Author: George Malik

With the 137th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, the Red Wings selected defenseman Jack Phelan:

With the 137th pick, the Red Wings select Jack Phelan, another defenseman.— George Malik (@georgemalik) June 29, 2023

https://t.co/F3ZvQSocgM #drwdraft #NHLDraft2023— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

With the 137th pick in the 2023 #NHLDraft, the #RedWings select defenseman Jack Phelan.#DRWDraft— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

Red Wings grab another D — 6-4 righty, an overager out of Sioux Falls committed to Wisconsin https://t.co/Mme5D6dACK— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) June 29, 2023

#RedWings select D Jack Phelan of Sioux City (USHL) in fifth round (No. 137). 6-4, 190, shoots right. They have taken five defensemen, two forwards and a goalie among their first eight picks.— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) June 29, 2023

What’s up, Jack! #DRWDraft pic.twitter.com/x1E5zQzb3x— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

With the 117th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, the Red Wings selected defenseman Larry Keenan:

Detroit picks Larry Keenan from Culver academy at 117, 6-3 LHD committed to UMass— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) June 29, 2023

With the 117th pick in the 2023 #NHLDraft, the #RedWings select defenseman Larry Keenan.#DRWDraft— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

“I think I’m a solid two-way defenseman. I have a good hockey I.Q., and I make good decisions both offensively and defensively,” Keenan stated. “I have good mobility for my size and skating. ” https://t.co/8FaTUal8b6 #DRWDraft #NHLDraft2023— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

#RedWings select D Larry Keenan (6-3, 186) of Culver Academy in fourth round (No. 117). They’ve taken four defensemen with their top seven picks, three with good size. They have four more picks.— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) June 29, 2023

https://t.co/iLE3wyk0YG #NHLDraft2023 #DRWDraft— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

Welcome to Detroit, Larry! #DRWDraft pic.twitter.com/WulGxFZS9y— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

D Larry Keenan of Culver (Ind.) Military Academy comes from a hockey family. His grandfather, Larry, was an inaugural #Sabres season player in 1970-71 — and he talks here about Grandpa serving as Gil Perreault’s LW that year! pic.twitter.com/thImMrfllu— Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) June 10, 2023

Larry Keenan with a top 10 appearance.

2023 NHL Combine results: Top 10 prospects in every drill @Sportsnet https://t.co/IwfFqWTaJj— Culver Hockey (@CulverHockey) June 10, 2023

Larry Keenan is particularly intriguing. Pedigree (yes he’s the grandson of the Blues legend). Great mobility and quickness. Length. This clip is a great example of how he can impact the game offensively. Strong puck mover. High upside. Headed to a great program at UMass. pic.twitter.com/g9KtAuWvA6— Brock Otten (@BrockOtten) March 26, 2023

With the 73rd overall draft pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, the Detroit Red Wings selected Noah Dower Nilsson, brother of Liam Dower Nilsson:

Red Wings pick Noah Dower Nilsson, brother of current Detroit prospect Liam Dower Nilsson. And a product of, where else, Frölunda— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) June 29, 2023

Red Wings select Noah Dower Nilsson in round 3, at No. 73. His brother, Liam, was drafted by Wings in 2021.— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) June 29, 2023

With the 73rd pick in the 2023 #NHLDraft, the #RedWings forward Noah Dower Nilsson. #DRWDraft— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

Noah Dower-Nilsson drafted by Detroit, joining brother Liam who was a 2021 5th round pick #LGRW— IcehockeyGifs (@IcehockeyG) June 29, 2023

Here’s my story from last season on Liam, which gives a lot of background into the family and what the brothers have overcome to get here: https://t.co/PBnF1hhpd9 https://t.co/T9LAqiqh2Q— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) June 29, 2023

#RedWings select LW Noah Dower-Nilsson at pick 73 in the third round. From Frolunda (Sweden). He’s the brother of Wings’ 2021 pick Liam Dower-Nilsson.— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) June 29, 2023

Noah Dower Nilsson’s hockey sense is amazing. He thinks the game ahead of just about everyone in the J20 Nationell and is so well positioned on the ice. He is proactive and always supports the play. #DRWDraft #NHLDraft2023— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

His skating posture is bad though and isn’t showing any signs of progression. His upper body flails wildly as he skates, and he’s easy to knock off-balance. He sometimes shows flashes of good explosiveness and ankle flexion in his straight-line skating, but just flashes.— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

