Tyler Yaremchuk: One of the projects you’ve been working on, the Stanley Cup checklist… when I look at the one you guys posted today for the Red Wings, and it’s free to read on The Athletic… I see that a lot of boxes are kind of checked here, but that franchise forward one isn’t. I mean, that’s the daunting task here for the Wings, isn’t it? That area still remains kind of unchecked.

Max Bultman: Yes… it’s the hardest to find, forward, and there’s more forwards, right? So do they have guys who I think could fill some of those holes? It’s possible. I think there’s still certainly a chance Lucas Raymond can elevate himself to become kind of that franchise level. Certainly each of the last two years, right around the half to two-thirds mark, he’s been tracking toward 90 points. And then both times, international tournament, comes back and there’s kind of a dip at the end. That’s something that they’re gonna have to solve late in the season. He’s been a late-season player before two years ago. I thought he was their best player when they nearly made the playoffs on the tiebreaker. So I think that’s in him, but maybe it’s overwork. Maybe there’s something to being banged up. I don’t know, but he’s a guy they’re gonna need to elevate and even when he does, then it opens another forward hole. So I think that speaks to two things. They need some of their prospects and young players, whether it’s Marco Kasper, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Nate Danielson to elevate and get to that really impactful level as soon as possible. And I think more importantly, they need Steve Yzerman to go out this off season and find a way to bring in some talent to supplement their forward core.