Opening Night in Detroit

Team: 2023-24 Detroit Red Wings

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 1, 2023

Published: Oct. 1, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Seems like they’re trying to get the Larkin Raymond Cat chemistry going. Sticks at least for the first bit of play and if not working, Perron will sub in for Raymond.

Kostin is 100% in the lineup, I think Fischer is the 50/50 guy, and Veleno will play most of the time unless there’s a reason for him not to.
Kasper, Soderblom, Edvinsson etc won’t make it. But they keep Danielson around for up to 9 games, as he’s easily been most impressive and has a pro-ready game. They’ll want to identify areas of improvement before sending him back to junior with the right plan of action.

Depending on Mazur health (so excluding him from this list), I believe first call-ups will be as follows:
-Berggren (despite being a big supporter, I actually think starting the year in GR will be good for him)
-Hanas (has shown a lot during camp imo)
-Soderblom (looked good in prospect tourney as he should but meh so far in camp, needs at least half the season in GR refining his game)
-Kasper (think it’s preferred to just keep him in a stable situation all year and grow his game there, Czarnik would fit in somewhere above)
I think Mazur would have had a real possibility at making this team right out of camp. Unfortunate. I do expect Edvinsson to be up at some point in the season but also think that’s going to be injury reliant.

There’s truly a ton of depth to this team, so if they can stay healthy and keep that depth throughout the lineup, I definitely think playoffs are in the cards.