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We’re going over Elliotte Friedman’s latest on the Detroit Red Wings, following their start to the 2025 offseason.
We’ll be talking about Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrick Kane, and others.
Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/DetroitRedWings/comments/1lt06gp/32t_friedman_says_detroit_wanted_to_make_a_pitch/
This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Nikolaj Ehlers was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Florida Panthers, Aaron Ekblad
2nd – Buffalo Sabres, Sam Reinhart
3rd – Edmonton Oilers, Leon Draisaitl
4th – Calgary Flames, Sam Bennett
5th – New York Islanders, Michael Dal Colle
6th – Vancouver Canucks, Jake Virtanen
7th – Carolina Hurricanes, Haydn Fleury
8th – Toronto Maple Leafs, William Nylander
9th – Winnipeg Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers
10th – Anaheim Ducks (from Ottawa Senators), Nick Ritchie
11th – Nashville Predators, Kevin Fiala
12th – Arizona Coyotes, Brendan Perlini
13th – Washington Capitals, Jakub Vrana
14th – Dallas Stars, Julius Honka
15th – Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin
16th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Sonny Milano
17th – Philadelphia Flyers, Travis Sanheim
18th – Minnesota Wild, Alex Tuch
19th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Tony DeAngelo
20th – Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose Sharks), Nick Schmaltz
21st – St. Louis Blues, Robby Fabbri
22nd – Pittsburgh Penguins, Kasperi Kapanen
23rd – Colorado Avalanche, Conner Bleackley
24th – Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim Ducks), Jared McCann
25th – Boston Bruins, David Pastrnak
26th – Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak
27th – San Jose Sharks, Nikolay Goldobin
28th – New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Josh Ho-Sang
29th – Los Angeles Kings, Adrian Kempe
30th – New Jersey Devils, John Quenneville
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7 Comments
It's understandable Ehlers wanted to go to a contender. He's getting up there in age and wants his name on the cup. Red Wings a still a few years out from being serious contenders. Hoping some of our youngsters make the line up with year. I think we'll see more consistency this year with Mclellan as coach. Hopefully Kasper continues to progress. He was on fire at the end of the season last year.
Yzerman tried to bring in some top free agents and probably not just this year. He wasn't even able to make a massive overpay offer because they said we are not listening to offers from Detroit because other teams offering are already in the playoffs.
There are 2 options, continue with patience, draft and develop which has been a strength Or, the wings have a plethora of picks and prospects to overpay in a trade. But they want Seider, Raymond, Kasper, Edvinsson at which point are you filling one whole by creating another? Would you want to give up one of those guys with probable less prospects coming behind?
I don't think it"s only because of combined factors of cold weather, taxes, not in playoffs currently. Detroit is still original 6, there's good young players and prospects, I think if Detroit can get into the playoffs (by building or trades) then some free agents will be open to offers. This free agency period also had more buyers than sellers with the cap going up
It's going to take some schrewd gming.
Ehlers to Carolina… why would you go there? Nothing to do there.
Let the kids play.
It's not clear how a team like Detroit could get a difference maker in a weak FA year. Have to be willing to sacrifice good assets for a trade. Its fine to say you want to grow by developing the kids in the system but if we rely on that, we will fall out of the play-off race much sooner. The year we lost by a tie breaker we did so because we were deep with veterans who could pitch in a little. That team did not involve many inexperienced players. For those who want to bring up a lot of people from GR, don't be surprised if the Wings earn a good spot in the draft.
The problem I see that the Wings have is having bad luck in the drafts when they were at the bottom. Not once did they land a 1st to 3rd pick of the draft. You look at Chicago, NJ and now San Jose they are getting multiple years of landing 1 thru 3 in the draft and your odds are higher to obtain game changers, which you can build around and bring in key veterans. Wings will have to most likely follow the St Louis Blues plan of building a contending team. Making trades out of desperation could put you in a far worse position. Then I am wondering if top players do not want to live in Michigan because of the bad rap Detroit gets in the media? Don’t see players lining up that want to play here?
The yserplan is working. 'We will build through the draft". Currently, half of the skaters are home grown draft picks. And more are on the way to POSSIBLY make the team this year. Stevey has been good at FA signings with Kane and DeBrinkat, but others have NOT been so good. The over pay, and long term contracts have prevented moving these under performing players. And it doesn't allow for the young prospects to move up and show what they can do at the NHL level. Let's not be so quick as to throw Stevey under the bus. Yeah, there have been desentors but most believe in Stevey.