NHL Draft: Red Wings add seven to prospect pool, send Sebastian Cossa to Utah for first-round pick

It’s been an offseason full of headlines for the Detroit Red Wings that’s been centered around captain and Michigan native Dylan Larkin requesting a trade with five years remaining on his current contract.

However, Steve Yzerman is not going to just give away one of his better players for basically nothing and has recently stated that to the public.

Through all of that, the offseason has to push on as the NHL Draft recently took place over in Buffalo, New York as the Red Wings initially did not have a first-round pick after trading it away to the St. Louis Blues before this past season’s trade deadline in the Justin Faulk deal.

Before the first-round concluded on Friday night, Yzerman was able to work his way back into the first-round after striking a deal with the Utah Mammoth.

Here’s how the 2026 draft class panned out for the Red Wings the included them trading away one of their seventh-round picks to the Vegas Golden Knights:

In case you missed the recent string of news before the draft, here’s what’s been going on with the Red Wings in regards to additional trades/signings:

There’s also a (shortened) preseason schedule out: