I had hoped to watch the Red Wings’ 4-on-4 game at the 2025 Summer Development Camp today, and then weigh in with some cursory observations, but the Wings had to cancel the game due to what assistant player development Dan Cleary said were about 5 players injured, so…
It’s going to be very hard to discuss the roster as it pertains to player growth without any data with which to go upon.
To our Red Wings fans who watched the stream, the 4 on 4 game was cancelled due to injuries to handful of prospects “low on numbers,” per Dan Cleary
— Ken Kal (@KenKalDRW) July 3, 2025
Thanks for watching despite the game not being played.
The Red Wings did a very good job of offering interviews with Dan Cleary, Kris Draper and Shawn Horcoff over the course of their hour-long stream, but…
Between free agency and the passing of Alex Delvecchio, there just wasn’t the usual amount of content this week, neither from the Red Wings nor the beat writers. There was no media availability on July 1st, which is the usual rule of engagement, and the summer development camp was also a day shorter than the usual 5-day camps…
So we’re all doing the best that we can with the data available, and that’s mostly through player interviews.
I’ve done my best to chronicle everything that’s taken place over the last week, and what’s not gone on in terms of the Red Wings’ free agency moves, but you can only do so much if you don’t see the prospects play.
