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Should the Red Wings Take Jesper Wallstedt in the First Round?

EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 26: Goaltender Jesper Wallstedt #1 of Sweden skates against the Czech Republic during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 26, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)

The Red Wings have plenty of draft capital in the upcoming NHL draft, with 12 draft picks through six rounds (Seven of those picks are in the first three rounds). With that sort of draft capital, should the Red Wings take a swing at Jesper Wallstedt to bolster the pipeline?

An Elite Talent

There is one goaltender that stands about the rest in this upcoming draft: Jesper Wallstedt.