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Last Rant Before the Madness: Wings' Summer Strategy, Draft, and Free Agency Dreams

Hi everybody, and welcome to Red Wings Rant: Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings finally have a home.

This week on Red Wings Rant, we break down our final thoughts ahead of the 2025 NHL Draft and free agency frenzy. Using Prashanth Iyer’s offseason blueprint and the Daily Faceoff Top 50 Free Agents list, we explore:

How the Red Wings should leverage their draft capital

Trade ideas to optimize the cap for the 2026-27 contention window

Why Iyer Prashanth says Rasmus Andersson and Nikolaj Ehlers could be difference-makers

Which contracts need to go, and who Detroit…

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