from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

A high-end blend of smooth skating and hockey IQ, Cholowski is buoyed by the confidence he gained during the past year. He’s impressed with his assertiveness, physical growth and maturity, and the Wings have Cholowski high on their list of top defense prospects.

“His strengths are his skating and his puck-moving ability,” director of player development Shawn Horcoff said during this week’s development camp at Little Caesars Arena. “Like any other young D, he is going to have to defend well enough for the coach to have confidence in putting him out there. That’s the hardest part at the NHL level – unless you are some superstar offensive player, which there are not many of, you have to be able to defend the game’s best players. In our division there’s lots of them, so that’s going to be his biggest test.

“He wants to make the team. He wants to knock a guy out of the box. His weight is up, his strength is up. It’s still early in the summer and there is lots of work to be done, but he looks good as of now.”

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