{"id":203321,"date":"2025-10-05T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/203321\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:32:07","slug":"red-wings-youth-opened-some-eyes-as-roster-decisions-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/203321\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Wings\u2019 youth \u2018opened some eyes\u2019 as roster decisions loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Axel Sandin-Pellikka\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UL6YG6ZFZJACTJEOUONEIZ7RZY.jpg\"\/>Detroit Red Wings defense prospect Axel Sandin-Pellikka picked up a pair of assists in the preseason finale vs. Toronto. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6N7KEE3DCFGXTEO7GCUBFC6J6Q\">DETROIT \u2013 Todd McLellan reflected on the preseason performances of the three remaining rookies on the Detroit Red Wings roster following Saturday\u2019s 6-5 overtime victory over Toronto and smiled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IRLA4GR23VCZTKFU2FGY2MAIRQ\">Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, with a combination of skill and strength, scored two more goals in the finale and led the team with four goals and seven points. Axel Sandin-Pellikka picked up a pair of assists and looked comfortable working the blue line. Smooth-skating Emmitt Finnie did not look out of place at wing on the top line or centering his own line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Red Wings defense prospect Axel Sandin-Pellikka picked up a pair of assists in the preseason finale vs.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-203321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}