Yesterday, the Red Wings released their training camp roster for their Traverse City camp starting on the 17th and running until the 21st. 72 total players separated into three teams will take to the ice to get warmed up for the season or to fight for a job. Here's that breakdown again:
Team Delvecchio
Forwards: Colin Campbell, Pavel Datsyuk*, Johan Franzen, Luke Glendening, Darren Helm, Adam Marsh, Zach Nastasiuk, Tomas Nosek, Brad Richards, Riley Sheahan, Eric Tangradi, Tomas Tatar, Jerome Verrier, Mark Zengerle
Defensemen: Scott Czarnowczan, Danny DeKeyser, Mike Green, Brian Lashoff, Richard Nedomlel, Jared Nightingale, Ryan Sproul, Ty Stanton
Goaltenders: Matt Mancina, Petr Mrazek
Team Howe
Team Lindsay
Forwards: Justin Abdelkader, Joakim Andersson, Louis-Marc Aubry, Nick Betz, Kurt Etchegary, Landon Ferraro, Martin Frk, Triston Grant*, Jeff Hoggan, Conor McGlynn, Drew Miller, Gustav Nyquist, Evan Polei, Henrik Zetterberg
Defensemen: Jalen Chatfield, Jonathan Ericsson, Joe Hicketts, Niklas Kronwall, Alexey Marchenko, Jarett Meyer, Vili Saarijarvi, Brendan Smith
Among these 72 players are the 23 who will make the Red Wings' opening day roster and a lot of guys who will be in Griffins' training camp getting ready to start the season in Grand Rapids by the time the Wings' preseason is done.