Red Wings Tweets from Wednesday’s practice, ‘first group’ version: it’s an ‘NHL group’ today

Updated at 12:24 PM: The Red Wings practiced at Little Caesars Arena the morning after the “non game-day players” won a 2-1 decision over the Pittsburgh Penguins, and it appears that the Wings had some media appearances to take care of before practice began:

The Red Wings close the exhibition season by hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, the Ottawa Senators on Friday, and then the team will travel to Toronto for an exhibition rematch on Saturday night.

It’s highly likely that one of the next two home games will basically be a “dress rehearsal,” in which coach Derek Lalonde will dress a near-NHL-quality lineup as a warm-up game for the regular season.

Traditionally speaking, that last game is used to give the AHL’ers, try-outs and prospects one final chance to impress (so as to prevent injuries to the NHL group), and then on Sunday or Monday, the Wings will make cuts and send players down to Grand Rapids and Toledo.

Anyway, the Red Wings’ “first group” hit the ice at 11:30 AM…

And it looks like the Wings might be gearing up for that dress rehearsal tomorrow night:

About time for this one…

Meanwhile, in Grand Rapids…

And in the FYI department, I’ve long wondered whether we’ll see some sort of “Ilitch Sports + Entertainment” network or streaming service, and I wonder whether this will push the Tigers/Wings in that direction:

Meanwhile, in Toronto…

And in Ottawa, regarding Friday’s game, the Sens have some significant players “banged-up”…

Back in Detroit, it’s a “special teams” kind of day…

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