Their 25-season playoff streak over, the Detroit Red Wings are viewed as a franchise looking to rebuild.
Help, it seems, is on the way.
The Red Wings landed five players in ESPN’s top 100 NHL prospects (pay site), posted Wednesday. And, while no Red Wings prospect cracked the top half of the list — center Michael Rasmussen is the highest at No. 60 — only one team boasts more prospects (Tampa Bay, with six).
The St. Louis Blues also had five prospects on the list.
The 6-foot-5, 215-pound Rasmussen, 18, was the Red Wings’ top pick (No.