Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

Team Depth Chart of NHL Prospects
Strengths
  • Versatile forwards.
  • Most defenders possess good mobility.
Weaknesses
  • Goaltending depth suspect.
  • Lack of sizable forwards.

About Prospect Scores and Probability

Prospect Criteria

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

Goaltenders

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Petr Mrazek Pro 8.0 C
2. Thomas McCollum Pro 7.0 C
3. Jake Paterson CHL 6.0 C
4. Jared Coreau Pro 6.0 C

Right Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Teemu Pulkkinen Europe 7.0 C
2. Martin Frk CHL 7.0 C
3. Tomas Jurco Pro 7.0 C
4. Mitch Callahan Pro 6.0 C
5. Trevor Parkes Pro 5.5 C
6. William Coetzee Pro 5.5 D

Left Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Gustav Nyquist Pro 8.0 C
2. Tomas Tatar Pro 7.5 C
3. Andreas Athanasiou CHL 6.5 C
4. Marek Tvrdon CHL 6.5 C
5. Rasmus Bodin Europe 5.5 B
6. Andrej Nestrasil Pro 5.0 C

Centers

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Calle Jarnkrok Pro 7.5 C
2. Riley Sheahan Pro 7.0 C
3. Alan Quine CHL 6.5 C
4. Joakim Andersson Pro 6.5 C
5. Landon Ferraro Pro 6.5 C
6. Louis-Marc Aubry Pro 6.5 D
7. Brent Raedeke Pro 5.5 C
8. Philippe Hudon CHL 5.0 C

Defensemen

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Brendan Smith Pro 8.0 B
2. Dan DeKeyser Pro 7.5 C
3. Ryan Sproul CHL 7.0 C
4. Xavier Ouellet CHL 7.0 C
5. Mattias Backman Europe 6.5 C
6. Adam Almquist Pro 6.5 C
7. Nick Jensen NCAA 6.5 C
8. Brian Lashoff Pro 6.5 C
9. Alexei Marchenko Europe 6.0 C
10. Ben Marshall NCAA 6.0 C
11. Mike McKee Junior 6.0 C
12. Richard Nedomlel CHL 5.5 C
13. Gleason Fournier Pro 5.5 C
14. Max Nicastro Pro 5.5 C
15. James De Haas Junior 5.5 C

2013 ECHL All-Star Game: Coetzee working his way back to AHL

by Justin Felisko
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Willie Coetzee - Detroit Red Wings

Photo: Toledo Walleye forward Willie Coetzee, shown here playing in a preseason game for the Detroit Red Wings, is trying to climb back up the ladder in that NHL team's organization (courtesy of Abelimages/Getty Images)

Willie Coetzee refuses to use this year’s earlier NHL lockout as an excuse for currently playing for the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye. There is a reason why the Detroit Red Wings decided to keep the 5'10”, 180-pound forward in the ECHL instead of letting him build off of his 2010 campaign (11 goals, 11 assists) with the team's American Hockey League affiliate in Grand Rapids, MI.

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Detroit Red Wings minor league system ready to graduate prospects to the big club

by Adam Schnepp
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Tomas Tatar - Detroit Red Wings

Photo: The Detroit Red Wings have several minor league prospects who are likely to crack the NHL lineup out of training camp, including Slovakian winger Tomas Tatar. (courtesy of Jeanine Leech/Icon SMI)

 
The beginning of the 2012-13 AHL season was not kind to the Grand Rapids Griffins. On November 2nd they were 2-4-1-1 and languishing, lacking strong defensive play and goaltending. Enter Petr Mrazek, who ripped off six consecutive wins and seemed to right the  ship for the Griffins. As of January 7th, Grand Rapids was 20-10-1-2 and atop the Midwest division.

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Team Rankings: Minnesota Wild owns impressive group of prospects with elite potential

by HF Staff
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Mikael Granlund - Minnesota Wild

Photo: Drafted ninth overall in 2010, Finnish Center Mikael Granlund has made his AHL debut this season. Granlund was widely considered one of the best hockey players not playing in North America. (Juan DeLeon/Icon SMI)

Below is the top-10 section of Hockey's Future's NHL Team Rankings. The teams are ranked in terms of the quality of their overall prospect pool as voted on by the staff of Hockey's Future. For reference, just the top five prospects are listed. To be eligible, a prospect must meet HF's prospect criteria. The rankings are done twice a year.

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Deep, balanced group of Detroit Red Wings prospects playing at junior level

by Adam Schnepp
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Jake Paterson - Saginaw Spirit

Photo: Saginaw Spirit goaltender Jake Paterson was one of three Detroit Red Wings junior prospects invited to the upcoming Team Canada selection camp for the WJC. (courtesy of Terry Wilson / OHL Images)

 
The Detroit Red Wings have a great deal of prospect depth in their organization, but the vast majority of that depth is currently at the professional level. While many of Detroit’s top tier prospects are playing for either the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins or the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye, there are still many prospects plying their trade at the junior level.

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McKee leaves tough guy persona on the ice

by Tom Schreier
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Mike McKee - Lincoln Stars

Photo: Lincoln Stars defenseman and Detroit Red Wings prospect Mike McKee plays a hard-nosed brand of hockey, and is considered to be the toughest player in the USHL (courtesy of Kim Fogle)

Mike McKee is the USHL’s gentle giant.

On the ice he is an animal; he finishes his checks, clears players away from the net and gets into fights.

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Top Prospects

  1. Brendan Smith
  2. Gustav Nyquist
  3. Petr Mrazek
  4. Tomas Tatar
  5. Calle Jarnkrok
  6. Riley Sheahan
  7. Ryan Sproul
  8. Xavier Ouellet
  9. Tomas Jurco
  10. Martin Frk
  1. Teemu Pulkkinen
  2. Brian Lashoff
  3. Landon Ferraro
  4. Joakim Andersson
  5. Mattias Backman
  6. Nick Jensen
  7. Adam Almquist
  8. Andreas Athanasiou
  9. Alan Quine
  10. Alexei Marchenko

Notable Prospects

  1. Louis-Marc Aubry
  2. Rasmus Bodin
  3. Mitch Callahan
  4. William Coetzee
  5. James De Haas
  6. Dan DeKeyser
  7. Gleason Fournier
  8. Philippe Hudon
  9. Ben Marshall
  1. Thomas McCollum
  2. Mike McKee
  3. Richard Nedomlel
  4. Andrej Nestrasil
  5. Max Nicastro
  6. Trevor Parkes
  7. Jake Paterson
  8. Brent Raedeke
  9. Marek Tvrdon
  10. Jared Coreau
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