Detroit Red Wings forward Filip Zadina clears waivers

Filip Zadina remains a member of the Detroit Red Wings after going unclaimed on the waiver wire, Daily Faceoff‘s Frank Seravalli reported Tuesday afternoon.

The Red Wings elected to waive Zadina on Monday after they had been unable to find a suitable trade partner for the Czech forward. Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman said Zadina and his representatives had requested a trade earlier in the off-season.

Zadina, 23, collected just seven points (three goals, four assists) in 30 games with the Red Wings during the 2022–23 regular season. He also appeared in two games with the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins, picking up a goal.

Under former general manager Ken Holland, the Red Wings originally selected Zadina in the first round (No. 6 overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft — one spot before University of Michigan defenseman Quinn Hughes went to the Vancouver Canucks.

After being drafted by the Red Wings in 2018, Zadina immediately left the QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads to join the Griffins in the AHL. He put up 35 points in 59 AHL games as an 18-year-old and also appeared in nine NHL games with the Red Wings in 2018–19, picking up a goal and two assists.

Zadina emerged as a regular with the Red Wings in 2020–21, scoring six goals and 19 points in 49 games. The next year, he collected 10 goals and 24 points in 74 contests but finished with a minus-24 rating.

Through 190 career games over parts of five NHL regular seasons with the Red Wings, Zadina has accumulated 28 goals and 68 points. He has yet to appear in a Stanley Cup Playoff game.

The Red Wings have been one of the NHL’s busiest teams in this year’s UFA period, adding forwards J.T. Compher, Daniel Sprong, Klim Kostin, and Christian Fischer, defensemen Shayne Gostisbehere and Justin Holl, and goaltenders James Reimer and Alex Lyon.