Detroit Hockey Now’s Tim Robinson profiles Red Wings 2023 draft pick Trey Augustine this morning. The South Lyon, MI goaltender was picked 41st overall in this year’s NHL Draft, and he was impressed by LCA when he attended the Red Wings’ annual Summer Development Camp:
“The facilities are great. I’ve never had this in-depth of a look before,” he said. “It’s like a whole dream to just play in the NHL and obviously play for your hometown team. It’s an amazing opportunity.”
The Red Wings were happy to have the opportunity to draft him with their first pick of the second round of last month’s 2023 NHL Draft.
“Phil Osaer, who runs our goaltending department, we had a lot of conversation about the goalies in this year’s draft,” Red Wings assistant general manager Kris Draper said. “Phil kept coming back to Trey and we were able to see him. We saw the last game that he played, he won it and it was for the gold medal (at the world U18s).”
Augustine impressed the Red Wings with his ability and poise in the gold-medal game’s final seconds.
“We loved the poise, we loved the control,” Draper said. “He’s got a great path going to Michigan State. It’s a pick that we were excited to get.”
