Lombardi Figuring Out How to Get to the NHL (+)

Developing NHL prospects is akin to parenting in that you often wonder what your youngsters will be like when they are all grown up.

The Detroit Red Wings are curious about Amadeus Lombardi. They’ve watch him evolve from a fourth-round draft pick with longshot NHL hope (less than 10.9% probability) into a player that looks like he deserves a shot. Starting with his last Ontario Hockey League season after the Red Wings drafted him, Lombardi continues to take his game to a higher level. It was 102 points in his final season with the Flint Firebirds, followed by 26 points as a role player in his first AHL season and then a dominant performance in the AHL last season when he had 40 points in 44 games in a season cut short by injury.