The Detroit Red Wings will hold a 4-day Summer Development Camp at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center between Monday and Thursday of this week. This afternoon, the Wings released their roster of participating players:

From the Detroit Red Wings:

Red Wings release 2026 Development Camp roster

Twenty-seven recent draft picks on roster, including seven from 2026 draft

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today announced the roster for their 2026 Development Camp, which will be held at the BELFOR Training Center inside Little Caesars Arena starting Monday, June 29 to Thursday, July 2. The camp roster currently consists of 20 forwards, 11 defensemen and six goaltenders.

The Detroit Red Wings are holding their annual Summer Development Camp at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center between Monday and Thursday.

The Wings always emphasize that this camp is an educational endeavor, and not a time of player evaluation, but I can also tell you that the entire management team does watch every second of the on-ice activities, if only for the sake of getting a feel for their new and returning prospects (as well as the free agents who will join the roster).

The Wings will release their camp roster this afternoon, and ahead of the “news drop,” the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan posted a notebook article which offers Wings assistant GM and director of player development Kris Draper’s emphasis on the learning aspect of the team’s Summer Development Camps:

“We want to bring them in, enjoy it and give them an incredible amount of information, for on and off the ice,” said Kris Draper, the Wings’ director of amateur scouting. “If these guys have any questions throughout, we have, to me, the best development staff in the league, and they create relationships with everybody.

“Whatever they need, we’re here to help them maximize their potential.”

The Wings’ skill development coaches, including Dan Cleary and Niklas Kronwall, help instruct the players on the ice, but the Red Wings emphasize off-ice education as well, and they really flood the players with off-ice information.

As far as the Red Wings’ brass is concerned, sometimes the off-ice information is more important than the on-ice activities:

Players in attendance will take part in classes and presentations designed to help players transition to pro hockey. The importance of sleep, nutrition and dealing with media are classes usually covered. Players also get feedback from Wings coaches and management on what prospects need to improve upon and how to improve in those given areas.

“What we want with these guys is basically give them as much information as possible,” Draper said. “The importance of training on and off the ice. They’re going to get a full body analysis of how they move and what they need to do and what they need to improve on. This is the important time for hockey players. You have two to three months to train, so that’s something that is very important.”

Kulfan also reports that Red Wings draft pick Beckham Edwards will return to a familiar location when he steps on to Detroit’s practice rink tomorrow:

Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen and Bob Duff posted a pair of articles this morning, discussing the Red Wings’ present state, as well as the team’s training camp plans.

First, Allen discusses the Red Wings’ lack of urgency to make moves over the course of this weekend’s 2026 NHL Draft…

Forwards J.J. Peterka, Mason McTavish, Pavel Dorofeyev and Andrei Nichushkin were all traded Friday. And none of them ended up on the Red Wings roster. With the Dylan Larkin trade request clouding the team’s future, it’s fair to say the fan base is looking for something, anything really, that sends the message that they are taking steps to improve the situation.

Fans are waiting for them to trade Dylan Larkin for a strong return, trade for a center, re-sign Patrick Kane, make an aggressive offer to Columbus for Kirill Marchenko, hear that Alex DeBrincat plans to stay in Detroit and add a veteran scorer like Rickard Rakell or Bryan Rust or move Michael Rasmussen and Mason Appleton to make room for more physical players.

If they could start working off that checklist, fan morale would likely improve.

And second, Bob Duff took note of GM Steve Yzerman’s remarks as to why the team chose to hold their 2026-2027 season’s training camp at Little Caesars Arena:

This morning, The Athletic’s Shayna Goldman and Aaron Portzline discuss potential trade “fits” for Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski, who’s reportedly told Blue Jackets GM Don Wadell that Werenski will not re-sign with the team when his contract expires in the summer of 2028.

In offering “Eight Possible Fits” for Werenski to be traded to, they include the Red Wings, who are (of course) Werenski’s “hometown team“:

Detroit Red Wings

If Dylan Larkin hadn’t requested a trade out of Detroit, the Red Wings would have been one of the most interesting teams on this list. Werenski’s ties to Michigan run deep; he’s from Grosse Pointe and went to the University of Michigan. Playing for the Red Wings with Larkin could be a full-circle moment and would address a major need in Detroit, but that possibility seems remote.

