Jacob de la Rose, a native of Sweden, will join the Wings once he has acquired a work visa. He was with the Montreal Canadiens, who drafted him 34th overall in 2013.
Part of his appeal is he can play center or wing. The Wings liked him in his draft year, and scouted him as recently as at the 2018 World Championship, where de la Rose had a goal and an assist as helped Sweden win gold.
De la Rose also has to be cleared medically – he had a cardiac episode Sept. 29, though he was cleared by the Canadiens to practice. He has not played this season.
De la Rose, 23, has 19 points in 119 NHL games. The 6-foot-3, 216-pound winger played in a career-high 55 games for Montreal in 2017-18. His salary cap hit for 2018-19 is $900,000.