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Filip Zadina Will Get A Shot To Make The Wing

06/23/2018 at 3:56pm EDT

from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

Zadina, projected to go as high as third, is a high-end winger who will provide a much-needed scoring dimension. The team’s director of amateur scouting, Tyler Wright, was in disbelief at the Wings’ good fortune.

“Zadina at sixth for us was a little bit of a shock,” he said. “We need to score goals. We need offensive players. Our power play has got to get better. He’s a guy that has the ability to win hockey games because he’s got that offensive ability. He finds a way to score in different ways. His No. 1 attribute that we think that he can bring is high-end skill."

Whether he can help the Wings right away will become clearer at training camp, but Wright said Zadina will get “every opportunity” to do so. Perhaps he could be a fit with Henrik Zetterberg, similar to how the veteran center helped Dylan Larkin flourish in his rookie year. Perhaps Zadina could be a fit with Larkin, creating a high-flying, creative duo. The Wings need somebody who can win games, and that’s in Zadina’s skill set.

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