Detroit Red Wings 2019 Draft Selections (Rounds 1-3)

Round 1
0:00 - 6th - Moritz Seider
Round 2
5:28 - 35th - Antti Tuomisto
7:30 - 54th - Robert Mastrosimone
8:35 - 60th - Albert Johansson
Round 3
10:13 - 66th - Albin Grewe
Seider - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
Tuomisto - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
Mastrosimone - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
Johansson - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
Grewe - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
Rounds 4-7
97th - Ethan Phillips - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
128th - Cooper Moore - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
159th - Elmer Soderblom - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
177th - Gustav Berglund - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
190th - Kirill Tyutyayev - www.eliteprospects.com/player...
191st - Carter Gylander - www.eliteprospects.com/player...

[@tonym2513]

This never gets old for me. Stevie outsmarted literally the entire hockey world.

[@LegionX8726]

Including us wings fans 😂

[@vickiem.6096]

I just loved how the entire building took a collective gasp when Moritz Seider was selected by Stevie.

[@borninspainv]

Seems like an amazing pick

[@BLD1332]

And yet not an ounce of Doubt in Stevie's voice when he says it

[@kylegabriel5794]

@@borninspainv he’s a walking W

[@bleifussKA]

2 years later they're gasping again, because of his performance

[@benze9291]

Yes, Moritz got drafted to Detroit! Greetings from Mannheim.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

Hopefully we have more Wings fans in Germany now!

[@benze9291]

@@Thrashman-ye4cf probably so, but I was already a wings fan before he got drafted because I lived near Detroit for a year. It was such a huge moment hearing yzerman say "from Mannheim of the DEL", when I heard that I freaked out XD

[@whitneysmiltank]

@@benze9291 Must have been crazy :O

[@christinea.9978]

Look at Seider now 👏

[@billyhendoe4170]

In Yzerman we trust.

[@dannywinter3837]

Thank you awood! Excited for this Seider kid. Seems extremely well spoken and humble. I trust Stevie and believe this kid will be a top 4 horse for us for years to come. D was our glaring weakness and Stevie went after it.

[@ChristopherMangels]

Looks good so far.

[@dannywinter3837]

Christopher Mangels agreed. His highlights video that awood posted is really impressive. Really great stick work a la Lidstrom - smart plays with his stick defensively knocking pucks mid pass away from their intended recipient, and not afraid to throw his body around. Loving what I’m seeing, and can’t wait to see him up in the big leagues.

[@ChristopherMangels]

@@dannywinter3837 He'll have many opponents kronwalled in the future. The players in the AHL that tried to check him just bounced off. Combined with exceptional composure it's an interesting package. Curious if he makes the team next season. And he actually has quite a bit of offense to offer. I saw him last year at the World Seniors where he lit it up nicely.

[@cmenomore8119]

@@dannywinter3837 Top4 didn't aged well :D in the most positive way i could imagine

[@barrettgross3539]

Your comment has aged like a fine wine. Except the top 4 part. Unless you meant top 4 in the league

[@helmedon]

I like how Yzerman's first draft in Detroit is 2019. Kinda cool seeing that #19 knowing Stevie made the pick.

[@zacm5618]

Hes also from BC where the draft took place

[@jayjayson9613]

One person you can't doubt is Steve Yzerman.

[@bwstanley26]

Seider is awesome. I love that kid. No one’s gonna complain about that pick two years from now.

[@91Gpalma]

You’re right 🤣

[@fredoh7553]

Spot on Jack

[@tmoore4075]

Amazing how the Mo pick sure seems like a hell of a pick now.

[@robjames3864]

NHL Rookie of the Year 2021!! He`s already the Wings best defenseman. If the 2019 draft was done over he would be the #1 pick.

[@ralphjohnrey]

Detroit’s heavy defensive draft this year will force higher compete levels in our defensive prospects for future spots. Honestly I think great picks from yzerman. Very thought out.

[@ralphjohnrey]

They probably would have started a stronger defensive draft last year if it wasn’t for Zadina and Valeno falling onto our laps.

