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Videos: Quick clips from Galli

WXYZ’s Brad Galli posted a quick clip of Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman’s press conference from earlier this morning…

And he posted a clip of Todd McLellan doing some on-ice teaching:

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Tweets of note from the Seider/Larkin/Kane presser

Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider, forward Patrick Kane and captain Dylan Larkin spoke with the media today after the morning skate. Here are some Tweets of note ahead of tonight’s match-up with Toronto (7 PM EST start on FanDuel Sportsnet Detroit/Sportsnet Ontario/TVA Sports/97.1 FM):

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Tweets of note from Todd McLellan’s introductory presser

New Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan spoke with the media ahead of tonight’s match-up with the Toronto Maple Leafs (7 PM EST start on FanDuel Sportsnet Detroit/Sportsnet Ontario/TVA Sports/97.1 FM). McLellan addressed his hiring and the developments at Detroit’s morning skate.

Here are some Tweets of note from McLellan’s presser:

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Kulfan on Yzerman’s presser

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan posted an initial reaction to Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman’s morning press conference:

The Red Wings weren’t playing as well as expected, and general manager Steve Yzerman felt it was time to do something.

And Yzerman did Thursday, replacing coach Derek Lalonde with Todd McLellan, who will be behind the bench Friday when the Wings face Toronto.

“As our season started and has progressed to today you start to think about how do you improve your team and get going in the direction we want to, or playing the way we want to,” Yzerman said Friday during a press conference before the morning skate. “The first option is player personnel to move things around. Then as we get closer to yesterday, you start to think you might have to make a change here.

“Our team isn’t performing to what my expectations are, whether anyone agrees with that or not. The players aren’t playing to each of their expectations collectively and we are where we are and we’re playing the way we are and the decision comes at some point.”

The Wings are stuck in 14th place in the Eastern Conference, only two points above last place. They are eight points from a playoff spot.

“Ultimately you need good players to have a good tea and a coach needs good players,” Yzerman said. ” Just watching our team play, the spirit and zap and watching our coaching staff, everyone is frustrated. You can see it in the players’ faces.”

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Red Wings-Maple Leafs morning skate Tweets: Edvinsson, Chiarot taking part in ‘morning practice’

The Detroit Red Wings host the Toronto Maple Leafs this evening (7 PM EST start on FanDuel Sportsnet Detroit/Sportsnet Ontario/97.1 FM), and the Wings engaged in their first morning skate under Todd McLellan today:

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Tweets of note from Steve Yzerman’s press conference

Of note from Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman’s press conference discussing the firing of Derek Lalonde and hiring of Todd McLellan:

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Tweet of note: It’s Mickey Redmond’s birthday

From FanDuel Sportsnet Detroit:

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Two English-language articles about Axel Sandin Pellikka’s big night

The Athletic’s Julian McKenzie and Sarah Jean Mayer posted an article which includes some post-game comments from Axel Sandin Pellikka after Team Sweden’s captain, the Red Wings prospect defenseman, scored a hat trick vs. Slovakia:

A good captain wants to lead by example. Axel Sandin-Pellikka said it himself Sunday afternoon.

“I feel like everyone can come and talk to me, but I mostly lead by example,” said the Swedish captain.

But whether he was totally expecting the defense to lead the offense in Sweden’s 5-2 win over Slovakia is another thing.

The Detroit Red Wings prospect and Swedish captain scored a natural hat trick in the tournament’s opening game to kick off his third World Juniors.

“We have a lot of good defensemen here in the team that likes to play with the puck, so it’s fun. Fun we got some goals from there,” Sandin-Pellikka said. “I think we played a good game overall, so we’re happy.”

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Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis also posted a profile of Sandin Pellikka:

Entering his third World Junior Championship with Team Sweden, Axel Sandin-Pellikka – donning the captain’s “C” – had a three-goal, four-point debut in a 5-2 win over Slovakia. It was a truly dominant performance from the Detroit Red Wings prospect, who was just as good away from the puck as he was with it.

“It was a special night for a special player,” one NHL scout said after the game.

Sandin-Pellikka has a chance to become just the second player in tournament history to win the directorate award as top defenseman, with Russia’s Viacheslav Fetisov being the lone man to hold the designation. ASP won it as an 18-year-old in his sophomore appearance after making his debut in Halifax in 2023.

The two-way defender earned rave reviews for his play with the puck, but many scouts thought he was just as good, if not better, handling the competition from his own zone.

“His physicality is an underrated element of his game,” a scout said after the tournament in Sweden. “He doesn’t want you to snag open ice and has the gap control and the hockey IQ to take advantage.”

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