The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan filed his 2023-2024 NHL Preview article, as a subscriber-only article, on the night before the new NHL season begins. Kulfan offers previews for each and every one of the NHL’s 32 teams, and here’s what he has to say about the home team:
Detroit Red Wings
►Coach: Derek Lalonde
►2022-23 record: 35-37-10 (80 points, 7th, Atlantic)
►2022-23 leaders: G — Dylan Larkin, 32; A — Larkin, 47; W —Ville Husso, 26.
►Pressure is on: RW Alex DeBrincat — The Farmington Hills native returns home, and he’s counted on to be the elite goal scorer this lineup has needed.
►Rising star: D Simon Edvinsson — Edvinsson showed in a brief glimpse last season he possesses the size, skill and mobility that could make him elite.
►The skinny: GM Steve Yzerman overhauled the roster and it looks deeper and more talented. But is it enough to move up in the division standings?
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