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The first period was pretty good for Detroit, the second and much of the third saw Toronto completely take over. The box score shows Detroit with 1 shot on goal in the second, but the announcers had zero shots in a span of 25 minutes. Regardless, possession was certainly on Toronto’s side.
Again, yes it’s preseason, but it has been a disappointing preseason in terms of seeing the NHL regulars put games together. The “grinders”, rookies and PTOs seemed to have a higher sense of urgency. We’ll see how things look as puck drops on Detroit’s season opener next week.
Husso made some big saves, but there didn’t seem to be much to indicate anyone grabbing a job that wasn’t already “penciled in”. Copp had a goal and an assist. Depending on how the office feels, rookies slated for Grand Rapids will be heading down and at least one person I spoke to believes Watson will get a contract offer to start the season in Grand Rapids.
You can see today’s list of training camp releases below. Expect to see a steady flow as the team gets the roster contract and cap compliant. Unless a deal is in the works, or if Kasper and/or Watson have gotten some momentum behind them we can likely expect the roster to fall into place the way it looked after free agency was finished (with the exception of the 3 RFAs that signed right around training camp).
It’s up to the players to make it work. We’ll see how they hit the ice for the new season.
*Red Wings training camp releases:
Detroit Red Wings (per team announcement) - from PHR
F Alexandre Doucet (to AHL Grand Rapids)
F Amadeus Lombardi (to AHL Grand Rapids)
F Jakub Rychlovsky (to AHL Grand Rapids)
G Gage Alexander (to ECHL Toledo)
F Ondrej Becher (to AHL Grand Rapids)
F Hunter Johannes (released from PTO to AHL Grand Rapids)
D Josiah Didier (released from PTO to AHL Grand Rapids)
F Carson Bantle (to ECHL Toledo)
F Gabriel Seger (to ECHL Toledo)
D Chaz Reddekopp (to ECHL Toledo)
G Jan Bednar (to ECHL Toledo)
F Tim Gettinger (to injured non-roster list)
D Shai Buium (to injured non-roster list)
1st Period Detroit goals:
at 3:33, Wings kept play alive in the Ozone and a slap pass from Copp at the blue line was tipped in by Fischer. 1-0 Detroit
Leafs tie the game at 12:20. 1-1
Wings get a couple of straight power plays (including a 5 on 3 for about a minute). Association time wound down Copp collected a rebound off of a Wallinder shot and scored with 2:02 left in the period restoring the 1 goal lead. 2nd apple to Snively. 2-1 Detroit
Shots: 9-9
Score: 2-1 DET
2nd Period Detroit goals:
Leafs get an early power play, Matthews cashes in to tie the game 2-2
Shots: 24-11 TOR
Score: 2-2
3rd Period Detroit goals:
Leafs get another power play and Tavares cashes in. 3-2 TOR
Shots: 33-20 TOR
Score: 3-2 TOR
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