. He skates very, very well…
And I’m not sure what’s happening with Stecher. He’d usually make the sixth pair easily. We’ll find out what coach Blashill is thinking sooner than later.