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The Detroit Red Wings announced the signing of goalie Calvin Pickard to a one-year contract extension on Wednesday. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today agreed to terms with goaltender Calvin Pickard on a one-year contract extension. pic.twitter.com/QJmyEKepVz — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 28, 2021 Pickard is expected to serve as the starting goalie with the

Just before NHL free agency opened on Wednesday, the Detroit Red Wings announced the signing of veteran center Sam Gagner to a one-year contract extension. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today agreed to terms with center Sam Gagner on a one-year contract extension. pic.twitter.com/N23EbGboqR — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 28, 2021 Financial terms were not

The Detroit Red Wings announced on Sunday the signing of defenseman Marc Staal to a one-year contract extension. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today agreed to terms with defenseman Marc Staal on a one-year contract extension. pic.twitter.com/ajdvbGxDq1 — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 25, 2021 Staal had been a pending unrestricted free agent.  He was originally

The Detroit Red Wings made two selections in the opening round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft on Friday, adding defenseman Simon Edvinsson and goalie Sebastian Cossa to their slate of prospects. The Red Wings took Edvinsson with the the sixth overall pick in the draft, where they had been projected to take center Mason

The National Hockey League released its schedule for the 2021-22 season on Thursday, including that of the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings will open their campaign hosting the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning on October 14, 2021, and will close it out with a visit to the New Jersey Devils on April 29, 2022.

The Detroit Red Wings acquired goalie Alex Nedeljkovic from the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday in return for a third-round draft pick and the rights to pending unrestricted free agent goalie Jonathan Bernier. Confirming the Detroit Red Wings have acquired Alex Nedeljevic from the Carolina Hurricanes. Third round pick and Bernier’s rights going back. — Kevin

The Detroit Red Wings announced the signing of pending restricted free agent forward Michael Rasmussen to a three-year deal on Thursday. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today signed center Michael Rasmussen to a three-year contract extension. Details: https://t.co/NZDKr0EGqZ pic.twitter.com/Wgwd7MLj45 — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 22, 2021 Financial terms were not officially announced, of course, but

The Seattle Kraken announced their thirty Expansion Draft selections on Wednesday night, including the pick of Dennis Cholowski from the Detroit Red Wings. Cholowski was Detroit’s first-round pick in the 2016 Entry Draft but had a hard time sticking in the Red Wings’ lineup. I didn’t want for the Wings to lose Cholowski, but at

The Detroit Red Wings announced their 2021 preseason exhibition schedule on Monday. The eight-game slate includes home and away games against the Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Detroit’s slate of opponents had remained relatively stable throughout the 2010s after the Boston Bruins replaced the Philadelphia Flyers in 2011.  This marks

Protection lists for each of the National Hockey League’s teams in the upcoming Seattle Kraken expansion draft were distributed at 10 AM on Sunday and, unsurprisingly, began to leak out almost immediately. #RedWings protection list: Bertuzzi, Erne, Fabbri, Larkin, Rasmussen, Smith, Vrana, Hronek, Leddy, Lindstrom, Greiss. Exposed: Namestnikov, Nielsen, DeKeyser, Stecher. — Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli)

The Detroit Red Wings acquired defenseman Nick Leddy from the New York Islanders on Friday, in exchange for forward Richard Panik and a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings acquired D Nick Leddy from the New York Islanders in exchange for F Richard Panik and the 52nd selection (originally

The Detroit Red Wings announced on Wednesday the hiring of Alex Tanguay as assistant coach. UPDATE: Detroit #RedWings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today that the team has hired Alex Tanguay as an assistant coach. Details: https://t.co/xVqo0eEIc5 pic.twitter.com/6sZfVi1IHj — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 30, 2021 Tanguay replaces Dan Bylsma, whose

The Detroit Red Wings will pick sixth overall for the third time in the last four NHL Entry Drafts. The Wings neither dropped down nor moved up as the league conducted its annual Draft Lottery on Wednesday.  They slotted into the sixth spot by virtue of their fifth-to-last place finish in the league’s standings, having

The Detroit Red Wings announced on Tuesday the signing of head coach Jeff Blashill to a contract extension. UPDATE: #RedWings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman today announced that Jeff Blashill has agreed to a contract extension to remain head coach of the Red Wings. More » https://t.co/IbyyE75PHC pic.twitter.com/TJE1pX1MJO — Detroit Red Wings

The Red Wings’ 2021 campaign wrapped up on Saturday night in Columbus, a 5-4 overtime loss to the  Blue Jackets. With that, the strangest season on record ended with perhaps the most predictable result.  The Red Wings having slightly improved, still finishing in the bottom third of the league, still missing the playoffs. While the

The Detroit Red Wings announced the signing of 2020 fourth-overall draft pick Lucas Raymond to his three-year entry-level deal on Friday. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today signed left wing Lucas Raymond to a three-year entry-level contract beginning with the 2021-22 season. Details: https://t.co/n1ekoU4i1W pic.twitter.com/2fwFHjowK3 — Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) April 16, 2021 The contract begins

I started mentally putting this post together just as today’s NHL trade deadline passed but held off on actually writing it for a little bit, knowing how trades often aren’t announced until well after the actual deadline. That was somewhat fortuitous, given that the Red Wings’ biggest deadline deal wasn’t officially announced until 45 minutes

As the NHL’s trade deadline came and went on Monday, it looked like the Red Wings had remained relatively quiet, until the late-breaking news that they had sent forward Anthony Mantha to the Washington Capitals, first reported by Kevin Weekes. **Breaking News** Hearing @DetroitRedWings are moving Mantha to @Capitals for Panik / Vrana and more

The Detroit Red Wings traded defenseman Jon Merrill to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, bringing back a fifth-round pick and prospect Hayden Verbeek in return. TRADE: To Montreal #Canadiens D Jon Merrill To Detroit #RedWings F Hayden Verbeek 2021 5th RD pick (Previously from OTT)https://t.co/VvFJuFT6un — CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) April 11, 2021 Verbeek is the nephew

The Detroit Red Wings acquired a fourth-round pick in a three team trade on Saturday, acting as a middle-man to retain salary on behalf of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay Lightning. Here’s the three-way trade between Tampa, Detroit and Columbus landing Savard in Tampa ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/ZCVCpaogkR — Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) April 10, 2021