In Red Wings Land
NHL Combine helps Detroit Red Wings ‘put the pieces together’ on potential high draft picks – The Detroit News
A reminder that the combine is going on with some good quotes from Ryan Martin on the Wings’ approach and a small taste of the guys we’ve been talking about for the last few weeks. As a reminder, DrDangles wrote up a great idea on what else should be going on during the combine.
Around the League
Kakko missing Scouting Combine to celebrate Finland win at Worlds | NHL.com
Speaking of the combine, I feel when you’re a consensus top-two pick there’s absolutely nothing useful to be gained from showing up to the combine, especially when you’ve got a World Championship gold to celebrate in your home country. Go ahead and let him fall for it; I dare you.
St. Louis’ Oskar Sundqvist has been suspended for one game for Boarding Boston’s Matt Grzelcyk. https://t.co/2W0ZLnn9fI
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 31, 2019
David Backes said this was the kind of hit we don’t need in hockey and he’s right but he should also know because this is a hit he’s delivered a bunch in his career so he should probably shut up.
