Detroit Red Wings at risk of losing top prospect due to expiring rights on August 15th
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The Red Wings are at the potential risk of losing forward Red Savage, who was taken with the 114th pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft and is currently with the NCAA's Michigan State Spartans, next month.
While the Red Wings have a multitude of exciting young prospects that GM Steve Yzerman has accumulated over the years after arriving in town in 2019 to essentially bare cupboards, there is one prospect that they are now at risk of losing.
All NHL prospects who have at least 4 years of NCAA experience have to sign an entry-level contract with their respective team by August 15 or otherwise become a free agent.
Red Savage, who was taken by the Red Wings with the 114th overall pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft out of Miami University (Ohio), has yet to agree to an entry-level contract with Detroit.
In 2023, he transferred from Miami to Michigan State University in East Lansing, which is approximately 95 minutes by car from downtown Detroit.
He played in 38 games for the Spartans in 2023-24 and had 27 points (10G, 17A), and followed that up with 11 points (5G, 6A) in 20 games this year. He suffered a dislocated shoulder during a January 17 game against the Michigan Wolverines, ending his season.
His scouting report via Elite Prospects reads as follows:
With a bit of space down low, Savage is a flashy, occasionally dynamic offensive creator. In transition, he manipulates defenders with hands and feet that transmit different information, eye deception, and nearly unmatched pace. Slip and hook passes, even when moving, and a desire to hunt the high-danger option makes him a set-up threat. And, he's a threat from mid-range with his mechanically-sound wrister shot.
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