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We’re going over some of the top Detroit Red Wings prospects in Axel Sandin-Pellikka, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, and Emmitt Finnie, and how they seem to have made the team after Justin Holl and Erik Gustafsson got waived.
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.
Axel Sandin-Pellikka was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2023 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 31 of the draft went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
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25 Comments
Exactly what Red Wings needed; this is what we have been waiting for for seven years, at least since our Hall of Famer GM, LGRW for life.
Detroit has the worst blue line in the Atlantic division. I'm hopeful that will change soon. LGRW!
Oh happy day!!!
3 rookies? This should be a fun season.
Any chance Gustafsson get claimed by a team ?
Nygaard baby!!!! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
Bye Felica
I don't feel bad at all over them getting waived. They still get paid until the end of their contract. Another team might pick them up. If they could play in the AHL and still get paid. They could join professional tryouts for next season.
Sure it's not ideal for them, but that's the results of their own performance.
Funny that I woke up this morning thinking how disgusted I was that they didn't waive Gus and Holl. A couple hours ago I saw this and thought "Finally! We've turned the corner.".
Can’t say I’m surprised with somebody ending up lagging behind in terms of the veterans but to say it was gonna be gustafsson caught me off guard. It’s not the worst thing but a much harder decision than holl. The kids come thru once again in a big way if that’s happening.
Justin holl and Gustafson waived ??!?!?!
I used to pray for times like this
I hope somebody picks up holl. Unlikely, but maybe.
So pumped!! I seriously think MBN is a future 40 goal scorer. Get these guys rolling. I love this.
This is good news. Rookies pushing veterans out of jobs! That’s what competition is all about. Gus could likely get picked up. Asp has developed each preseason game last game he was the best I’ve seen of him. Why trade for karlson for offense with no defense and his contract when we have a 20 yr old with basically the same skill set he brings to the table? I’m happy we have some fresh blood that beat out two veterans and hope we push for that playoff spot this yr!
I really want to see more of carter bear in the future, the kids got game.. im glad the prospects are getting their chance! These kids are the future of the Red Wings
Great moves. Bring in the youth, energy and competitive drive.
Tie goes to the veteran?
This is why the NHL got rid of ties. 😀
LGRW!!!
ASP out manuvered the other D with ease holding him up would be a sin.
W
Not surprised about Holl. Gus is surprising. Still think ASP is in GR by game 10.
The core has arived all the Yzerman doubters can take their back seat where they belong.
Do we have the youngest blue line now?
Hold your horses there, Lego. As of right now only 2 of those 3 is 100% on the opening night roster. Obviously with the waivers today ASP has made the team. They're still carrying 14 forwards and generally will only carry 13. Finnie and MBN don't need waivers to be sent down but neither Bergrren nor Soderblom was put on waivers so it looks like they'll both stay in Detroit. McLellan even said yesterday that the roster they have on Monday may not look the same come Thursday because their focus on Sunday/Monday is to get the roster to 23 players. Which is to say, I'm reserving my excitement for Finnie and MBN until the rest of the week plays out.
The Holl and Gustafsson moves make sense because Gus wasn't needed to run PP2 with ASP fitting in well in that spot and at least Holl will get regular minutes in GR instead of spending most of the season in the press box. ASP brings at least the same amount of defense as those two guys and brings more offensively, in retrievals and in the transition game so it was probably a no-brainer for Detroit to keep him up. It was very telling when McLellan was talking about veterans who don't realize that they need to fight to keep their jobs and these two clearly failed to do that this preseason.
If Holl stays gone, I'll start watching more Wings hockey.
Younger players finally moving up