The Red Wings waived 8 players on Friday as part of the team’s attempt to send their Grand Rapids Griffins-bound players to the AHL successfully. I’m honestly a little surprised to see one of them named by The Athletic’s Harman Dayal and Corey Pronman as a strong waiver wire target:
Jared McIsaac, D, Detroit Red Wings
McIsaac was the No. 36 pick in 2018 by Detroit. He’s a mobile defenseman with decent size and puck-moving ability who has been an all-situations guy in the AHL. The concern with McIsaac has been a definable NHL role. He’s not this super physical/competitive hard to play against defender, nor is he a big-time offensive player. There’s probably enough to his game to help a lesser team at the bottom of their NHL depth chart, though. —Pronman
Continued; McIsaac is a 23-year-old, stay-at-home defenseman who’s looking to earn some ice time in Grand Rapids among the Red Wings’ constellation of Swedish and Finnish, mostly offensively-minded rearguards. I could very easily see McIsaac picked off by another team that’s looking for a third-pair guy who is probably NHL-ready.
