Atlantic Division: Detroit Red Wings Season Primer
Dylan Larkin and Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings

A quick look at the Detroit Red Wings heading into the season.

Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly

Projected Cap Hit: $77,238,712
Projected Cap Space: $0 (-4,238,712 )
Projected LTIR Used : $0
Current Cap Space: $0
Deadline Cap Space : $0
Todays Cap Hit : $77,238,712
Roster Size: 24/23
Contract: 48/50

Offseason Moves – In/Out source Sports Forecaster

In
Edward Pasquale, G – FA – Minors
Ben Street, C – FA – Col
Steve Ott, LW/C – FA – StL
Thomas Vanek, RW/LW – FA – Min
Matt Lorito, LW/RW – FA
Frans Nielsen, C – FA – NYI
Joe Vitale, C/RW – T – Ari
Dylan Sadowy, LW – T – SJ

Out
Brad Richards, C – Retired
Andy Miele, C – FA – Phi
Pavel Datsyuk, C/LW – FA – Europe
Joakim Andersson, C – FA – Europe

Depth Chart

Forwards
Henrik Zetterberg – Dylan Larkin – Justin Abdelkader
Tomas Tatar – Frans Nielsen – Gustav Nyquist
Thomas Vanek – Riley Sheahan – Darren Helm
Tomas Jurco – Luke Glendening – Andreas Athanasiou
Tomas Nosek – Steve Ott – Drew Miller

Defensemen
Danny DeKeyser – Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson – Niklas Kronwall
Brendan Smith – Alexey Marchenko
Xavier Ouellet – Ryan Sproul

Goalies
Petr Mrazek
Jim Howard
Edward Pasquale
Jared Coreau

2017 Draft Picks

1st – Detroit
2nd – Detroit
3rd – Toronto
4th – Detroit
5th – Detroit

2017 Free Agents

Unrestricted –  Ben Street, Brendan Smith, Drew Miller, Joe Vitale, Steve Ott, Thomas Vanek

Restricted –  Andreas Athanasiou, Brian Lashoff, Edward Pasquale, Jake Paterson, Martin Frk, Mitch Callahan, Nick Jensen, Robbie Russo, Teemu Pulkkinen, Tomas Jurco, Tomas Tatar, Xavier Ouellet

2016-17 Detroit Red Wings Pre-season and Regular Season Schedule