Redmond Savage’s time with Miami University (Ohio) will be mostly remembered for all the losing that happened over those two seasons. (C) Redmond “Red” Savage – 2021, 114th Overall Miami University (Ohio) (NCAA) – 32 GP, 7 G, 14 P He’s a smart player, so I wouldn’t discount his ability to find ways to make an impact one way or another. It will be interesting to see how effective of a playmaker he is with another summer of training under his belt and another year of experience to his credit. That being said, this coming season will be a big one for him as he tries to carve out his niche, hopefully in the SHL. He has to prove himself at that level before anyone should get too excited about his offensive potential.ĭower Nilsson is a project pick, no doubt about it. To that point, he has five points in 32 SHL games since the Red Wings took him in the fifth round of the 2021 draft. While his two-way abilities and compete level remain his best assets, he is starting to look like a player that could produce points at higher levels of competition. Liam Dower Nilsson’s playmaking took a step forward last season. (C/LW) Liam Dower Nilsson – 2021, 134th Overall Västerås IK (HockeyAllsvenskan) – 32 GP, 3 G, 15 P He has the tools to turn some heads this season – he always has – but the onus is on him to show that the long, winding road of his development is about to get a lot more scenic. If he struggles to stand out again, he’ll likely take his booming shot and large frame to the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL. Tuomisto will be battling with a number of prospects for ice time on the Grand Rapids Griffins’ blue line in the American Hockey League (AHL) this season. He then returned home and had a good enough season that he now finds himself heading back to the United States. The 22-year-old Finnish defenseman was the second player drafted by Yzerman in his current role, and while Yzerman’s first pick ( Moritz Seider) has developed into a top-pairing NHL defender, Tuomisto struggled to stand out from the crowd while playing for a championship University of Denver team from 2020 to 2022. Just when I was about to write off Antti Tuomisto, he and the Red Wings put pen to paper on a two-year contract that begins this season. (D) Antti Tuomisto – 2019, 35th Overall TPS (Liiga) – 60 GP, 5 G, 20 P If he can start putting up meaningful numbers in that league, he’s a prospect that could shoot up these rankings the next time around. If he can spend most, if not all, of the 2023-24 season in the SHL, that will be a positive development in terms of his ability to play against fully-grown men. He might not be anything more than a puck-moving, bottom-pairing defenseman at the NHL level, but he’ll need to take a few steps as a playmaker to get there. Related: Red Wings’ 2023 Draft Class Provides Depth & DebateĪs was mentioned last time around, Johansson will need to find a way to assert himself on the ice in order to take his game to another level. At 19 years old, he has good size at 6-foot-4, 196 pounds, and his play on the ice reflects a mature player that understands when to take his chances.

He was quite effective this season at the J20 level, and even though he didn’t light it up during his 21-game stay in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), he didn’t really look out of place either. There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about Anton Johansson. (D) Anton Johansson – 2022, 105th Overall 2022-23 Stats: Leksands IF J20 (J20 Nationell) – 32 Games Played (GP), 6 Goals (G), 13 Points (P) Here’s how the Red Wings’ top-25 prospects shake out after adding their latest draft class. Now it’s my turn, and I know that there will be some difference of opinions – when you’re looking at a pool like this one, everyone is bound to have their own favorites for various reasons.Ī lot has changed since the last time I ranked Detroit’s prospects. Shortly thereafter, my colleague Tony Wolak shared his top-25 ranking in a notebook article also prior to the draft. Prior to the draft, my colleague Delaney Rimer released a pre-draft top-15 rankings article that you should check out if you haven’t already. Perhaps the only downside of all of this is that it makes ranking the Red Wings’ prospects an even harder task. Simon Edvinsson, Nate Danielson, Carter Mazur (The Hockey Writers)

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