The Detroit Red Wings' third pick of the 2022 NHL draft might be one of the smallest players taken in the seven-round affair.
Dmitri Buchelnikov, all 5 feet 10 and 163 pounds of him, was picked Friday at No. 52 overall. The left winger played this past season in the Russian junior league for SKA St. Petersburg 2.
Only Jagger Firkus (No. 35 overall to Seattle) has a lighter listed weight (151 pounds) than Buchelnikov.
Buchelnikov, who turns 19 in September, was the Wings' second second-rounder of the day; Canadian left winger Dylan James was taken at No.