Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis wrote a superb analysis of the Red Wings’ prospect pool way back on July 18th, and today, he ranks the NHL’s prospect pools from 1 to 32.
The Red Wings earn the 11th overall spot in his rankings, mostly because Marco Kasper and Simon Edvinsson graduated to full-time NHL’er status:
11. Detroit Red Wings (2024: 5th)
Key Prospects: Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Trey Augustine, Sebastian Cossa
While the Yzerplan hasn’t panned out into any tangible NHL success, you can’t argue with the talent waiting in the wings. The most exciting element is the arrival of top prospect Axel Sandin-Pellikka in North America. He looked good in his two-game AHL stint after putting up excellent numbers in the SHL and with Sweden at the World Juniors. The Red Wings have always shown a willingness to play the patient game with their star blueliners, and it has worked out quite well for Edvinsson and Moritz Seider so far. I’m excited to see what’s next with ASP. They also have two of the best goaltending prospects in the NHL in Trey Augustine and Sebastian Cossa, and I feel highly about Carter Bear and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård. It’s a good pool, even if it’s not as deep as it was maybe a year ago.
Continued; while the Red Wings’ prospect pool is reloading after the graduations of Kasper and Edvinsson, I’m bullish on 2025 draft picks like Bear and Eddie Genborg, and I do believe that the Red Wings’ prospect pool is finally competitive after almost a decade’s worth of stocking it after so many misses during the late Ken Holland regime.
