In terms of fantasy hockey impact, the Red Wings’ free agency additions aren’t exactly overwhelming, and DobberHockey’s Peter Ryell gives the Red Wings a “C+” grade today:
Fantasy Outlook: Overall Detroit made solid additions to the roster by adding Perron and Copp who should provide a boost to a bottom six power-play and depth to the roster while Dylan Larkin and Tyler Bertuzzi continue to build off the excellent near point-per-game seasons the two of them produced last year. This along with a full season from Jakub Vrana and continued progress from Lucas Raymond and Filip Zadina should mean that Detroit is starting to put together a formidable top six.
The real story was the emergence of Moritz Seider who entered the league and put up 50 points in 82 games on his way to the Calder Trophy. His ascension has surely escalated the rebuild process and brought fantasy relevance and excitement back to Detroit. Along with Edvinsson and Wallinder knocking on the door, this is a team that will soon have an enviable defense corps.
In goal we have Husso taking the reins with Nedeljkovic all but certain to serve as the backup. This is on paper a good tandem to have and while Husso is likely to receive a steady workload, the team defense is lacking what he had in St. Louis. Expect to see a drop in his numbers.
Grade: C+ (last year was C)
All the non detroit writers think Ned is the back up. Is it the contract? It’s odd as Ned has more pro-games played.
Just about every writer I’ve read thinks that Nedeljkovic isn’t able to carry Husso’s water bottle. It’s kind of silly after one up-and-down season with the Wings playing poorly. He’s still going to be the #1B at worst.