[@mane4209]

If that finnish kid from the 2nd round pans out, Detroit has two huge top-4 d-men on the right side. Very important. Looks to me the Wings will want to cash in on Lafrenierre or Byfield. What's the goalie situation? Any high end prospect there too?

[@lsv46]

He does VERY Good in Grand Rapids

[@achildr1]

@@ralphjohnrey ...lol...and look how well that has aged? I was stoked to see Zadina drop to us until I realized Hughes played for Blashill, U of Michigan alumni, US Development program...it goes to show how ignorant Ken Holland is that we passed up Hughes. If the Wings had Quinn Hughes right now, we might be a Cup contender.

[@rozzbourn3653]

Yzerman was obviously addressing the defense situation. broberg and Harley were the only other 2 defenseman ahead of him in mock drafts, so Yzerman saw something in Seider.

[@garettjackson1791]

2019: "Why would Yzerman pick Seider?!" Fast forward to 2022: "And the Calder goes to... Moritz Seider".

[@williammontroy9024]

I feel like we may have just sat the foundation for a very bad ass defense with this draft and the pieces we already have. In about 3 years or so that blue line could very well be impressive .awood you sir are a beast ! Thanks for all you give us !

[@21golden007]

nope, totally wrong, Seider clearly sucks.

[@goblue6351]

Well it’s been 3 years defense is mid rn

[@danglesnipecelly13]

Excited! Kid is arguably the second best D man in the draft. And what I like is he’s already played against men over in the DEL and played well. led all defenseman in points in December/January at the world juniors and played against alot of NHLers again recently a few months back at the world championships He’s not too far from being ready! I think if Byram or Turcotte were there we would have taken them or maybe this was Yzerman’s guy all along. In Yzerman we must trust!

[@kylegabriel5794]

W

[@bobbycooper2530]

I hate Brian Burke... "could have traded down and got him"... Well yeah, but if nobody wants to give you what you want for the 6th pick you can't trade down... they wanted him and he wouldn't be available at 35... they took who they wanted. Good pick 6'4" 208... big guy who is pretty filled out and will only get a bit bigger... he's closer than most of the 1st rounders to the NHL, with exception of Hughes and Kakko obviously

[@tmanqz]

Burke is a moron....what the hell does he know. Never pass on a potential number one Defensive player for an extra krap pick that will never make the NHL....

[@TheVlad1616]

Yzerman said afterwards that he tried trading down as he knew he could get him later. No one wanted to move up though.

[@tubemarcus]

Sounded like Holland and the Oilers would have grabbed him at #8, if the Wings hadn't taken him at #6. Tough to have a GM two picks behind you that knows most of your org. scouting notes.

[@outragequitter5027]

Marcus Holloway Yzerman said that he wasn’t sure that Seider was going to even make it past Buffalo at 7.

[@briandolce8356]

I cant take anything burke says seriously. Such a big mouth and has no reason to be. This is a guy who traded 2 first round picks and a second for kessel lol

[@browndd]

On a personal note awood. I just wanna say you're an absolute godsend. Hockeys the high-point of my life and as a Detroit boy born and bred you seriously get me through the off-season.

[@datsyuk1349]

Suprise of this draft is Albert Johansson. Outperformed Philip Broberg in the same league. Also grew a couple of inches. Could be a solid blue liner for the wings in a couple of years.

[@The_Frozen_1]

Thanks @AWood40 ! I'm happy the Captain is picking blueliners. After looking into it, I think this is going to be paydirt down the road.

[@montanastranger]

Curveball??! If Steve Yzerman tells u 2+2=5 then u immediately figure out why he's right and you're wrong.

[@patteng1899]

Thank you!! Seriously, this is awesome. I appreciate all you do and for the hours of entertainment you've brought this community!

[@bleifussKA]

2nd OT winner in 25 games - magic!

[@Unscheduledsandwich]

Hindsight best pick of the draft .

