Detroit — Sometimes an athlete gets traded to a city and team that isn't a match, or isn't an ideal fit.
That would not be an apt description with new Red Wings goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic.
Acquired Thursday by the Wings from Carolina for the rights to unrestricted free-agent goalie Jonathan Bernier and a third-round pick in this weekend's Entry Draft, the trade could work out superbly for the Wings.
Just as it already has for Nedeljkovic, who has lived in the Metro Detroit area the last 10 years. He and his wife, Emma, live here, and he played junior hockey for Belle Tire and the Plymouth Whalers.