from Peter J. Wallner of Mlive,

Who knows how the second half of the NHL season plays out or how the ping pongs will fall in the NHL draft, but if the Detroit Red Wings land the first pick, Joe Veleno is with others on the Alexis Lafreniere bandwagon....

"Obviously, he'd be happy wherever he goes," Veleno said. "I guess Detroit has some high chances of getting that first pick and he'd be real excited to come here.

"Obviously, we played together and it'd be nice to be on the same team again."...

"He's an unbelievable player but he's an even better person," Veleno said. "Real humble. Funny character. Just relaxed in the locker room and I think guys will like him a lot."...

"This year at World Juniors our families kind of got close to each other," he said, noting they were the only French players on the team. "We spent a lot of time together and he's a real good kid."

He called Lafreniere "a game changer."

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