Chicago — Michael Rasmussen had an inkling it would happen.
The big, 6-foot-5 center out of Vancouver had talked a lot with the Red Wings during the season, at the draft combine, and felt a good fit.
So, when it was the Red Wings’ turn to pick ninth overall Friday at the United Center, Rasmussen wasn’t surprised — he was hoping for it, actually — the Red Wings selected him.
“I talked to them quite a bit throughout the year, and my combine meeting with them went real well,” Rasmussen said in the crowded media room afterward, wearing his Red Wings sweater and cap.