Cossa isn’t Detroit’s only top goalie prospect. The Red Wings’ 2023 second-round pick, Augustine also has a .931 save percentage for the Spartans through nine games — which, if he can keep it up, should place him in the top 10 of eligible goalies once he plays that 10th game.

Since 2005-06, roughly 75 percent of teams that were in a playoff position on this holiday went on to qualify for the postseason.

In 34 games last season for the Detroit Red Wings, Austin Czarnik was collecting one point. This season in the Swiss National League, Czarnik is collecting points at a league-leading pace.

The Red Wings’ scoring has fallen off a cliff this season due to reduced firepower down the lineup and a top six that skews small and tends to play on the perimeter. The blue line leans heavily on its top pair, with many question marks behind it. And underpinning at all, there just seems to be a bit less energy on a night-to-night basis.