Tweets of note: More ‘media day,’ and coach Lalonde on the Red Wings’ 7 defensemen

It’s media day downtown…

And you can take this for what you will:

Tweets of note: 8 of the red Wings’ AHL’ers hit the waiver wire

Per Chris Johnston, the Red Wings have waived Austin Czarnik, Tim Gettinger, Taro Hirose, John Lethemon, Jared McIsaac, Wyatt Newpower, Brogan Rafferty and Nolan Stevens:

6 Wings prospects crack THN’s Kennedy’s ‘Top 100 NCAA Players’ list

The Hockey News’s Ryan Kennedy posted a list of 100 NCAA Division 1 hockey players to watch this upcoming season, and several of those prospects are Red Wings property:

6. Trey Augustine, G, Michigan State – Freshmen goalies don’t get more hyped than Augustine, but the Detroit Red Wings pick has proven to be talented beyond his years already.

33. Shai Buium, D, Denver – Long, mobile and talented, Buium is ready for his junior campaign in Denver and now the Detroit Red Wings pick has younger brother Zeev to mentor.

58. Dylan James, LW, North Dakota – Two-way forward who doesn’t mind doing the corner work, James is a Detroit Red Wings pick coming off a solid freshman campaign.

70. Carter Gylander, G, Colgate – Veteran netminder coming off his best season with the Raiders, as the Detroit Red Wings pick rocked a .914 save percentage.

73. Red Savage, C, Michigan State – Transferring from Miami to the Spartans, Savage is an ace faceoff specialist and two-way center taken by the Detroit Red Wings.

77. Brady Cleveland, D, Wisconsin – Another biggie, Cleveland is a physical shutdown defenseman entering his first year with the Badgers. He’s a Detroit Red Wings pick.

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Toledo Walleye sign 4 players, including goaltender Ryan Parenteau

Per the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye:

Here’s the Walleye’s press release:

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Another day in hell…I mean the Atlantic Division

The Canadian Press’s Joshua Clipperton posted an article about the ever-competitive Atlantic Division today, and he leads off with a now-well-known quip from Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, said during the NHL’s Player Media Tour:

Dylan Larkin paused for a moment to ponder the question. What, the Detroit Red Wings captain was asked, is it like to play in the Atlantic Division night in, night out?

“It’s like hell,” Larkin finally began.

That description of running what might be the NHL’s most challenging gauntlet is hard to argue. The Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs and, more recently, the Florida Panthers, have shared the spoils as the circuit’s big boys the last number of years.

But it could soon get crowded at the top. The Buffalo Sabres missed the playoffs by a point last spring — the closest that franchise has come since its last post-season appearance in 2011 — while the Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings were in the conversation for long stretches.

And then there’s the Montreal Canadiens, a club that owns the division’s weakest roster on paper, but can still present massive problems to any opponent on a given night.

“There’s superstars and young teams coming up,” continued Larkin, who spoke at the recent NHL/NHLPA player media tour. “Can’t really count anyone out. It’s exciting.”

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Post-practice Tweets: Wings test out a ‘different look’ ahead of exhibition finale

The Red Wings practiced with very different lines ahead of tomorrow’s exhibition finale against the Toronto Maple Leafs (7 PM EDT start on Bally Sports Detroit/TSN4/97.1 FM), and after practice, defenseman Ben Chiarot and coach Derek Lalonde spoke with the media:

A bit of praise for Simon Edvinsson’s preseason play

Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis posted an article discussing the play of 10 “rookie” players who have stood out during the NHL’s 2023-2024 preseason play, and he includes Simon Edvinsson on his list:

Simon Edvinsson, D (Detroit Red Wings)

There are a few defenders that could have been on this list, but Edvinsson already looks better than most of the veteran blueliners on the Red Wings’ D-core. Paired alongside Jeff Petry, Edvinsson has shown standout gap control and two-way play, and he can clearly keep up with the pace. As a 6-foot-6 defender, Edvinsson does an excellent job of taking space away. He’s ready for the NHL, but we’ll see if they’d rather sit someone making a bit more cash in favor of letting a young defender take ice time away.

Continued; as I said earlier this morning, I don’t think that Edvinsson is quite NHL-ready yet, but I do think that he’ll be on the Wings’ NHL roster by the end of the season, on a permanent basis.

Ellis also gives Nate Danielson an “honorable mention.”

Tweets from Friday’s Red Wings practice: methodical split sessions continue ahead of Wings-Leafs rematch

After their 4-3 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night, the Red Wings took to the ice at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center on Media Day to prepare for Saturday’s 8th and final exhibition game.

Detroit will conclude its 8-game exhibition season by hosting Toronto on Saturday night at LCA (7 PM EDT on Bally Sports Detroit/TSN4/97.1 FM), and the 4-2-and-1 Red Wings will theoretically play a “dress rehearsal” lineup against a plucky set of Maple Leafs roster hopefuls.

Speaking of hopefuls, the Hockey News’s Sam Stockton reports that the Wings’ AHL-bound players are skating first…

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