Former Detroit Red Wings forward Landon Ferraro is headed into a new role behind the mic, taking a television color analyst job for Winnipeg Jets games.
Toronto Star writer Johah Sigel reported that Ferraro will work alongside Jets play-by-play voice Dan Robertson on TSN. It’s another turn in a hockey life that has kept him close to the game long after his playing days ended.
Ferraro’s name is familiar in Detroit. The Red Wings used their first pick in the 2009 NHL draft on him, selecting him 32nd overall in the second round. He never put together the kind of career his father, Ray, did, but he still carved out a pro run that lasted through the 2022-23 season, with his final five years spent in Germany.
His NHL ledger shows 77 games played. Ferraro appeared in three seasons with Detroit between 2013 and 2016, and he also had stops with the Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild.
He was a significant piece for the Grand Rapids Griffins as well, spending three seasons with the AHL club and helping the team win the 2013 championship under coach Jeff Blashill.
In other Red Wings notes, the organization’s new director of hockey operations won’t be walking into a full teardown. The roster foundation is strong enough to support a partial rebuild.
There’s also a familiar family thread in another hockey story: Chris Osgood’s son, Max, is taking the same route his father once did more than 30 years ago by playing junior hockey in Medicine Hat.
And Bob Duff wrote that neither Dylan Larkin nor Connor Hellebuyck can claim to be completely blameless in what he called a messy offseason.
Elsewhere, New Jersey prospect Matias Vanhanen is a name to remember, with the chance to climb quickly within the Devils’ system.
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