One of the names floating around for Red Wings 1st round candidates is Swedish center Joel Eriksson Ek. There are a handful of mock drafts who see him as a great fit for Detroit, giving his exception two-way abilities and creativity with the puck.
I have a theory that you can never have too many center prospects in your system, so adding another top-pick center a year after acquiring your system's best prospect in Dylan Larkin, this could create a very promising "one-two punch" to the lush Red Wings prospect pool. I still believe defense is the position of need as I have stated before, but general manager Ken Holland has made it clear that he will take the best player available.