Winging It In Motown

Are the Red Wings over or underperforming? – WIIM I think the Red Wings are playing to the level they should be, but there is still some room for them to improve. With a record of 13-9-3, a pace set for about 43 wins, and the numbers suggesting that the goal-scoring isn’t a complete mirage,

It was the perfect night to take a team by storm. Through the first quarter of the season, NHL teams continued to doubt the Detroit Red Wings. They’d ice their backup goaltenders and give half the effort needed for a win, only to find themselves humbled by Lucas Raymond & company. A team like the

There have been ups and downs early in the season for the Detroit Red Wings. At one point, they were below .500, and their scoring was a disaster. They lost four games in a row and conceded five goals in three of them. In the other match, they lost in overtime to the cellar-dwelling Arizona

This had been rumored a month ago when he left the Blazers. For those who don’t know: Chris McGowan was one of the driving forces behind the LA Kings’ social media efforts that set the template for sassy Twitter feeds. (And did it way better than most.) https://t.co/A2ipCdFzas — Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) December 6, 2021

Steve Yzerman is walking the tightrope. At the other side of his perilous journey sits a coveted treasure — a true Stanley Cup-contending team. In order to get there, he needs to plan his steps carefully. Go too fast, and the team runs the risk of being good, but not great. Take it too slow,

Red Wings riding rookie class to success – NHL “I’m not going to get ahead of myself right now,” Blashill said. “Let’s see. He’s done a really good job so far. He’s a good player. There’s zero doubt. He plays the right way. When he’s been able to produce while also playing the right way,

While we all got to see Moritz Seider do the damn thing in OT last night, top prospect Jonatan Berggren extended his hot streak with another multi-point game to help the Griffins split a home-stand with the Rockford Icehogs: Jonatan Berggren has 14 points in his last 15 AHL games. Alexander Ovechkin continues to make

The Wings are at home and the winners of four straight games. The Islanders haven’t won a hockey game in a month and are in just their second game since the team had to shut down for COVID. Let’s see what kind of fun we can get up to. Right off the bat, Kyle Palmieri

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Game Day Updates Danny DeKeyser was getting a lot of extra work in after morning skate which would point toward him being out tonight against the Islanders — Max Bultman (@m_bultman) December 4, 2021 Alex Nedeljkovic is the first goalie off the ice this morning for the Red Wings — Max Bultman (@m_bultman) December 4,

Time: 7:00 EasternPlace: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit MITV: BSDET, MSG+Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket // 1270 AMIslanders Blog: Lighthouse Hockey It’s Grateful Dead night at the LCA tonight, but as far as I know the Wings will only be wearing their traditional Red & Whites. Wouldn’t hurt for them to add a touch of grey,

How Nick Leddy’s veteran presence on blue line could pay off twice for Detroit Red Wings – Freep Getting back a guy who was a key part of consecutive third-round playoff appearances could appeal to the Islanders as they try to right themselves. If the Wings keep winning enough to be in the playoff picture

These are absolutely putrid. They took at look at the awful Devil’s thirds and ramped up the terrible by an order of magnitude. I’m legit angry at having looked at these. Those are specifically the ones the Preds will wear against the Bolts wearing these, which I don’t even know if they’re good, but I

Sometimes, a fresh start is all someone needs to take off. Take Elias Lindholm, for example. Lindholm was a solid contributor for the Carolina Hurricanes, averaging out around a 40-45 point pace every season. Before the 2018-19 season, he was traded to the Calgary Flames, where he quickly broke out into a scoring frenzy. He’s

Jeff Blashill says Tyler Bertuzzi is feeling fine but will be in COVID protocol for 10 days and will miss five games. — Max Bultman (@m_bultman) December 2, 2021 Per protocols, Bertuzzi is ineligible to return for 10 days after symptoms onset (meaning he has symptoms) and must be at least 24 hours clear of

Detroit took on the expansion Seattle Kraken tonight at Little Caesars Arena. The Kraken have struggled in their first campaign thanks in large part to poor goaltending. Getting the start tonight for the Kraken was Philipp Grubauer who is the face of those woes. Grubauer has a .890 SV% thus far this year with a

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Updates [Ed note: no skate for the Wings today with the back-to-back, but we haven’t caught any new injury news and eveybody finished the game last night, so barring real possibility of last-minute lineup changes, we’re just assuming the same 18 skaters with a goalie switch. DeKeyser is still on COVID protocol and Hronek played