2013–14 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2013–14
Year:	2013
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	8th
Division:	Atlantic
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	39–28–15
Homerecord:	18–13–10
Roadrecord:	21–15–5
Goalsfor:	222
Goalsagainst:	230
Coach:	Mike Babcock
Altcaptain:	Pavel Datsyuk Niklas Kronwall
Arena:	Joe Louis Arena
Attendance:	22,149 (110.4%) Total: 908,131
Minorleague:	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Gustav Nyquist (28)
Assistsleader:	Niklas Kronwall (41)
Pointsleader:	Daniel Alfredsson (49) Niklas Kronwall
Plusminusleader:	Henrik Zetterberg (+19)
Pimleader:	Kyle Quincey (88)
Winsleader:	Jimmy Howard (21)
Gaaleader:	Petr Mrazek (1.74)

The 2013–14 Detroit Red Wings season was the 88th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[1] In the 2013–14 season, the Wings went 39–28–15, finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division and qualifying for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs as a Wildcard. The team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, losing the best-of-seven series to the Boston Bruins, four games to one.

Mike Babcock served his ninth year as head coach of the Red Wings, while Henrik Zetterberg served as the team's captain.

Realignment

This will mark the first season of a new divisional format change which the number of divisions are reduced to four. Detroit will be in a division with the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference as opposed to the Red Wings long standing within the Western Conference. This format will continue until the league either expands or a relocation requires a change.

It will also present an added difficulty in extending the club's playoff streak. The Red Wings' division is one of two eight-team divisions, as opposed to two seven-team divisions in the West. According to NHL.com "The Stanley Cup Playoffs will still consist of 16 teams, eight in each conference, but it will be division-based and a wild-card system has been added.^[2]

The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs. The remaining four spots will be filled by the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference, based on regular-season points and regardless of division. It will be possible, then, for one division to send five teams to the post-season while the other sends three." This means the Eastern Conference teams will fight to be one of eight teams out of 16, while the Western Conference has better odds with eight of 14 teams making the playoffs. The Red Wings will have a statistically harder time making the playoffs under this format. The league dismissed the issue as minor and focused on increased home and home series and the vast majority of games being played in the teams own time zone.^[3]

Members of the media also predicted that Detroit and the Columbus Blue Jackets (the other team to switch conferences from the west) would benefit from the greatly reduced travel and less physical level of play on average in the Eastern Conference. The move of Detroit and Columbus to the Eastern Conference allowed the Winnipeg Jets to be moved to the Western Conference, two calendar years from when the Atlanta Thrashers were officially relocated and renamed the Jets (not to be confused with the Winnipeg Jets (1972–96), who are still the Phoenix Coyotes).

The Red Wings will compete directly against three of the Original Six teams in their division, as well as against the team of the general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning and former Red Wing Hockey Hall of Famer, Steve Yzerman. They will lose longtime rivals in the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues. They also will no longer serve as the rivals for the Nashville Predators or Columbus Blue Jackets, though they would still have a decent shot at meeting Columbus in the Conference play in the playoffs as well as play every team in the NHL at least twice per year in the regular season.

It is likely that there will be an NHL league expansion in the near future, but Detroit will likely remain in the Eastern Conference permanently after a hard-fought campaign over the years to be moved East.

The team will also play in a rescheduled Winter Classic game on New Year's Day at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as participate in alumni games and other events at Comerica Park. The planned events were temporarily cancelled following the 2012–13 NHL lockout.^[4]

Off-season

On June 18, 2013, the Red Wings re-signed fan favorite and all-star Pavel Datsyuk to a three-year extension that will keep him in Detroit through the 2016–17 season and pay him $23 million.^[5]

In a surprise move that shocked Ottawa fans, captain and multiple franchise record holder Daniel Alfredsson signed as a free agent a one-year $5.5 million contract with the Red Wings on July 5, the first day of free agency. This came as a surprise to Detroit fans, as the 18-year veteran seemed destined to retire having only played for the Senators. "It pretty much came down to a selfish decision in terms of I have not won a Stanley Cup, a big priority for me," Alfredsson explained in a candid conference call with the media.^[6]

