Yahoo Sports’ Ian Kennedy ranks the Red Wings’ prospect corps as the 3rd-best in the NHL this morning:
3. Detroit Red Wings
Top three prospects: Simon Edvinsson, Marco Kasper, Sebastian Cossa
Top pick in 2023: Nate Danielson
While it hasn’t translated to wins, and Detroit still has too many veterans on their roster to allow their youngsters to ascend to the NHL, their prospect pool depth is brimming. With Lucas Raymond, Joe Veleno, Jonatan Berggren, and Moritz Seider in the NHL, the next wave of players including Simon Edvinsson, Marco Kasper, Sebastian Cossa, Carter Mazur, Nate Danielson, William Wallinder, Trey Augustine and Axel Sandin-Pellikka are pushing forward.
Detroit has depth at all three positions, and at this point in their rebuild, have enough prospects at both the junior and professional ranks that a few could be used as trade bait. They’re in excellent standing for the future, and look like they could have a few sleeper prospects in Amadeus Lombardi and Alexandre Doucet who put up huge numbers in junior this year.