His puck skills are not elite either which makes it tough for him to compensate for his lack of balance. He has trouble receiving pucks that aren’t on the tape, trouble covering the puck while skating forward, and trouble delivering long passes when his balance is off.— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

https://t.co/vuJpV27qUR #DRWDraft #NHLDraft2023— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

Hello, Noah! #DRWDraft pic.twitter.com/G5bizJVd3l— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

Noah’s in the mix! pic.twitter.com/kIOPC0BC2t— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

Future. pic.twitter.com/tvYU1WUIvG— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

That’s one proud big brother. 🥹 pic.twitter.com/0Nxv5nTcHC— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

And one to frame. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/hNCmcW2VKy— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

Round 2 boys. 😎 pic.twitter.com/5viyh1C5LH— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

The Detroit Red Wings owned the 41st, 42nd and 47th picks in the 2023 NHL Draft, and here’s who they picked, starting with South Lyon-born goaltender Trey Augustine:

Red Wings grab a goalie now at 41 — Trey Augustine from the NTDP, Michigan State bound— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) June 29, 2023

The #LGRW select Trey Augustine at 41! #2023NHLDraft https://t.co/jAQJdd3IZf pic.twitter.com/SNU3qRaeK2— Elite Prospects (@eliteprospects) June 29, 2023

Red Wings start with Trey Augustine.

One of the best USNTDP goalies we’ve seen.

The Michigan State University goaltending prospect isn’t huge by any means at 6-foot-1, but it doesn’t seem to affect him negatively. He’s mobile, great at tracking the puck. Great glove hand.— Steven Ellis (@SEllisHockey) June 29, 2023

With the 41st pick in the 2023 #NHLDraft, the #RedWings select goaltender Trey Augustine. #DRWDraft— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

My story from last week on newly minted Red Wings goalie prospect Trey Augustine https://t.co/Whye6M8RaA— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) June 29, 2023

Detroit takes goalie Trey Augustine, who is about to become an integral part of the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry:https://t.co/eZfQVp5gJu— Ryan Kennedy (@THNRyanKennedy) June 29, 2023

The hometown kid 🏠

Wishing you the best of luck with the Red Wings, Trey! #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/Y4QSl3zLNB— USA Hockey’s NTDP (@USAHockeyNTDP) June 29, 2023

https://t.co/SjyheaoGr7 #DRWDraft #NHLDraft2023— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

https://t.co/vdxnaVMydQ #DRWDraft #NHLDraft2023— Sarah Lindenau (@Lindy72) June 29, 2023

He’s a brick……house 🧱 pic.twitter.com/GpvEehmOoE— USA Hockey’s NTDP (@USAHockeyNTDP) June 29, 2023

pic.twitter.com/VifK93MyEE— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) June 29, 2023

The first 🇺🇸 goalie off the board! Trey Augustine is heading home! #NHLDraft | #GoalieNation pic.twitter.com/yPzeIAcexC— USA Hockey (@usahockey) June 29, 2023

Welcome to Detroit, Trey! #DRWDraft pic.twitter.com/kxSUCkCR0t— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

Trey Augustine will hear his name called in the NHL draft, then prepare to lead MSU hockey.

“Players here affectionately refer to him as ‘Pop’. He’s a quiet, confident kid who knows what he needs to do and he does it over and over.”

From @Nathaniel_Bott.https://t.co/u4PGgxKxSP— Graham Couch (@Graham_Couch) June 28, 2023

With the No. 41 pick (second round), the Detroit Red wings select goaltender Trey Augustine. pic.twitter.com/P4CQB8XQGs— Michigan State Hockey (@MSU_Hockey) June 29, 2023

Then the Red Wings picked Soo Greyhounds defenseman Andrew Gibson…

Per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman:

Sounds like Edmonton is working on a Kailer Yamamoto trade with Detroit.— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 29, 2023

🔁 TRADE 🔁

The #Oilers have traded forward Kailer Yamamoto & forward Klim Kostin to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for future considerations.#LetsGoOilers— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) June 29, 2023

The Oilers have traded Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin to the Red Wings in exchange for future considerations pic.twitter.com/awQXssIADL— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) June 29, 2023

No salary retained in this trade. Clean deal. https://t.co/yftd4YiDIm— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 29, 2023

UPDATE: The #RedWings today have acquired F Klim Kostin and F Kailer Yamamoto form the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for future considerations. pic.twitter.com/qiNleqsASi— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

It’s all part of the #Yzerplan! 👀#LGRW | #NHLDraft | @BallySports pic.twitter.com/bg4T31QS3v— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) June 29, 2023

Cost to resign Kostin was too high for Oil who are tight to cap. Likely other options out there for him with his strong finish, plus KHL an option. Was a fan favourite.