Alfredsson continued explaining how hard of a decision it was and gave his reasoning. "I feel that in Ottawa they are getting closer and closer and they have a really bright future in front of them, but at this point in my career there's not much left," Alfredsson said. "I don't have the time to wait for that." He also stated that, "I didn't really see myself making a change if you would have asked me a week ago, but as we got closer to free agency, thoughts started creeping in I've played 18 years and haven't won a Stanley Cup."^[7] Ottawa, coincidentally, host the Detroit Red Wings several times in the 2013–14 season due to a change to a four-division realignment format that brings Detroit into the Eastern Conference, as well as the same division as Ottawa.

Signing Alfredsson seemed to close the door on young bright spot from the prior season, Damien Brunner. Detroit added on the same day centre Stephen Weiss, a former fourth overall pick in 2001 of the Florida Panthers. His numbers were comparable to Valtteri Filppula, who the club seemed unwilling to pay the $5 million salary he wanted, and instead gave Weiss a five-year deal worth $4.9 million per year.^[8]

The Red Wings also lost three key members of the front-office staff when Jim Nill, former director of amateur scouting for the Red Wings, took the general management job of the Dallas Stars. Joe McDonnell, who replaced Nill for a few weeks as director of amateur scouting, and amateur scout Mark Leach followed their former colleague Nill to the Stars.^[9]

Regular season

The Red Wings set a franchise record this season, surpassing their most man-games lost due to injury or illness in one season since the stat started being kept in 1985–86. The previous high was 346, which Detroit eclipsed on March 23 against the Minnesota Wild. Detroit ended the season with 421 man-games lost, second only to the Pittsburgh Penguins, including six key players who missed at least 25 games. Fifteen players missed ten or more games, resulting in Detroit dressing 38 different players during the regular season. That marks the most since the team used 45 in the 1990–91 season. Nine players made their NHL debuts with the Red Wings this season, their highest total since 14 debuted in 1990–91.

The Red Wings reached several milestones as a franchise this season, including their 3,000th home game (1/31 vs. Washington), 3,000th road game (2/26 at Montreal) and 6,000th game (2/8 at Tampa Bay). After the 2013–14 regular season, the Red Wings stood at 2,774–2,328–815–107, ranking third in NHL history in wins.^[10]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Detroit	W 4–1				17,610	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 17	Detroit	L 0–2				20,071	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 19	Detroit	W 8–2				16,839	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 21	Boston	L 2–0	Detroit			15,516	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 22	Chicago	L 4–3	Detroit			15,022	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 25	Pittsburgh	L 5–1	Detroit			14,712	2–4–0	Recap
7	September 27		W 2–5	Detroit			18,508	3–4–0	Recap
8	September 28	Detroit	L 1–3	Toronto			19,320	3–5–0	Recap

