(Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)
Detroit —There’s always been a sense of honesty and no sugar-coating of anything around Evgeny Svechnikov.
The young Red Wings forward will answer a question and doesn’t hesitate.
Recovering from ACL surgery on his right knee, which forced him to miss all last season, Svechnikov didn’t downplay how he’s feeling currently with the exhibition season beginning.
Is he feeling like his old self?
“Not even close,” said Svechnikov, the Wings’ 2015 first-round pick who was in the lineup Tuesday against Chicago. “I don’t feel like myself out there yet.