The Grind Line: Red Wings Offseason Our Favorite Additions – Yardbarker

Whats The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week Tony Wolak, Devin Little, Patrick Brown, Kyle Knopp and Jeff Middleton are the muckers who make up THWs forechecking unit and sound off on Red Wings topics.

Last week we shared our thoughts on the Detroit Red Wings offseason as a whole. Now were getting specific.

To recap, the Red Wings have added or re-signed the following players:

They also added eight players in the draft, with defenseman Simon Edvinsson and goalie Sebastian Cossa coming in the first round of the entry draft.

Needless to say, its been a busy summer in Hockeytown, but which moves stand out the most? Heres what moves give our Grinders that warm fuzzy feeling inside:

Goalies you cant live with them, cant live without them. Except for Nedeljkovic and Cossa theyre great.

Starting with Nedeljkovic, the 25-year-old netminder was lights out for the Carolina Hurricanes last season and finally gives the Red Wings a goalie to build around. While its fair to assume some regression will take place, Ned is exactly the goalie the Red Wings need to start building for a playoff push. Yes, theyve reached that stage in their rebuild playoffs may not happen this season, but 2022-23 could be very interesting.

As for Cossa, the Red Wings havent had a blue-chip goaltending prospect since Chris Osgood? Seriously. Petr Mrazek was a nice find, but was never the long-term answer. Think about that Cossa is the best Red Wings goalie prospect since Osgood who retired after a long NHL career in 2011 when Cossa was only eight years-old.

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