2011-12 preliminary prospect ranking
| NO. | PROSPECT NAME | POS | HT | WT | AGE | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Brendan Smith (–) | D | 6.02 | 190 | 22 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 02 | Gustav Nyquist (+1) | LW | 5.11 | 170 | 22 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 03 | Calle Jarnkrok (+2) | C | 5.11 | 156 | 20 | Brynas (SEL) |
| 04 | Riley Sheahan (+2) | C | 6.02 | 202 | 20 | Notre Dame (NCAA) |
| 05 | Tomas Tatar (-3) | LW | 5.10 | 179 | 21 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 06 | Tomas Jurco (NR) | RW | 6.02 | 193 | 19 | Saint John (QMJHL) |
| 07 | Teemu Pulkkinen (–) | RW | 5.11 | 183 | 21 | Jokerit (FIN) |
| 08 | Petr Mrazek (+2) | G | 6.00 | 162 | 19 | Ottawa (OHL) |
| 09 | Joakim Andersson (–) | C | 6.02 | 205 | 22 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 10 | Marek Tvrdon (NR) | LW | 6.02 | 212 | 19 | Vancouver (WHL) |
| 11 | Brian Lashoff (+3) | D | 6.03 | 204 | 21 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 12 | Thomas McCollum (–) | G | 6.02 | 210 | 22 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 13 | Xavier Ouellet (NR) | D | 6.00 | 174 | 18 | Montreal (QMJHL) |
| 14 | Ryan Sproul (NR) | D | 6.03 | 176 | 19 | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) |
| 15 | Nick Jensen (+2) | D | 6.01 | 189 | 21 | St. Cloud St. (NCAA) |
| 16 | Adam Almqvist (-1) | D | 5.11 | 174 | 20 | HV-71 (SEL) |
| 17 | Mitchell Callahan (-4) | RW | 5.11 | 175 | 20 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 18 | Landon Ferraro (-2) | C | 6.00 | 171 | 20 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 19 | Max Nicastro (-1) | D | 6.03 | 200 | 21 | Boston U. (NCAA) |
| 20 | Alan Quine (NR) | C | 5.11 | 184 | 18 | Peterborough (OHL) |
| 21 | Louis-Marc Aubry (–) | C | 6.03 | 186 | 20 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 22 | Brent Raedeke (-2) | C | 6.00 | 197 | 21 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 23 | Trevor Parkes (-1) | RW | 6.01 | 181 | 20 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 24 | Andrej Nestrasil (-5) | RW | 6.02 | 200 | 20 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| 25 | Ben Marshall (NR) | D | 5.09 | 160 | 19 | Minnesota (NCAA) |
| PROSPECT NAME | POS | HT | WT | AGE | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Axelsson | LW | 6.02 | 188 | 24 | MoDo (SEL) |
| Mattias Backman | D | 6.02 | 169 | 19 | Linkoping (SEL) |
| Julien Cayer | LW | 6.03 | 193 | 22 | Clarkson (NCAA) |
| Willie Coetzee | RW | 5.10 | 186 | 21 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| Travis Ehrhardt | D | 6.00 | 197 | 22 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| Gleason Fournier | D | 6.00 | 184 | 20 | Toledo (ECHL) |
| Philippe Hudon | RW | 6.00 | 190 | 18 | Victoriaville (QMJHL) |
| Brooks Macek | C | 5.11 | 180 | 19 | Calgary (WHL) |
| Alexei Marchenko | D | 6.02 | 183 | 20 | CSKA Moscow (KHL) |
| Richard Nedomlel | D | 6.04 | 202 | 18 | Swift Current (WHL) |
| Francis Pare | RW | 5.10 | 188 | 24 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| Jordan Pearce | G | 6.01 | 201 | 25 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| Sebastien Piche | D | 6.00 | 194 | 24 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
| Logan Pyett | D | 5.10 | 200 | 23 | Grand Rapids (AHL) |
NO LONGER TRACKED BY RED WINGS CENTRAL (rights still belong to Red Wings): G Daniel Larsson, F Jesper Samuelsson, F Gennady Stolyarov, F Anton Axelsson, F Evgeni Bumagin, F Andrei Maximenko, D Alexander Seluyanov
