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The first thing that struck Steve Yzerman was how big Simon Edvinsson looked. Edvinsson is expected to compete for a roster spot with the Detroit Red Wings come fall, and he made a brief but favorable impression Thursday after travel issues delayed his arrival by several days. The 2021 No. 6 overall pick took part

Even now, after the biggest spending spree in years, Steve Yzerman won’t commit to the goal of making the playoffs. Which isn’t to say it’s not his goal for the Detroit Red Wings team he manages. He just won’t say it publicly. He’d rather his team learn how to win first. His moves in free

The first thing that struck Steve Yzerman was how big Simon Edvinsson looked. Edvinsson is expected to compete for a roster spot with the Detroit Red Wings come fall, and he made a brief but favorable impression Thursday after travel issues delayed his arrival by several days. The 2021 No. 6 overall pick took part

Steve Yzerman kept looking to his left, where he had a depth chart for the Detroit Red Wings hanging in his corner office at Little Caesars Arena. It speaks to how much he has strengthened the team in his fourth offseason as general manager that he needed a cheat sheet, but in fairness, there were

Ben Chiarot, one of five players the Detroit Red Wings added on opening day of free agency, summed up the appeal: “Steve Yzerman builds good teams. I think everyone knows that.” Yzerman sent a message Wednesday when he signed Chiarot, Andrew Copp, David Perron, Dominik Kubalik and Olli Määttä: Expectations on the Wings have grown exponentially.

In addition to adding players slated for the Detroit Red Wings, general manager Steve Yzerman used free agency to add organizational depth. Defenseman Mark Pysyk, a veteran of 521 NHL games, was signed for one year, $850,000. Center Austin Czarnik received a two-year, $1.525 million contract and right wing Matt Luff was signed for a one year,

Ben Chiarot, one of five players the Detroit Red Wings added on opening day of free agency, summed up the appeal: “Steve Yzerman builds good teams. I think everyone knows that.” Yzerman sent a message Wednesday when he signed Chiarot, Andrew Copp, David Perron, Dominik Kubalik and Olli Määttä: Expectations on the Wings have grown exponentially.

Steve Yzerman continued his makeover of the Detroit Red Wings’ defense with the signing of free agent Ben Chiarot. Chiarot got four years and $19 million, working out to an average annual value of $4.75 million. Yzerman also signed defenseman Olli Määttä on Wednesday, within an hour of the market opening. Määttä got one at $2.25

Steve Yzerman continued a busy day of free agency and agreed to terms with veteran forward David Perron. The Detroit Red Wings announced Wednesday the two-year deal with an annual average value of $4.75 million. The 34-year-old has banked multiple 20-goal seasons during an NHL career that began in 2007 with the St. Louis Blues and

Steve Yzerman shored up the Detroit Red Wings‘ defense by adding Olli Määttä on opening day of NHL free agency. Yzerman’s first deal was to bring in forward Andrew Copp, who projects to fill the need as second-line center. Määttä got one year at $2.25 million. The 6-foot-2, 210-pounder has 136 points and a plus-70

General manager Steve Yzerman added left wing Dominik Kubalik to the Detroit Red Wings’ free agency haul. Kubalik received a two-year, $5 million deal, which works out to a $2.5 million annual salary cap hit. Kubalik (6 feet 2, 179 pounds) posted 30 goals as a rookie with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2019-20, and has 62

Detroit Red Wings have a new coach, but how many new players will they have? Steve Yzerman has a “beautiful list” of potential additions, but it remains to be seen just how much spending the Wings general manager does when 2022 NHL free agency starts at noon Wednesday. The “Yzerplan” did get a new face

Steve Yzerman described a list of players that would be a good fit for the Detroit Red Wings as “beautiful,” and that was before it included free agents rendered unrestricted because they did not get a qualifying offer from their prior employers. Free agency begins Wednesday, or as some call it, “the silly season” because in the

Jeff Blashill spoke with appreciation about his departure from the Detroit Red Wings after 10 years with the organization. The occasion was primarily to discuss his new opportunity with the Tampa Bay Lightning, which Blashill joins as an assistant coach some two months after his tenure with the Wings ended. “Over the course over seven

Jeff Blashill’s running joke while head coach of the Detroit Red Wings was how poor a coach Jon Cooper was. Now the two can laugh about it behind the same bench: Blashill has joined the Tampa Bay Lightning coaching staff as an assistant to his longtime friend and colleague. The announcement comes less than two

If Sebastian Cossa has a say, he’s playing in the Detroit Red Wings‘ organization next season. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound goaltender delivered impressive numbers in 2021-22: A 2.28 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in 46 regular-season games for the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings, plus a 1.93 GAA and .919 save percentage in 19 playoff

Ville Husso was vacationing in Florida when he turned on the NHL draft. Then his phone rang and he found out he had been traded. “I’m very happy to join the Detroit Red Wings — historic team, 11 Stanley Cups, I think that tells a lot,” Husso said Sunday following the trade. “I kind of

When a player with high expectations underachieves, common thinking is that a change of scenery may offer a chance to reboot. In Filip Zadina’s case, the change of scenery isn’t location but elocution: It’ll be the voice of new Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde who tries to find out if there’s more to Zadina

MONTREAL — The Detroit Red Wings drafted nine players during the 2022 NHL draft Thursday-Friday, including three in the top 52. They also acquired goalie Ville Husso for a third-round pick before the start of Day 2. Let’s take a look at the haul gathered by general manager Steve Yzerman in his fourth draft with the Wings:

MONTREAL — Steve Yzerman had a couple things he would have liked to get done, but he was satisfied with how he filled one huge need for the Detroit Red Wings: Using a third-round pick to acquire goaltender Ville Husso. “There’s a not a lot of goalies out there, and we need depth at that