Just as the Detroit Red Wings preseason kicked off, we're making our predictions for the starting lineup in Hockeytown on Opening Night.

Tune in as we give our projected lineup for the Derek Lalonde's squad, what young players like Nate Danielson, Carter Mazur, or Marco Kasper have to do to make the team rather than join the Grand Rapids Griffins, if Steve Yzerman will sign Austin Watson to a contract, trade a goalie, or waive Holl, & lots more (3:20).

Forwards (7:00):

Alex DeBrincat - Dylan Larkin - Lucas Raymond
Vladimir Tarasenko - J.T. Compher - Patrick Kaner
Michael Rasmussen - Andrew Copp - Christian Fischer
Jonatan Berggren - Joe Veleno - Tyler Motte

Defense (22:40):

Ben Chiarot - Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson - Jeff PEtry
Olli Maatta - Erik Gustafsson
Albert Johansson - Justin Holl

Goalies (31:25):

Cam Talbot
Alex Lyon
Ville Husso

After that, we go into our Pacific Division preview, including Connor McDavid's Edmonton Oilers,Quinn Hughes and the Vancouver Canucks, Mark Stone and the Vegas Golden Knights, the Los Angeles Kings, Seattle Kraken, Calgary Flames, Trevor Zegras' Anaheim Ducks, & Macklin Celebrini's San Jose Sharks (45:08).

Finally, we take your question & comments in our Overtime segment (1:14:00) - enjoy!

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Max's article: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5784520/2024/09/23/red-wings-roster-projection-training-camp/

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