ESPN’s Kristen Shilton offers a list of the most indispensable players for each and every one of the NHL’s 32 teams, and her pick for the Red Wings’ most necessary performer is a sound one:
Most indispensable: Moritz Seider
Detroit has scorers this season (see: Tyler Bertuzzi, Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin). The Red Wings’ stable of top-quality defensemen is thinner, and that’s what makes the rookie Seider so invaluable. He’s chewing up over 22 minutes a game, has 21 points on the season and isn’t intimidated by the opposition. That’s a potential star in the making.