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 7–4–2 (Home: 3–2–2 ; Road: 4–2–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 W 1–2 Detroit 20,066 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 4 Detroit W 3–2 OT 18,680 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 5 Detroit L 1–4 17,565 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 10 Phoenix L 4–2 Detroit 20,066 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 12 Philadelphia W 2–5 Detroit 20,066 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 14 Detroit W 3–2 17,565 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 15 Columbus W 1–2 Detroit 20,066 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 October 17 Detroit W 4–2 18,101 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 19 Detroit L 2–5 14,624 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 21 San Jose L 1–0 Detroit SO 20,066 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 23 Ottawa L 6–1 Detroit 20,066 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 26 N.Y. Rangers L 3–2 Detroit OT 20,066 6–4–2 14 Recap 13 October 30 Detroit W 2–1 18,910 7–4–2 16 Recap
November: 6–3–5 (Home: 2–2–4 ; Road: 4–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Detroit W 4–3 19,289 8–4–2 18 Recap 15 November 2 Detroit W 5–0 16,389 9–4–2 20 Recap 16 November 4 Detroit L 2–4 15,004 9–5–2 20 Recap 17 November 7 L 4–3 Detroit OT 20,066 9–5–3 21 Recap 18 November 9 L 3–2 Detroit OT 20,066 9–5–4 22 Recap 19 November 12 L 3–2 Detroit SO 20,066 9–5–5 23 Recap 20 November 15 L 4–3 Detroit SO 20,066 9–5–6 24 Recap 21 November 16 Detroit L 4–5 SO 15,619 9–5–7 25 Recap 22 November 19 L 2–0 Detroit 20,066 9–6–7 25 Recap 23 November 21 W 3–4 Detroit 20,066 10–6–7 27 Recap 24 November 23 L 4–2 Detroit 20,066 10–7–7 27 Recap 25 November 24 Detroit W 3–1 18,721 11–7–7 29 Recap 26 November 27 W 1–6 Detroit 20,066 12–7–7 31 Recap 27 November 29 Detroit W 5–0 14,826 13–7–7 33 Recap
December: 5–7–2 (Home: 1–6–0 ; Road: 4–1–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Detroit W 4–2 20,011 14–7–7 35 Recap 29 December 4 L 6–3 Detroit 20,066 14–8–7 35 Recap 30 December 6 Detroit W 3–1 13,223 15–8–7 37 Recap 31 December 7 L 2–1 Detroit 20,066 15–9–7 37 Recap 32 December 10 Detroit L 3–2 SO 13,358 15–9–8 38 Recap 33 December 12 Detroit L 1–2 SO 19,204 15–9–9 39 Recap 34 December 14 L 4–1 Detroit 20,066 15–10–9 39 Recap 35 December 15 L 3–0 Detroit 20,066 15–11–9 39 Recap 36 December 17 L 5–2 Detroit 20,066 15–12–9 39 Recap 37 December 19 W 2–3 Detroit OT 20,066 16–12–9 41 Recap 38 December 21 Detroit W 5–4 SO 19,508 17–12–9 43 Recap 39 December 23 L 3–0 Detroit 20,066 17–13–9 43 Recap 40 December 28 Detroit W 4–3 18,932 18–13–9 45 Recap 41 December 30 Detroit L 4–6 17,212 18–14–9 45 Recap
January: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 2–4–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 1 L 3–2 Detroit SO 105,491 18–14–10 46 Recap 43 January 4 Detroit W 5–1 17,232 19–14–10 48 Recap 44 January 9 Detroit L 1–4 17,562 19–15–10 48 Recap 45 January 11 Detroit W 3–1 18,262 20–15–10 50 Recap 46 January 12 Detroit L 0–1 17,375 20–16–10 50 Recap 47 January 16 Detroit L 0–1 18,006 20–17–10 50 Recap 48 January 18 W 2–3 Detroit SO 20,066 21–17–10 52 Recap 49 January 20 L 4–1 Detroit 20,066 21–18–10 52 Recap 50 January 22 W 4–5 Detroit SO 20,066 22–18–10 54 Recap 51 January 24 W 1–4 Detroit 20,066 23–18–10 56 Recap 52 January 26 L 5–4 Detroit SO 20,066 23–18–11 57 Recap 53 January 28 Detroit L 0–5 19,987 23–19–11 57 Recap 54 January 31 W 3–4 Detroit SO 20,066 24–19–11 59 Recap 2014 NHL Winter Classic, played at Michigan Stadium.
February: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 3–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 2 Detroit L 5–6 OT 18,506 24–19–12 60 Recap 56 February 3 W 0–2 Detroit 20,066 25–19–12 62 Recap 57 February 6 Detroit W 3–1 15,623 26–19–12 64 Recap 58 February 8 Detroit L 2–4 19,204 26–20–12 64 Recap 59 February 26 Detroit W 2–1 OT 21,273 27–20–12 66 Recap 60 February 27 Detroit W 6–1 18,931 28–20–12 68 Recap
March: 7–6–2 (Home: 5–1–2 ; Road: 2–5–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 4 Detroit L 3–4 16,592 28–21–12 68 Recap 62 March 6 L 3–2 Detroit OT 20,066 28–21–13 69 Recap 63 March 7 W 4–7 Detroit 20,066 29–21–13 71 Recap 64 March 9 Detroit L 0–3 18,006 29–22–13 71 Recap 65 March 11 Detroit L 1–4 14,330 29–23–13 71 Recap 66 March 14 W 1–2 Detroit SO 20,066 30–23–13 73 Recap 67 March 16 Detroit L 1–4 22,128 30–24–13 73 Recap 68 March 18 W 2–3 Detroit 20,066 31–24–13 75 Recap 69 March 20 W 4–5 Detroit OT 20,066 32–24–13 77 Recap 70 March 22 Detroit W 3–2 19,176 33–24–13 79 Recap 71 March 23 L 4–3 Detroit OT 20,066 33–24–14 80 Recap 72 March 25 Detroit L 2–4 15,103 33–25–14 80 Recap 73 March 27 L 5–4 Detroit 20,066 33–26–14 80 Recap 74 March 29 Detroit W 4–2 20,270 34–26–14 82 Recap 75 March 30 W 3–2 Detroit 20,066 35–26–14 84 Recap
April: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 W 2–3 Detroit 20,066 36–26–14 86 Recap 77 April 4 W 2–3 Detroit 20.066 37–26–14 88 Recap 78 April 5 Detroit L 3–5 21,273 37–27–14 88 Recap 79 April 8 Detroit W 4–2 18,710 38–27–14 90 Recap 80 April 9 Detroit L 3–4 SO 18,620 38–27–15 91 Recap 81 April 11 L 2–1 Detroit 20,066 38–28–15 91 Recap 82 April 13 Detroit W 3–0 18,430 39–28–15 93 Recap
Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	68	18	31	49	2	10
	79	8	41	49	0	44
	57	28	20	48	16	10
	45	16	32	48	19	20
	54	16	25	41	6	40
	73	19	20	39	12	30
	45	17	20	37	1	6
	70	10	18	28	2	31
	42	9	15	24	8	6
	65	4	19	23	10	30
	42	12	8	20	2	14
	71	5	14	19	−2	68
	66	2	17	19	−4	24
	65	8	9	17	−11	12
	59	9	7	16	−17	40
	36	8	7	15	0	14
	82	7	8	15	−11	21
	82	4	9	13	−5	88
^†	21	4	7	11	−9	31
	48	1	10	11	2	34
	52	4	4	8	−11	31
	56	1	6	7	−8	22
	75	1	5	6	−2	36
^‡	25	2	3	5	−4	2
	26	2	2	4	−4	12
	26	1	2	3	−4	6
	18	0	2	2	−2	4
	2	1	0	1	−1	0
	11	0	1	1	−3	5
	4	0	0	0	0	2
	1	0	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	0	2
	1	0	0	0	2	2
	4	0	0	0	0	2
	1	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	5	3	2	5	1	0
	2	1	1	2	1	0
	5	1	1	2	−1	0
	5	0	2	2	−2	2
	5	0	2	2	1	6
	5	1	0	1	−2	0
	5	0	1	1	−2	0
	5	0	1	1	−3	0
	1	0	0	0	0	2
	3	0	0	0	−1	2
	5	0	0	0	−1	0
	5	0	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	−2	2
	5	0	0	0	1	8
	1	0	0	0	−1	0
	5	0	0	0	−1	0
	5	0	0	0	−3	0
	5	0	0	0	−3	8
	5	0	0	0	−1	0
	3	0	0	0	−1	0
	1	0	0	0	−1	0
	5	0	0	0	−1	6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player
	51	50	3004	21	19	11	133	2.66	1482	.910	2	0	0	6
	27	26	1551	16	5	4	68	2.63	735	.907	0	0	0	0
	9	6	449	2	4	0	13	1.74	178	.927	2	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player
	3	3	178	1	2	6	2.02	87	.931	1	0	0	0
	2	2	133	0	2	6	2.71	72	.917	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
	NHL First Star of the Week	October 21, 2013	^[11]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 2, 2013	^[12]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	January 27, 2013	^[13]
	NHL First Star of the Week	March 3, 2014	^[14]
Gustav Nyquist	NHL First Star of the Week	March 24, 2014	^[15]
Gustav Nyquist	NHL Second Star of the Month	March	^[16]

