Meet the 2025-26 Detroit Red Wings.
F Mason Appleton
Age: 29.
Salary cap hit: $2,900,000.
2024-25 stats: 10 goals, 12 assists, plus-7 rating in 71 games with Winnipeg Jets.
Buzz: Newcomer who’ll be a bottom-six grinder type.
F Jonatan Berggren
Age: 25.
Salary cap hit: $1,825,000.
2024-25 stats: 12 goals, 12 assists, minus-13 rating in 75 games.
Buzz: Didn’t have a good camp, starting season as spare forward.
D Jacob Bernard-Docker
Age: 25.
Salary cap hit: $875,000.
2024-25 stats: 2 goals, 6 assists, plus-5 rating in 40 games split between Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres.
Buzz: Newcomer, competing for third-pair role.
F Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
Age: 20.
Salary cap hit: $942,500.
2024-25 stats: 5 goals, 6 assists, minus-2 rating in 42 games with Skellefteå (SHL).
Buzz: Made the team after outstanding camp. Strong and skilled, can score from anywhere.
D Ben Chiarot
Age: 34.
Salary cap hit: $4,750,000.
2024-25 stats: 4 goals, 9 assists, minus-14 rating in 81 games.
Buzz: At his best when he plays with some bite.
F J.T. Compher
Age: 30.
Salary cap hit: $5,100,000.
2024-25 stats: 11 goals, 21 assists, minus-7 rating in 76 games.
Buzz: Coaching staff wants to see better pace from him.
F Andrew Copp
Age: 31.
Salary cap hit: $5,625,000.
2024-25 stats: 10 goals, 13 assists, plus-4 rating in 56 games.
Buzz: Needs to recapture the form he had when he got hurt last February.
F Alex DeBrincat
Age: 27.
Salary cap hit: $7,875,000.
2024-25 stats: 39 goals, 31 assists, minus-13 rating in 82 games.
Buzz: Time to get back to being a 40-goal scorer.
D Simon Edvinsson
Age: 22.
Salary cap hit: $894,167.
2024-25 stats: 7 goals, 24 assists, plus-12 rating in 78 games.
Buzz: Keep showing growth, keep using his massive range.
F Emmitt Finnie
Age: 20.
Salary cap hit: $821,667.
2024-25 stats: 37 goals, 47 assists, even rating in 55 games with Kamloops (WHL).
Buzz: Seventh-round pick who used camp to earn spot on top line.
G John Gibson
Age: 32.
Salary cap hit: $6,400,000.
2024-25 stats: 2.77 goals-against average, .912 save percentage in 29 games with Anaheim Ducks.
Buzz: Offseason acquisition expected to play lion’s share of games.
D Erik Gustafsson
Age: 33.
Salary cap hit: $2,000,000.
2024-25 stats: 2 goals, 16 assists, minus-19 rating in 60 games.
Buzz: Has cleared waivers, so can be sent down if roster spot is needed.
D Travis Hamonic
Age: 35.
Salary cap hit: $1,000,000.
2024-25 stats: 1 goal, 5 assists, minus-16 rating in 59 games with Ottawa Senators.
Buzz: Newcomer competing for third-pairing role.
D Albert Johansson
Age: 24.
Salary cap hit: $1,125,000.
2024-25 stats: 3 goals, 6 assists, minus-11 rating in 61 games.
Buzz: Coming off impressive rookie season, needs to keep showing growth.
F Patrick Kane
Age: 36.
Salary cap hit: $3,000,000.
2024-25 stats: 21 goals, 38 assists, minus-16 rating in 72 games.
Buzz: Still a threat, still has it. Delivers at crunch time.
F Marco Kasper
Age: 21.
Salary cap hit: $886,666.
2024-25 stats: 19 goals, 18 assists, plus-1 rating in 77 games.
Buzz: Skilled and smart, has earned spot as second line center.
F Dylan Larkin
Age: 29.
Salary cap hit: $8,700,000.
2024-25 stats: 30 goals, 40 assists, minus-16 rating in 82 games.
Buzz: Has reached 30 goals four seasons running − needs to keep that going.
D Axel Sandin Pellikka
Age: 20.
Salary cap hit: $918,333.
2024-25 stats: 12 goals, 17 assists, minus-9 rating in 39 games with Skellefteå (SHL).
Buzz: Skilled puck handler with heady vision who’ll only get better as his defensive game improves.
F Michael Rasmussen
Age: 26.
Salary cap hit: $3,200,000.
2024-25 stats: 11 goals, 10 assists, minus-12 rating in 77 games.
Buzz: Needs to recapture some of the form he had before a leg injury in February 2023.
F Lucas Raymond
Age: 23.
Salary cap hit: $8,075,000.
2024-25 stats: 27 goals, 53 assists, minus-15 rating in 82 games.
Buzz: Needs to get back to being a 30-goal scorer.
D Moritz Seider
Age: 24.
Salary cap hit: $8,550,000.
2024-25 stats: 8 goals, 38 assists, minus-5 rating in 82 games.
Buzz: Top-pair workhorse d-man who does it all. Hasn’t missed a game in four seasons.
F Elmer Söderblom
Age: 24.
Salary cap hit: $1,125,000.
2024-25 stats: 4 goals, 7 assists, plus-2 rating in 26 games.
Buzz: Slotted for fourth line and possible power-play time.
G Cam Talbot
Age: 38.
Salary cap hit: $2,500,000.
2024-25 stats: 2.93 goals-against average, .901 save percentage in 47 games.
Buzz: Solid backup, though at his age, health is a concern.
F James van Riemsdyk
Age: 36.
Salary cap hit: $1,000,000.
2024-25 stats: 16 goals, 20 assists, minus-4 rating in 71 games with Columbus Blue Jackets.
Buzz: Was designated as non-roster after missing camp to tend to family, so will have to be activated to be in the lineup, meaning someone else has to come off the roster.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Meet the 2025-26 Red Wings
