The Detroit Red Wings have announced that middle Nate Danielson has been recalled from the workforce’s AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins.
The ninth total decide on the 2023 NHL Draft, Danielson is now in line to make his NHL debut, maybe as early as Sunday’s matinee contest towards the Chicago Blackhawks.
The 21-year-old middle started this season injured earlier than he was reassigned to the AHL on Oct. 24. It took simply 4 video games within the AHL (the place he scored 5 factors) for Danielson to earn a recall to the workforce’s NHL roster.
The previous Brandon Wheat Kings captain is in his second season taking part in skilled hockey. He scored 12 objectives and 39 factors in 72 video games for Grand Rapids final season, and added a objective in three playoff contests.
Coming into the season, Danielson was ranked because the No. 7 prospect within the Crimson Wings’ system by Elite Prospects, although his rating there can fluctuate, as The Athletic’s Corey Pronman slotted Danielson because the workforce’s No. 1 prospect in August. Pronman wrote that he sees Danielson as a future top-six middle, whereas Elite Prospects tasks him extra as a middle-six pivot.
No matter his final NHL function could also be, it’s unlikely he’ll take up that function in Detroit any time quickly. All 4 of the Crimson Wings’ NHL facilities (Dylan Larkin, J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp, Michael Rasmussen) are beneath contract at the least by means of 2026-27, and so they have a mixed cap hit of almost $23M.
A type of gamers could possibly be shifted to the wing, after all, as might Danielson, however it’s essential to nonetheless be aware how set-in-stone issues look like at middle for the Crimson Wings on this short-term future, and that’s earlier than even citing the truth that the workforce’s high decide from 2022, Marco Kasper, is a pure middle.
Having an abundance of succesful NHL pivots is hardly an issue, and the addition of Danielson solely additional enhances the workforce’s depth in that space. He’s not but confirmed himself on the NHL stage, after all, but when his AHL performances are any indication, it will appear that Danielson has an extended NHL profession forward of him.
Because of this recall, that NHL profession might begin very quickly.
