from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
Derek Lalonde had a couple compliments for Jakub Vrana that hint at the relative newcomer's potential to impact the Detroit Red Wings.
Though Vrana has been with the Wings for 18 months, he only squeezed in 11 games after arriving at the 2021 trade deadline, and missed the first 56 games last season recovering from shoulder surgery. Vrana has 21 goals in the 37 games he's played in a Wings uniform, and his ability to score sometimes seemingly out of nowhere registers with new head coach Derek Lalonde, who saw that in spades while an assistant with the Tampa Bay Lightning.