Detroit Red Wings: Top 10 prospects entering 2018

TORONTO, ON - MARCH 24: Detroit Red Wings right wing Evgeny Svechnikov (77) skates during the warm up before a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 24, 2018 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario Canada. The Toronto Maple Leafs won 4-3. (Photo by Nick Turchiaro/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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6. Evgeny Svechnikov, RW [21] (1-19, 2015)

Stats (Grand Rapids Griffins, AHL): 57 gp, 7 g, 16 a, 23 p, 3 PPG (6 A), 103 SOG, .40 pts/g (5 pgp, 1 g, 0 a, 1 p, 8 SOG, .2 pts/g)
Stats (Detroit Red Wings, NHL): 14 gp, 2 g, 2 a, 4 p.

Evgeny Svechnikov is not his little brother. He’s not in the top five for the Detroit Red Wings moving forward for that reason. Svechnikov didn’t look good this season in a shortened AHL stint, even though he looked great the season before. He looked better in the NHL, scoring four points in 14 games, and looks like a middle-six player. But it’s hard to see that ceiling when he put up 23 points in the AHL.

he was able to step into a larger role with more pressure on him, in an extended look, and did well.

Svechnikov needs to be better, and when given opportunities to be, he was. That’s why his NHL stint was so impressive, because he was able to step into a larger role with more pressure on him, in an extended look, and did well. Svechnikov should be better as he gets more and more time in the NHL moving forward.

It’d just be better to look at Svechnikov in a positive light if he didn’t take the massive step back in the AHL that he did.

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