2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] It was the Red Wings' final season at Joe Louis Arena before their move to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017–18 season. This season also marked the end of the Red Wings playoff streak at 25 consecutive seasons, and was their first losing season since 1990–91.

2016–17 Detroit Red Wings
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2016–17 record	33–36–13
Home record	17–17–7
Road record	16–19–6
Goals for	207
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Justin Abdelkader Niklas Kronwall
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,027 (100%) Total: 821,107
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tomas Tatar (25)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (51)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (68)
Penalty minutes	Jonathan Ericsson (63)
Plus/minus	Henrik Zetterberg (+15)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (18)
Goals against average	Jimmy Howard (2.10)

Off-season

On May 10, 2016, the Red Wings named Doug Houda as an assistant coach.[2]

On May 17, 2016, the Red Wings named Jeff Salajko as their new goaltending coach, replacing long-time former coach Jim Bedard.[3]

On June 9, 2016, the Red Wings named John Torchetti as an assistant coach.[4]

On September 16, 2016, the Red Wings named Shawn Horcoff director of player development.[5]

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	47	26	9	44	226	200	+26	103
2	x – Ottawa Senators	82	44	28	10	38	212	214	−2	98
3	x – Boston Bruins	82	44	31	7	42	234	212	+22	95
4	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
6	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
7	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
2	AT	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95
3	ME	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
4	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
6	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
7	AT	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
9	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78
10	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)[6]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 27	Pittsburgh	2–4	Detroit		Howard	16,279	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 28	Detroit	5–1	Boston		Coreau	16,631	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 30	Boston	2–1	Detroit	OT	Howard	—	2–0–1	Recap
4	October 2	Chicago	3–6	Detroit		Mrazek	17,962	3–0–1	Recap
5	October 4	Detroit	1–6	Chicago		Howard	20,407	3–1–1	Recap
6	October 5	Detroit	5–2	Pittsburgh		Coreau	17,848	4–1–1	Recap
7	October 7	Detroit	2–1	Toronto		—	—	5–1–1	Recap
8	October 8	Toronto	3–4	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	6–1–1	Recap

