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Brady Tkachuk

Position: Left wing

Height/Weight: 6-3/192

Shoots: Left

2017-18 team: Boston University (Hockey East)

2017-18 stats: 40 games, 8 goals, 23 assists, 31 points, 61 penalty minutes.

Why Red Wings would be interested: He would provide size, abrasiveness and skill on the wing.

TSN's Craig Button says: "Brady is in it to win it. That's all he cares about. You hear a lot about his intangibles, or his character, or his toughness, getting under the opponent's skin, I can tell you, his tangibles are excellent. He's so smart. He understands any given situation in the game at any given moment, what play needs to happen. That can be a pass, it can be a shot, it can be physical play, it can be hanging in there in front of the net and taking abuse. He's got excellent hands, he's a good skater. His skating is only going to get better as he physically matures and the strength catches up. He plays the game inside the dots, on the interior. This game is not meant to be played outside the dots, outside the guts of the action, and he's in the middle of it at all times. He makes players that he plays with better, he takes advantage of their skills and contributes to them, and he helps teams win."

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