The Red Wings still do not have a permanent general manager, and the latest league meeting did nothing to change that.
On a day when NHL general managers and head coaches connected by Zoom for one of the final pre-season gatherings before camp, Detroit was represented by interim GM Shawn Horcoff. Horcoff has already been listed among the candidates for the full-time job, but there has been no public indication that the Red Wings have reached a final decision. Several external candidates remain in the mix, and no one has been ruled out.
The rumored Labor Day deadline has also passed, with the only change in the process being Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg taking himself out of consideration.
Presumably, Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan was part of the meetings as well, though he has not appeared publicly since the end-of-season media sessions.
One of the concrete league decisions to come out of the gathering was that the NHL Entry Draft will remain decentralized. The most recent centralized draft was in 2024, when Macklin Celebrini went first overall to the San Jose Sharks in Las Vegas.
The league’s next scheduled meeting is Sept. 22, just after preseason begins. At this point, it is looking more and more like Detroit may head into camp without its next top executive in place.
Elsewhere around the organization, prospect Eddie Genborg is making steady progress after an undisclosed injury earlier this year. The Swedish forward has returned to action for Timra IK, appearing in the last two preseason games after missing part of training camp. Genborg spent a brief stretch with the Grand Rapids Griffins at the end of last season before getting hurt, and he could be back with Grand Rapids more permanently at the end of this year.
Also worth noting: Simon Edvinsson still knows about as much about his next contract extension as everyone else does. And Bob Duff has five different stories tied to some of this week’s Prospect Tourney participants.
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