The Red Wings have their franchise defenseman in Moritz Seider, whose all-around game put him right in the thick of the Norris conversation with Werenski. But another dynamic threat on the back end could be an absolute game-changer for a team that has ranked in the bottom half of the league in five-on-five scoring chance generation over the last couple of seasons.

Detroit likely has pieces to interest Columbus, such as Emmitt Finnie, Nate Danielson, Marco Kasper and Axel Sandin-Pellikka, among others. The Red Wings also have a deep pipeline to pull from and cap space to absorb (and extend) Werenski. But without Larkin, this team’s timeline likely gets pushed back. And that’s two strikes against Werenski’s chances of waiving his no-movement clause to end up in Detroit.

Continued (paywall); I can’t see Columbus accepting the Red Wings’ top prospects alone. They’d want a front-line NHL player, like Simon Edvinsson, in return…In addition to some top prospects and first-round draft picks.

Werenski coming to Detroit is a nice thought to bounce around in our heads, but it’s not going to happen.

The Free Press’s Helene St. James posted an article this morning which discusses the relationship between 2026 47th overall pick Victor Plante and Chris Osgood’s family.

As it turns out, the Osgoods were billet families for Plante while he played with the National Team Development Program this past season:

As soon as she found out Victor Plante had been drafted by the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, June 27, Jenna Osgood reached out.

“I told him, yay, he can now live in our basement forever,” Osgood told the Free Press. She and her husband, former Wings goaltender Chris Osgood, have billeted U.S. National Team Development Program players for years, and their most recent houseguest at their home in Plymouth – where the USNTDP is based – couldn’t been a better tenant, in every way possible.

“Vic was great for my kids, because he’s on the ice every night in my backyard,” Chris Osgood told the Free Press. “Every night they’d be out there. We love having them all around. And Victor was just an awesome kid – he gets along with anybody. When I saw him get drafted on TV, he looked like the happiest guy in the draft. We were so happy for him.”

Continued (paywall); this is a very good read…

And St. James also posted a set of prospect profiles based upon the comments made by GM Steve Yzerman and assistant GM/director of amateur scouting Kris Draper yesterday afternoon. Here’s what Draper had to say about Plante:

The Detroit News’s Bob Wojnowski reacts as only “Wojo” can to Steve Yzerman’s remarks regarding Dylan Larkin’s trade demands. First, Wojnowski frames the situation well, noting that the Wings’ first-round draft pick, JP Hurlbert, said that his favorite player growing up was Larkin…

Maybe at one time, Larkin’s favorite player was Yzerman. But the link between captains is broken, and hope of a quick, amicable resolution is fading. Yzerman initially declined to address the issue until after he spoke about the draft. Then he delivered a blunt statement and took no questions. He confirmed the details of Larkin’s request, that it was made by his agent shortly after the season, followed by a short list of teams for whom he’d waive his no-trade clause. Yzerman’s options are limited and acceptable offers scarce, so far. And he doesn’t seem interested in clearing up the murkiness.

“Dylan has five years remaining on his contract,” Yzerman said Saturday. “My job as the manager of the Detroit Red Wings is always to do what’s in the best interest of the Detroit Red Wings, and I will act accordingly to that. I cannot make any guarantees and did not make any guarantees that the request could, or would, be met. There’s certainly a lot of uncertainty around that.”

And, after offering both Larkin’s probable perspective under an environment of Olympic success and what the NHL writers are calling “the era of player empowerment,” and fair criticism of Yzerman’s job steering his team’s still-on-wobbly-legs rebuild, Wojnowski offers this:

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan took note of the comments made by Red Wings assistant GM and director of amateur scouting Kris Draper today, after Detroit brought six new players into the prospect pipeline.

That number includes Victor Plante, brother of Max Plante:

Victor Plante had a fine season at the Plymouth Township-based United States National Development Team Program and is a similar, smart, offensive-minded player as his brother.

“Getting to know the family, it’s an incredible hockey family and we were real excited about the development,” said Kris Draper, the Wings’ director of amateur scouting. “Victor is wired the exact same way. A smart, competitive player that has a passion for the game.

“He had a real good year and the similarities, you kind of look at him as a bit of a late bloomer with the way his year went. He continued to get better throughout. He’s a passionate kid and we’re excited to have him.”

