from Scott Wheeler of The Athletic,
After graduating just one player from last year’s list (Joe Veleno) and adding a nine-pick 2022 draft class to system, the Red Wings’ pool, which was already a top-10 group in the league, is improved year-over-year.
They’ve got a top prospect at forward, on defense and in net, a handful of prospects behind that core three who look legit, and decent depth throughout, with the only glaring need being a lack of right-shot D prospects (all six of the defensemen who made their list are lefties).
2022 prospect pool rank: No. 7 (change: +3)
1. Simon Edvinsson, LHD, 20 (Grand Rapids Griffins)
After an excellent post-draft season playing big minutes in the SHL and a leading role at the world juniors, Edvinsson has had a really strong first pro season in North America. This year’s Griffins are not good, and he has been impactful at both ends considering that context — and that he just turned 20 on Sunday.
He has really cleaned up areas of his game that needed (and still need) some development.
His ceiling is extremely high and is backed by a unique set of traits and skills for a 6-foot-6, 215-pound player (let alone a defenseman). These include his uncharacteristically soft hands and control of the puck, his fearlessness with and without it, and his strong foundational knowledge of how to use his towering frame to defend in a variety of ways (with a good, active stick, with step-up physicality when opportunities present themselves, with good neutral-zone gapping and steering, on box-outs, etc.).
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from Rory Boylen of Sportsnet,
Here is a look at 30 trade candidates who you're going to hear about in the coming weeks.
Dylan Larkin, C, Detroit Red Wings
While Larkin has said he sees himself as a Red Wing -- something he reiterated at all-star -- and is Detroit's leading scorer and top-line centre, until he signs a contract extension there's a question to be asked about his future. Larkin is already Detroit's highest-paid player with a $6.1 million AAV, so how high is GM Steve Yzerman willing to go over that for the 26-year-old? One of the quickest players in the game, Larkin could bring a nice return back to Detroit, but may also leave behind a large hole in the depth chart. This is why they can't let him go past March 3 without a deal in place. Yzerman surprised us with a late Anthony Mantha trade two deadlines ago -- does he have another shocker in store?
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Who does the article name as top 5 prospects we have?
Edvinsson, Casper, Cossa, Berggren and Mazur.
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