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[7]
October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Detroit 4–6 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 15 Detroit 1–4 Florida Mrazek 16,868 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 17 Ottawa 1–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 19 Detroit 2–1 NY Rangers Howard 18,200 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 21 Nashville 3–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 22 San Jose 0–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 25 Carolina 2–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 October 27 Detroit 2–1 St. Louis SO Mrazek 19,229 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 29 Boston 1–0 Detroit Howard 20,027 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 30 Florida 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 6–4–0 12 Recap
November: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia OT Mrazek 19,309 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 November 4 Winnipeg 5–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 6 Edmonton 2–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 6–6–1 13 Recap 14 November 8 Detroit 3–2 Philadelphia SO Howard 19,598 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 November 10 Vancouver 1–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 November 12 Detroit 0–5 Montreal Howard 21,288 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 November 15 Tampa Bay 4–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 November 18 Detroit 0–1 Washington Howard 18,506 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 November 20 Calgary 3–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–10–1 17 Recap 20 November 23 Detroit 2–1 Buffalo SO Howard 18,360 9–10–1 19 Recap 21 November 25 Detroit 5–4 New Jersey OT Mrazek 15,612 10–10–1 21 Recap 22 November 26 Montreal 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 10–10–2 22 Recap 23 November 29 Dallas 1–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 11–10–2 24 Recap
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–4–2 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Florida 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 11–10–3 25 Recap 25 December 3 Detroit 3–5 Pittsburgh Coreau 18,661 11–11–3 25 Recap 26 December 4 Detroit 4–3 NY Islanders OT Mrazek 13,789 12–11–3 27 Recap 27 December 6 Detroit 4–3 Winnipeg SO Mrazek 15,294 13–11–3 29 Recap 28 December 9 Columbus 4–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 December 11 Philadelphia 1–0 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 13–12–4 30 Recap 30 December 13 Arizona 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 13–13–4 30 Recap 31 December 15 Los Angeles 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 13–14–4 30 Recap 32 December 17 Anaheim 4–6 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 14–14–4 32 Recap — December 19 Detroit — Carolina Postponed due to poor ice conditions, rescheduled to March 27, 2017 33 December 20 Detroit 1–4 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 14–15–4 32 Recap 34 December 23 Detroit 4–3 Florida SO Coreau 15,374 15–15–4 34 Recap 35 December 27 Buffalo 4–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 15–16–4 34 Recap 36 December 29 Detroit 3–2 Ottawa OT Coreau 20,011 16–16–4 36 Recap
January: 4–5–5 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–3–4) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 1^1 Detroit 4–5 Toronto OT Coreau 40,148 (outdoors) 16–16–5 37 Recap 38 January 4 Detroit 0–2 Anaheim Mrazek 17,174 16–17–5 37 Recap 39 January 5 Detroit 4–0 Los Angeles Coreau 18,230 17–17–5 39 Recap 40 January 7 Detroit 3–6 San Jose Mrazek 17,562 17–18–5 39 Recap 41 January 10 Detroit 3–4 Chicago OT Mrazek 22,019 17–18–6 40 Recap 42 January 12 Detroit 2–5 Dallas Mrazek 18,532 17–19–6 40 Recap 43 January 14 Pittsburgh 3–6 Detroit Coreau 20,027 18–19–6 42 Recap 44 January 16 Montreal 0–1 Detroit Coreau 20,027 19–19–6 44 Recap 45 January 18 Boston 5–6 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 20–19–6 46 Recap 46 January 20 Detroit 2–3 Buffalo OT Mrazek 18,942 20–19–7 47 Recap 47 January 22 NY Rangers 1–0 Detroit OT Coreau 20,027 20–19–8 48 Recap 48 January 24 Detroit 3–4 Boston OT Coreau 17,565 20–19–9 49 Recap 49 January 25 Toronto 4–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 20–20–9 49 Recap All-Star Break in Los Angeles 50 January 31 New Jersey 4–3 Detroit Coreau 20,027 20–21–9 49 Recap ^ NHL Centennial Classic, played at BMO Field.
February: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 NY Islanders 4–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 21–21–9 51 Recap 52 February 4 Detroit 1–0 Nashville Mrazek 17,204 22–21–9 53 Recap 53 February 7 Columbus 3–2 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 22–21–10 54 Recap 54 February 9 Detroit 3–6 Washington Mrazek 18,506 22–22–10 54 Recap 55 February 11 Detroit 1–2 Columbus Mrazek 19,143 22–23–10 54 Recap 56 February 12 Detroit 3–6 Minnesota Coreau 19,141 22–24–10 54 Recap 57 February 15 St. Louis 2–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 22–25–10 54 Recap 58 February 18 Washington 2–3 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 23–25–10 56 Recap 59 February 19 Detroit 5–2 Pittsburgh Mrazek 18,664 24–25–10 58 Recap 60 February 21 NY Islanders 3–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 24–26–10 58 Recap 61 February 28 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver OT Mrazek 18,865 25–26–10 60 Recap
March: 6–8–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 3 Detroit 2–3 Calgary OT Mrazek 19,289 25–26–11 61 Recap 63 March 4 Detroit 3–4 Edmonton Mrazek 18,347 25–27–11 61 Recap 64 March 7 Detroit 2–3 Toronto Mrazek 19,060 25–28–11 61 Recap 65 March 8 Detroit 1–6 Boston Coreau 17,565 25–29–11 61 Recap 66 March 10 Chicago 2–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 26–29–11 63 Recap 67 March 12 NY Rangers 4–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 26–30–11 63 Recap 68 March 15 Detroit 1–3 Colorado Howard 16,764 26–31–11 63 Recap 69 March 16 Detroit 5–4 Arizona SO Mrazek 15,036 27–31–11 65 Recap 70 March 18 Colorado 1−5 Detroit Howard 20,027 28−31−11 67 Recap 71 March 20 Buffalo 2−1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 28−32−11 67 Recap 72 March 21 Detroit 2−1 Montreal OT Howard 21,288 29−32−11 69 Recap 73 March 24 Tampa Bay 2−1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 29−32−12 70 Recap 74 March 26 Minnesota 2−3 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 30−32−12 72 Recap 75 March 27 Detroit 4−3 Carolina OT Mrazek 11,516 31−32−12 74 Recap 76 March 28 Detroit 1−4 Carolina Howard 9,427 31−33−12 74 Recap 77 March 30 Detroit 3−5 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 31−34−12 74 Recap
April: 2–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Toronto 5–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 31–35–12 74 Recap 79 April 3 Ottawa 4–5 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 32–35–12 76 Recap 80 April 4 Detroit 0–2 Ottawa Howard 17,166 32–36–12 76 Recap 81 April 8 Montreal 3–2 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 32–36–13 77 Recap 82 April 9 New Jersey 1–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 33–36–13 79 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Henrik Zetterberg 82 17 51 68 15 22 Gustav Nyquist 76 12 36 48 0 18 Tomas Tatar 82 25 21 46 −8 26 Frans Nielsen 79 17 24 41 −19 18 Thomas Vanek^‡ 48 15 23 38 2 16 Anthony Mantha 60 17 19 36 10 53 Mike Green 72 14 22 36 −20 40 Dylan Larkin 80 17 15 32 −28 37 Andreas Athanasiou 64 18 11 29 −7 28 Justin Abdelkader 64 7 14 21 −20 50 Darren Helm 50 8 9 17 −6 20 Luke Glendening 74 3 11 14 −10 26 Nick Jensen 49 4 9 13 −7 12 Riley Sheahan 80 2 11 13 −29 14 Niklas Kronwall 57 2 11 13 −7 32 Danny DeKeyser 82 4 8 12 −22 33 Xavier Ouellet 66 3 9 12 2 51 Jonathan Ericsson 51 1 8 9 −2 63 Drew Miller 55 5 2 7 −12 18 Ryan Sproul 27 1 6 7 −8 6 Steve Ott^‡ 42 3 3 6 −6 63 Alexei Marchenko^‡ 30 0 6 6 6 12 Brendan Smith^‡ 33 2 3 5 −1 34 Tomas Nosek 11 1 0 1 −1 2 Matt Lorito 2 0 1 1 0 0 Ben Street 6 0 1 1 1 0 Tomas Jurco^‡ 16 0 0 0 −8 2 Robbie Russo 19 0 0 0 2 2 Tyler Bertuzzi 7 0 0 0 −1 0 Brian Lashoff 5 0 0 0 −3 0 Mitch Callahan 4 0 0 0 0 0 Evgeny Svechnikov 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Renouf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	50	44	2,858	18	21	9	145	3.04	1,462	.901	1	0	0	2
Jimmy Howard	26	24	1,397	10	11	1	49	2.10	675	.927	1	0	0	2
Jared Coreau	14	14	712	5	4	3	41	3.46	362	.887	2	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Final roster

