While the Detroit Red Wings struggle their way through the 2021 season dealing with a lineup depleted by players made absent by the pandemic, hope for next season keeps blossoming.
Of the Wings prospects playing in Europe, none may have a more immediate impact than defenseman Moritz Seider. He earned his 18th assist of the season Saturday when he helped set up Rögle’s overtime goal, padding the team’s first-place standing in the Swedish Hockey League.
Seider, who turns 20 in April, is in his third full season playing in a men’s league, and is almost certain to be in the Wings’ lineup in 2021-22.