Detroit Red Wings gave one prospect a chance Monday. Why not goalie Sebastian Cossa?
Sebastian Cossa has to be on the Detroit Red Wings roster next season, and this week was a chance to get him a couple starts in the NHL.
TAMPA, FL – Sebastian Cossa's status as exempt from waivers is coming to an end, but he'll go into his first season with the Detroit Red Wings having played just one NHL game. With the Wings eliminated from the playoffs, they called up 2024 first-round draft pick Michael Brandsegg-Nygård on Monday, April 13, to have available for the last two games. But Cossa, a 2021 first-round pick and the presumptive goaltender-of-the-future, was not considered as a candidate to be called up from the Grand Rapids Griffins.
The Wings finish the season against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday (7 p. m. , FanDuel Sports Network Detroit).
"There was no thought or anything," coach Todd McLellan said after the Wings' 4-3 overtime loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday . Backup Cam Talbot started that game. More: Patrick Kane hits points milestone but Detroit Red Wings fall in OT Former Michigan State standout Trey Augustine (a 2023 second-round pick and the winner of the Mike Richter Award as the nation's top collegiate goalie last week) signed with the Wings in late March and was assigned to the Griffins, joining Cossa and Michal Postava.
The Griffins clinched a playoff berth in late February. "They're getting ready down there," McLellan said. "They have a real big push.