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Duff: Fall is here, and so is Seider season

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Updated 2x at 6:56 PM: Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider spoke in surprisingly hushed tones when he addressed the media today…

But Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff duly notes that it’s officially Seider season, after a long set of social media crushes on the German defender turned Swedish Hockey League superstar, and while Seider is genuinely happy to have finally reached the cusp of making an NHL team’s roster, he’s not letting the memes go to his head:

“I’m super happy right now,” Seider said. “It was a big wait to get here. I’m really proud of myself, making my way up here and now I’m here and I’m really looking forward to it.”

As for all the social media buzz about Seider, touting him as the German Lidstrom, insisting that there will be nothing but blue skies in the Red Wings’ future from the moment he plays his first shift, well, hate to break it to you but your crush – yeah, he hasn’t really noticed you.

“It’s definitely not getting in my head,” Seider said of the social media frenzy surrounding him. “I just want to be around the guys. I want to come to the rink and work hard and so far I’m enjoying that. It’s obviously cool that the fans are really excited. All in all, I think I’m even more excited.”

There probably hasn’t been this much hype about the arrival of a Red Wings prospect since Henrik Zetterberg showed up for the NHL rookie tournament in 2002. And that one turned out okay. That being the case, the Wings are of the belief that the best tack to take with the good ship is to dial back the intensity.

“I’m not going to put an expectation on him,” Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “I think he’ll get the opportunity to play and play big minutes as he earns them. If he earns more, he’ll get more. If he doesn’t earn more, he won’t get more. So, we’ll see how it goes. He’s definitely a guy who’s got a lot of potential that I think is going to become reality but now he has to go out on a game by game basis and do it.”

Continued; I’m expecting Seider to make the team, and take some lumps early on, but learn from them quickly.

Update: Here’s a little more on Seider from MLive’s Ansar Khan:

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Two more Wings videos via Twitter: Nedeljkovic cam and Hronek cam

These are pretty cool Twitter videos, featuring Alex Nedeljkovic and Filip Hronek and some GoPros:

Update: One more:

Love your goalies. #DRWTC pic.twitter.com/ewPCrxkmpb— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021

Wings videos from day 2 of training camp: Nedeljkovic, Erne, Seider, Blashill, and ‘sights and sounds’

Among the Red Wings’ videos from Day 2 of training camp are clips of Alex Nedeljkovic speaking with the media…

Adam Erne doing the same…

Moritz Seider showing his shy side…

And coach Jeff Blashill engaging in his daily presser…

As well as a clip of “Sights and Sounds” from Day 2:

Prospect round-up: Larsson backs up HV71; Grewe skates in Ilves win

Of Red Wings prospect-related note in Europe today:

In the Swedish Allsvenskan, Filip Larsson served as the back-up as HV71 Jonkoping won 3-2 over AIK Stockholm;

Edit/update: Gustav Berglund also scored a goal in Mora IK’s 4-3 OT loss to Vita Hasten:

#Allsvenskan
– Berglund 1+0, +1, 3 SOG in a 4-3 OT loss
– Larsson backup in a 3-2 win#LGRW https://t.co/3NqjUhEUE3— Red Wings Prospects (@DRWProspects) September 24, 2021

And in the Finnish Liiga, Albin Grewe finished even with 1 shot and a penalty taken in 11:04 played as Ilves Tampere won 6-1 over HPK.

Tweet of note: a moment of zen from Niklas Kronwall and Filip Hronek

Enjoy:

Kronner → Fil Hronek. ? #DRWTC pic.twitter.com/A6XEJ1Tmix— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 24, 2021

Speaking of unique Tweets from the Wings…

Ken Kal: Red Wings to stream September 30th exhibition game vs Buffalo

Very cool:

Hey Wings fans, good news we will be streaming the Red Wings vs Buffalo game on September 30th from @LCArena_Detroit on the Wings website only. Facebook and You Tube viewers….we will miss your comments lol. Hope you’ll be able to join Paul Woods and yours truly on the call.— Ken Kal (@KenKalDRW) September 24, 2021

Duff: Blashill jealous of Chase Pearson’s…flow…

Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff notes the following amusing storyline:

During Jeff Blashill’s NHL coaching career, new strands of hair on his head sprout up about as often as victories.

For both of those reasons, the Detroit Red Wings coach is somewhat fascinated by Red Wings prospect Chase Pearson.

“With respect to Chase, number one I like his flow,” the follicly-challenged Blashill admitted. “I think his flow looks great. It’s something I’m super jealous of that I wish I could still have. I used to have a flow just like that back in high school. It was pretty high end, I guess I would say.”

Pearson’s wild, out of control hairstyle is certainly making him stand out in the crowd of hopefuls seeking to get noticed during Red Wings training camp.

“This is a quarantine experiment,” Pearson explained of his flowing locks. “Let’s see how long it can go. I’m going with it.”

Continued