I have more things to say about Mortiz Seider, the future of the Red Wings, and a lot more as we prepare to welcome back pro hockey to our TVs. I would have appreciated St. Louis in the Central with the Red Wings, and perhaps that could still happen? The rest of the teams, including the Toledo Walleye, are expected to join the others and start playing on Jan. 15. The Red Wings have seven prospects playing in this tournament:🇸🇪 Team Sweden -- five Red Wings prospects:🇫🇮 Team Finland -- one Red Wings prospect:🇨🇿 Team Czech Republic -- one Red Wings prospect:Seider rules 💪🇩🇪Of course, as you may have heard, German defenseman Moritz Seider (round 1, 6th overall in 2019 draft) has decided not to participate in this tournament. In 44 career NHL games with Detroit and Toronto, he has four goals and five assists.

The NHL is designating two Canadian cities as its hub cities for the 2020 playoffs. TSNs Bob McKenzie said barring any last-minute complications, Edmonton and Toronto will host the playoffs, which are set to start as early as late July. Barring any last-minute complications, and we have seen some of those (Vancouver and Las Vegas), the two NHL Hub cities will be Edmonton and Toronto. The list included Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Edmonton, Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. The NHL said each conference will be assigned a hub city with secure hotels, arena, practice facilities and in-market transportation.

DETROIT Pat Verbeek is leaving the Tampa Bay Lightning front office to follow Steve Yzerman to Detroit. UPDATE: Red Wings officially hire Pat Verbeek as assistant general managerThat's according to TSN's Bob McKenzie, who reported on his podcast that Verbeek, who was Yzerman's assistant general manager in Tampa, will follow his boss to the Red Wings to do the same job. Verbeek played two seasons with the Red Wings from 1999 to 2001. Verbeek then did some broadcasting for the Red Wings before becoming a pro scout for the team. Months later, the Red Wings announced Yzerman is the team's new general manager.