The Daily: Top-Ranked CHL Teams Rely On Red Wings Draftees; NHL Trade Rumors

The WHL’s Everett Silvertips are No. 1 in the CHL rankings and 2025 Detroit Red Wings first-round pick Carter Bear is a big reason for that.

Since Jan. 31, Bear owns two four-point games and four three-point games. Over 11 games, he boasts 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 points. Bear has 31 goals in 43 games.

The Silvertips, leading the CHL with 47 wins, are Memorial Cup favorites.

The Red Wings also have a connection to the No. 2-ranked Moncton Wildcats. No. 1 goalie Rudy Guimond (169th, 2023).  He is 32-6-3 with a 2.36 GAA and .922 save percentage. Over two seasons with Moncton, the 6-foot-4 Guimond is 48-6-3.

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Team USA selected Dylan Larkin for more reasons than his offensive abilities.

This video of Dylan Larkin showing his baby girl his gold medal has me sobbing😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/2Us5g97k37

— Kennedy Broadwell (@BroadwellK) February 22, 2026

Former Red Wings player Tomas Tatar in tears after Slovakia lost the bronze medal game.

Larkin joined Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg as other Red Wings captains with gold medals.

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Todd McLellan will likely say today what the plan is for Dylan Larkin’s return to the Red Wings.  Detroit’s first game back from the Olympic break is Thursday in Ottawa. . . Sheldon Dries and Dominik Shine were called up to practice with Detroit again today.

So proud to call him our captain pic.twitter.com/WFiG3T6mJX

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) February 22, 2026

Hockey Now Digest

Florida: Seven Panthers medaled at the Olympics. No wonder they have won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles. Florida Panthers. 

New Jersey: Jack Hughes’ golden goal was part of a monstrous shift. New Jersey Devils. 

Philadelphia: Defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen’s stock has risen because of his strong play at the Olympics. More teams will be calling the Flyers about a possible trade. The Red Wings could be one of them. Philadelphia Flyers.  

Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby said he was close to playing in the gold medal game for Canada. Pittsburgh Penguins.