| 2008 Notes |
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| Five returning players highlight the Wings 2008 Prospects Tournament roster. Mattias Ritola , Jakub Kindl, Jan Mursak, Randy Cameron and Zack Torquato all played for the woeful 2007 team. Free Agent tryouts account for 8 of the 22 slots, with 13 going to wings draft picks and 1 to Grand Rapids contract player Francis Pare. Nine players on the roster, Abdlekader, Larsson, Ritola, Kindl, Emmerton, Pare, Pyett, Mursak and Kolosov are all expected to see time in the AHL this season. |
| # | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | 2007-08 Team | 2008-09 Team | Draft Notes |
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| 8 | LW | Justin Abdelkader | 6'1 | 209 | 2/25/87 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | MSU (NCAA)/Detroit (NHL) | | 2005 draft 2nd rnd, 42nd |
| 31 | G | Daniel Larsson | 6' | 170 | 2/7/86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Djurgarden (SEL) | | 2006 draft 3rd rnd, 92nd |
| 32 | RW | Cody Thornton | 5'10 | 165 | 7/16/86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Saint Mary's (CIS) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 38 | G | Thomas McCollum | 6'2 | 205 | 12/7/89 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Guelph (OHL) | | 2008 draft 1st rnd, 30th |
| 42 | C | Mattias Ritola | 6' | 198 | 3/14/87 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Grand Rapids (AHL)/Detroit (NHL) | | 2005 draft 4th rnd, 103rd |
| 45 | C | Jordan Foreman | 5'9 | 165 | 1/6/87 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Niagara (OHL) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 46 | D | Jakub Kindl | 6'3 | 202 | 2/10/87 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Grand Rapids (AHL) | | 2005 draft 1st rnd, 19th |
| 48 | C | Cory Emmerton | 6' | 190 | 6/1/88 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Kingston/Brampton (OHL) | | 2006 draft 2nd rnd, 41st |
| 53 | LW | Dick Axelsson | 6'2 | 176 | 4/25/87 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Djurgarden (SEL) | | 2006 draft 2nd rnd, 62nd |
| 54 | D | Joe Ryan | 6'1 | 204 | 10/19/87 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | Gatineau (QMJHL) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 56 | D | Cameron Cepek | 6'2 | 181 | 1/12/88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | Edmonton (WHL) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 57 | C | Francis Pare | 5'10 | 185 | 6/30/87 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | | Grand Rapids (AHL) Contract |
| 58 | C | Randy Cameron | 5'11 | 187 | 1/28/89 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Moncton (QMJHL) | | 2007 draft 5th rnd, 148th |
| 59 | C | Zack Torquato | 6' | 195 | 6/8/89 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Erie (OHL) | | 2007 draft 6th rnd, 178th |
| 60 | D | Logan Pyett | 5'11 | 198 | 5/25/88 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Regina (WHL) | | 2006 draft 7th rnd, 212th |
| 61 | LW | Jan Mursak | 5'11 | 173 | 1/20/88 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Saginaw/Belleville (OHL) | | 2006 draft 6th rnd, 182nd |
| 62 | LW | Brent Raedeke | 6' | 190 | 5/29/90 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Edmonton (WHL) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 63 | D | Travis Ehrhardt | 6' | 180 | 4/12/89 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Portland (WHL) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 64 | RW | Bryce Swan | 6'3 | 198 | 10/6/87 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Halifax (QMJHL) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 65 | D | Bryan Lashoff | 6'2 | 185 | 7/16/90 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Barrie (OHL) | | Camp Tryout 2008 |
| 68 | D | Sergei Kolosov | 6'4 | 187 | 5/22/86 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Dinamo Minsk (BLR) | | 2004 draft 5th rnd, 151nd |
| 71 | LW | Stephen Johnston | 6'2 | 185 | 2/24/90 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Belleville (OHL) | | 2008 draft 6th rnd, 181nd |