Updated April 7, 2017.[8]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8		Justin Abdelkader (A)	LW	L	30	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
72		Andreas Athanasiou	C	L	22	2012	London, Ontario
65		Danny DeKeyser	D	L	26	2013	Clay Township, Michigan
52		Jonathan Ericsson	D	L	33	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
93		Johan Franzen	RW	L	37	2004	Vetlanda, Sweden
41		Luke Glendening	C	R	27	2013	Grand Rapids, Michigan
25		Mike Green	D	R	31	2015	Calgary, Alberta
43		Darren Helm	C	L	30	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
35		Jimmy Howard	G	L	33	2003	Ogdensburg, New York
3		Nick Jensen	D	R	26	2009	Rogers, Minnesota
55		Niklas Kronwall (A)	D	L	36	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
71		Dylan Larkin	C	L	20	2014	Waterford, Michigan
22		Matt Lorito	LW	L	26	2016	Oakville, Ontario
39		Anthony Mantha	RW	L	22	2013	Longueuil, Quebec
20		Drew Miller	LW	L	33	2009	Dover, New Jersey
34		Petr Mrazek	G	L	25	2010	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
51		Frans Nielsen	C	L	32	2016	Herning, Denmark
83		Tomas Nosek	C	L	24	2014	Pardubice, Czech Republic
14		Gustav Nyquist	RW	L	27	2008	Halmstad, Sweden
61		Xavier Ouellet	D	L	23	2011	Bayonne, France
18		Robbie Russo	D	R	24	2015	Westmont, Illinois
15		Riley Sheahan	C	L	25	2010	St. Catharines, Ontario
48		Ryan Sproul	D	R	24	2011	Mississauga, Ontario
46		Ben Street	C	L	30	2016	Coquitlam, British Columbia
21		Tomas Tatar	LW	L	26	2009	Ilava, Czechoslovakia
46		Joe Vitale	C	R	31	2016	St. Louis, Missouri
40		Henrik Zetterberg (C)	C	L	36	1999	Njurunda, Sweden

