Wearing #92, the Red Wings’ 8th overall draft pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, one Marco Kasper, hit the ice at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center (i.e. the practice rink) this morning with lots of promise and potential in the mix.
The Red Wings’ summer development camp is an educational one, as Daniel Cleary told the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan today, so the various skating tests that the players engaged in (with Kasper starting most of the drills) are designed to give players a “baseline” assessment as to where they are compared to NHL players.
The off-ice portion of today’s activities included a media relations course, but you probably know by now that Kasper, who’s headed back to Rogle BK of the SHL this upcoming season, is polished in speaking with the press in both German and Swedish.
Anyway, it was good to see Kasper skate today…
Welcome! Kasper is wearing #92. pic.twitter.com/nCQ8imakmt— George Malik (@georgemalik) July 10, 2022
Everyone say hello to Marco Kasper! #LGRW x #DRWDC pic.twitter.com/FTPhlCnLP6— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 10, 2022
And Kasper received a call from Dylan Larkin around mid-day…
Not a bad way to start camp. ? pic.twitter.com/HcjAYRP0Q9— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 10, 2022
So Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff chose to spotlight Red Wings director of amateur scouting Kris Draper’s comments regarding the Red Wings’ latest top prospect:
“The compete, the character,” Red Wings director of amateur scouting Kris Draper was putting at the top of the list of the qualities that they admire in Marco Kasper. “I saw him in the (SHL) playoffs before I came to the (World) U-18s. It was an incredible atmosphere in Farjestad. He was one of the best players on the ice as a 17-year-old kid. He seemed to embrace that moment.
“As the games got bigger he got better. Talking to Rogle’s coach and general manager, they were very complimentary of how he responded in any situation. For a 17-year-old that started on the fourth line and next thing you know he’s on the power play and getting some minutes, he earned everything. Basically you talk about a kid like that, his personality. He wanted to get better and he did get better.”
Duff continues, discussing the fact that Kasper’s first SHL point was an assist on a Moritz Seider goal…
