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Two things: On the Wings’ resiliency and Fabbri/Suter

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Of Red Wings-related note this morning, after the Wings’ 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in preseason hockey:

  1. The Free Press’s Carlos Monarrez makes a couple of early observations regarding the Red Wings’ two exhibition wins:

So yes, the Wings have shown they can score. And they can rally. Just like they did after falling behind in Chicago in Wednesday’s exhibition opener, the Wings came back from a 1-0 deficit in the first period Thursday.

That resilience tells us something early about this team:, There may be some hope this season. It’s hope that can be found in Raymond’s goal, an ugly one that came off a pinball turnover near the slot.

“He did a good job,” coach Jeff Blashill said of Raymond. “He’s a smart player. He’s solid. He’s got a really good two-way game, so those types of players are always guys that are transferable because they know how to create efficient offense, and I thought he did that.”

There’s also hope in the steady play Seider displayed while being paired with veteran Nick Leddy and working on the power play. The No. 6 overall pick in 2019 showed good, careful judgment. Pinching in when he could, but mostly falling back and staying in position.

“I think Sides did a solid job,” Blashill said. “He’s a presence out there, he’s a big man, he’s smart, he’s got good hands and makes plays with really good hockey instincts.”

2. And MLive’s Ansar Khan posted an article discussing the offense made available by the pairing of Robby Fabbri and Pius Suter:

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Red Wings-Sabres preseason post-game notebooks and videos

Of Red Wings-related note after Detroit’s 6-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night:

  1. The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan took note of the comments made by Robby Fabbri, Pius Suter and coach Jeff Blashill:

“It’s a great for a guy like [Lucas Raymond] to come in and be as confident as he is,” said linemate Robby Fabbri, who scored two goals. “It’s important that he’s making those plays and playing his game and you can see that tonight. It makes our job easier when he’s playing his game.”

Fabbri (two goals, including an empty netter), Troy Stecher, Luke Witkowski and Jon Martin added the other goals, but it was Raymond who the fans came to see — along with defenseman Moritz Seider — and fans likely went home happy.

“Like I said (during in training camp in Traverse City), he looks good,” said Pius Suter, who had three assists. “He shoots the puck and has a nice shot.”

With the news Thursday that Jakub Vrana will miss at least four months due to shoulder surgery, the Wings will need goal-scoring ability from someone.

Raymond is beginning to show it could be from him. In the second period, just 23 seconds after Robby Fabbri got the Wings on the scoreboard tying the game, Raymond gathered a loose puck near the dot, skated into the slot, and whistled a shot past Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.

“He did a good job, he’s a smart player,” said coach Jeff Blashill. “He has a good two way game and those types of players are guys who are transferable (from offense to defense.”

2. The Free Press’s Helene St. James also filed a post-game notebook…

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Preseason recap: Red Wings defeat Buffalo Sabres 6-2 as Suter, Fabbri and Raymond impress

The Detroit Red Wings iced a different roster of players opposite the Buffalo Sabres as compared to the roster that played in Wednesday’s 4-3 shootout win against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Red Wings’ “B” team defeated the Sabres 6-2, in a game that was closer than the score indicated.

While Detroit surrendered the game’s first goal despite out-shooting the Sabres 18-9 in the 1st period (to Rasmus Asplund), they broke through early in the 2nd, with goals from Robby Fabbri, Lucas Raymond and Troy Stetcher (all scored within a 3:12 span), the Wings took a little nap and let the Sabres come back to within 3-2, and Luke Witkowski gave them breathing room just before the 3rd period, scoring the 4-2 marker;

And the 3rd period was something of a snoozer, with neither team’s special teams connecting, but Lucas Raymond found Robby Fabbri for an empty-net goal with 2:18 remaining (affording Pius Suter his 3rd assist of the night), and that was that…Though Jon Martin deked his way into a 6-2 goal before all was said and done.

It wasn’t as much of a blowout as it looked–the Sabres had a really good push in the 2nd and 3rd–but Detroit prevailed thanks to better scoring depth and fine goaltending between Nedeljkovic and Brattstrom.

The Wings got the only goal of the practice shootout as well, with Robby Fabbri scoring a gorgeous top-shelf marker.

In the “media folks” department, MLive’s Ansar Khan penned a recap…

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Prospect round-up: A busy day in Sweden yields 22:25 played for Edvinsson and an assist for Soderblom in a Frolunda win

Of prospect-related note in Sweden:

In the SHL, Albert Johansson finished at -3 with 1 shot in 17:31 played as Farjestads BK lost 4-0 to Skelleftea AIK. Jesper Eliasson served as the back-up netminder;

William Wallinder finished at -1 with 1 shot in only 2:46 played as the 7th defenseman in Rogle BK’s 4-1 loss to Linkoping;

And, in Frolunda HC’s 4-2 win over Orebro, a quartet of Wings prospects played:

Simon Edvinsson finished at +1 in 22:25 played;

Theodor Niederbach finished even with 3 shots and a 56% faceoff win percentage in 9:31 played;

Elmer Soderblom finished even with an assist and a shot in 10:37 played. Per IceHockeyGifs on Twitter:

And Liam Dower Nilsson warmed up but did not leave the bench as a thirteenth forward, finishing with zero minutes and zero seconds of playing time.

Cossa, Bednar, Plandowski make The Hockey News’s ‘100 players to watch in the CHL’ list

The Hockey News’s Ryan Kennedy posted a list of 100 players to watch in the Canadian Hockey League, which consists of the QMJHL, the OHL and the WHL. The Red Wings received three nods:

8. Sebastian Cossa, G, Edmonton (WHL): Prototypical NHL goalie of the future was snapped up by Detroit in the first round; should be Canada’s world junior starter.

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60. Jan Bednar, G, Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL): A big netminder with a lot of potential, Bednar is a Detroit Red Wings pick starting his sophomore campaign with the Titan.

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89. Oscar Plandowski, D, Charlottetown (QMJHL): Puckmoving defenseman part of a great blueline cast in Charlottetown. The Detroit Red Wings snapped him up in the draft.

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WXYZ’s Trotman posts report on the preseason opener

WXYZ’s Jeanna Trotman posted a report regarding the Red Wings’ preseason opener against Buffalo tonight, discussing Lucas Raymond’s debut and the Wings’ desire to perform in front of their own fans again:

Kulfan on Adam Erne the playmaker

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan took note of Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill’s remarks regarding Adam Erne rounding out his game:

Erne made a pair of nice passing plays, setting up Michael Rasmussen and Ryan with goals in Wednesday’s victory in Chicago. Coming off, arguably, the best season of his career, Erne showed glimpses of perhaps building on what he showed last season.

“I talked to Adam at the end of last season and told him he made more plays as the year went along, than he had in him, to be honest,” Blashill said. “He’s earned it (playing time, larger role) the hard way, where he wasn’t given anything. He’s had to earn his minutes, and he’s done it.

“On the power play, he’s getting a little bit of time on the penalty kill, but what he’s done is made more plays with the puck. He’s really worked hard at it outside of the regular season, to increase his vision with the puck and make more plays scanning ahead of time, before you get it (the puck).”

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Red Wings Tweet out tonight’s lineup, plus today’s episode of ‘The Forecheck’

The Red Wings Tweeted out tonight’s lineup versus the Buffalo Sabres (7:30 EDT on DetroitRedWings.com)…

And “The Forecheck” returned to YouTube today: