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The last time the Detroit Red Wings didn’t have a first-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft, it worked out pretty well for Steve Yzerman.
Unless something changes today, Detroit will be going into Friday’s first round of the NHL Entry Draft without a selection. The Wings dealt their pick, 15th overall, to the St. Louis Blues at the NHL trade deadline to acquire defenseman Justin Faulk.
The Wings have never gone through an entire first round without making a selection since Yzerman took over as GM of the team in 2019. This would be the first time since the 2012 draft that Detroit sat idly by on Day 1 of the festivities.
That day, oddly enough, it was Yzerman who got to make the pick that originally belonged to the Red Wings. And you’d have to agree that he made the most of that selection.
With the 19th overall selection of the 2012 draft, the pick that he acquired from Detroit when he was GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Yzerman’s choice was Russian netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Since coming to Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy has won two Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe Trophy, and two Vezina Trophies. The Russian puckstopper is a three-time NHL First All-Star Team selection and a five-time NHL All-Star Game participant.
When Vasilevskiy’s playing days are done, the Hockey Hall of Fame will be calling his name for enshrinement.
Red Wings Traded 2012 First Round Pick For Kyle Quincey
Ken Holland, Detroit GM at the time, moved his first-round pick in the 2012 draft as part of a three-team deal engineered on February 21, 2012. The transaction saw the Colorado Avalanche send Quincey to the Lightning for forward Steve Downie. Tampa Bay then would flip Quincey to the Red Wings for Sebastien Piche and Detroit’s 2012 first-round draft selection.
The 2012 draft was not exactly rewarding for the Red Wings. Only two of the six selections made by the team ever played in the NHL. One was forward Martin Frk. Detroit’s first pick in the draft at 49th overall, Frk saw action in 124 NHL games, scoring 20 goals.
Winger Andreas Athanasiou was chosen 110th overall. He’d account for 128 goals in 495 NHL games.
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