Three prospect things: NCAA UFA Day, preseason dates of note and Buchelnikov things

  1. It’s August 15th, and Red Wings Prospects on Twitter reminds us that this is the day that NCAA prospects who have completed their senior year of enrollment become free agents (and, obviously, you should go follow Red Wings Prospects, they’re excellent):

O’Reilly has transferred to Providence College from Arizona State for his 5th year (due to COVID, NCAA-playing prospects who played through the pandemic can play for one extra year at NCAA schools);

Stange has transferred to Nebraska-Omaha from Wisconsin for his 5th year of eligibility;

Cooper Moore will play his 5th year for Quinnipiac, where he transferred from the University of North Dakota.

All three will become free agents today, and it is possible that the Red Wings and other teams will look at the pool of players who “age out” of NHL-drafted eligibility and become free agents at 22-25 years of age.

2. As previously stated, Red Wings prospects Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (Norway) and Marco Kasper (Austria) will play in the Olympic qualifying tournament from August 29th-31st, and here are some other significant dates for MBN and Axel Sandin Pellikka:

3. Finally, via Red Wings Prospects, we find out about Dmitri Buchelnikov’s first game for Vityaz Moscow Region of the KHL (yes, the Russians are already playing in a month-long slate of preseason games and tournaments):

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