The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan added this as a note at the bottom of his Red vs. White Game #3 scrimmage recap, but it’s worth noting: the Red Wings and the NHL’s other 30 teams have to submit their final 23-man rosters and “taxi squad” rosters to the NHL’s front office by 5 PM on Tuesday, January 12th. That likely means that the Wings will place several players on waivers tomorrow:
The Wings, and the rest of the 30 NHL teams, need to finalize rosters by Tuesday at 5 p.m. (EST).
I’m expecting the Wings to keep Mathias Brome on their NHL roster for now, and, for the moment, anyway, Dennis Cholowski, Gustav Lindstrom, Michael Rasmussen, Givani Smith and Taro Hirose to head to the “taxi squad” for a month before heading to Grand Rapids when their season begins on February 5th.
Likely waiver candidates are forwards Riley Barber, Kyle Criscuolo, Dominic Turgeon and Turner Elson (I believe that Chase Pearson is still waiver-exempt) [edit: though I expect Evgeny Svechnikov to be waived once he gets healthy], defensemen Dylan McIlrath, Brian Lashoff and Joe Hicketts, and goaltenders Kevin Boyle and Pat Nagle (again, I believe that Kaden Fulcher is waiver-exempt).
Update: Speaking of which, per DetroitRedWings.com’s Brett McWethy:
Continue reading Kulfan: Tuesday is roster decision day, for the Wings and the rest of the NHL