Development camp Day 2 interview Tweets


Of note from the Red Wings’ second day of Summer Development Camp, in Twitter form:

From DetroitRedWings.com’s Carley Johnston…

WXYZ’s Jeanna Trotman…

As well as DetroitRedWings.com’s Daniella Bruce…

Change of (developmental) plans?

Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff believes that the Red Wings’ quiet start to the unrestricted free agent period might mean that GM Steve Yzerman will finally “give the kids a chance” to play more regular roles this upcoming season:

The Red Wings really have taken a hit since the end of the season in terms of depth, especially scoring depth. Gone are David Perron (17 goals), Daniel Sprong (18), Shayne Gostisbehere (10) and Jake Walman (12). That’s 57 goals exiting.

Regression for a team that missed the playoffs by a point last season would appear quite possible. While the Red Wings have patchworked the past couple of years with journeymen veterans, teams like Philadelphia, Buffalo and Ottawa were opting to run out their kids and take some lumps while they were learning.

Will their kids be a step ahead of Detroit’s youngsters on the NHL learning curve because of that?

Who knows what other plans the Red Wings might have cooking right now on the back burner. Yzerman isn’t one for entering the sharing circle when it comes to discussing his plans for his team.

Following the weekend’s NHL draft, he certainly didn’t seem at all concerned about not signing any A-list free agents.

“If we can get somebody at the right number, we’ll do it,” Yzerman said at the time. “If not, we’ll wait. We’re confident we’ll fill our roster out one way or another.”

Continued

Tweet and video of note: Alex Lyon on InGoal Radio

FYI from Red Wings Prospects on Twitter:

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NHL releases 2024-2025 season schedule: Here’s the Red Wings’ sked

Here’s the Detroit Red Wings’ 2024-2025 schedule:

Here’s the Wings’ press release:

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Tweet of note: Datsyuk’s at development camp

FYI from the Detroit Red Wings:

And Sean Shapiro:

As well as WXYZ’s Jeanna Trotman:

The Griffins are at development camp, too:

Tweet of note: The summer development camp starts a busy day for the Red Wings’ media corps

I’m not at the BELFOR Training Center today due to a fundraising deficit, so we’ll rely on the Wings’ beat writers for coverage of the second day of the Red Wings’ summer development camp:

The Red Wings will hold media availabilities with select players during this afternoon–and some ZOOM calls with some of the UFA signings–and the 2024-2025 schedule is coming out today as well. It’s going to be a busy day.

The Wings have covered the development camp through Instagram thus far:

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Where the goal-scoring deficit stands

Per Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen, here’s a plain and simple summary of the Red Wings’ goal-scoring losses over the course of the first day of free agency:

With the loss of David Perron, Jake Walman, Shayne Gostisbehere and probably Daniel Sprong, the Red Wings have lost 57 goals off last season’s team. Walman (12) and Gostisbehere (10) were the team’s top goal-scoring defensemen, while Sprong netted 18 goals and Perron 17. Sprong is still available in the free agent market. How will Detroit recoup those goals? Detroit Hockey Now will address that with a story later this week.

Continued (and I’m looking forward to Allen or Bob Duff addressing the issue); at this point, unless the Wings sign a Tarasenko or van Riemsdyk, the answer is going to be through a trade or two.

Some ‘burning questions’ regarding the Red Wings’ unrestricted (and restricted) free agency plans

The Hockey News’s Sam Stockton discusses three “burning questions” which the Red Wings face after the first day of free agency, including an interesting take on the Red Wings’ need to re-sign Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider, their two big restricted free agents:

(III) Did Detroit free up enough cap space to sign Lucas Raymond AND Moritz Seider to max-term deals?

In a bit of restricted free agent news on a day generally devoted to the UFAs, the Montreal Canadiens signed the 2022 number one overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky to a massive eight-year, $60.8 million extension.  What does that have to do with the Red Wings?  Simple, it’s a reminder that to sign a young star to an eight-year extension, you have to offer that player a higher AAV than their hitherto performance actually justifies.  Slafkovsky is coming off a nice encouraging developmental season, but at just 50 points, he would hardly seem a candidate for such a robust raise if that raise were for the next two or three seasons instead of the next eight.  Was a quiet July 1 and the cap-clearing Jake Walman trade a bid to set the stage for eight-year extensions for Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond?  We knew going into the summer those deals would be Yzerman’s most important piece of business.  The question was always term and dollars, not whether the two would stay.  Now it’s about time to answer that question, and it appears Detroit may be better equipped to max-term contracts, though of course that requires willingness from Seider and Raymond too.

Stockton continues, and he’s right–the Red Wings’ cost for Raymond probably went up due to the Slafkovsky’s overly generous contract.

I also want to say that it’s really great to have Sam and Connor Eargood on the Red Wings’ beat at the Hockey News. They’ve been a great addition to the Red Wings coverage out there!

Morning news: Khan, St. James discuss the Wings’ free agency moves (or the lack thereof)

MLive’s Ansar Khan addresses the Red Wings’ underwhelming start to the free agency period in a subscriber-only article this morning, noting that the Red Wings haven’t substantially improved the team as of this morning, which has the fan base in a state of discontent…

That also was the sentiment one year ago on this date. Then Yzerman traded for Alex DeBrincat a week later and the outlook changed. Then he signed Kane in late November and the Red Wings missed out on a playoff spot due to a tiebreaker.

So, it might be too early to draw conclusions. For now, they look to be slightly better defensively, with Talbot in net, young defenseman Simon Edvinsson in the top four from the start of the season and Gustafsson on the third pairing in place of Gostisbehere.

That’s important after the team finished 24th in the NHL in goals against per game (3.33).

But they have lost a significant chunk of offense from a team that ranked ninth in goals per game (3.35). Gostisbehere, Perron and Daniel Sprong, who remains unsigned, were three of their top eight scorers, combining for 45 goals and 146 points. Including Walman’s 12 goals, that’s 57 goals subtracted from last season’s roster.

They have not yet addressed this area. They have roughly $7 million in cap space (factoring in what it’ll likely cost to re-sign restricted free agent Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond) and need two more forwards.

Khan continues…

And the Free Press’s Helene St. James also discusses the Red Wings’ free agency moves, noting that Cam Talbot and Erik Gustafsson are really journeymen players. Here’s what she has to say about the team’s defensemen:

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