DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned forwards Ryan Kuffner, David Pope, Givani Smith, Evgeny Svechnikov, Joe Veleno and Filip Zadina and defensemen Oliwer Kaski, Gustav Lindstrom and Vili Saarijarvi to the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins. Additionally, the Red Wings released forwards Jarid Lukosevicius, Gregor MacLeod and Dominik Shine from their tryouts.
The Red Wings currently have 36 players on their preseason roster: 19 forwards, 13 defensemen and four goaltenders. Detroit will wrap up its nine-game preseason slate with the second half of a home-and-home set against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Scotiabank Arena (NHL Network).
Red Wings Camp Roster – 28Sep2019
| # | FORWARDS (19) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Justin Abdelkader | LW | L | 6-2 | 213 | Muskegon, Michigan | 2/25/87 | 2005 Draft (2/42) |
| 15 | Chris Terry | LW | L | 5-10 | 202 | Brampton, Ontario | 4/7/89 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
| 23 | Dominic Turgeon | C | L | 6-2 | 199 | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado | 2/25/96 | 2014 Draft (3/63) |
| 27 | Michael Rasmussen | C | L | 6-6 | 229 | Surrey, British Columbia | 4/17/99 | 2017 Draft (1/9) |
| 39 | Anthony Mantha | RW | L | 6-5 | 234 | Longueuil, Quebec | 9/16/94 | 2013 Draft (1/20) |
| 41 | Luke Glendening | C | R | 5-11 | 191 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 4/28/89 | Signed, 7/5/13 |
| 43 | Darren Helm | LW | L | 6-0 | 192 | St. Andrews, Manitoba | 1/21/87 | 2005 Draft (5/132) |
| 46 | Chase Pearson | C | L | 6-2 | 200 | Alpharetta, Georgia | 8/23/97 | 2015 Draft (5/140) |
| 51 | Valtteri Filppula | C | L | 6-0 | 189 | Vantaa, Finland | 3/20/84 | Signed, 7/1/19 |
| 54 | Matt Puempel | LW | L | 6-1 | 201 | Windsor, Ontario | 1/24/93 | Trade w/ NYR, 10/21/17 |
| 57 | Turner Elson | C | L | 6-0 | 181 | New Westminster, B.C. | 9/13/92 | Signed, 7/1/17 |
| 59 | Tyler Bertuzzi | LW | L | 6-1 | 199 | Sudbury, Ontario | 2/24/95 | 2013 Draft (2/58) |
| 61 | Jacob de la Rose | C | L | 6-3 | 215 | Arvika, Sweden | 5/20/95 | Waivers, 10/17/18 |
| 67 | Taro Hirose | LW | L | 5-10 | 162 | Calgary, Alberta | 6/30/96 | Signed, 3/12/19 |
| 70 | Christoffer Ehn | C | L | 6-3 | 195 | Skara, Sweden | 4/5/96 | 2014 Draft (4/106) |
| 71 | Dylan Larkin | C | L | 6-1 | 198 | Waterford, Michigan | 7/30/96 | 2014 Draft (1/15) |
| 72 | Andreas Athanasiou | LW | L | 6-2 | 188 | Woodbridge, Ontario | 8/6/94 | 2012 Draft (4/110) |
| 73 | Adam Erne | LW | L | 6-1 | 212 | New Haven, Connecticut | 4/20/95 | Trade w/ TB, 8/14/19 |
| 81 | Frans Nielsen | C | L | 6-1 | 186 | Herning, Denmark | 4/24/84 | Signed, 7/1/16 |
| # | DEFENSEMEN (13) | POS | S | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED |
| 2 | Joe Hicketts | D | L | 5-8 | 180 | Kamloops, British Columbia | 5/4/96 | Signed, 9/24/14 |
| 3 | Jared McIsaac | D | L | 6-1 | 196 | Truro, Nova Scotia | 3/27/00 | 2018 Draft (2/36) |
| 17 | Filip Hronek | D | R | 6-0 | 183 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Rep. | 11/2/97 | 2016 Draft (2/53) |
| 20 | Dylan McIlrath | D | R | 6-5 | 231 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 4/20/92 | Trade w/ FLA, 3/1/17 |
| 21 | Dennis Cholowski | D | L | 6-2 | 197 | Langley, British Columbia | 2/15/98 | 2016 Draft (1/20) |
| 22 | Patrik Nemeth | D | L | 6-3 | 228 | Stockholm, Sweden | 2/8/92 | Signed, 7/1/19 |
| 25 | Mike Green | D | R | 6-1 | 210 | Calgary, Alberta | 10/12/85 | Signed, 7/1/15 |
| 32 | Brian Lashoff | D | L | 6-3 | 213 | Albany, New York | 7/16/90 | Signed, 10/1/08 |
| 52 | Jonathan Ericsson | D | L | 6-4 | 218 | Karlskrona, Sweden | 3/2/84 | 2002 Draft (9/291) |
| 53 | Moritz Seider | D | R | 6-4 | 203 | Zell, Germany | 4/6/01 | 2019 Draft (1/6) |
| 65 | Danny DeKeyser | D | L | 6-3 | 190 | Detroit, Michigan | 3/7/90 | Signed, 3/29/13 |
| 74 | Madison Bowey | D | R | 6-2 | 202 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 4/22/95 | Trade w/ WSH, 2/22/19 |
| 83 | Trevor Daley | D | L | 5-11 | 199 | Toronto, Ontario | 10/9/83 | Signed, 7/1/17 |
| # | GOALIES (4) | POS | C | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE | BIRTHDATE | ACQUIRED |
| 31 | Calvin Pickard | G | L | 6-1 | 210 | Moncton, New Brunswick | 4/15/92 | Signed, 7/1/19 |
| 35 | Jimmy Howard | G | L | 6-1 | 218 | Syracuse, New York | 3/26/84 | 2003 Draft (2/64) |
| 38 | Filip Larsson | G | L | 6-2 | 194 | Stockholm, Sweden | 8/17/98 | 2016 Draft (6/167) |
| 45 | Jonathan Bernier | G | L | 6-0 | 185 | Laval, Quebec | 8/7/88 | Signed, 7/1/18 |
With 36 players still on the roster and a game tonight, the Wings will still have additional cuts to make, but Zadina and Kaski going down are interesting developments lending some clarity to the positional battles won/lost.
When you add this to the list of players who went on waivers today, you get even more:
Dylan McIlRath
Dominic Turgeon
Matt Puempel
Joe Hicketts
Calvin Pickard
Brian Lashoff
Turner Elson
Chris Terry
Cut those eight off the roster either by assignment or claim (it’ll be assignment; I don’t expect any claims). That leaves just five players to get gone. One will be goalie Filip Larsson. Another likelihood is that Chase Pearson is gone tomorrow. Jonathan Ericsson looks like he could hit LTIR before rosters are finalized as well. Jared McIsaac still being on the roster is also injury-related, so it appears right now as though Michael Rasmussen and Moritz Seider could potentially start the season in Detroit.
Of course, this could all change on Sunday, but that’s the fun of camp ending!
