As the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan notes, the Red Wings’ summer development camp is underway at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center, with player fitness testing taking place on Monday morning. Kulfan offers this explanation as to why the Red Wings hold said 5-day camp:
There’s been so much news regarding the Red Wings, with the NHL Entry Draft and free agency, that it’s been easy to push the development camp into the background.
But not with the Wings’ talent evaluators, who view this week as one of the most important of the summer.
“You try to give these prospects as much information as we can over the next five days,” said Kris Draper, the Wings’ director of amateur scouting. “The importance of training in the gym, sleep, nutrition, good habits.”
The camp began Monday and will last through Friday morning with a three-on-three tournament. Fifty prospects, including many of the Wings’ recent draft picks, are in attendance. The roster is comprised primarily of players selected by the Wings over the last several drafts, as well as signed free-agent prospects and undrafted free agent invitees from collegiate, junior or European leagues.