[@kaddahn5763]

Moritz bester Junge seit Jahren aus der ganzen Liga ! Viel erfolg ich wünsch dir das beste und werd auch ab und an mal für detroit cheeren xD

[@kool-aidcorncrap7880]

German 🚚🇩🇪

[@Rob-uc8zr]

Not sure what you said, but go Wings and bratwurst and beer and pretzels are good too so welcome to the Hockey Town family brutter!

[@kevenc.8883]

Brian Burke is like the high school guy who never graduated but still shows up to the class reunion, and current high school parties in his JV jacket from 1980

[@windkante6210]

Those media guys underestimate Seider, that's hilarious. 😂

[@redwingsfan3621]

Right.. and also doubt Yzerman, after all he did in Tampa.

[@ColdToiletSeats]

yea who's laughing now? lol

[@wayne3340]

You're going to enjoy Grewe. I wanted him on my team.

[@mane4209]

Me too.

[@PoorHouseGaming]

Seider is a amazing prospect right now. He is doing amazing for the first part of the year

[@NizziNine]

Seider is now playing really really good in the swedish top league and has done so since game 1 basically being considered by the experts to be the most dominant junior since Elias Pettersson and Rasmus Dahlin in the SHL. As a swede watching hockey Steve Y made a hell of great pick, if all goes well Seider will be a norris trophy candidate in ALOT of seasons in the future, trust me 🙂👍

[@kylegabriel5794]

He’s now rookie of the year

[@MiPolska-em3ty]

I trust the seider pick because of Yzerman, I trust him

[@NicoLudwig-Halle]

He learns hockey in my hometown Erfurt. So proud of him! Good luck and wish him all the best!

[@johanfretzen1852]

Screw e fart!

[@rayb8976]

Thanks Awood, another great video. Also nice to hear all of the positive comments about this great young man! Obviously a lot of my fellow die hard Wings fans!!! I have total faith Stevie knows exactly what he's doing!!!!! Go Wings!

[@richierich396]

I trust everything Stevie Y. does! Look wut he did in Tampa. So glad he's back with my beloved Red Wings! Ty 4 sharing and uploading!

[@zackmcnitt]

Love all these picks! We are resetting the D!

[@michaellaughlin8457]

he will be a future Norris trophy winner to go along with a Stanley cup !

[@mikegruits2137]

Great video, thanks for doing the work. I think the theme of this draft is undeniable: smart, young, upside, high floor. With the other young pieces currently in the organization, the strategy makes sense.

[@ilumenotv1941]

Let me say it this way - Steve Y knew exactly what he drafted for

[@ThePaisteTrout477]

Just found the channel and subbed! Thanks for the work! LGW

[@redwingsfan3621]

Yzerman could draft Joe Blow and I’d trust he knows what he’s doing.

[@exeter1985]

Yzerman obviously made use of 'Double The Information' of every other team, having access to and a hand in the Tampa Bay draft research in addition to the Red Wings draft research. He must know something about what he's doing. Being a fan who knows nothing about researching NHL Prospects, I will trust Mr. Yzerman in his judgment.

[@xJabro]

When Steve makes an unexpected pick you shouldn't be upset, you should be excited.

[@WhyIsThisVisible]

Thanks for the video, awood. You're a legend.

[@NOT_Brian]

Praise awood. Looking forward to your posts this fall my dude!

[@MAGzNET0]

I love how being 2019 the jerseys have 19 on them. Yzermans #, first year back. Start of something good. (:

[@Sarry_Banders]

Thank you Kenny Holland for compiling so many solid draft picks and Yzerman for selecting high upside players in areas of need

[@STONE69_]

Ken Holland is a Brain fart, Stevie Y will right the ship

[@sigurdfesenmeier6432]

Und jetzt hat er eingeschlagen wie eine Bombe!Ja super Moritz!!!

