Steve Yzerman secured a critical building block in his project of rebuilding the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday night — the second-year GM took Lucas Raymond with his first pick. Was it a surprising pick? For most, no, not really. Raymond was a popular name among the top-five prospects in this class, and certainly the second-best European prospect behind German winger-center Tim Stutzle.
The Red Wings didn’t hesitate to post the Lucas Raymond hype video following the pick:
Shortly after the pick came down, once all of the “virtual” dust settled, the Red Wings hosted the 2020 top-pick in an online press briefing.