It’s no secret that center is a pressing positional need for the Detroit Red Wings. After Dylan Larkin and Joe Veleno, there’s a steep drop off in Detroit’s depth. With the 6th overall pick in this year’s draft, Steve Yzerman has the opportunity to bolster the pipeline massively with a near-elite center. So, who’s at
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For this episode, we have Laura Saba joining us to talk all things Canadiens. We got to some of your mailbag questions, and for those of you who follow Sara on Twitter, we got the latest on the saga of Stevie “The Killer” Yzercat. If you are using a podcast app, you can find both
What Went Wrong: Detroit, San Jose Their defense was still bad, but their goaltending situation was largely tolerable. Thomas Greiss finished with an 8-15-8 record with the Red Wings, but that was in part because of a lack of offensive support. In starts where he allowed two or fewer goals, he had a 5-5-4 record.
With the NHL draft a month away, Detroit Red Wings fans are beginning to pay close attention to the prospects projected in the first round. Steve Yzerman will have a couple of opportunities to add some top-end talent with the 6th and 22nd overall picks, but who will Yzerman select later in the draft –
Red Wings Coach to Serve as Fourth of July Grand Marshal – Sault Ste Marie CVB The Sault Ste. Marie Fourth of July Parade has an extra spark of excitement this year with a homecoming for Detroit Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill on tap. The Soo native will be serving as the parade’s first
The Detroit Red Wings haven’t been mentioned–and it doesn’t seem like they would be in the Jack Eichel Trade Rumor bonanza that has gotten the attention of fanbases not playing in the semi-finals. All signs point to Eichel heading west and the New York Post’s Larry Brooks pencils in the Blackhawks as potential contenders to get the disgruntled
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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. So far, we’ve covered Luke Glendening and Darren Helm. Today’s topic
Prospect Spotlight: McIsaac continues battling adversity on road to NHL “It’s tough. Mentally draining, like here we go again. Same ordeal,” McIsaac said to The Detroit News’ Ted Kulfan in May. “Obviously, back to back, and then something like (the sprained AC joint), especially when my game was starting to come around. But the resources
The Detroit Red Wings have drafted 33 players over the last three NHL Entry Drafts. Next month, General Manager Steve Yzerman will add 12 more picks to the stable of prospects. Although many of these players are several years away from ever playing in Detroit, many are getting closer to achieving their dream of playing
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We are getting ready to record Episode 73 of our NHL podcast “Fer Sure: A 200 Foot Podcast.” If you missed the last episode, you can catch up here. Our guest for this episode is the amazing Laura Saba. She covers the Canadiens for publications like Eyes on the Prize. She is one of the
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
NHLPA annual player poll: Detroit Red Wings don’t rate in any category The poll also revealed that 46.3% of players consider Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews the best goal scorer; 64.7% consider the Lightning’s Victor Hedman the best defenseman, and 54.1% consider the Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy the best goaltender. Matthews was also voted most
We’ve already went though a few of the 2021’s biggest boom or bust players and how they’d fit into the Detroit Red Wings. Now, let’s take a look at the player with one of the highest ceilings in the entire draft: Fabian Lysell. 2021 Season Lysell began his season playing his fourth year in Frolunda’s
How real have the rumors gotten when it comes to Jack Eichel? Pretty “intense” and though it would serve the Detroit Red Wings to go back to the Western Conference to make it happen according to insider Elliotte Friedman, can we dream for a bit before reality sets in? Friedman – I think there are
A couple of weeks ago we analysed the teams eliminated in the first round to find what the Red Wings could learn from their mistakes, team construction, and any other relevant information. We broke the first round down into two parts, the teams eliminated in the East and Central divisions, and then the teams eliminated
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. Earlier this week, we covered Luke Glendening. Today’s topic is the
OK, so technically this is yesterday when this posts, but it’s still one of the greatest moments in sports for me, so I’m definitely including this. Six examples that explain how the Islanders find success – Sportsnet.ca The New York Islanders have done something almost impossible in today’s NHL — play a committed style of