It took all of one day at the Red Wings’ development camp to reinforce the most frequently repeated disclaimer about the week.



Detroit’s development staff was putting the prospects through shooting drills Tuesday when they introduced one that seemed to stymie more than a few of the newcomers. Every player was to skate in from the blue line to take a shot on goal, while shuffling their feet instead of picking either skate up off the ice.



It looked, in a word, unnatural.



The value of the drill, though?



“Not letting the goalie know which shot you’re going to do,” said Gustav Berglund, a sixth-round pick out of Sweden in last weekend’s draft. “Either (a) push shot or pull-in shot. So, like, to trick him.”



As for how unnatural it looked: Well, that was the point. At face value, it’s hard to imagine a player using the shuffle itself in an in-game context other than maybe a shootout. But the...