DetroitRedWings.com’s Jonathan Mills checked in with Red Wings forward Marco Kasper, who’s training for the 2025-2026 season back home in Austria:
Serving as one of the young, driving forces for the Detroit Red Wings in the 2024-25 season, Marco Kasper certainly showcased exciting potential throughout his NHL rookie campaign. And as far as 2025-26 goes, Kasper believes there’s a lot more in store — from both an individual and team perspective.
“We felt like we had a good thing going at the end of the season honestly,” Kasper recently told DetroitRedWings.com. “We want to play those meaningful games and make the playoffs. We have to do everything we can as a team to make the next jump. It’s a lot of offseason work individually, then we’ll get back together in September and just work really hard. We need to play like we did during the last few months of the season, figure out how to get even more wins and get in the playoffs.”
Kasper, who’s playing in the “Sunshine Hockey League” back home in Klagenfurt, tells Mills that he’s hoping to improve upon his 37-point rookie season:
“At the beginning of the offseason, you always focus on getting bigger and stronger so that’s a big part of it,” he said. “I’m trying to improve my shot even more so that I’m more dangerous offensively. Otherwise, it’s just trying to get a bit better in all those small details. That’s what’s important at this high of a level.”
At 21, Kasper is a key piece on a skilled Detroit roster that also features young talent like Elmer Soderblom, Jonatan Berggren and Albert Johansson, each of whom re-signed with the Red Wings this offseason.
“It’s great that all those guys got their contracts,” Kasper said. “It’s fun seeing and knowing all those guys are coming back. We all played together in Grand Rapids before and then last year in Detroit, so the whole group is a lot of fun.”
Continued; Kasper’s father, Peter, is not only his agent, but also a long-time pro hockey player, so he comes from superb bloodlines in terms of his professionalism.
