Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff profiles the six free agents invited to the Red Wings’ 2026 prospect tournament:

[Haeden Ellis is] a 5-foot-10, 191-pound right-winger who played with USA Hockey’s national team program and in the USHL before moving to the OHL Kitchener Rangers. Ellis, 19, will be playing college hockey at Northeastern.

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A waterbug at 5-foot-6 and 153 pounds, right-winger Cooper Dennis, 19, is a teammate of Red Wings 2026 draftee Adam Levac with the OHL Peterborough Petes. The two will also be on the same team next week, wearing the Winged Wheel. Dennis is committed to the Michigan Wolverines.

Carter Hicks, 18, played for Canada at the 2026 World U18 Championship. The 6-foot-1, 183-pound right-winger for the OHL Brampton Steelheads is committed to the Connecticut Huskies.

Continue reading DHN’s Duff profiles the Red Wings’ six free agent invites for the 2026 prospect tournament

Falu Kuriren’s Ronnie Carlsson and Markus Josefsson discuss Red Wings prospect and Brynas IF forward Charlie Forslund today.

Both Carlsson and Josefsson report that Forslund is making progress while preparing for his first season in the SHL, but they suggest that Forslund may begin his 2026-2027 season in the Hockeyallsvenskan instead:

Forslund got to play with a star – may still be forced to leave

The Falu native Charlie Forslund is fighting for a place on Brynas’ SHL team.

After his game against Leksand, he was praised by coach Niklas Gollstedt.

Charlie Forslund made a breakthrough on Falu IF’s A-team two and-a -half years ago. Suddenly, he was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings and signed with Mora [of the Hockeyallsvenskan]. From there, his hockey trip went on to Almtuna before he signed with Brynas this spring – and his success continues.

“He’s been doing great this summer and is having a great pre-eason here, so he’s surprised me. I think he has been good,” says Brynas coach Niklas Gallstedt.

Continue reading Roughly translated: Brynas IF’s coach is impressed by Charlie Forslund’s SHL preseason performances

The Athletic’s Max Bultman Tweeted the following this morning:

Our summer @TheAthleticNHL “How to Fix” series continues today with the Red Wings (yes, hiring a GM would be a good start)https://t.co/rPuabtR0by

— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) September 2, 2026

Bultman’s link goes to an episode of “The Athletic Hockey Show” in which Bultman and Sean Gentille discuss how they would “fix” the Detroit Red Wings, using their 46 minutes’ worth of podcast time to address the entire organization’s strengths and weaknesses:

MLive’s Ansar Khan posted an article about Red Wings prospect Axel Sandin Pellikka today, and Khan uses the comments made by trade deadline addition Justin Faulk to bolster ASP’s case as a top prospect:

Sandin-Pellikka likely will start the season with the Grand Rapids Griffins, but Faulk sees a lot of promise in the 17^th overall pick from 2023.

“He’s got a lot of talent,” Faulk said after the season. “He can skate, he can move the puck, he can shoot it pretty well. He’s another exciting player to have in the mix.

“It’s a hard league as a young D, and we’ve all, as D been there. It takes time. He can’t pick up on all the tendencies and stuff right away, but when you have the base that he has of the skating and the ability and the vision and the playmaking and the shooting and whatnot, it allows him to get around the ice a little bit more and kind of get comfortable playing that style a little bit. But it’s hard, and it was exciting for him to probably get in this league and have a good year.”

Continue reading Axel Sandin Pellikka has Justin Faulk’s endorsement

Per the Detroit Red Wings:

RED WINGS RELEASE 2026 NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT ROSTER AND SCHEDULE

  … First-Round Pair of Nate Danielson and Carter Bear Headline 24-Man Roster; Detroit to Face Prospect Teams from Columbus, Dallas and Pittsburgh at BELFOR Training Center …

… Fans Across Michigan Can Watch Red Wings Prospect Tournament Games

for Free on DetroitRedWings.com …  

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today released their 2026 NHL Prospect Tournament roster and a complete tournament schedule for the event, held from Saturday, Sept. 12 to Tuesday, Sept.15 at BELFOR Training Center inside Little Caesars Arena. The team consists of 24 recent draft picks, free agent signees and tryouts who will battle against prospect teams from the Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Continue reading Press release: The Red Wings have released their prospect tournament roster and schedule

TSN’s Frank Corrado and Martin Biron discussed the respective situations of Dylan Larkin and Connor Hellebuyck on “TSN Overdrive” yesterday.

Biron leads off the segment by telling host Jim Tatti that the Red Wings are “fumbling” their GM search, and that he’s not certain what Larkin will do as he’s not going to get traded before training camp, and the question for Biron involves whether Larkin comes to training camp or stays home…

But most of the segment focuses on hypothetical trades and “fits” for Hellebuyck.

