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Eddie Genborg, Red Wings prospect
It takes time to know how an NHL draft class will develop. It’s difficult to project early whether their scoring, playmaking or checking will be proficient enough to work at the NHL level. But 10 months after the 2025 draft, the Detroit Red Wings do know they have drafted some winners.
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The Red Wings drafted seven players last June, and five are still playing playoff hockey in May for their respective teams. Here is a breakdown:
Left wing Carter Bear (15th): Boasts 16 points in 13 games in helping the Everett Silvertips reach the Western Hockey League Final.
Right wing Eddie Genborg (44th): The rough-and-tumble Swedish forward will play for the Grand Rapids Griffins in their opening playoff series starting Saturday in Manitoba. Genborg had a goal, two assists and eight penalty minutes in 11 games for the Griffins after coming over from Sweden.
Right wing Brent Solomon (109th): He has three goals and four points in five games for the Sioux Falls Stampede in the USHL playoffs. Solomon recently scored two goals in a 2-0 win over Lincoln in the deciding game of their best-of-five series.
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Defenseman Nikita Tyurin (140th): The young Russian’s JHC Spartak team is playing Avto in the semifinals of Russia’s top junior league. He’s a two-way defender who also played seven games in the KHL this season.
Center Grayden Robertson-Palmer (204th): He’s playing in the third round of the QMJHL playoffs for the Moncton Wildcats. They are tied 2-2 with Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Robertson had six goals and five assists. He is the teammate of goalie Rudy Guimond. He’s a Top 10 Detroit prspect.
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Detroit goalie prospect Carter Gylander (191st, 2019) fell to 3-1 in the ECHL postseason, giving up four goals on 29 shots during a 5-3 loss to the Bloomington Bisons in their best-of-seven series. Gylander’s Toledo still hold a 3-1 lead in the series. The frustration for the Walleye was the reality that they led that game 3-1 at one point.
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