The Detroit Red Wings head into the first round of the NHL Entry Draft tonight (7 PM EDT, Versus/TSN; Saturday’s rounds 2-7 get underway at 11 PM EDT on the NHL Network and NHL.com) knowing their schedule for the 2011-2012 season, the salary cap figure ($64.3 million) for the upcoming season, eight picks to work with over the next two days—24th, 55th, 85th, 115th, 145th, 146th (thanks, Ville Leino), 175th and 205th overall—and as the Wings prepare to draft players who they acknowledge won’t have an impact upon the team any earlier than 3-5 years from now, they also know that, should they win the Jaromir Jagr sweepstakes, he can’t actually sign with an NHL team until July 1st because he played in the KHL last year.
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