Gabe Perreault deserves to be high on the Detroit Red Wings' list of possibilities with their first pick in next week's draft.
General manager Steve Yzerman said this week that he anticipates picking where the lottery put the Wings — rather than trade up — which is at No. 9. Teams lean towards the best available player that high in the draft, and for the Wings, that could be Perreault, a puck-loving forward coming off a history-making season.
"I remember writing in some of my comments, 'This kid has eyes in the back of his head,' " NHL Central Scouting director Dan Marr said of Perreault earlier this month at the combine.