Winging It In Motown

So what happens to Jeff Blashill? Will he join the list of unemployed coaches? Will he be granted a Pandemic Pass and get a 2-year deal? Will the ghost of Ken Holland come back to haunt the DoughJo and sign him to a five year extension? Or something else altogether? What do you WANT to

Way less angry than I expected. 31 Thoughts: What caused the ‘disconnect’ between Eichel, Sabres – Sportsnet I find it hard to believe Eichel isn’t consulting the best of the best, while Buffalo’s reticence comes from artificial disc replacement lacking evidence of its effectiveness on elite-level athletes. It’s a relatively new phenomenon. As far as

[From the Griffins] CLEVELAND – Kaden Fulcher earned his first AHL shutout behind 22 saves and Joe Veleno and Riley Barber scored first-period power play goals to give the Grand Rapids Griffins a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Monsters on Tuesday at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Winners of three straight, the Griffins improved to 6-2

Detroit Red Wings’ Danny DeKeyser is a 2021 Masterton nominee. Here’s why – Freep The veteran defenseman overcame the challenges of back surgery to appear in 47 games, and scored goals in back-to-back games the final weekend. DeKeyser’s resilience in the face of a career-threatening injury earned him the distinction of being the Detroit chapter

Steve Yzerman could reveal Jeff Blashill’s coaching future with Detroit Red Wings Monday – Freep He is well regarded within the organization, recognized for doing a good job despite rosters that have lacked star power and that, especially the past two seasons, have been decimated by injuries. There’s never been chaos in the locker room,

Adam Erne, Michael Rasmussen among players who took steps forward for Red Wings – Detroit News “From a year ago, and you include the summer as part of it, he’s clearly a better skater, clearly playing with more confidence and clearly a better defensive player,” Blashill said. “He’s come one of the furthest in terms

[From the Griffins] HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Tyler Spezia and Turner Elson scored goals 1:02 apart late in the second period on Saturday to break open a 1-1 game and send the Grand Rapids Griffins to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Wolves at the Triphahn Center Ice Arena. The Griffins defeated the Central Division

The final game of the season. To some, it’s music to their ears, to others, it’s a sad milestone that means no more Red Wings hockey. Expectations have always been low, given how banged up the team is, and how bad the Blue Jackets have been. Somehow, both teams, who are fighting in the basement,

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Game Day Updates Technically, Smith and Veleno got put back on the Taxi Squad today. Likely they’ll be back up for gametime. John Tortorella says postgame Matiss Kivlenieks will start again tomorrow in goal. He ended up with 31 saves on 34 shots against. #CBJ — Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) May 8, 2021 Dude scored his

Time: 7:00 PM EST Place: Nationwide Arena TV: BSOH, BSDET Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket/1270 AM Blue Jackets Blog: The Cannon Detroit came back from a multi-goal deficit to win last night’s game. This was the first time all season they’ve done this. Now we need a shorthanded goal to accomplish things we haven’t done

Detroit Red Wings approach final weekend with gratitude. Here’s why – Freep “I’ve always been somebody to stress appreciating what you have in front of you today, and appreciating the opportunities you have, and trying to seize on those opportunities.” Apparently the answer is “because Jeff Blashill told them to. “ Vancouver’s Zack MacEwen has

[From the Griffins] GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Riley Barber’s second goal of the game with 12.1 seconds left on Friday completed four-point nights for him and Kyle Criscuolo and gave the Grand Rapids Griffins a hard-fought 5-4 win over the Chicago Wolves at Van Andel Arena. After the Griffins had surrendered a 4-2 lead in

Our second to last Mickey Redmond flannel of the season. Ken Daniels said “this whole season has been a dog’s breakfast” as Jack Daniels (the dog) makes his Light the Lamp pick. Cherish these moments, gang. Starting lineup! Erne is out and Brome is back in for his first Wings game in almost a month.

Game Day Updates Changes in #CBJ lineup tonight vs #LGRW include Lehtonen and Kukan coming out, Peeke and Harrington coming back in. Kivlenieks will start in net for his first NHL action in more than a year. — Brian Hedger (@BrianHedger) May 7, 2021 Not even a “gameday” update, but Dylan Larkin’s best bud switching

Time: 7:00 PM EST Place: Nationwide Arena TV: BSOH, BDT+ Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket/1270 AM Blue Jackets Blog: The Cannon The penultimate prelude to the season’s end starts tonight as the Red Wings square off against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Wings went home with two wins from their last back-to-back bout against the

Bobby Ryan still fits into the Detroit Red Wings rebuild. Here’s how – Freep “He cares about helping people, he cares about our hockey team growing,” Blashill said. “Any time you’re trying to develop young people, they have to have great role models. They have to have great papa bears that can help them work

As the season in Hockeytown draws to a close, fans and front office aficionados have their eyes set on the offseason. From the draft lottery to the start of free agency season, the offseason has become, at times, the most exciting thing with the Detroit Red Wings. It’s the time where new faces don 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

[From the Griffins] GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A late goal by Josh Dunne, the second of the night for the Cleveland Monsters on the power play, lifted the visitors to a 3-2 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday at Van Andel Arena. For the second straight contest the Griffins rallied to tie the