[@browndd]

I know we've had some issues on the blueline. But I think the situation isn't as bad as most people think. The fact is we have a really good pool of strong D-men in Grand Rapids. And a lot of them are probably gonna be NHL ready this upcoming season. Namely, be on the lookout for guys like Hicketts, McIlrath, Lashoff, and maybe even Saarijarvi. I think the reason we had such a good run at the end of last year was because we had almost half the GR lineup on the Wings bench. I would be very shocked if Hicketts and McIlrath aren't wearing the wings wheel come October.

[@jessejamieson1108]

Super excited for these new Wings! Was kind of hoping for Cozens or Coufield however I have to put faith in Yzerman with picking Seider. Love Brian Burke’s reaction of wow they could of taken him tenth lol we didn’t have the tenth spot Brian, we took the best right handed d man in the draft. Besides the twins in Vancouver Burke’s draft record is awful. Why he’s even still used as an analyst is beyond me. Go wings! Bertuzzi, Mantha and Larkin , ....Double A, Zadina Hirose, ....Veleno,Rasmussen, Svechnikov. ,,,Helm, Nielsen , de la rose...green,hronek,....dekyser, kaski, ...Bowey, kronwall or Daley....Ericsson ehn kuffner healthy scratches, what do u think?

[@jjuice05]

a little bit of old school Silk with that pick at #6. I like it.

[@300avg]

And now Seider is a monster

[@patrickeatmon5652]

Tampa Bay is in the Stanley Cup finals, because of Yzerman. I'll go with Yzerman.

[@helmedon]

Wings loading up on defensemen. Going big too, despite drafting some smaller players.

[@innisgunn1279]

Still love watching this..

[@bita704]

Here in April of 2021 and can’t wait till next season to show off the steal of a pick by Yzerman 🔥

[@nickelasso]

Yzerman showed us all with this one, didn't he...

[@colbykambeitz2522]

Great pick

[@thewaterwarrior9817]

Thanks awood

[@thisis4music]

Let’s Go Red Wings!

[@Flesson19]

Funny how Brian Burke was going after Detroit to trade down to get Moritz, wll they wanted to and tried but also there was talk he was going 7th or 8th, now in late 2020 Yzerman looks like a genious

[@RetroRaven8]

I don't question the yzerplan. good year for defensemen, probably foresees a rise in their salaries in the coming seasons. thought he was gonna get podkolzin for sure though.

[@helmedon]

Still think it's awesome that Yzerman came back in.....19.....it's a good omen. Seider is going to be a top 2 D man. He had a great year in Grand Rapids. Probably be with Detroit in 2020.

[@debisusan4338]

Hey Brian Burke, Stevie tried to trade down, but he couldn't, obviously really wanted him!

[@klompsauce]

Thanks!

[@mangrove]

0:33 Claude Lemieux. Is he Moritz's agent?

[@ericscottstevens]

Antti Tuomisto may be the reason the Red Wings felt they could part ways with Alec Regula. Still a surprise trade for Perlini of all people but only time will tell now if it was the right thing to do.

[@alfredthegh0st]

I’m high af but is the last dude he hugs not Claude Lemieux?

[@scotey]

SportsNet is so much better than NBC Sports Network. They provided more relevant detail about Seider in the first 10 seconds than NBCSN did all night.

[@trentthurow5696]

I watched the hockey guy’s livestream on KZbin and for the second half of the first round he had a scout for hockeyprospects.com on the phone to analyze the picks and he had nothing but good things to say about Seider.

[@Keboomrang]

Nice pick from Detroit...

[@francisbibeau2543]

can you do senator pick

[@emiljaatinen5183]

Those red wings fans reaction was helarious

[@Afluffycookie117]

Will you do the 2020 draft?

[@jeffmontville2689]

Took two very big defensemen ,6'3 & 6'5 with first 2 picks, wow

[@tomservo9254]

SHL defenseman of the year :^)

[@robcole3581]

Everything I’ve seen so far from Mo says he’s going to be a top 4 guy.

[@tonym2513]

Top four in the nhl. =)

[@seadav0183]

I love that draft hat

[@wilhelmkrauss2946]

Dany Heatley is German born????

