Bear and second-round selection Eddie Genborg are similar players. Both enjoy the physical part of the game, enjoy getting to the hard areas of the ice, and play the type of game Kris Draper, the Wings' director of amateur scouting, liked watching in the playoffs.

The Red Wings took a pair of left-shooting defensemen in the fifth and sixth rounds, adding Nikita Tyurin (6-0, 174) of Spartak (Russia juniors) and Will Murphy (6-4, 209) of Cape Breton (QMJHL). They wrapped up the draft with center Grayden Robertson-Palmer (5-11, 197), who’s bound for Dartmouth, in the seventh round (No. 204).