Detroit Red Wings
Can anyone name the Red Wings’ top scorer for the 2020-2021 season?
Take as much time as you like. Nope, it’s not Dylan Larkin and his 9 goals and 23 points in 44 games.
Adam Erne (another player I totally knew existed) you say? Well he was actually only three points behind Larkin but nope, it’s not him. Here, I’ll give you the top scorer’s first name: Filip.
Is it 2018 6th overall pick, Filip Zadina? Good guess, but he didn’t crack the 20-point barrier. Any idea yet? Well the answer is none other than 23-year-old defenseman Filip Hronek, with 2 goals and 26 points in 56 games. Don’t get me wrong, Hronek is a nice player and all but yea, Detroit just isn’t very good.
An offense that was 30th in goals for and 30th in PP% last year isn’t much better this year. Full, healthy years from Jakub Vrana and Tyler Bertuzzi would certainly help and the goaltending situation looks pretty good (Nedeljkovic for essentially a 3rd round pick is a steal) but the talent really drops off after the aforementioned players.
Detroit’s best fake NHL name: As I perused Detroit’s roster I began debating between Pius Suter and Taro Hirose before being absolutely bowled over by what is easily the best name in the NHL: T-Bone Codd. T-Bone! Beat that, Costanza.