The Daily: Seider Returns Today: Preseason Begins Wednesday

The Detroit Red Wings are officially whole again today with Moritz Seider expected to return to practice for the first time since signing a seven-year deal for $8.55 million per season.

“Mo’s such a good defender, great defenseman,” teammate Patrick Kane said. “He’s so important playing against top lines every night. Obviously, he’s got a lot of offensive weapons as well, can be dynamic on the power play, can produce offensively from the back end, which is huge.”

Bob Duff wrote Seider may start with Ben Chiarot as his defensive partner, but ultimately the Red Wings may want to see Seider with Simon Edvinsson. The Red Wings need to make sure Edvinsson is ready for top-pairing minutes.

“I still think our top four, even some of our D pairs, will be fluid,” Lalonde said. “Probably like to see Simon and Mo together a little bit.”

This is what Duff wrote:  “Seider, the sixth player chosen in the 2019 NHL entry draft and Edvinson, chosen sixth overall in 2021, are going to be the cornerstones of the Detroit defense going forward. And Lalonde appears ready to cement that status sooner rather than later.”

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Bob Duff wonders whether defenseman Erik Gustafsson will rekindle the chemistry he had with Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat when they played together in  Chicago.

The Red Wings could be Maize and Blue down the middle with the possibility with four centers (Dylan Larkin, J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp and Tyler Motte) from the same University of Michigan team (2014-15) playing center for them.

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As of this writing, Dimitri Buchelnikov already has three assists in a KHL game for Poldolsk Vityaz. Buchelnikov (52nd, 2022) had five points in seven games coming into this game.

Directly after Dimitri Buchelnikov(2nd round’22) best scoring chance of the game he makes a nice play at the blue line for his 3rd assist of the game🍏🍏🍏#LGRW pic.twitter.com/qBz00tmVgR

— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) September 24, 2024

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