{"id":432934,"date":"2026-01-28T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/432934\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:34:12","slug":"the-daily-augustine-replacement-commits-to-msu-kane-passes-esposito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/432934\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily: Augustine Replacement Commits to MSU; Kane Passes Esposito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Jose Sharks goalie prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-celebrini-smith-ravensbergen-nedeljkovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Ravensbergen<\/a> commitment to the Michigan State hockey program for 2026-27 probably means Trey Augustine is planning to sign with the Detroit Red Wings after this collegiate season.<\/p>\n<p>When Augustine decided to return to Michigan State for his junior season, it created concern that he might consider staying for his senior season. If he stayed one more year, it would allow him an opportunity to become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks drafted 6-foot-5 Ravensbergen with the 30th pick in 2025.\u00a0 It seems doubtful he would have linked his future with Spartans unless he was sure Augustine was turning pro this spring.<\/p>\n<p>If Augustine signs when MSU\u2019s season is over, the presumption is he would play for the Grand Rapids Griffins this spring. The Red Wings already have intriguing prospects Sebastian Cossa and Michal Postava in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<p>Red Wings In Case You Missed It<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/27\/patrick-kane-detroit-red-wings-ties-mike-modano-top-points-producer-u-s-born-players\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Kane<\/a> and his teammates were in no mood to celebrate when he tied Mike Modano\u2019s record for most points by a U.S-born NHLer.<\/p>\n<p>After losing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/28\/red-wings-lethargic-have-history-of-bouncing-back-mclelan-seider-kane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> Tuesday, the Red Wings have to lean on their history of bouncing back.<\/p>\n<p>Is<a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/27\/red-wings-emmitt-finnie-ends-pointless-drought-third-line\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Emmitt Finnie <\/a>rediscovering his scoring knack? Coach Todd McLellan\u2019s team could use it.<\/p>\n<p>Red Wings Extra<\/p>\n<p>In addition to tying Mike Modano\u2019s for NHL points by a U.S.-born player, Kane picked up his 874th career assist Tuesday. He passes Phil Esposito (873) for sole possession of 24th place on the NHL\u2019s all-time list. Kane is four assists away from tying Nicklas Lidstrom (878) for 23rd place. Kane shows 22 points (5-17-22) and a plus-eight rating in 27 games since Nov. 22 vs. Columbus.s<\/p>\n<p>Hockey Now Network<\/p>\n<p>Boston: Hampus Lindholm is an injury replacement for Team Sweden\u2019s Olympic team.<a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/27\/bruins-hampus-lindholm-added-sweden-olympic-roster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Boston Bruins.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh: Coach Dan Muse is critical of Bryan Rust\u2019s suspension.<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-dan-muse-bryan-rust-suspension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks goalie prospect Joshua Ravensbergen commitment to the Michigan State hockey program for 2026-27 probably means&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,58,5,712,4,3358,5138,17929],"class_list":["post-432934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroitredwings","tag-featured","tag-hockey","tag-joshua-ravensbergen","tag-nhl","tag-red-wings","tag-redwings","tag-trey-augustine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115974167939625717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}