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01/31/2012 - 2007 Draft yielded two top prospects for Detroit Red Wings

With all the successful drafting the Detroit Red Wings have done over the years, it is easy to forget they have off-years too.

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01/08/2012 - Large mix of players populate Red Wings minor-league affiliates

The Red Wings have 21 players in total playing at the AHL and ECHL level.

01/06/2012 - Video: 2012 World Junior Championship - Teemu Pulkkinen, Finland

Finnish forward Teemu Pulkkinen talks about missing out on a bronze medal at the 2012 WJC

01/05/2012 - Video: 2012 World Junior Championship - Jiri Fischer, Czech Republic

Czech Republic assistant coach Jiri Fischer talks to the media at the conclusion of the 2012 WJC

01/05/2012 - Video: 2012 World Junior Championship - Petr Mrazek, Czech Republic

Czech goaltender Petr Mrazek was a major contributor to the Czech's improved standing at the WJC

01/03/2012 - Video: 2012 World Junior Championship - Petr Mrazek, Czech Republic

Czech goaltender Petr Mzazek nearly stole another win for his team, but Russia came away with a 2-1 OT victory

01/02/2012 - Video: 2012 World Junior Championship - Teemu Pulkkinen, Finland

Finnish forward Teemu Pulkkinen talks about his team's quarter-final win at the 2012 WJC

01/02/2012 - Video: 2012 World Junior Championship - Tomas Jurco, Slovakia

Slovak forward Tomas Jurco talks to the media following his team's loss to Finland at the 2012 WJC

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Organizational Depth Chart

  • Team Strengths:
    1 Versatile forwards.
    2 Most defenders possess good mobility.
  • Team Weaknesses:
    1 Goaltending depth suspect.
    2 Lack of sizable forwards.

Player Highlighted Legend
(defines league playing in)

  • Playing in N.A. Pro (NHL, AHL, ECHL, etc.)
  • Playing in CHL (OHL, QMJHL, WHL)
  • Playing in NCAA
  • Playing in Europe
  • Playing in Junior 'A' (USHL, BCHL, AJHL, etc.)
  • Not Categorized Yet

The player is projected on making it to the NHL on a grading scale of 1-10.
Player Rating System Rules - Hockey's Future Prospect Criteria

Left Wingers

  1. Gustav Nyquist 7.5C
  2. Tomas Tatar 7.5C
  3. Andrej Nestrasil 7.0C
  4. Marek Tvrdon 6.5C

Centers

  1. Calle Jarnkrok 7.0C
  2. Landon Ferraro 7.0C
  3. Riley Sheahan 7.0C
  4. Joakim Andersson 6.0B
  5. Alan Quine 6.5C
  6. Brooks Macek 6.5C
  7. Louis-Marc Aubry 6.5C
  8. Philippe Hudon 6.5C
  9. Cory Emmerton 7.0D
  10. Brent Raedeke 6.0C
  11. Julien Cayer 6.0D
  12. Jesper Samuelsson 5.5D

Right Wingers

  1. Jan Mursak 6.5B
  2. Mitchell Callahan 6.0B
  3. Teemu Pulkkinen 7.5D
  4. Tomas Jurco 7.5D
  5. Trevor Parkes 6.5C
  6. William Coetzee 6.0C

Defensemen

  1. Brendan Smith 8.0C
  2. Ben Marshall 7.0C
  3. Xavier Ouellet 7.0C
  4. Brian Lashoff 6.5C
  5. Max Nicastro 6.5C
  6. Nick Jensen 6.5C
  7. Adam Almqvist 7.0D
  8. Ryan Sproul 7.0D

Defensemen

  1. Gleason Fournier 6.0C
  2. Logan Pyett 6.0C
  3. Mattias Backman 6.0C
  4. Alexei Marchenko 6.5D
  5. Richard Nedomlel 6.0D
  6. Sebastien Piche 6.0D
  7. Travis Ehrhardt 6.0D

Goaltenders

  1. Petr Mrazek 7.0D
  2. Thomas McCollum 7.0D
  3. Jordan Pearce 6.0C
  4. Daniel Larsson 7.0F

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