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Mike Green NHL Third Star of the Week[9] October 24, 2016

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Mike Green 400th career NHL point 1st career NHL hat-trick October 17, 2016 Ryan Sproul 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 21, 2016 Jonathan Ericsson 100th career NHL point October 22, 2016 Steve Ott 800th career NHL game October 27, 2016 Petr Mrazek 100th career NHL game October 27, 2016 Tyler Bertuzzi 1st career NHL game November 8, 2016 Ryan Sproul 1st career NHL goal November 15, 2016 Dylan Larkin 100th career NHL game November 23, 2016 Justin Abdelkader 500th career NHL game November 26, 2016 Jonathan Ericsson 500th career NHL game November 26, 2016 Jared Coreau 1st career NHL game December 3, 2016 Alexei Marchenko 100th career NHL game December 9, 2016 Tomas Tatar 1st career NHL hat-trick December 17, 2016 Nick Jensen 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point December 20, 2016 Jared Coreau 1st career NHL win December 23, 2016 Tomas Tatar 300th career NHL game January 1, 2017 Jared Coreau 1st career NHL shutout January 5, 2017 Gustav Nyquist 300th career NHL game January 5, 2017 Justin Abdelkader 100th career NHL assist January 20, 2017 Gustav Nyquist 100th career NHL assist January 24, 2017 Nick Jensen 1st career NHL goal January 31, 2017 Mike Green 700th career NHL game February 28, 2017 Robbie Russo 1st career NHL game March 7, 2017 Niklas Kronwall 300th career NHL assist March 18, 2017 Dan Renouf 1st career NHL game March 27, 2017 Tomas Nosek 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point March 28, 2017 Henrik Zetterberg 900th career NHL point March 30, 2017 Evgeny Svechnikov 1st career NHL game April 3, 2017 Jimmy Howard 400th career NHL game April 4, 2017 Matt Lorito 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point April 8, 2017 Henrik Zetterberg 1,000th career NHL game April 9, 2017

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Steve Ott	Spearing Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara during NHL Game No. 115 in Detroit on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at 0:12 of the first period.	—	$2,222.22	October 30, 2016[10]
Gustav Nyquist	High-sticking Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon during NHL Game No. 829 in Minnesota on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at 14:13 of the first period.	6 games	$158,333.34	February 15, 2017[11]

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2016	To Arizona Coyotes Pavel Datsyuk 16th overall pick in 2016	To Detroit Red Wings Joe Vitale NYR's 20th overall pick in 2016 53rd overall pick in 2016	[12]
February 24, 2017	To Chicago Blackhawks Tomas Jurco	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017	[13]
February 28, 2017	To New York Rangers Brendan Smith	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017 OTT's 2nd round pick in 2018	[14]
February 28, 2017	To Montreal Canadiens Steve Ott	To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2018	[15]
March 1, 2017	To Florida Panthers Thomas Vanek ^[a]	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan McIlrath Conditional 3rd round pick in 2017	[16]

