Winging It In Motown

Press release from the Red Wings – Notice that Development Camp does not appear as part of the plan for this summer: DETROIT — Detroit Red Wings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman today announced that the Red Wings will return to Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, Mich., to host the NHL

It’s been a busy week for Steve Yzerman as he continues to trim the fat from his roster (mostly left by Ken Holland) and retool this team to his liking. The week started with a bang when he surprised the hockey world by acquiring Alex Nedeljkovic from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Jonathan Bernier

If you’ve got 30 minutes to spare it’s always good getting to listen to Steve Yzerman, who continues to use GM speak, but in a way that doesn’t anger me. He goes over a wide variety of topics from the kids who have to earn their time to the plan for drafting in the future,

The Red Wings announced a pair of free-agent signings Thursday afternoon — two defensemen who have played with the team before. Luke Witkowski is coming back on a two-year deal: Just a few minutes before announcing the Witkowski deal, the team announced they are bringing back defenseman Dan Renouf on a one-year deal: Fans already

Detroit Red Wings Capfriendly Page Just a quick reminder where the Wings stand. We have Tyler Bertuzzi, Jakub Vrána, Adam Erne, and Filip Hronek left to sign as roster regulars plus Givani Smith as another potential regular. Without bringing up Smith, Veleno, Raymond or Berggren, Detroit has seven roster spots to fill to get to

In a decently quiet free agency day for the Wings, Detroit GM Steve Yzerman made a bit of a splash on a young center who became available thanks to the Blackhawks choosing not to give Pius Suter a qualifying offer approaching restricted free agency. The 25 year old Swiss forward will be an unrestricted free

The Red Wings are adding another veteran defenseman to its backend — Dearborn Heights native Jordan Oesterle has signed a two-year deal, the team announced just a few hours into free agency: The terms of Oesterle’s deal outside of length have not yet been disclosed. Oesterle has plenty of ties to players already on the

Another depth signing for the Red Wings on free agency day: Ryan Murphy two-way with DET — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 28, 2021 We don’t have additional details for the length or compensation as of right now, but the term “two-way” for a 28-year old is doing all the necessary work for us. For clarification,

Alongside Gagner, the Red Wings announced this morning that Calvin Pickard is receiving a one-year extension. We’re still waiting to hear on the AAV, but Pickard is most likely going to spend the year as the emergency backup posted in Grand Rapids since Detroit brought in Alex Nedeljkovic to replace the departing Jonathan Bernier and

The Red Wings are bringing back a fan-favorite veteran — The team announced Wednesday morning that forward Sam Gagner has signed a one-year contract extension. Gagner has donned the Winged Wheel the past 48 games since he was acquired in February of 2020 in the Andreas Athanasiou trade to Edmonton. Steve Yzerman was able to

Today is free agency day in the NHL. At noon, the Wings will be able to sign contracts with free agents. As a reminder, they can sign their own pending free agents before then and we’re likely to hear what’s coming down the pipeline before noon even gets here, but that’s the official time for

A couple depth signings yesterday for the Griffins: Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman searching for specific needs in free agency – Detroit News Yzerman identified the right-shot forwards and two left defensemen, although one of those left-defense holes was filled Sunday with the re-signing of Marc Staal, as specific needs. The Wings could use one

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With the NHL free agency period opening up in just two days, the Red Wings today announced one of their many restricted free agents is back under contract with the team. While the team didn’t announce the specifics, the 22-year old will have an AAV of $850K and will see him with arbitration eligibility as

Simon Edvinsson: The Wildest Wildcard? – Scouching [embedded content] One of my frustrations with prospect scouting reports every year is that it’s a whole lot of discussion on how a kid is going to be the next this-or-that and pumping up the items they do well with very little info about the shortcomings. The 18-minute

With the Wings’ need to add 11 players to their roster (with at least eight of them being pending restricted free agents), Red Wings’ GM Steve Yzerman made a move to add a fourth defenseman with any NHL experience, the same guy they got a 2nd rounder from the Rangers for taking off their hands

Joining Red Wings an ‘unreal feeling’ for Jackson’s Carter Mazur; Detroit adds 2 centers- Detroit News Like second-round pick Shai Buium, Mazur will be attending the University of Denver this fall, along with recent draft pick, defenseman Antti Tuomisto. “I know Shai from coming in together as the freshman class, he’s actually been my roomate

Round 1 #6 Overall: LHD Simon Edvinsson #15 Overall (traded #23, #48, #138 to Dallas to move up to #15): G Sebastian Cossa Round 2 #36 Overall (traded #38 and #128 to Vegas to move to #36): LHD Shai Buium Round 3 #70 Overall: LW Carter Mazur Round 4 #114 Overall (traded #102 to Vegas

The Red Wings are closing out the 2021 NHL Draft with forward Pasquale Zito at 166th overall. Vitals Born: June 1, 2003Position: CHeight: 6’0”Weight: 174 lbs.Shoots: L [embedded content] We don’t have much on Pasquale Zito, that’s because he plays in the OHL, which ceased all operations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Zito had an OK

In another move with Vegas, this time with the Wings sliding down the draft board, they acquired this pick late in the 5th round. With the pick Detroit selected Oscar Plandowski. Here’s what we could find on this player: Date of Birth: May 18, 2003 Position: RHD Age: 18 Height: 6’0” Weight: 190 lbs Place