Detroit Red Wings General Manager Steve Yzerman won’t provide an answer on any timeline–and it’s the smart move. Yzerman enjoys what not one other front office executive in the entire league has: goodwill with the fan base. Just look back to April 19, 2019 for evidence of that. Whimsically watching as he built the Lightning
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With the second of his two first round picks, Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings might look to the east for perhaps the best Russian in the 2021 NHL Draft Class: Fyodor Svechkov. Can the young Russian center help fill Detroit’s talent gap down the middle? The VHL and MHL Svechkov played a majority
Only sharing the one story today because it doesn’t feel right putting any other stories with it, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use Quick Hits to bring stuff up that’s interesting to you. Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks, 24, dies after being struck by fireworks – ESPN Police in Novi, Michigan, said the
The best teams in the NHL are strong down the middle. When the Detroit Red Wings were winning Stanley Cups, they had Steve Yzerman, Sergei Ferdorov, Igor Larionov and Kris Draper as their top four centers. After the retirements of Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, the Red Wings have struggled to make the playoffs. Strength
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Previously, we took at look back at the first three prospects Detroit took in the 2020 NHL Draft. Head over to read what Lucas Raymond, William Wallinder, and Theodor Niederbach have been up to in the last year. Below, you’ll find the rest of the gang. #55 – Cross Hanas (LW) Cross Hanas was taken
For those of you who are curious about Tanguay’s coaching experience, look no further: Last season, he served as the assistant coach for the Iowa Wild of the AHL. Due to his efforts, the Wild secured the fifth-best power play in the AHL and over 3.15 goals per game last season. With the Red Wings
For those Detroit Red Wings fans who were lucky enough to experience it, the offseason of 2001 was like no other. The Red Wings were stunned by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2001 Western Conference Quarterfinal, blowing a 2-0 series lead and losing four straight, the final game a dagger in overtime. The Red
In a draft where nothing is certain, Mason MacTavish and William Eklund are two forwards that seem to be consistently ranked in the top half of the first round (Eklund is typically projected in the top six). The Detroit Red Wings could be facing a tough choice at six, as there’s a good chance both
Welcome to Re-Sign or Resign, a new segment covering the pros and cons of Detroit’s pending UFAs. We’ll be taking a closer look at each UFA while going over two schools of thought: re-signing the player, or letting him run free into the sunset. Today, we’re covering the last of the UFAs on our list
The Red Wings have the second-most projected cap space for next season among all NHL clubs with $48.2 million. With just 10 players under contract, most of that money will go toward re-signing restricted free agents such as Jakub Vrana and Filip Hronek. However, Yzerman should still have enough to add one or two talented
With 12 draft picks, the Detroit Red Wings have an significant opportunity to bolster the entire pipeline. Instead of focusing on a well-rounded draft, Steve Yzerman needs to create a well-rounded prospect pipeline; he has a chance to electrify the rather tepid offense. Holes in the Main Roster Watching the Red Wings this year had
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman is apparently “up to something” according to BostonHockey Now’s Jimmy Murphy who was featured on DetroitHockeyNow’s website. What does this mean? In his “Off the Record” segment, Murphy indicates that as the Seth Jones trade rumors abound, the Wings are a team to watch as he then makes
As we prep for the 2021 NHL draft (July 23 and 24), a reader email asked if there were plans to do a recap of how last year’s Detroit draft class has fared. I figured that this post would be a good answer to that question. #4 overall – Lucas Raymond (LW) After seeing pretty
Detroit has the cap space to offer Danault a competitive salary and prominent role, and at 28, he has good years left. But term would likely be a hangup for a Detroit team who continues to go short-term in free agency, and a player whose performance this postseason is likely to garner interest from better
Recently, the Detroit Red Wings scouting department have been trying to stockpile defense prospects through the draft in the hopes that some of them will end up developing into NHL regulars. With General Manager Steve Yzerman at the helm, Detroit has drafted 10 defense prospects since 2019. Four of these prospects have already signed entry-level
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In the ever-changing league that is the NHL, terrible contracts seem to be the only constant. With plenty of cap space to share, Steve Yzerman will likely seek out teams willing to deal their albatrosses to Detroit in exchange for some draft picks. Let’s “cherry pick” NHL’s Central Division’s worst contracts.. Colorado Avalanche Erik Johnson
We are getting ready to record Episode 74 of our NHL podcast “Fer Sure: A 200 Foot Podcast.” If you missed the last episode, you can catch up here. This week we have the return of Chris Watkins! We’ve had him on a few times, and he’s always been a great guest. He follows (and
Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. If you haven’t read the first article that lays out the rules of the expansion draft, that would be a good starting point, as I’ll only give the very basic rules in each of these follow up articles. If you are interested in Detroit, that was the