[@apt7prod]

He just won the Calder, Steve is a genius

[@ROCKETS2965]

Somebody needs to remind Brian Burke that Detroit's GM two months prior to this was picking 2 picks later. There's a reason they didn't trade down. They knew Holland was getting Seider if they didn't.

[@fordmustang4584]

Well he is wearing #19 which is the icon Steve yzerman so don't let that number down

[@zackgothberg6546]

Lets go Grewe!

[@tomtucker5774]

If anyone is a good judge of intangibles, it's Steve Yzerman.

[@bencarter8423]

Boy, this aged well.

[@cfd87]

Problem is Holland probably had the same info since he was just in Detroit, they pick 8th. 7th OA isnt going to trade up 1 pick. They liked this D more than the next available. If they felt Edmonton may take this guy then not worth the maybe 2nd probably 3rd rounder that would have been the ask and the next best D.

[@Chrisbrei2502]

1:25 did they seriously write Mannheim wrong?

[@MrHunterbg]

Wonder how the two fans the showed when Seider was drafted are feeling about him now

[@thenickfoxx]

Those two Detroit fans in the audience when Mo got picked had me dying.. especially watching now lol. like "what the fuck is Steve Yzerman the GOAT/ Cup winning team builder doing?"

[@pieb0y1]

Still need some russians, i think thats our recent good luck charm lol

[@thekillers1stfan]

10:30 Stevie is like "haha bout to fleece these bitches"

[@ThePaulz80]

Believe in Stevie Y

[@disgruntledgrunt241]

The guy in the crowd that put his head in his hands needs to turn in his Wings sweater. Any knowledgeable fan knows you don't doubt Yzerman.

[@lbt782]

Who ever said we couldve moved back must have been drunk.. sounded like it. lmao and Stevie said he tried

[@kylerenneberg3069]

I am just confused on where people get their logic! How exactly do they know that Detroit could have traded back and pick this kid up three or four pics later? what if he was snagged in two or three picks? Now you don't get the player that you want! I think people need to shut the fuk up

[@PrivatelyHanging]

Are those guys still shaking their head after what they've seen so far? The arm chair GMs are paying full price for their merch and buying tickets to watch the games for a reason. I was disgusted by our fans and especially Burke's reaction to Mo getting drafted and I'll never forget it.

[@JustInFunProducts]

Why is he wearing Stevie’s number 19?

[@wolverine3344]

#19=2019 draft, next year they’ll wear #20= 2020. Formula is year minus 2000 😉

[@JustInFunProducts]

* WOLVERINE * wow talk about a serious coincidence lol. Thought it had something to do with yzerman. Thanks for explaining

[@wolverine3344]

JustInFunProducts no worries, I thought same thing. Just plagiarized a previous responder. Next years draft just won’t be the same, 😂. Justin, how about the numerology on April 19th, 2019, when #19 came home? I’ve not been this excited about this team in over a decade despite maintaining annual subscription to NHL Center Ice.

[@JustInFunProducts]

* WOLVERINE * agree. I’m actually interested in them for first time in years.

[@wolverine3344]

JustInFunProducts Justin, check out the DSB video I just posted here. It’s awe inspiring and goes hand-in-hand with Detroit Red Wing Hockey.

[@mjc-ym9xt]

Sportsnet is so much better then NBCSN/NHL Network

[@rvog6584]

low bar but absolutely correct

[@ColdToiletSeats]

who's laughing now? hahaha

[@mooneulogy8717]

6 points in 29 gp? what am i missing?

[@kylegabriel5794]

Rookie of the month

[@fredoh7553]

Everything

[@fredoh7553]

@@kylegabriel5794 rookie of the year***

[@kylegabriel5794]

@@fredoh7553 w

[@thenickfoxx]

Lol so glad we didn't pick Zegras or have Byram fall to us or some other bum lol. 3 years from now everyone's going to be wondering why Mo didn't go first overall lol. Buffalo selected after us too, good thing he wasn't condemned to that shit hole. They probably would have selected Zegras anyway but still haha.

[@borninspainv]

Imma be the first and say HOF