The Detroit Red Wings were one of many teams surprised to see Keith Yandle, Ryan Suter, and Zach Parise hit the market due to buyouts. Certainly, Detroit has needs everywhere on the roster. Would there be any value in signing any of the three to a short term deal, with the possibility of flipping them
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The Detroit Red Wings have over $48 million in cap space going into the summer signing period. With money to spend, but a limited number of roster spots available, General Manager Steve Yzerman may entertain offers to take on a bad contract from another team. This worked out with Marc Staal last year. Detroit took
[Nods and hangs up phone, slides folder across the table to official WIIM Draft Master Kyle as we remain seated in front of a podium at the SB Nation official Mock Draft 2021 room. Our commissioner Steph walks up and says those familiar words: “we have a trade to announce.”] Welcome back to the SBN
Detroit Red Wings once pursued Ryan Suter, Zach Parise In the summer of 2012, the Wings were trying to ameliorate the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom. Their top target was defenseman Ryan Suter. General manager Ken Holland, owner Mike Ilitch, coach Mike Babcock and executive advisor Chris Chelios met with Suter at his farm in Madison,
The second round of the 2021 NHL Draft should be an entertaining one for fans of the Detroit Red Wings, as the organization has three picks to play with. At Octopus Thrower, we’ve already taken a look at three potential prospects that’ll likely be available in the second – but let’s look at a few more
Alex wrote today about how the Detroit Red Wings need to avoid defense at #6. Though I see value in the argument, the Red Wings should still have a “best player available” philosophy regardless of their position on the ice. Not one fan will question the notion that Detroit could use a talent infusion nearly
For anyone who reads my writing here, you know that I will often use “analytics” or “advanced stats” in my articles. Often, people have questions, many of which take longer to answer than is efficient to do in comments. So I decided to create a series in which I attempt to explain these concepts to
Dear Red Wings: Ken Holland strikes, Kucherov calls Larionov, and a quiz Nikita Kucherov, who missed the entire regular season due to injury, returned in time for the playoffs to score 32 points in 23 games for Tampa. He was Yzerman’s 2nd-round, 58th overall pick in 2011. And get this: He called fellow Russian Igor
With the sixth overall pick in the 2021 NHL draft, the Detroit Red Wings will have a bevy of top-end prospects to choose from – and they should be avoiding defensemen. High Risk There’s not a lack of defensive talent in the upcoming draft; in fact, one could argue that the strongest position in the
The next three weeks are going to be very busy for Detroit Red Wings General Manager Steve Yzerman and his management team. They have been carefully examining the Red Wings roster preparing for the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft that will take place Wednesday July 21st at 8 p.m. ET. This draft will be followed by
We’re on to Part 4 of our analysis of this year’s playoff teams and how they are relevant to the Red Wings. If you’re looking for the past writeups, Part 1 covered the first round East and West division eliminations, Part 2 looked at the first round exits in the West and North Divisions, and
Red Wings Wrap-Up: Robby Fabbri becomes key member of Wings’ core It did not take long for Fabbri, who signed a two-year contract on Aug. 24, 2020, to show his knack for notching game-winning goals for the Red Wings. In the second game of the season on Jan. 16 against the eventual Central Division-champion Carolina
The Detroit Red Wings apparently have a lot of interest in Tyler Bertuzzi. After fans digested the news that he was being targeted by Toronto, there’s purportedly more teams interested in his services than just Toronto. Add Los Angeles to the apparent Tyler Bertuzzi Sweepstakes: The portion about Bertuzzi starts at the 45 second mark
The Red Wings have a list of needs, and one of the biggest, for me, is the lack of talent they have down the middle. That’s why we’re taking center Mason McTavish with the 6th overall pick in SB Nation’s mock NHL Draft. McTavish can be considered a hard-working “swiss army knife” style player —
Chris Watkins joined us to discuss the end of the NHL season, the sexual assault and coverup allegations in Chicago, as well as other hockey topics. We also answered some mailbag questions in a segment that went way over the time we budgeted for it! If you are using a podcast app, you can find
Slim pickings yesterday, but the official site has a prospect profile video on draft eligible wingers. It’s the main story as I type this, but it may not be tomorrow. In addition to some articles coming up, next Monday’s episode of Fer Sure is going to be draft-centric, featuring both Will from the Scouching website
With two first round draft picks, Steve Yzerman has the chance to take a bit of a risk this year – could Cole Sillinger’s shot and offensive toolkit be enough to get Yzerman to take a swing? Lethal Goal Scorer When the WHL’s 2020-21 season was still in question, Sillinger was loaned out to the
The Detroit Red Wings fanbase responded with intrigue when Sportsnet’s Elliotte Freidman indicated that the Maple Leafs being interested in Tyler Bertuzzi. After we looked at the options and speculating a bit after what a trade might look like with the Leafs, Friedman added more in his final 31 thoughts column of this season. Here’s what
31 Thoughts: Where NHL’s Olympic participation stands as off-season begins 7. Don’t know if it still works, but Toronto liked Tyler Bertuzzi this season — moving elsewhere when it became obvious he wasn’t going to be healthy. Barring a major change, Zach Hyman won’t be back with the Maple Leafs, a big loss for them.
In just 11 games as a Detroit Red Wing, Jakub Vrana has already proven himself as a top-six forward on the team. But in the sort of deep-rebuild Detroit is in the midst of, even the best members of the roster could very well be dealt – and Vrana is one of them. No One