The consensus opinion is that the Detroit Red Wings will select a forward with the ninth overall pick in this year's NHL draft, which begins with the first round Friday and concludes with six more rounds Saturday. The Red Wings have a total of 11 picks, the most since 2000, and seven of them are in the top 100. Here's a look at 10 players who could be appealing to the Red Wings. When listing the 2016-17 stats for each player, we also included international competition.
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2016-17 team: Dynamo Moscow/Balashikha
Age: 18 | Position: Left wing/center
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 207
Stats: 31 Gm, 7 G, 8 A, 77 PIM
One of Bleacher Report's 144 mock drafts has the Red Wings taking Kostin, who is the No.