Notes

• ^a Detroit to retain 50% ($1.3 million) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Frans Nielsen New York Islanders 6 years, $31.5 million [17] Thomas Vanek Minnesota Wild 1 year, $2.6 million [18] Steve Ott St. Louis Blues 1 year, $800,000 [19] Ben Street San Antonio Rampage 1 year, $600,000 [20] Edward Pasquale St. John's IceCaps 1 year, $575,000 Matt Lorito Albany Devils 2 years, two-way contract May 2, 2017 Matej Machovsky HC Plzen 1 year, $925,000 [21] May 24, 2017 Libor Sulak Orli Znojmo 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level [22]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Andy Miele Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $600,000 [23] September 28, 2016 Kyle Quincey New Jersey Devils 1 year, $1.25 million [24]

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date Ref Martin Frk Carolina Hurricanes November 1, 2016 [25]

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Martin Frk Carolina Hurricanes October 9, 2016 [26] Teemu Pulkkinen Minnesota Wild October 11, 2016 [27] Alexei Marchenko Toronto Maple Leafs February 4, 2017 [28]

Lost via retirement Player Ref Brad Richards [29] Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 27, 2016 Drew Miller 1 year, $1.025 million contract extension [30] July 1, 2016 Darren Helm 5 years, $19.25 million contract extension [31] Alexei Marchenko 2 years, $2.9 million contract extension July 6, 2016 Jared Coreau 2 years, $1.225 million contract extension [32] July 13, 2016 Teemu Pulkkinen 1 year, $812,500 contract extension [33] July 14, 2016 Luke Glendening 4 years, $7.2 million contract extension [34] Filip Hronek 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [35] July 21, 2016 Mitch Callahan 1 year, $600,000 [36] July 26, 2016 Danny DeKeyser 6 years, $30 million [37] July 27, 2016 Petr Mrazek 2 years, $8 million [38] September 23, 2016 Ryan Sproul 2 years, $1.25 million [39] October 17, 2016 Givani Smith 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [40] February 27, 2017 Nick Jensen 2 years, $1.625 million contract extension [41] April 5, 2017 Dennis Cholowski 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [42] April 20, 2017 Christoffer Ehn 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [43] May 2, 2017 Matej Machovsky 1 year, $925,000 [21] May 24, 2017 Libor Sulak 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [22] Draft picks Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 20^[a] Dennis Cholowski D  Canada Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) 2 46 Givani Smith RW  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL) 2 53^[b] Filip Hronek D  Czech Mountfield HK (CZE) 4 107 Alfons Malmstrom D  Sweden Örebro HK (J20 SuperElit) 5 137 Jordan Sambrook D  Canada Erie Otters (OHL) 6 167 Filip Larsson G  Sweden Djurgården (Swedish Junior) 7 197 Mattias Elfstrom C  Sweden Malmö Redhawks (J20 SuperElit) Draft notes The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick and a compensatory second-round pick both in 2016 (20th and 53rd overall) to Detroit in exchange for Pavel Datsyuk and this pick.[12] ^[a] The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 (16th overall) to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, a compensatory second-round pick in 2016 (53rd overall) and this pick.[12] Arizona previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Keith Yandle, Chris Summers and a fourth-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for John Moore, Anthony Duclair, Tampa Bay's second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[44] The condition – Arizona will receive a first-round pick in 2016 if New York qualifies for the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs[45] – was converted on April 4, 2016.[46] ^[b] The Arizona Coyotes' compensatory second-round pick (53rd overall) went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 (16th overall) to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick in 2016 (20th overall) and this pick.[12] Arizona previously received this pick as compensation for not signing 2014 first-round draft pick Conner Bleackley, whom they acquired in an earlier trade with Colorado.[47] The Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Beau Bennett to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.[48] New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Marek Zidlicky to Detroit in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[49] The condition – New Jersey will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Detroit does not advance to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals[49] – was converted on April 29, 2015 when Detroit was eliminated from the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs. 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