Also of note from Draper:

Life comes at you fast.

Per the Detroit Red Wings, the draft class of 2026 has less than 48 hours to high-tail it to the Motor City:

Right into dev camp!

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— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 28, 2026

Red Wings to hold 2026 Development Camp at Little Caesars Arena June 29-July 2

Four-day camp featuring Red Wings prospects returns to BELFOR Training Center

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today announced the schedule for their 2026 Development Camp, which returns to the BELFOR Training Center inside Little Caesars Arena from June 29-July 2. The camp begins on Monday, June 29 and features on-ice skill development and off-ice workouts each day, ending on Thursday, July 2.

The camp will be split into two teams – Team Howe and Team Lindsay – and will feature daily on-ice instruction and skill development from a team of coaches, led by the Red Wings player development staff. Attendees will also take part in NHL-level off-ice workouts and attend presentations designed to help players transition to professional hockey, while experiencing the state-of-the-art player amenities offered at Little Caesars Arena and receiving feedback from Red Wings coaches and management.

The Red Wings roster will be comprised primarily of players selected by Detroit over the last several NHL Drafts, as well as signed free agent prospects and undrafted free agent invitees from collegiate, junior or European leagues. The full roster for the 2026 Development Camp will be announced on Sunday, June 28.

Continued, with a schedule…

We’ve covered Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman’s remarks from his post-draft press conference regarding his disgruntled captain in both Tweet, article and video form, and as The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun promised a response from Dylan Larkin’s agent, Pat Brisson, here’s what LeBrun and Max Bultman have to report as of 7:35 PM EDT:

Reached by The Athletic, Larkin’s agent Pat Brisson also broke his silence on his client’s trade request Saturday. Brisson felt it appropriate to comment given that Yzerman had also finally talked about it with media.

As far as Yzerman saying there’s no guarantees he can meet the trade request and he has to do what’s best for the organization, Brisson took no issue with those comments.

“I understand where he’s coming from,” Brisson said. “The process is that we’ve had discussions for the last month or so. And we’ve agreed that we’ll be working together on this. I do understand that Steve and the organization have to do what’s best for the Red Wings. We’re trying to work as a ‘team’ together on this to reach each of our goals, so to speak.

“It’s not an easy process. But this is something that, it’s not my first time, it’s not our first time (Yzerman included), and we’re trying to navigate this the best way possible to reach our goals. We know it’s a sensitive file, understanding what Dylan means to the Red Wings and also to USA Hockey and the world of hockey. He’s a really good hockey player. But we’re going to continue to the best of our abilities to eventually each our goals.”

Asked to confirm whether any teams were now on the short list of approved teams, Brisson would not go there.

“With respect to the process, I’ve always refused to discuss the teams and the number of teams,” said Brisson. “I want to keep as much of these conversations confidential as possible.”

As for how far the process has come in terms of trade talks and Brisson trying to help Yzerman get to the finish line, is there a timeline coming into sight?

“Honestly, I don’t really have any idea,” Brisson said. “I really don’t. We’re working on it on a day-to-day basis. That’s all I can say.”

Continued (paywall); again, Pat Brisson has been in the business for over 30 years, and he’s got a cavalcade of clients, many of whom have remained with their teams for their entire careers…

But I just find the irony of the fact that it’s been 23 years since Brisson guided Sergei Fedorov out of Detroit due to a contract dispute to be too bloody rich to ignore.

Updated with Scott Wheeler and David St-Louis’ takes at 7:56 PM: The Athletic’s Corey Pronman isn’t a huge fan of the Red Wings’ 2026 NHL Draft haul. Detroit’s amateur scouts stay almost religiously tied to their own lists of player targets, and that can be a positive, and it can be a negative:

Corey Pronman details what to expect from the Detroit Red Wings’ new prospects and how they fit into the farm system.

2026 Draft Grade: C

Detroit took a swing on JP Hurlbert at 23, a highly skilled winger with a lot of offensive pop who can create off the rush. The Red Wings selected Victor Plante in the second round; he’s a classic NTDP competitive forward who does a lot of the little things right, though his pure offensive ceiling is a question mark. Hurlbert for me is the only real name in this class, although some of their later picks do have a chance to play.