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st Career NHL Game	October 12, 2013
	300th Career NHL Game	October 14, 2013
	1st Career NHL Game	October 21, 2013
Kyle Quincey	100th Career NHL Point	October 30, 2013
	800th Career NHL Game	November 1, 2013
	200th Career NHL Assist	November 1, 2013
	1st Career NHL Shutout	November 2, 2013
	250th Career NHL Assist	November 4, 2013
	1st Career NHL Game	November 4, 2013
	1st Career NHL Goal	November 4, 2013
Adam Almqvist	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	November 7, 2013
	800th Career NHL Game	November 16, 2013
	700th Career NHL Point	November 24, 2013
	1,200th Career NHL Game	November 29, 2013
	900th Career NHL Game	December 10, 2013
	300th Career NHL Game	December 12, 2013
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 15, 2013
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	December 17, 2013
Daniel Alfredsson	700th Career NHL Assist	December 19, 2013
	50th career NHL Win	December 19, 2013
	1st Career NHL Game	January 4, 2014
	1st Career NHL Goal	January 11, 2014
	300th Career NHL Game	January 18, 2014
Mike Babcock	400th Career NHL Win with Detroit	January 18, 2014
	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	February 2, 2014
Pavel Datsyuk	800th Career NHL Point	February 8, 2014
	100th Career NHL Game	March 7, 2014
	100th Career NHL Game	March 7, 2014
	1st Career NHL Game	March 14, 2014
	1st Career NHL Game	March 18, 2014
	300th Career NHL Game with Detroit	March 20, 2014
	200th Career NHL Game	March 20, 2014
	1st Career NHL Game	March 25, 2014
	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	March 29, 2014
Darren Helm	100th Career NHL Point	March 30, 2014
	100th Career NHL Game	April 2, 2014
	400th Career NHL Game	April 2, 2014
	150th Career NHL Win	April 2, 2014
Mike Babcock	700th Career NHL Game with Detroit	April 4, 2014
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Goal	April 5, 2014
Drew Miller	100th Career NHL Point	April 8, 2014
	1st Career NHL Game	April 13, 2014
	100th Career NHL Game	April 13, 2014

