Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis offers a rookie to watch for each and every one of the NHL’s 32 teams, and he has to pick a Griffins-playing rookie for the Red Wings:
Detroit Red Wings: Simon Edvinsson, D: Edvinsson already looks better than most of the veteran blueliners on the Red Wings’ D-core, but he’ll start the year in Grand Rapids. Paired alongside Jeff Petry, Edvinsson has shown standout gap control and two-way play, and he can clearly keep up with the pace. As a 6-foot-6 defender, Edvinsson does an excellent job of taking space away. He’ll be ready for the NHL soon.
Continued; Edvinsson will be recalled at some point this season, and I believe that, eventually, he won’t be sent back to Grand Rapids. It’s just a question of time.
