Sault This Week’s Randy Russon writes a weekly column regarding all things related to Major Junior hockey, and Russon has this to say about the Red Wings’ decision to snag Amadeus Lombardi in last weekend’s NHL Draft:
An example of perseverance and overcoming the odds occurred in the fourth round when the Detroit Red Wings took 5-foot-10, 165-pound centre Amadeus Lombardi from the Flint Firebirds. Lombardi, who scored 18 goals, 41 assists, 59 points in 67 regular season games for Flint in 2021-2022 before adding seven goals, eight assists, 15 points in 19 playoff matches, was a distant 13th round pick by the Firebirds at the 2019 OHL priority selections draft. The shrewd selection of Lombardi by Detroit from Flint looms as a potential off the charts steal of a deal by Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman.
Continued; Lombardi isn’t big by any stretch of the imagination, but his work ethic, hustle and skating have been impressive over the course of the first two days of development camp.
