04/18: Austin Czarnik has cleared waivers (Twitter link).
04/17: Detroit has also placed center Austin Czarnik on waivers for assignment to Grand Rapids, per CapFriendly. The 29-year-old mustered a lone assist in 34 NHL appearances this season, while tallying 26 points in 36 games thus far with the Griffins.
04/17: The Red Wings have sent forward Zach Aston-Reese and defenseman Simon Edvinsson back to AHL Grand Rapids. Detroit’s season ended last night with a 5-4 shootout win over the Canadiens. However, a Capitals win over the Flyers eliminated them from playoff contention and clinched the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot for Washington.
Edvinsson, the Wings’ top defense prospect along with countryman Axel Sandin Pellikka, ends his second NHL season with a goal and an assist in 16 games. Since he played nine games in 2022-23, he won’t be eligible for Calder Trophy voting next season and has lost rookie status. The 21-year-old may not have impressed with his point production, but he looked much more comfortable in major league minutes this year than last. His possession numbers reflected the improvement, posting a 47.7 CF% and 50.0 xGF% at even strength, up from 44.1% and 47.9% last season, respectively.
He’ll head back to the Griffins, who are second in the Central Division with a 35-22-8-4 record and have clinched a playoff berth for the first time in five years. Edvinsson leads their blue line with 29 points (eight goals, 21 assists) in 52 games. His 51 PIMs are tied with Aston-Reese for fourth on the team. It’s been a strong sophomore season in Grand Rapids for the 2021 sixth-overall pick, who came over from his native Sweden in the summer of 2022 after signing his entry-level contract.
Aston-Reese ends his campaign with just three NHL appearances, his fewest since making his NHL debut in 2017-18. The former bottom-six mainstay averaged just 5:09, failing to record a point with a lone shot on goal and three hits. Two of his appearances came down the stretch with a handful of injuries to Detroit’s depth forwards, but he was a healthy scratch in their season-ending back-to-back against Montreal. The 29-year-old has been effective in a middle-six role with Grand Rapids, notching 14 goals and 29 points in 59 games with a +4 rating. He’ll be a UFA this summer after completing his one-year, two-way deal ($775K/$300K/$350K).
loaded back end prospects with Wallinder, Pelikka, Edvinsson, Buium the Elder, & the physical Anton Johansson & Brady Cleveland for 3rd pairing.
Filip Hronek sure could have helped the Red Wings.
He did he got the Wings: Axel Sandin Pellikka and Brady Cleaveland and Kevin Bicker
And thus far these guys have done what?
With his 5 goals this year ? Hahaha $8mill a year for 5 goals and playing with Hughes GTFO
Imagine thinking Hronek is being paid 8 million to score goals. Lmaoooo
Not been paired with Quinn Hughes
More than Kane or DeBrincat?
Because the Hronek that would be playing for us would be on the 2nd pair, NOT with a Top 3 NHL defenseman like Quinn Hughes, and playing about 6 min less a game than he is in Vancouver
But his 8m+ contract would have meant that we probably don’t have the cap space for the late off-season DeBrincat trade and subsequent signing. And even if we squeezed him in somehow they assuredly wouldn’t have had the space for Kane to sign.
No trade can ever be looked at in a singular vacuum. Every move adds context to others.
As frustrating as Detroits D was this year…I honestly didn’t think about Hronek one single time. 8m+ for a Top pair D man who meshes well with a generational left side dman in Hughes makes sense for Van. It wouldn’t for a 2nd pair, Non PP, second pair penalty kill Defenseman on Detroit. That money is reserved-and rightfully so-for Mo.
Seeds gotta grow roots, then sprout leaves before they produce fruit.
Look back a few seasons, it was truly the dark days. For the first time there was a chance of a playoff berth.
Lots of talent in the back room waiting to come to the Wing’s roster.
Just can’t let go of decent goal tending at this point.
Yzerman has made several glaring mistakes during the Wings rebuild, Not only the Hronek debacle, But the Ville Husso signing, Also the often injured Fabbri, And the eventual resigning of Perron, How about the acquisition of the elderly Jeff Petry?
You forgot to mention the Holl signing, which may be the worst.