Sportsnet’s Ryan Dixon posted a set of early-August power rankings, and he’s not yet sold on the Red Wings’ potential for the 2025-2026 season:
21. Detroit Red Wings – While you can certainly still talk yourself into some existing Wings players like Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond and Simon Edvinsson moving the team forward, it just feels like Detroit needs an acquisition to give this thing a meaningful push.
Continued; the Wings have more than Seider, Raymond and Edvinsson. I think this is a little light on not recognizing the Larkins, Kanes, DeBrincats and Gibsons of the Wings’ world.
But yes, the Wings need to add a top-six forward and/or a top-four defenseman. Whether those trades happen this summer is uncertain.
