The Red Wings’ 2022 summer development camp got underway on Sunday at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center without some of the team’s most notable prospects in Simon Edvinsson, William Wallinder and Theodor Niederbach. As Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen notes in his Sunday camp notebook, there’s a good reason why the three Swedes were not in attendance:
“[Edvinsson] still doesn’t have his passport back from the consulate in Sweden,” said Dan Cleary, Detroit’s Director of Player Development. “He’s just been tied up with that but as soon as he has it he’s coming.”
Team Sweden had Edvinsson[‘s passport] because he is supposed to play with the team at the delayed World Junior Championships. Edvinsson will stay in Detroit and go to the August tournament from here.
Two other Swedish players, William Wallinder and Theodor Niederbach, has similar problems.
“They’re hoping to arrive later this evening and be on the ice tomorrow,” Cleary said.
The delayed didn’t diminish the enthusiasm for the development camp which didn’t happen the past two years because of COVID-19.
“We haven’t seen a lot of these kids in a couple of years,” Cleary said. “It was great to see some of these guys.
Allen’s notebook continues, discussing some of the camaraderie at camp, as well as the noticeable improvements made by Carter Mazur, Shai Buium and Cooper Moore…
