MLive’s Ansar Khan posted an article in which he discusses Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde and prospect Nate Danielson’s remarks regarding the latter’s performance over the course of four exhibition games played:
“Two hundred-foot game, smart. He’s good in all areas,” Lalonde said. “Skill, vision and poise. You can just see him not rushing plays. He’ll hold on to a puck, protect it, let a play develop. That stuff usually takes time, usually takes some development, some video input in those situations, but he’s got a good knack for it.”
Said Danielson: “It’s kind of how I’ve always been, poised with the puck. It’s obviously a bit different out here and things happen a lot quicker. I still wanted to keep that (poise) in my game. It’s something that makes me successful, so I think just trying to play confident and play how I play is the biggest thing.”
Danielson will center a line with Jonatan Berggren and Klim Kostin at the start of tonight’s game.
It might be his final preseason game before he’s sent back to Brandon (WHL) for another year of juniors, though Lalonde said there’s a possibility Danielson might also play in the exhibition finale against the Leafs Saturday at Little Caesars Arena.
“We’ll get through tonight and then we’ll see where we’re at for Saturday,” Lalonde said. “Saturday will probably be more of a dry run on what we expect, close to what our NHL team will be for next Thursday. But we still may use Saturday as a one last look at some guys that are on that bubble.”