Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $78,021,212
Projected Cap Space: $-$3,021,212
Projected LTIR Used: $3,021,212
Current Cap Space: $0
Deadline Cap Space: $0
Todays Cap Hit: $78,021,212
Roster: 21/23
Contracts: 45/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Trevor Daley, D FA – Pit
Luke Witkowski, D FA – TB
Turner Elson, C FA – Col
Tom McCollum, G T – Cgy
Libor Sulak, D FA
Matej Machovsky, G FA
Out
Edward Pasquale, G FA – Edm
Mitch Callahan, RW FA – Edm
Tomas Nosek, LW/C ED – VGK
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Tomas Tatar | Henrik Zetterberg | Gustav Nyquist |
| Darren Helm | Dylan Larkin | Justin Abdelkader |
| Anthony Mantha | Frans Nielsen | Andreas Athanasiou (RFA) |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | Riley Sheahan | Luke Glendening |
| David Booth | P.A. Parenteau | Evgeny Svechnikov |
| Eric Tangradi | Martin Frk | |
| Defense | Defense | |
| Mike Green | Goaltender | Danny DeKeyser |
| Nick Jensen | Jimmy Howard | Trevor Daley |
| Luke Witkowski | Petr Mrazek | Niklas Kronwall |
| Xavier Ouellet | Jonathan Ericsson | |
| Ryan Sproul |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Mike Green, Eric Tangradi, Ben Street, Matt Lorito, and Tom McCollum
Restricted – Petr Mrazek, Riley Sheahan, Dylan Larkin, Anthony Mantha, Daniel Renouf, Matej Machovsky, Tyler Bertuzzi, Turner Elson, Martin Frk, Zach Nastasiuk, Ryan Sproul, and Jared Coreau.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Detroit
2nd – Detroit, Ottawa
3rd – Detroit
4th – Detroit
5th – Detroit
6th – Detroit, Montreal
7th – Detroit*
Top 10 Detroit Red Wings Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Evgeny Svechnikov – Left Wing
2. Michael Rasmussen – Center
3. Dennis Cholowski – Defense
4. Givani Smith – Right Wing
5. Tyler Bertuzzi – Left Wing
6. Gustav Lindstrom – Defense
7. Jared Coreau – Goaltender
8. Vili Saarjarvi – Defense
9. Filip Hronek – Defense
10. Axel Holmstrom – Center