14-02-2025
Red Wings Must Decide Fate Of These Prospects
Breaks are a natural assessment point for teams.
With the 4 Nations Faceoff kicking off tonight, it's an ideal time for teams like the Detroit Red Wings to take stock.
With the trade deadline less than a month away and the summertime following a few months later, it may be wise for the organization to look at the prospect pool. Most teams are (probably) already doing this.
Here is a list of four Red Wings prospects that the organization must decide what to do with. If the team doesn't offer these players a contract before August 15th, 2025, it will no longer have the rights to them.
Kyle Aucoin is a 6-foot, 185-pound defender who plays for Harvard University in the NCAA. He is the son of Adrian Aucoin (yes, that one).
Aucoin is in his last year of the NCAA, so he will be thinking about his future. Unfortunately, he isn't the most offensively gifted defender.
The 2020 6th-round draft pick scored his first goal in the NCAA this season. Aucoin has three points this year, the most he has had in his NCAA career.
Sam Stange is a fourth-round draft pick selected 97th overall in the 2020 entry draft. He is another Red Wings product who is playing in the NCAA.
Stange is a 6-foot-1 right winger who is having a breakout season. With 25 points in 28 games, he's more than doubled his previous record. He is also a player of good character, considering that he wears an "A" for the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
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Red (Redmond) Savage was another 2020 fourth-round draft pick. Unfortunately, his season was cut short.
At the end of January, the University of Michigan head coach announced that Savage would miss the remainder of the season. This was a big blow to the team, as he served as its captain. In 20 games this year, he recorded 11 points.
Liam Dower Nilsson could be a big steal for the Red Wings. The 2021 draft pick is currently playing for IF Bjorkloven of the HockeyAllsvenskan.
He has 37 points in 44 games. This is his third season playing in the HockeyAllsvenskan league, and each year, his point production has improved, from 15 to 27 and now 37.
We will see what happens between now and August 15th. For now, Red Wings fans can enjoy seeing Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin compete in the 4 Nations Faceoff.
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