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2014
	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2014
	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2014
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 20, 2014
	50th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 20, 2014
	50th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 20, 2014
	50th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 22, 2014
	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 24, 2014
	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 26, 2014

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

Date
June 30, 2013^[17]	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick (18th overall) in 2013 – Mirco Mueller	To Detroit Red Wings 1st-round pick (20th overall) in 2013 – Anthony Mantha 2nd-round pick in 2013 – Tyler Bertuzzi
March 5, 2014^[18]	To Nashville Predators Patrick Eaves Calle Jarnkrok Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014 – Julius Bergman	To Detroit Red Wings David Legwand

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms	Ref
		1 year, $5.5 million	^[19]
		5 years, $24.5 million
		1 year, $575,000 entry-level contract	^[20]
		2 years, $1.33 million entry-level contract	^[21]
		2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[22]

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms	Ref
		5 years, $25 million	^[23]
		2 years, $5 million	^[24]
		1 year, $750,000	^[25]
		2 years	^[26]

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Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms	Ref
	July 16, 2013	2 years, $2.525 million	^[27]
	August 6, 2013	2 years, $1.465 million	^[28]
	August 20, 2013	2 years, $1.9 million	^[29]
	September 12, 2013	1 year, $1.75 million	^[30]
Jake Paterson	September 28, 2013	3 years, $1.9525 million entry-level contract	^[31]
	October 12, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[32]
Zach Nastasiuk	November 1, 2013	3 years, $2.1025 million entry-level contract	^[33]
	November 27, 2013	6 years, $25.5 million contract extension	^[34]
	April 5, 2014	3 years, $1.885 million contract extension	^[35]