Oilers super thin on the right side up front – and have clear opening in top 6.— Ryan Rishaug (@TSNRyanRishaug) June 29, 2023

Holland told me this about Kostin last month: “He had a really good year for us. I like where he’s at. Next year, his goal is to get a bigger role. What’s a bigger role? It’s more ice time. What’s more ice time? To go from eight minutes a night to 12 to 14 minutes a night.” https://t.co/1GzfnOiKtY— Michael Traikos (@Michael_Traikos) June 29, 2023

The Red Wings have acquired Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin from the Oilers in exchange for future considerations. 🔁 pic.twitter.com/G14K8wT3R5— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 29, 2023

The Detroit Red Wings have acquired Kailer Yamamoto & Klim Kostin from the Edmonton Oilers for the future considerations. So for nothing. That’s worthy for Detroit in our eyes. Possibly low risk-high reward. pic.twitter.com/VXp1K9j0Pn— Andy & Rono (@ARHockeyStats) June 29, 2023

The Oilers traded forwards Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin to the Red Wings for future considerations on Thursday.https://t.co/UMNzMrTiH5— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) June 29, 2023

Detroit’s Dealing 🤝@kailer_yamamoto and Klim Kostin are heading to Hockeytown!

Details: https://t.co/NPxqUa1hFi pic.twitter.com/bxvhokEg3g— NHL (@NHL) June 29, 2023

Now that Yamamoto and Kostin are in Detroit maybe they have enough to sign UFA Bjugstad— Jim Matheson (@jimmathesonnhl) June 29, 2023

Poison pill as Oilers move Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Koston to Detroit for future considerations? Likely so https://t.co/OHQ7lCSEXt via @edmontonjournal— David Staples (@dstaples) June 29, 2023

Oilers lost a lot of grit and a bunch of personality with Kostin going to Detroit. This and plenty of other draft content at @OilersNation— Robin Brownlee (@Robin_Brownlee) June 29, 2023

Kostin wanted too much money off one fairly good NHL season and Oilers weren’t qualifying him and have him go to arb— Jim Matheson (@jimmathesonnhl) June 29, 2023

Kailer Yamamoto traded to #LGRW

So far he has not met expectations in terms of production. That said he is only 24 and small players take longer to hit their peak. He remains a decent long-term investment in dynasty leagues.https://t.co/FGDHR9Isyw pic.twitter.com/nGtNyPEiwK— Frozen Tools (@FrozenTools) June 29, 2023

I wish Kailer Yamamoto all the best in Detroit. A pleasure to deal with. Great sense of humour, loved chirping anyone and he always had a smile. Hope his neck issues are behind him.— Jason Gregor (@JasonGregor) June 29, 2023

Don’t think you’ll find many Oilers fans who weren’t cheering for Yamamoto. Salary dump to Detroit. I figured he’d end up in Seattle.— Terry Jones (@byterryjones) June 29, 2023

Massive disappointment for Yamamoto, moving from Cup contender to 24th-place DET.
“Yes, this hurts,” said a friend of the player.
DET could buy out Yamamoto – AAV of $533,334 this yer and next – or keep him at $3.1 M.
Rights to Kostin may have been Yzerman’s goal.— Mark Spector🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@SportsnetSpec) June 29, 2023

Here’s the Wings’ press release:

Per DobberProspects’ Jordan Harris:

#LGRW Axel Sandin-Pellikka had such a busy draft season. Played 7 Champions league games, 22 SHL games, 31 J20 games, 7 WJC games, 7 U18 WCs games, 12 other international games with the U18 squad, and 5 games at the Hlinka Gretzky cup. He played a total of 91 games.— Jordan Harris (@Jordan_NHLDraft) June 29, 2023

Through all of that he finished his season strong with a great showing at the U18s. ASP should spend the entire upcoming season with Skellefteå in the SHL and they’ve also qualified for Champions League play. He’ll play in the WJC and likely other U20 international games.— Jordan Harris (@Jordan_NHLDraft) June 29, 2023

It’ll still be a lot of hockey, but a far cry from 91 games.— Jordan Harris (@Jordan_NHLDraft) June 29, 2023

The Hockey News’s Sam Stockton is new to the Red Wings beat, so, “Welcome, Sam!”

