In Red Wings Land

Joe Veleno, Patrik Rybar lift Red Wings prospects into title game | MLive.com
Veleno’s three points, Rybar’s 14-save shutout led Detroit over the Rangers who’ll play for the championship today.

Health problems behind him, Dominic Turgeon focused on making Detroit Red Wings – The Detroit News
With a pretty serious health issue in is rearview, Turgeon should be working to get things back on track. He’s got a great pedigree for it.

Joe Hicketts looks to clear another hurdle for spot on Red Wings’ roster | MLive.com
Khan profiles Hicketts positively while pointing out that it’ll be down to him competing against Cholowski, Hronek, and Sulak for the one spot available in Detroit this season.

Around the League

NHL.com asked players which team other than their own will win the Stanley Cup next season. Evgeny Kuznetsov picked the Capitals.  Russian Machine Never Breaks
Always appreciate a guy willing to say screw it and sticking to his guns picking his own team. Between this and his answer about the Jalen Ramsey stuff, I’m becoming a pretty big Kuznetsov fan.

Max Pacioretty traded to the Vegas Golden Knights – Eyes On The Prize
We spent all day yesterday talking about this in Quick Hits, but juuuuuust in case you missed the biggest news story, here it is.