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Red Wings CLINCH Last Place In The NHL & Top 4 Draft Pick—Who Should They Take? 2020 Draft Prospects



With the Detroit Red Wings loss against the Carolina Hurricanes last night, they have officially clinched a top four draft pick in the upcoming 2020 NHL Entry Draft. In this video, we’ll discuss four players who the Red Wings would be able to take, and why I’d like them for the team.

The draft is stacked with guys like Alexis Lafrenière at the top, with Quinton Byfield, Tim Stützle, Lucas Raymond, Alexander Holtz, Jamie Drysdale, Marco Rossi, Cole Perfetti, Jake Sanderson, and Yaroslav Askarov rounding out the top 10. The rest of the draft has a ton of great talent as well, like Anton Lundell, Kaiden Guhle, Dawson Mercer, Braden Schneider, Dylan Holloway, Hendrix Lapierre, Connor Zary, Justin Barron, Jack Quinn, John-Jason Peterka, William Wallinder, Rodion Amirov, Jacob Perreault, Seth Jarvis, Ty Smilanic, Jeremie Poirer, Noel Gunler, Mavrik Bourque, Lukas Reichel, Tyler Kleven, Ridly Greig, Justin Sourdif, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Jake Neighbours, Luke Tuch, Helge Grans, Jan Mysak, Michael Benning, and Antonio Stranges.

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Hi. I’m Gio Palermo, also known as legorocks99Gaming (“legorocks99”, “LR99Gaming”, or “LR99”). I post video game commentaries on YouTube revolving around hockey and Vancouver Canucks topics. I enjoy making these videos and I hope that you enjoy watching them!

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34 Comments

  1. I realy hope somehow byfield goes to montreal we NEED big forwards we never have any good ones we alwyas have beem considered like a small team

  2. I’ve bounced around a bit on this… I wasn’t a Lafreniere fan after watching his international play the past 4 years but this year he’s improved in my books, and I do think he’ll be a good choice… That said, my first choice is absolutely Marco Rossi right now. Detroit is in desperate need of a playmaking center. Larkin is the only center we have who can create any offense- this seems to be why they’re trying Fabbri at center some. Of the centers available, I think Rossi is the most dynamic and seems to have the most complete skill set. He’s smaller, but the NHL is moving to smaller, less physical, faster play, so that’s not a concern.

    I would be okay with Byfield I think, but not over Rossi. He skates really well for a bigger guy so I’m not as concerned with him as I was with taking Rasmussen, and passes really well- potentially could be a Joe Thornton type. Stutzle looks very similar in a lot of ways in playing style to Rossi, but he tends to force plays looking for 1 pass goals which leads to some giveaways. Plus I would rather he spent some time in the CHL if I was going to take him on Detroit.

  3. I’d love if we could somehow swing a second 1st rounder and get Jake Sanderson as well, but that won’t happen. His instincts are great though on both sides of the puck- he takes chances but they’re usually smart decisions and he always gets back in position quick. Someone will be getting him as a steal in my opinion if he goes with his projected ranking at around 13.

  4. Thanks for making this video hoping for the first pick. But if we drop 2 ,3,4 I would be happy with stutzle , Rossi or byfied

  5. 100% LaFreniere at 1..Then Stutzle.. Byfield and Raymond…Now if we were pick at 4 wouldnt be surprised if we took Drysdale…top rated Defenseman in the draft

  6. Poll: I 100% agree with the top 3 (Lafreniere, Byfield and Stutzle), but I’m unsure at 4. So who’s your pick at for the Wings at #4? Rossi, Raymond, Holtz, Drysdale, Perfetti or Lundell?

  7. It would be kinda cool if Ottawa got first and second. The odds of that are probably pretty crazy. But it is also pretty crazy that they might have 2 top 5 picks

    I also think it would be cool if holz and Raymond end up in Ottawa.

    I’m no Ottawa fan but there draft situation is so interesting. Detroit and Ottawa could honestly change so much from just this draft.

  8. If the Wings down get top 2 picks I promise you they will be picking up that goalie. Mark my words and take it to the bank.

  9. your videos are very good and well written but god damn is your voice excruciating

  10. M rossi
    They have the worst D I've ever seen in pro hockey they might need to gamble and pick up some d in the low rounds

  11. God I really hope we can get the first pick.. we really need it

  12. Dude have you ever thought about auditioning as a public speaker, story teller, or Morgan Freeman replacement?

  13. If we draw first pick I bet Steve trades Ottawa for both their picks , Ottawa gets their golden boy(Lafraniere) and we Take Byfield and Stutzle. Or Byfield and Drysdale, or Stutzle and Askarov or Stutzle and Drysdale. Either way I see to big of an ego and issues with contracts when he blows up(Lafraniere) Stutzle and Byfield's attitude are right up Steve Yzermans alley. Alexi Will want to be Captain right away where ever he lands. How's that going to go down in Detroit? It's not…Period. Ottawa needs a good over paid captain.

  14. Wings need a 2C. If they don't get 1st overall, Byfield or Rossi should be the pick. Stutzle is not a C at the NHL level and isnt any better than the centers available at the top of the draft.

  15. I think Stutzle is high on the list if the Red Wings do not get the #1 overall. Now the rumor mill gearing up saying Yzerman covets Stutzle over Byfield and even possibly Lafreniere .
    Drysdale is the pick if Detroit bottoms out and ends up selecting at #4.

  16. I could see a scenario where Detroit selects Tim Stüzle 2nd in the draft. Honestly, I'm excited about adding any of the top 4 or 5 players in the draft into the Red Wings prospect system! This is a really promising year.

  17. Just an observation about your channel. You have a ton of really good information and you make several good points on what teams should do BUT I would not take you serious because of the NHL19 or NHL20 game playing on the screen. You want to be taken seriously, put real pics and real video of the players up on the screen. I will never take a video seriously when that game crap is running on the screen because it looks like you are talking about the game and not hockey. Again, just my opinion and observation.

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