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Of note regarding the Red Wings’ 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night, at the team’s annual prospect tournament in Traverse City:

1. The Traverse City Record-Eagle’s Andrew Rosenthal took note of the chemistry between Lucas Raymond and Jonatan Berggren. Raymond scored a goal during Thursday night’s win, and Berggren had two assists:

“He’s an extremely skilled player,” Raymond said of Berggren, who also said he’s played one or two games with him before. “He’s a good strong skater who has a great sense of the game and reading the game … He is very unpredictable with the puck and makes plays and could create something out of nothing.”

Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill (who’s parents Jim and Rosemary live in Traverse City) said on the team’s broadcast that both Raymond and Berggen played well. Blashill said Raymond played more physical than he’d have guessed.

“I’ve been impressed with his shot,” Blashill said. “He can really shoot a puck for a guy that’s had a reputation as a passer. He’s a really cerebral player. He plays a thinking kind of game. It’s not just all about speed with him, which a lot of younger players it is.

“I think he’s a little different than a number of younger players coming up, not just in our organization but across the league. It’ll be interesting to see him as he continues to get comfortable and he’s able to use that great hockey sense that he has, the impact that he can have on a night-to-night basis.”

2. MLive’s Ansar Khan duly noted that Victor Brattstrom was stellar in the Wings’ net despite giving up 4 goals on 34 shots against:

Continue reading Morning news: on Swedish forwards, Brattstrom’s goaltending and Tyutyayev’s dashing debut

The Athletic’s Max Bultman posted a superb article discussing the performance of one Kirill Tyutyayev in Thursday’s 5-4 prospect tournament win for the Red Wings over the Dallas Stars’ prospects. Tyutyayev scored two goals for Detroit, and the AHL-contracted prospect from Yekaterinburg dangled and dazzled his way atop the Wings prospect followers’ hearts…for one night, anyway:

Here is the beauty of an NHL prospect tournament: On a night when the Red Wings dressed three recent first-round picks — including the franchise’s highest-drafted player in 30 years — perhaps the biggest talking point from the team’s 5-4 win over the Stars on Thursday was a 5-foot-9 seventh-round pick whom the team roster lists at just 146 pounds.

Kirill Tyutyayev played last season in Belarus. He has a budding cult following on Red Wings Twitter, but he was among the least-known quantities of the drafted prospects on Detroit’s roster entering the tournament. And yet he opened the tournament with a pair of goals in the first two periods. So after the game, there was Lucas Raymond — the team’s fourth pick from 2020 — fielding a question about Tyutyayev and absolutely loving it.

“The Russian?” Raymond said, before breaking into a big smile. “Ahhh, he’s a beauty.”

Continued (paywall)

The Detroit Red Wings’ prospects defeated the Dallas Stars prospect tournament team in a wild and wacky game, building 3-0 and 5-1 leads before ultimately prevailing over the course of a 5-4 victory. The Red Wings’ website posted its broadcast of the game (though you may have to head over to YouTube to watch the highlights)…

And, after the game, Jared McIsaac and Lucas Raymond spoke with the media…

Continue reading Impressions from the Red Wings’ 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars at the 2021 prospect tournament

This is quite the dangle, per The Athletic’s Ryan S. Clark, Mark Lazerus and Josh Kloke at the NHL Media Tour in Chicago:

Detroit Red Wings captain and center Dylan Larkin said he got “peace of mind” by getting the shot. But he measured his words carefully on the topic, repeatedly saying “it’s your own beliefs” that matters most regarding the vaccine. But after saying “I don’t mean to be disrespectful,” he added, “but you can read into it how I’m saying it.”

“In our league right now, there’s no mandatory rule,” Larkin said. “To me, I’m very sensitive to who I talk to or how you talk to someone about it. It’s your belief. It’s what you want to do. So yeah, there’s conversation (about) it in the locker room. And if there’s someone that strongly believes that they don’t want to get it, in my opinion, that’s their right.”

Continued; for once, I disagree with the captain, but I got the shot early because I have an aunt who is immune-compromised, and I believe we have a duty to protect everyone for whom the shot is unavailable or ineffective.

The Detroit Red Wings’ prospects won a tight a 5-4 decision vs. the Dallas Stars’ prospects at the 2021 prospect tournament. The box score is coming…

Update: It was a wild game as Detroit built a 5-1 lead but was unable to hold on–almost. Detroit was out-shot 35-23 by Dallas and Victor Brattstrom fought through some cramping to backstop the Wings to a solid-enough start, though the Wings were a little loose throughout the game.

Kirill Tyutyayev had 2 goals, Lucas Raymond had 1 and the Wings played quite well early, but Brattstrom bailed them out on numerous occasions.