The Athletic has posted its annual “player tiers” list, and Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat and Simon Edvinsson all make the numerous authors’ list of ranked players:

Moritz Seider

Why he’s here

Early on in Seider’s career there were some pointed questions regarding whether he had what it takes to be a true franchise-caliber defensemen. The tools were there, the results weren’t. He was getting buried in difficult minutes, but his inability to rise above created some concern about his ultimate ceiling.

After his ridiculous Norris-worthy showing last season, any questions and concern are nonexistent. Seider is a franchise defenseman. The Red Wings looked like a juggernaut with Seider on the ice last year … and completely inept otherwise.

What remains is a terrifyingly unique specimen who’s able to take over games at both ends of the ice with a level of nastiness that’s become rare for players of his caliber. It’s that mix that puts Seider squarely in 2B with the potential to land higher as one of the five best defensemen in the world — specifically because of his monstrous defensive game.

“He’s already good, but I think he’s about to take another step,” a scout said. “Not offensively. I think he’s going to be an bigger f—ing problem defensively.”

There’s no one like Seider.

Continued (paywall)

In a 9:45, non-embeddable video clip posted on NHL.com, the NHL Network’s Mike Rupp and Ken Daneyko discuss both the situations of Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin and Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck.

Rupp and Daneyko suggest that the Winnipeg Jets will probably be able to trade Hellebuyck because Hellebuyck’s supposedly willing to move to more than a handful of teams.

At the 5:04 mark, Rupp suggests that the Red Wings must move Larkin before the start of the regular season because he does not want to be a Red Wing; Daneyko suggests that the Red Wings face a “dicey situation” once the next GM is hired, because he feels that Larkin needs a change as well.

Rupp wonders aloud whether Larkin will stay at home to wait for a trade, and Daneyko says that Larkin’s a great player, but that the situation is one where Larkin will have to “open up his trade list a little bit” to afford Detroit options for a trade.

The segment concludes with Rupp suggesting that Larkin cannot come to training camp as the Wings’ captain or part of the Wings’ leadership group.

NHL.com’s Tracey Myers posted a profile of Red Wings prospect and 21-year-old goaltender Trey Augustine this morning.

Myers discusses Augustine’s likely season-starting job as battling for the Grand Rapids Griffins’ starting goaltender’s job, and she cites Griffins coach Dan Watson and Michigan State University coach Adam Nightingale’s remarks regarding Augustine’s attributes as a goaltender and human being:

Augustine got a taste of pro hockey last season when he played two games with Grand Rapids following his junior season at Michigan State. He was 0-2-0 with a 3.39 goals-against average and .878 save percentage during his AHL stint.

“It was awesome being there being around the guys, being at the rink, just getting familiar with the city,” he said. “It can only help me going into the next year. If I end up there, it’s just having a sense of, ‘Oh, I know where stuff is, I know what to do.’ It was a huge month and a half where I was able to learn and it was super nice.”

Grand Rapids coach Dan Watson liked what he saw in Augustine, who will be competing with Michal Postava and Carter Gylander this season.

Continue reading Red Wings prospect Trey Augustine’s ready to get his professional career underway

Meinbezirk.at’s Michael Kurz spoke with Red Wings forward Marco Kasper regarding the lessons learned over the course of Kasper’s sophomore NHL season, his offseason training and his goals going forward. Here’s a rough translation of the German-language article:

Marco Kasper on his summer training and the upcoming season

MeinBezirk.at met with Marco Kasper in Klagenfurt [Austria], where Carinthia’s ice hockey export in the National Hockey League resides. The forward with Detroit willingly gave information about his summer in Klagenfurt, his off-season training, his time in the NHL so far and his upcoming third season in North America.

Marco, what did you focus on this summer in offseason training?

Marco Kasper: At the beginning of the summer, there was still a lot of rehab for my knee, because of which I also missed the World Championship. Basically, however, you always try to get faster and stronger. Summer training is always a development process. Whether that’s with a strength workout in the summer or a game in December, I always try to give my best.

You also took the title in the Sunshine Hockey League with the Lendhafen Seelowen. What does that mean to you?

Marco Kasper: First and foremost, it was fun that we players came together in the summer. In addition, many fans always come to Ferlach and also the finale in Klagenfurt–that’s great. Of course you want to win, but it’s a great opportunity for all of us, especially for the younger players. This year, for example, J.J. Peterka, Damian Clara and Phillip Sinn were all active, with Michael Grabner and some former players from the NHL, which was really casual.

Continue reading Roughly translated: Red Wings forward Marco Kasper speaks with Meinbezirk.at