The Detroit Red Wings are reportedly close to loaning their top prospect defenseman overseas for the 2020-21 season.
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According to Johan Svensson of Swedish publication Expressen, the Red Wings will be loaning German prospect Moritz Seider to Rögle of the Swedish Hockey League.
He had originally been loaned to Adler Mannheim in his native Germany, but the DEL season has been delayed thanks to COVID-19:
A rough translation:
According to SportExpressen’s experience, the club is about to reach an agreement with the Detroit Redwings to borrow Moritz Seider, the club’s first choice in last season’s draft.
“It is not me who will comment on it, but he is a player we of course like to see him get ice time,” says Detroit scout Håkan Andersson.”
The Red Wings selected Seider with the 6th overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, and he spent last season playing with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL.
– – Quotes via Johan Svensson of Expressen Link – –
