from John Niyo of the Detroit News,

Tyler Wright, the Red Wings director of amateur scouting, had a message for the rest of his staff — more than a dozen scouts scattered across North America and Europe — before they packed up and headed to Detroit this weekend, for the pre-draft meetings which began Sunday at Little Caesars Arena and will run through Thursday.

“Bring your pillow,” Wright said, “and your boxing gloves.”

He laughs, knowing cooler heads will prevail. This won’t be some old-time hockey line brawl.

But the 45-year-old Wright isn’t joking when he talks about some of the “long, drawn-out meetings” that’ll eventually produce the Red Wings’ prospect rankings for next month’s NHL Draft in Dallas.

A draft that general manager Ken Holland has described as a 2-for-1 deal for Detroit, considering the team holds a league-high 11 picks, including two picks in each of the first two rounds — that’s four of the first 36 selections overall — and three more in the third.

“We debate everything,” said Wright, who joined the Wings organization in July 2013 after spending six years prior to that with the Columbus.

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