This morning, Sam wraps up the Red Wings’ first-round selections, and he sets up the subtext regarding the Red Wings’ potential 2023 Draft, Day 2 machinations:

Heading into the draft, there was speculation that Detroit was close on a deal for [Alex] DeBrincat or might even have interest in moving further up the first round pecking order.  Neither of those moves came to fruition.

“We had some discussions with teams on both picks,” Yzerman told the press.  “When our picks were coming up, the options to move back were interesting, but we had two particular players in each case we wanted to use the picks on.”  Unsurprisingly, he did not comment directly on the status of a hypothetical deal for DeBrincat.

Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion, however, did address those rumors, saying that DeBrincat “indicated he didn’t want to sign long-term, he never requested a trade, but [he told the Senators] free agency only comes once for him” at his pre-draft availability.

“I’m talking to multiple teams,” Dorion continued. “It’s not a big secret, he’s aware of it, and I think we should be up front with it. But at the same time we’re not going to trade him for pennies on the dollar. We feel he’s a really good asset.”

There is no incentive for either Dorion or Yzerman to be candid to the press with respect to their DeBrincat plans.  However, it doesn’t feel out of bounds to say that what might have seemed like a certainty earlier this week is now in doubt. 

Dorion also told reporters that DeBrincat has not yet gotten permission to talk to other teams about a potential extension, since the Senators are not yet satisfied with any of the offers on the table.  That’s a major variable/impediment here, since a trade without an extension won’t make sense for the Wings.

We now know for certain that Yzerman wasn’t willing to part with a 2023 first to bring in DeBrincat, but does that also apply to his 2024 firsts?  Is Dorion actually comfortable bringing DeBrincat back on a one-year $9 million deal (his qualifying offer) that would usher him straight to free agency next July, or is that just posturing for the press to drive up the asking price?

IcehockeyGifs on Twitter posted an article of note and a video clip of note regarding one Axel Sandin Pellikka:

SHL spotlight (article in english)https://t.co/ivDl0BUOdY— IcehockeyGifs (@IcehockeyG) June 29, 2023

Some ASP content: https://t.co/H1aPJUTem7— IcehockeyGifs (@IcehockeyG) June 29, 2023

The Detroit Red Wings picked center Nate Danielson and defenseman Axel Sandin Pellikka over the course of the first round of the 2023 NHL Draft last night, and they’re going to be very busy this morning as the 2nd through 7th rounds kick off at 11 AM EDT (on the NHL Network, Sportsnet and TVA Sports):

DAY TWO.

⏰: 11:00am EST
📺: @NHLNetwork, @ESPNPlus
💻: https://t.co/QEx4q5doIc pic.twitter.com/kSGE2Rg9FV— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

The Red Wings held a draft party last night at Little Caesars Arena (inside, due to bad air quality from Canadian wildfire soot):

Hockeytown always shows up. 🙌

Who stopped by last night’s #NHLDraft party at Little Caesars Arena?! pic.twitter.com/z3mKOTJ23j— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 29, 2023

I posted a massive wrap-up of the media’s takes on the Wings’ first two picks late last night, and it’s worth a scrolling-through;

This morning, as The Athletic, Daily Faceoff and FloHockey examine the best players still available over the course of rounds 2 through 7, MLive’s Ansar Khan discusses the Wings’ first-round haul as framed by Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman…

As you probably know by now, Red Wings draft pick Axel Sandin Pellikka had to drive from New York to Nashville (as reported by Expressen’s Gunnar Nordstrom and the Free Press’s Helene St. James [among others]) with his family, his agent, and Red Wings prospect Liam Dower Nilsson in tow.

This morning, in Swedish, Sandin Pellikka spoke with HockeyNews.se’s Henrik Sjoberg about his trip, HockeySverige.se’s Uffe Bodin posted a Swedish-language video interview of Sandin Pellikka’s media remarks, and Sandin Pellikka revealed a bit of a faux pas to Aftonbladet’s Per Bjurman (roughly translated):

Sandin-Pellikka thinks that it’s pure joy to end up with the classic Swedish team the Detroit Red Wings.

“Yes, it’s cruelly cool, I was so relieved to hear my name and I’m so happy that it was Detroit. Partly for all the Swedish history with Lidstrom and Zetterberg and all the others, and partly because it’s an Original Six team. It feels incredibly powerful.

“However, it was Chicago that I followed as a child, because my father bought Patrick Kane jerseys for me and my brother when we were small, and I have had Kane as a role model. But now I will definitely follow Detroit instead.”