ALBERT JOHANSSON

Lucas Raymond has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings, the team announced Friday.

Joe Veleno is being recalled to the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins after his Swedish pro league season came to an end.

(Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)Here’s a look at how the seven Detroit Red Wings prospects participating in the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships are performing. Here’s how they’re doing:🇸🇪 Team Sweden -- five Red Wings prospects:🇫🇮 Team Finland -- one Red Wings prospect:🇨🇿 Team Czech Republic -- one Red Wings prospect:The international U-20 tournament got underway Christmas Day. Only the top four teams in each group will proceed from the preliminary round to play in the single-game elimination playoff round. The United States is competing in Group B with Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria. View: Detroit Red Wings 2020 NHL Entry Draft picksFollow updates here:

Raymond, who was selected 4th overall by the Detroit Red Wings at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, is representing Sweden. The 18-year-old right wing is one of seven Red Wings prospects competing in this tournament. Raymond highlights:This pass by Lucas Raymond. pic.twitter.com/zeQy1E5zn3 — IcehockeyGifs (@IcehockeyG) December 26, 2020Albert Johansson and Lucas Raymond with a give-and-go, a potential view of the future in Detroit. Tracking Red Wings prospects at WJC:🇸🇪 Team Sweden -- five Red Wings prospects:🇫🇮 Team Finland -- one Red Wings prospect:🇨🇿 Team Czech Republic -- one Red Wings prospect:The international U-20 tournament got underway Christmas Day.

The Detroit Red Wings will have seven prospects competing in the World Junior Championship, including five for Sweden. He had two goals and two assists in seven games last year on Sweden’s bronze medal-winning team. Raymond is playing for Frolunda in Sweden’s highest men’s league, where he has five goals and seven assists in 21 games. His transition to Frolunda’s men’s team has been difficult (no points in seven games). Gustav Berglund, a 2019 sixth-round selection (177th overall), plays for Vasteras in Allsvenskan (two assists in 16 games), Sweden’s second division.

Sweden has been a valuable resource for the Detroit Red Wings during the coronavirus pandemic. So, while hockey is on hiatus in North America, more than a dozen Red Wings prospects are playing and developing in Sweden. “He looks very comfortable, his minutes are steadily going up, he’s playing in all situations. “He’s playing more this year; it’s a difficult league to get production in. “He’s playing in the top six, power play, getting offensive minutes,” Horcoff said.

The Detroit Red Wings have drafted in the top 10 the past three seasons and have had a slew of extra second- and third-round selections over the past four years. Givani Smith, right wingHeight/weight: 6-2/205Drafted: Second round 2016 (No. Antti Tuomisto, defensemanHeight/weight: 6-4/194Drafted: Second round 2019 (No. Jared McIsaac, defensemanHeight/weight: 6-1/192Drafted: Second round 2018 (No. More:Ranking Red Wings prospects 16-20Ranking Red Wings prospects 11-15