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Some of the Detroit Red Wings NCAA prospects are exceeding expectations as they close in on the Christmas Break.  Robert Mastrosimone continues to lead the Red Wings prospects in NCAA scoring.  Carter Mazur is seeing top six minutes despite only being a freshman at the #7 ranked University of Denver. Here is a look at

It wasn’t just that the Detroit Red Wings brought back long time Captain Steve Yzerman on April 19, 2019 that made it as exciting as it was. It’s knowing what he’d built that only intensified the hope that the Red Wings would return to their dominant days. He preached caution. He shrugged off questions or

The Grand Rapids Griffins played three games and for the second week in a row came out with only one victory – although Jared McIsaac was quite good in that stretch. They opened the week with a 6-3 win at Milwaukee before losing a pair of weekend games, 5-3 and 3-1 against the Chicago Wolves.

The Detroit Red Wings have five prospects whose rights will expire next summer.  If these players do not sign an entry-level contract, that player will either re-enter the draft if they are eligible (under 20 by December 31, 2022), or become a free agent. Every summer, NHL teams stockpile prospects from the NHL Entry Draft

With the overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres, the Detroit Red Wings are on a two-game winning streak (after losing four straight). Let’s extract some info about the team after their latest victory. #1: Lucas Raymond is the Calder favorite. He just keeps on scoring. Raymond added to his point total Saturday night against the

The Detroit Red Wings hadn’t seen the Buffalo Sabres since a thrilling 4-3 comeback victory in Buffalo. Would the Red Wings be able to replicate their winning ways against the struggling Sabres? Two goals in 1:15 paced the Red Wings (10-9-3) through most of the third, but it took an overtime winner from Lucas Raymond

Nov 6, 2021; Buffalo, New York, USA; Detroit Red Wings right wing Lucas Raymond (23) skates with the puck against the Buffalo Sabres during the third period at KeyBank Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports Could the Red Wings actually have three Calder finalists? by Alex Faber The Detroit Red Wings attempt to

The Detroit Red Wings will very likely have representation in this year’s group of Calder finalists. Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider and Alex Nedeljkovic are all performing at high levels right now, and all three are considered rookies this season. Could the Red Wings actually end up with three finalists in Calder voting? Lucas Raymond Most

Through the rebuild, the Detroit Red Wings have been stockpiling prospects and draft choices in order to expedite the return to the glory years of winning Stanley Cups, and playing in 25 consecutive playoffs. This season, the Red Wings have added Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond, and Joe Veleno to the roster in the hope that

The Detroit Red Wings snapped its four game losing streak with a hard fought 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues Wednesday night. There was a little bit of everything for Red Wings fans, and it’s only right to start with the star of the show–Alex Nedeljkovic 1: As he stole yet another game, Nedeljkovic is

The Detroit Red Wings faced the St. Louis Blues for the first time in nearly two years. Would it fare better than the 5-4 OT loss that saw them lose their eighth straight game back in 2019? Lucas Raymond netted his eighth of the season while Dylan Larkin added his tenth goal of 2021-22 as

The Detroit Red Wings return home against the St. Louis Blues after losing all four road games within six days.  Three days off and a return to home ice should help rejuvenate an exhausted Red Wings team. St. Louis are on a one game winning streak after defeating Vegas 5-2 on Monday night. Tonight the

Some of the Detroit Red Wings top prospects are developing nicely in Europe. Currently, five of the top10 scoring Detroit prospects are playing in a variety of leagues on the other side of the Atlantic.  Two goaltending prospects are also making headlines as we enter the American Thanksgiving. Here is a look at some of

The Detroit Red Wings, believe it or not, are a quarter of the way completed with the season. A ton of games packed into just over a month saw Detroit churn through 20 and fall just a game under .500. The lower point of the road trip and the first 20 games was the 2-1

Fan expectations for Filip Zadina have been pretty high since he slipped to the Detroit Red Wings in the 2018 NHL Draft. Zadina has yet to have a breakout season – could 2021 be the year? “Snakebitten” was the word used to describe Zadina last season. Even the best of scoring chances seemed to miss

After a fun start to the season, the Detroit Red Wings fell back to reality last week, losing four straight road games and dropping below .500 a quarter of the way through the season. In that rough outing, the shortcomings off this year’s squad were on display. Defense First, the defense this year has been

The Grand Rapids Griffins played three hard games, and all games went into OT, with the Griffins winning one of three. They opened the week with a 2-1 OT loss in their home matinee game with the Chicago Wolves. On the weekend, the Griffins split their games in Texas with a 5-4 OT win on

Normally it’s eight observations following a Detroit Red Wings game. Instead, I’m going to just go for one. Lucas Raymond two handed his stick on the net following Detroit’s 2-1 loss Saturday evening. And that, right there, underscored the feeling of many in the fan base. And then there was this: The Red Wings outshot

Nov 20, 2021; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin (71) moves the puck against Arizona Coyotes defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin (46) in the first period at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Red Wings Travel to the Desert to play Arizona by Chris Giles The Detroit Red Wings

GLENDALE, AZ – OCTOBER 12: Clayton Keller #9 of the Arizona Coyotes in action during the third period of the NHL game against the Detroit Red Wings at Gila River Arena on October 12, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Red Wings defeated the Coyotes 4-2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Red Wings’ Jeff Blashill Still