Posted by George James Malik
June 15, 2007 09:06AM
Fox Sports' Shane Malloy conducted the first major media site's mock draft on Thursday, and he assessed the draft needs of the NHL's Central Division teams as well.
Malloy believes that the Red Wings need the usual--a little bit of everything:
June 14, Fox Sports: With the likelihood of forwards Valtteri Filppula and Jiri Hudler along with netminder Jimmy Howard making the jump next season, the Red Wings farm system needs a shot in the arm. Although the Wings do a good job of finding talent in the later rounds under the guidance of assistant GM Jim Nill, they could have a lot of roster space to replace in the next year. With Chris Chelios, Nick Lidstrom and Mathew Schneider getting long in the tooth on defense the pressure is now on to have prospects to groom.
Although the Wings have some talent up front, none of them are projected to play on the top lines, but their could be one surprise. Adding forwards who have potential to play at an elite level is always a challenge.
Other than Jimmy Howard, they do not have any young netminders with the potential to play in the NHL on a regular basis.
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Assessing Wings' draft needs no easy task
Assessing Wings' draft needs no easy task
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