Josh Beneteau of Sportsnet: Questions for each of the seven teams that didn’t qualify for the 24-team playoff format.
Detroit Red Wings – How many of their pending free agents will be back next season? None of their UFAs including Jimmy Howard and Jonathan Ericsson should be expected to be back. RFAs like Robby Fabbri and Alex Biega should be re-signed but maybe not Brendan Perlini and Adam Erne. Anthony Mantha and Tyler Bertuzzi should be big, new deals.