Update: Here’s the box score:

SCORING SUMMARY

Period 1

Detroit Red Wings – Kirill Tyutyayev (Cross Hanas) 8:51 Detroit Red Wings – Chase Pearson (Adam Brubacher) 12:04

Period 2

Detroit Red Wings – Lucas Raymond (Jonatan Berggren, Wyatt Newpower) 0:33 Dallas Stars – Wyatt Johnston (Yauheni Aksiantsiuk) 7:50 Detroit Red Wings – Kirill Tyutyayev (Jared McIsaac, Chase Pearson) 17:00 Detroit Red Wings – Joe Veleno (empty net) (Jonatan Berggren) 17:46

Period 3

Dallas Stars – Jacob Peterson (Riley Damiani) 4:24 Dallas Stars – Riley Tufte (Antonio Stranges) 13:09 Dallas Stars – Riley Tufte (Ty Dellandrea) 14:10

Grand Rapids Griffins announcer/VP Bob Kaser and Griffins captain Brian Lashoff informed long-time Griffins captain Jeff Hoggan that his #10 will be retired by the Griffins this season:

Per the Toledo Blade’s Mark Monroe:

The Toledo Walleye have agreed to terms with defenseman Randy Gazzola for the 2021-22 season.

Gazzola returns after helping the Walleye to its Kelly Cup Final appearance in the 2019 playoff year, when he registered one goal and seven assists over his first 24 games as a pro.

“Randy represents exactly what we look for when we are recruiting,” Walleye coach Dan Watson said. “He is a player who wants to get better, has high expectations and standards of himself, wants to win, but more importantly, he is a true leader and great person. Randy will be counted on to play big minutes, like he did during our Kelly Cup run.”

Following a year overseas, Gazzola suited up with Fort Wayne this past season, posting 33 points on four goals and 29 assists over 49 contests. He then added two goals and five assists in 13 playoff contests, helping the Komets to the Kelly Cup championship.

Of prospect-related note this afternoon:

In the SHL, Simon Edvinsson finished at +1 with 2 shots taken in 18:23 played, Theodor Niederbach finished even in 6:23 played, and Elmer Soderblom finished even with 2 shots in 6:02 played as the Frolunda Indians won 2-0 over Skelleftea AIK;

William Wallinder finished at +2 in only 5:53 played during Rogle BK’s 5-1 win over Leksands;

And in the Finnish Liiga, Albin Grewe finished even in 7:02 played as Ilves won 3-2 over Tappara;

IceHockeyGifs posted a couple of Edvinsson at work:

Continue reading Prospect round-up: Wings’ Frolunda trio win; Wallinder gets some senior minutes, and Grewe returns in Finland

This is not great news, per the Free Press’s Kirkland Crawford:

Detroit Red Wings fans may wanna look into a streaming service or two if they’re trying to watch all 82 games this season. 

The NHL’s new national TV partners, ESPN and Turner Sports, released their schedules for the upcoming season. The Wings, once one of the hottest tickets in the game, don’t have the same cache as before — missing the postseason each of the last five years will do that to you. Still, Detroit will get a few looks on the new channels. 

The Wings will have eight games exclusively on ESPN-Plus/Hulu, which are available in the Disney-Plus bundle. Those games: home vs. Florida, 7 p.m. Oct. 29; at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 16; vs. Nashville, 7 p.m. Dec. 7; at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Jan 11; vs. Arizona, 7:30 p.m. March 8; vs. Minnesota, 7 p.m. March 10; at Carolina, 7 p.m. April 14 and at Florida, 7 p.m. April 21. 

As of now, Detroit is not scheduled to have any games on ESPN or ABC. 

TNT, the new home for the Winter Classic, Heritage Classic and Stadium Series, will have two Wings games: vs. Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 and vs. N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. March 30.

Update: Here’s more from MLive’s Ansar Khan:

Continue reading Free Press’s Crawford: 8 Red Wings games to air exclusively on ESPN+/Hulu

Per the MLive’s Ansar Khan, here are the lines for tonight’s Red Wings prospect tournament game vs. Dallas, which will air on YouTube starting at 6:40 PM:

Jonatan Berggren-Joe Veleno-Lucas Raymond

Kirill Tyutyayev-Chase Pearson-Cross Hanas

Pasquale Zito-Hayden Verbeek-Cameron Butler

Luke Toporowski-Cooper Walker-T-Bone Codd

Donovan Sebrango-Wyatt Newpower

Jared McIsaac-Alex Cotton

Adam Brubacher-Oscar Plandowski

Victor Brattstrom (starting)

Sebastian Cossa

Scratches: F Patrick Curry, D Mason Ward, G Jared Bednar