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HockeyNews.se posted an article about Anaheim Ducks prospect Lucas Pettersson and Red Wings prospect Michal Svrcek, who both confirm that they’re staying with the Brynas IF organization this upcoming season.

Svrcek already told HockeyNews.se’s Mattias Persson that he’s staying in Sweden, despite the fact that the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires selected him in the CHL Import Draft.

The Spitfires recently told the Windsor Star’s Jim Parker that they haven’t given up on bringing Svrcek over to North America…

But both Pettersson and Svrcek make it very clear to HockeyNews.se’s editorial staff that they’re going to battle for spots on Brynas‘ men’s team:

Michal Svrcek is also back with Brynas after a summer in which sporting director Johan Alcen celebrated his progress. The Slovak played in 27 SHL games last year, and is aiming for an even bigger role.

The competition for the team he sees only to spurn him on.

“It just motivates me,” Svrcek said.

At the same time, he states that he never considered gambling with the OHL–Brynas has always been the goal.

Both have the World Junior Championship in Minnesota in sight. Pettersson wants to lead Sweden, while Svrcek is chasing a place on Slovakia’s team.

“The World Junior Championship is obviously a goal, where I want a place to be a leading player for Sweden and play for the noblest of medals,” Pettersson said.

Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider will be in Zurich, Switzerland tomorrow to take part in a charity hockey game organized by Kevin Fiala…as will Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond.

This morning, Sport.ch’s Damian Moschinger reports that the following players will play against the Swiss champion ZSC Lions to raise funds for St. Gallen Children’s Hospital, and the youth foundations of ZSC Lions and EHC Uzwil.

The lineup is heavily made up of Swiss stars, but Seider and Raymond aren’t alone in terms of the NHL star power skating in Zurich tomorrow:

Fiala recently announced his team’s lineup, and now the final two names have been revealed. They are Swiss national team goalie Akira Schmid and former Kloten defenseman David Reinbacher. The complete lineup of the Fiala selection is as follows:

Kevin Fiala

Jonas Siegenthaler

Nico Hischier

Timo Meier

Nino Niederreiter

Mats Zuccarello

Lucas Raymond

Tim Stützle

Moritz Seider

Marco Rossi

Andres Ambühl

Pius Suter

Janis Moser

William Lagesson

Petr Čech (Goalie)

Philipp Kurashev

Alexandre Texier

Lian Bichsel

Akira Schmid (Goalie)

David Reinbacher

Unsurprisingly, the coach is Patrick Fischer, and Marcel Jenni will assist him. Fans can look forward to a small hockey spectacle, which will also feature musical accompaniment by Bastian Baker.

Former Red Wings forward and 40-year-old David Booth is dominating the Australian Ice Hockey League this summer, having posted 25 goals and 25 assists for 50 points over the course of only 11 games played for the AIHL’s Melbourne Ice.

The Hockey News’s Michael Whitaker found a Twitter clip of Booth engaging in a Denis Savardian spin-o-rama, and then a Datsyukian deke, while scoring one of his of his 5 goals and 8 points yesterday:

Could this be goal of the game, week, season ? David Booth ~ 5 goals 3 assists and 8 points for the day. Speechless! pic.twitter.com/YExE7G60O9

— Melbourne Ice (@melbourneice) August 6, 2025

Not bad for the former Vancouver Canucks star.

The NHL has posted a 39-minute clip of every goal scored by Detroit Red Wings players this past season. The clip will be up in YouTube format tomorrow.

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan lists 10 players either on the free agent marketplace or trade mill rumor wire who may still be able to salvage the Red Wings’ quiet summer. Among them:

▶ Jason Robertson, Dallas, left wing: Dallas looks to be in a bit of a salary-cap crunch going forward, and Robertson, 26, has a $7.75 million cap hit. He can be an unrestricted free agent in 2027, and is likely to get north of $10 million per season, with two 40-goal seasons already on his resume.

The left wing would be a great fit alongside Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond. But it’s difficult to imagine Stars GM Jim Nill not finding a way to retain Robertson for the long term, after deftly signing the core of his roster on lengthy deals. There would be plenty of teams interested in Robertson, notably his hometown Los Angeles Kings.

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▶ Marco Rossi, Minnesota, center: The Wild and Rossi are going through a difficult contract negotiation, making this restricted free agent a prime trade target.

Rossi, 23, broke through for career highs in goals (24) assists (36) and points (60) and is the type of young center teams drool over. The price to acquire Rossi would be high, and it’s not a sure thing the Wings would be willing to give up what would likely be necessary to get him.

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▶ Robby Fabbri, center/wing, unrestricted free agent: The Wings traded Fabbri to Anaheim last summer, but injuries limited Fabbri to 44 games and eight goals — after tying a career-high with 18 goals with the Wings the year before.

At 29, Fabbri is likely going to get a one-year deal for around $1 million. Fabbri’s versatility and popularity in the locker room would make a return possible, and he’d be a good depth forward. Fabbri had some good stretches of play with the Wings.

Continued (paywall)…Any targets that you’re interested in?

Per EliteProspects New England scout Robert Chalmers, Red Wings 2025 draft pick (205th overall) Grayden Robertson-Palmer, a 5’11,” 196-pound center who has committed to Dartmouth College (per EliteProspects), has decided to sign with the QMJHL’s Moncton Wildcats for the 2025-2026 season:

The Wildcats are happy to sign 2025 QMHJL draft pick (Rd 6, #97), & St. Andrews native, Grayden Roberston-Palmer.

Grayden was also a 2025 NHL draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings (Rd 7, #204) and captain of Phillips Andover Prep that won a NE Championship in 2024-25.

Welcome! pic.twitter.com/vKMHu1XMAv

— Moncton Wildcats (@monctonwildcats) August 6, 2025

Red Wings play-by-play analyst Larry Murphy is busy coaching the Minnesota “3ICE” hockey team this summer, and he spoke with the NHL Tonight crew last night, sharing stories about the 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament, winning 2 Stanley Cups in a row but not 3, and much more over an 11:12 interview:

MLive’s Ansar Khan looks back at Lucas Raymond’s end-of-season press conference today, noting that Raymond believes that he has more to give in terms of his on-ice performance:

“I want to take another step in my game,” Raymond said after the season. “I did feel like I took a step this year, but I feel like I have a lot more left. You go into the summer every year and you focus on maybe a couple things that you really want to pinpoint and develop.”

Raymond has led the team in points in each of the past two seasons. Henrik Zetterberg was the last Red Wing to record 80 points, in 2010-11. Raymond’s 53 assists were the most by a Red Wing since Zetterberg tallied 56 the same season.

“I feel like that it’s a big part of my game that impacts the game in a positive way and you look at all these stuff that Henrik accomplished, it’s very impressive, and to be mentioned with that is a lot of fun,” Raymond said. “But for me it’s just about focusing on me, trying to develop my all-around game and keep taking steps.”

Raymond also delivered both optimism for the Wings’ post-hiring-coach-Todd-McLellan surge, as well as disappointment for the Wings’ swoon in late February, March and April:

“We put ourselves in a good position before the 4 Nations break to be in a good spot and make a good push for it,” Raymond said. “It didn’t click for us, and that really set us back. It was kind of just uphill from there. I think that just goes to show you, again, how important every game is.”

“You grow up playing hockey, you play to win, whether that’s a peewee tournament or whatever. Not being able to do that is frustrating. Everyone’s determined to change that and take that next step very soon.”

Continued (paywall)

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Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond is taking part in a news conference for the “first six” players selected by Team Sweden for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics, and IMAGO.com has posted a couple of pictures of the event: