Detroit Red Wings Top 10 Prospects Rankings October 2013

1. Gustav Nyquist, LW - 2008 4th Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
2. Riley Sheahan, C - 2010 1st Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
3. Ryan Sproul, D - 2011 2nd Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
4. Calle Jarnkrok, C - 2010 1st Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
5. Anthony Mantha, LW/RW - 2013 1st Round Pick Val d'Or QMJHL
6. Thomas Jurco, LW - 2011 1st Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
7. Xavier Ouellet, D - 2011 2nd Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
8. Martin Frk, RW - 2012 2nd Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
9. Landon Ferraro, C - 2009 2nd Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL
10. Petr Mrazek, G - 2010 5th Round Pick Grand Rapids AHL

Detroit Red Wings Actual Opening Day Lineup

Lineup

Lines

Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Justin Abelkader
Daniel Alfredsson, Stephen Weiss, Johan Franzen
Dan Cleary, Joakim Andersson, Todd Bertuzzi
Drew Miller, Cory Emmerton, Mikael Samuelsson

Defenseman Pairings

Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson
Danny Dekeyser, Jakub Kindl
Brendan Smith, Kyle Quincey

Starting Goaltender: Jimmy Howard, Petr Mrazek

Scratches: D Brian Lashoff, C Tomas Tatar

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle Mantha vs. Poirier vs. Shinkaruk

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Detroit Red Wings make the right selection with Right Wing/Left Wing Anthony Mantha? Wingers Emile Poirier and juniors star phenom Hunter Shinkaruk were on the board at the Red Wings pick.
More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these three players here for fun to start.
20th Overall Pick Right Wing/Left Wing Anthony Mantha Detroit Red Wings
22nd Overall Pick Right Wing/Left Wing Calgary Flames
24th Overall Pick Left Wing/Center Hunter Shinkaruk Vancouver Canucks

Detroit Red Wings Return 3 Players to Their Junior Teams

The Detroit Red Wings returned 2013 1st Round Draft Pick Anthony Mantha to Val-d'Or of the QMJHL, Defenseman Mark McNulty to Prince George of the WHL, and 2012 4th Round Pick Forward Andreas Athanasiou to Barrie of the OHL. Follow their progress this season on this blog.

Detroit Red Wings Assign 6 Players to Their Junior Teams

The Detroit Red Wings assigned LW Tyler Bertuzzi to Guelph (OHL), RW Philippe Hudon to Victoriaville (QMJHL), C Kevin Lynch to Michigan (CCHA), to RW Zach Nastasiuk Owen Sound (OHL), G Jake Paterson Saginaw (OHL) and D Michal Plutnar Tri-City (WHL). You can track their progress throughout this season on our Draft Prospect Tracker.

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Detroit Red Wings prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.
1st Round Pick Right Wing/Left Wing Anthony Mantha - Mantha will likely play for Val-d'Or Foreurs in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

ANTHONY MANTHA

2nd Round Pick Right Wing Zach Nastasiuk - Zach will return to Owen Sound in the OHL IN 2013-2014.

ZACH NASTASIUK

2nd Round Pick Left Wing Tyler Bertuzzi - Bertuzzi is expected to play for Guelph in the OHL in 2013-2014.

TYLER BERTUZZI

3rd Round Pick Forward Mattias Janmark Nylen Nylen is playing for AIK in the Swedish Hockey League in 2013-2014.

MATTIAS JANMARK NYLEN

4th Round Pick Left Wing David Pope - Pope will play for West Kelowna in the BCHL in 2013-2014 and is committed to the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2014-2015.

DAVID POPE

5th Round Pick Defenseman Mitch Wheaton - Mitch will play for Kelowna in the WHL in 2013-2014.

MITCH WHEATON

6th Round Pick Defenseman Mark McNulty - McNulty will be playing for Prince George in the WHL in 2013-2014.
MARK MCNULTY

7th Round Pick Forward Hampus Melen - Melen is playing on Tingsryds AIF J20 in Sweden's SuperElit league in 2013-2014.
HAMPUS MELEN

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Detroit Red Wings prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.
2nd Round Pick Right Wing Martin Frk - Frk will play for Grand Rapids in the AHL in 2013-2014.

MARTIN FRK

3rd Round Pick Goaltender Jake Paterson - Paterson is expected to play for Saginaw in the OHL in 2013-2014.

JAKE PATERSON

4th Round Pick Forward Andreas Athanasiou - Andreas will play for Barrie in the OHL in 2013-2014.

Andreas Athanasiou

5th Round Pick Defenseman Mike McKee - McKee is entering his freshman season at Western Michigan University in 2013-2014.

MIKE MCKEE

6th Round Pick Defenseman James De Haas - James will enter his freshman season at Clarkson University in 2013-2014.

JAMES DE HAAS

7th Round Pick Center Rasmus Bodin - Bodin is expected to play for the Linkoping J20 team in the Swedish SuperElite league.

RASMUS BODIN