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks. The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	20	Anthony Mantha	RW		Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
2	48	Zach Nastasiuk	RW		Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
2	58	Tyler Bertuzzi	LW		Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	79	Mattias Janmark-Nylen	C		AIK IF (SHL)
4	109	David Pope	LW		West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)
5	139	Mitchell Wheaton	D		Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	169	Marc McNulty	D		Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	199	Hampus Melen	RW		Tingsryds AIF (Division 1)

Draft notes

• The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a first-round pick in 2013 (20th overall) and Pittsburgh's second-round pick in 2013 (58th overall) to Detroit in exchange for this pick.^[36]
• The Pittsburgh Penguins second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings (via San Jose), San Jose traded this pick to Detroit as a result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a first round pick in 2013 (18th overall) to San Jose in return for a first round pick in 2013 (20th overall) and this pick.

Notes and References

1. Book: . National Hockey League . National Hockey League . 2013 . Triumph . 978-1-60078-916-8 . 57 .
2. Web site: Rosen. Dan. Realignment plan approved by Board of Governors. NHL.com. 2013-03-14.
3. Web site: CHAPPELL. BILL. NHL Realignment: New Divisions Drawn To Ease Time Zone Conflicts. NPR. March 15, 2013 .
4. Web site: Report: 2014 Classic at 'Big House'. ESPN.com news services. February 20, 2013.
5. Web site: Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk signs three-year, $23-million extension, happy to be here for four more years. Mlive.com. Jun 18, 2013.
6. News: GARRIOCH. BRUCE. Daniel Alfredsson leaves Ottawa Senators to chase Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings. Ottawa Sun. July 6, 2013.
7. Web site: Peters. Chris. Daniel Alfredsson signs one-year deal with Detroit Red Wings. CBS Sportsline. July 5, 2013.
8. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=676935 Alfie, Weiss excited for opportunity
9. https://archive.today/20130708185958/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130707/SPORTS0103/307070029/1128/rss16 Daniel Cleary isn't at top of Wings' to-do list right now
10. http://redwings.nhl.com/v2/ext/pdf_files/DRW_2014_Playoff_Media_Guide_Rd1.pdf Detroit Red Wings 2014 Playoffs Media Guide
11. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=687686 Gustavsson, Crosby, Marleau named NHL three stars of the week
12. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=694024 Malkin, Kronwall, Keith named 'Stars' of week
13. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=702529 Lehtonen, Nyquist, Sekera named 'Stars' of week
14. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=707394 Franzen, Henrique, Kuemper named 'Stars' of week
15. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=710957 Nyquist, Lundqvist, Iginla named 'Stars' of week
16. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=712280 Iginla, Nyquist and Giroux named 'Stars' of March
17. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=675920 Wings land a sniper with NHL pedigree
18. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=708049 Red Wings acquire forward David Legwand from Nashville
19. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=676658 Red Wings reach deal for Alfredsson
20. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=676907 Glendening signs 1-year deal with Wings
21. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=709909 Red Wings sign forward Colin Campbell to entry-level contract
22. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=722672 Wings sign free agent winger Nosek
23. http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=676840 Lightning sign free agent center Valtteri Filppula
24. Web site: Devils sign forward Damien Brunner – New Jersey Devils – News. New Jersey Devils. September 24, 2013.
25. http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=691090 Blues Agree to Deal with Colaiacovo
26. severstalclub.ru/index.php?action=Press&newscat=3&newsid=32559 Adam Almqvist joins Severstal
27. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=678083 Smith, Red Wings reach new deal
28. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=679647 Red Wings sign Joakim Andersson to a two-year deal
29. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=680509 Wings reach agreement with Nyquist
30. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=682277 Cleary, Wings agree on one-year deal
31. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=684643 Wings and Paterson agree to entry-level contract
32. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=686536 Wings sign Mantha to entry-level contract
33. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=689535 Wings sign Zach Nastasiuk to entry-level contract
34. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=693359 Wings signs Ericsson to six-year deal
35. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=712997 Red Wings ink center Luke Glendening to three-year contract extension
36. Web site: Canucks-Devils trade highlights day of deals at draft. National Hockey League. July 1, 2013. June 30, 2013.