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Detroit Red Wings' Filip Zadina thrilled to play on line with veterans

Detroit Red Wings prospect Filip Zadina excited for first Red-White scrimmage. Traverse City, Sept. 15, 2018. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

TRAVERSE CITY — For a prospect hungry to make a favorable impression in any way, Sunday’s audition could be just such an opportunity for Filip Zadina.

Only so much can be gleaned when the Detroit Red Wings split up into two squads that will play one another in the annual Red-White game, but Zadina is being put in a position to shine: He’s pencilled in to play with Thomas Vanek and Andreas Athanasiou.