Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond spoke with NHLPA.com’s Chris Lomon regarding the Detroit Red Wings’ November visit to Stockholm, Sweden to play the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs:
From November 16 to 19, a set of regular-season games featuring four teams, including Raymond’s Red Wings, will take place in Stockholm. The Original Six club will be joined by the Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs for the games.
Raymond, who is originally from Gothenburg, approximately a five-hour drive southwest of Stockholm, is expecting a large contingent of family and friends to make their way to Sweden’s capital city to catch the games.
“I can’t wait. I was so excited when we heard the news that we would be playing here,” the left-winger told NHLPA.com from Gothenburg. “To be able to play for Detroit in Sweden will be an awesome experience. Circling back to friends and family, that’s what I am most excited for, to play in front of them. It’s going to be emotional for all of us.”
Raymond also spoke with Lomon regarding his junior campaign in the NHL:
“I want to take another step in my development. I had a good feeling coming into the offseason in knowing what I wanted to work on and how I wanted to be prepared to come into the new season. Now, summer is almost over, and every day, you are more and more excited about the thought of getting back on the ice with the guys and get that season started.”
Conversations he has had with teammates throughout the summer have given Raymond ample reason to be optimistic about the team’s fortunes in 2023-24.
“I think we’ve improved a lot in the offseason and you can see that everyone is excited about the season. When you get back on the ice, start talking to the guys, seeing that physical development in yourself, it makes you want to get things going again. You get some distance from the game and there comes that point where you want to get back at it. I’m sure all the guys feel that way too.”
Spending his offseason in his hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, Lucas Raymond is looking forward to playing in a @DetroitRedWings jersey in front of friends and family in Stockholm this November for the #NHLGlobalSeries: https://t.co/AEvG8NDS54 pic.twitter.com/2jKD29mCsa
— NHLPA (@NHLPA) July 28, 2023
