# @puckempire on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-07-29T16:21:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Puck Empire 👑 (@puckempire) — https://gondola.cc/puckempire

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Continuing on with our standing projections for the 2026-2027 season, we've got the Detroit Red Wings at #28.

Things are going to get rough for Detroit. Even if Larkin somehow starts the season on the team, the locker room chemistry is going to be at an all-time low. And if he is moved and it's for the projected return of mainly futures? Detroit's centre depth is completely atrocious. Would be one of Copp/Kasper/Compher/Danielson as a 1C. Sheesh.

Their wings are a positive. I'm super high on Raymond as a player, and DeBrincat is an automatic 30 goals a season minimum. Arvidsson, while not a top-six forward, is a good offensive piece, and I expect Brandsegg-Nygard to take a step forward. But without the centre talent, Detroit's going to have a really tough time producing offense.

Defensively, Detroit is in an interesting spot. Edvinsson & Seider have the potential to be the best defensive pairing in the league. But then a Chiarot & Faulk pairing could be pretty rough in a top-four role. I do think we'll see Sandin-Pellikka take a step forward. Detroit's defense won't be an issue overall though. 

In net, Detroit has Gibson (who is pretty average) and Tarasov who is a pure backup. If Gibson goes down with injury, like he has in the past, goaltending joins Detroit's centre depth as a MASSIVE net negative.

I just don't think Detroit did enough at all during this summer. They were already mid this season, and now you're making it a bad locker room because of the Larkin situation. To top it all off, the Atlantic has a TON of talented teams, Detroit just can't compete.

Big step back in Motown.

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