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The Detroit Red Wings season opener is Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens. This game marks the start of a seven season drought.  The drought I’m referring too? The playoffs. The Detroit Red Wings have missed the playoffs for six straight years, and as they head into the year, the Red Wings will be looking

(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The Red Wings’ minor league affiliate, The Grand Rapids Griffins, will be a contender for the Calder Cup. The American Hockey League is some of the world’s most exciting and underrated hockey. The Griffins have been solid but not spectacular since last winning the Calder Cup in 2017. This year’s

As the Detroit Red Wings are amid their 2022 preseason schedule, all eyes tend to be on Elmer Soderblom, Jonatan Berggren, and Filip Zadina but don’t forget about 22-year-old Joe Veleno. Joe Veleno is someone who can get lost in the bottom six shuffle at times but has a real opportunity over the next week

In the 2019 NHL Entry Level Draft, the Detroit Red Wings selected Elmer Soderblom in the sixth round with the 159th overall pick. Soderblom has been playing in Sweden for the Frolunda hockey team ever since. This year he is getting his shot at a spot on the team, and I think he is making the

Lucas Raymond, 20, will look to build on a stellar rookie season which saw him finish fourth in Calder Trophy voting last season. The Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s top rookie, was awarded to Moritz Seider last season. Having two of the top four rookies in the league is quite the change from years

Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman and first-year head coach Derek Lalonde have a few difficult decisions to make throughout training camp and the preseason schedule. Hopefully, the players sort things out with their play, but we currently sit with questions surrounding who will make up Detroit’s bottom six forwards. This is the deepest

Simon Edvinsson will be a star on the Red Wings’ blue line for years to come. He is talented, intelligent, big, poised, skilled, and a strong skater. But I don’t think this year will be his breakout year. The blue line is crowded. Yzerman acquired four new NHL-caliber defensemen (five when Pysyk returns from injury). Chiarot,

The Red Wings prospects faced off in three games against prospects from the Blue Jackets, Stars, and Maple Leafs. The Red Wings have several European prospects who have already started the season and did not play in the tournament. Likewise, the NCAA players are with their teams and were not at the tournament. There were

The Red Wings opening night roster is a big question mark right now. But an even bigger question is- What are the Red Wings going to do with Simon Edvinsson? The Detroit Red Wings have a revamped roster this year and therefore, the Red Wings team we see this season will be much different than

After a productive off-season, Red Wings hockey is getting close to starting. And with a re-vamped roster this year, there are a lot of question marks. The Detroit Red Wings are back to work and it is getting a lot of people in the hockey mood. But as we all know, pre-season and training camp

Hockey jerseys are endlessly fascinating and intricately beautiful. At least they are to me; my apologies to my wonderful partner who has listened to me blither about jerseys on many an occasion (shout-out to you Katie). Many nights have been spent going down the rabbit hole of NHL jersey history. Also yes, some hockey purists

The Vancouver Canucks signed former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser to a pro tryout ahead of training camp. DeKeyser, 32, will look to crack Vancouver’s lineup as a sixth or seventh defender after spending ten seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. DeKeyser never really lived up to his overall expectations during his time with

Detroit Red Wings prospect William Wallinder is another one of Steve Yzerman’s highly-touted draft selections that may get lost in the shuffle from time to time, but he’s progressing at the perfect pace. The Detroit Red Wings selected Wallinder with the 32nd overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Level Draft. The 20-year-old 6-foot-4 defender

Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings made a conscious effort to improve their roster over the summer, primarily through free agency. The new additions to the lineup will help the team be more competitive but also leaves a few players on the outside looking in. When you start looking over Detroit’s newly formed roster,

The Detroit Red Wings busy off-season could’ve taken away a job or two from a deserving prospect. But can one sneak through? The Detroit Red Wings just went out in free agency and made a plethora of moves as they look to take a step forward in their rebuild. However, they didn’t really make any

In another solid move by Steve Yzerman, the Detroit Red Wings picked up left wing David Perron in free agency this summer; what can we expect from him? Steve Yzerman wasted no time signing free agent forward David Perron to a two-year contract this offseason, addressing the team’s lack of scoring depth. The team already

Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman has a difficult decision to make in the coming weeks, and perhaps months; re-sign or trade forward Tyler Bertuzzi? The NHL isn’t like the NFL, where an organization can use the franchise tag to maintain a player if negotiations stall. If the Detroit Red Wings fail to come

Former Detroit Red Wings forward Evgeny Svechnikov is getting another opportunity to stick at the NHL level. This time it’s with the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks signed former Red Wings forward Svechnikov to a one-year, two-way deal worth $750,000. That money decreases to $350,000 if he is assigned to the Sharks AHL affiliate San

It’s finally here. The Detroit Red Wings prospects tournament kicks off in just a couple of weeks on September 15th. Detroit’s first game will be on September 16th. The five-team event will also include top prospects from Toronto, Columbus, St. Louis, and Dallas. Following that, the Red Wings training camp begins on September 22nd. The

Detroit Red Wings star defenseman Moritz Seider is ranked as the league’s eleventh best defender on NHL Network’s latest list. Seider, 21, is coming off an impressive rookie campaign and is already being recognized as one of the NHL’s top defenders. Seider won the Calder Trophy, awarded to the league’s top rookie for his stellar