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Jeff Blashill iterated the challenge for Joe Veleno, as with other young players, is to prove he’ll make the Detroit Red Wings “significantly better” to be on the roster when the season begins. The Wings have one last exhibition game, Saturday at the Buffalo Sabres, before making roster decisions in advance of the Oct. 14

Show Caption Hide Caption Jeff Blashill: Young players have to make Red Wings “significantly better” to be on roster Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, Oct. 7, 2021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Red Wings didn’t get much of a test in their penultimate exhibition game, but they welcomed back a teammate

Tyler Bertuzzi is one of the Detroit Red Wings’ most important players, and getting him back before the start of the season is important. Bertuzzi was on the roster for Thursday night’s exhibition lineup, his first appearance since leaving Jan. 30 with a sore back. Bertuzzi tried for months to return to the lineup, but

Filip Zadina has been playing more like a guy who wants to stay where he is. Zadina has been given an opportunity to play with Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin during exhibition season, a spot that guarantees good minutes. Coach Jeff Blashill described Zadina’s play in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets

Here we go again. It’s another milestone day putting into perspective the tragedy Detroit sports has been for the past half-decade and counting. Thursday marks 2,000 days since the city’s last playoff win among its four major professional sports franchises. Go ahead. Laugh. Or cry. Or do both, like Andrew at his first day of

Detroit Red Wings vs. Pittsburgh Penguins When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, exhibition game. Where: Little Caesars Arena. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings radio affiliates). • Box score  [ Lucas Raymond is making it hard for Red Wings not to keep him. Here’s why ] Game notes: The Wings have one more exhibition following Thursday’s contest. Detroit closes the preseason on

Filip Zadina has been playing more like a guy who wants to stay where he is. Zadina has been given an opportunity to play with Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin during exhibition season, a spot that guarantees good minutes. Coach Jeff Blashill described Zadina’s play in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets

Show Caption Hide Caption Jeff Blashill: Don’t pass judgment on Detroit Red Wings’ Alex Nedeljkovic yet Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, Oct. 3, 3021. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press Detroit Red Wings (3-2-0) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (3-0-1) When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, exhibition game. Where: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. TV: None. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings

Lucas Raymond is making it awfully hard for the Detroit Red Wings not to have him on their opening roster. He has used three exhibition games to lead the team in scoring, with two goals and four assists. He looks dangerous when he has the puck, poised to make something good happen with it. That

The Detroit Red Wings did something they’ve rarely done in the past couple seasons: Look dangerous on the power play. Their Monday contest against the Chicago Blackhawks at Little Caesars Arena was only an exhibition game, but for a team looking for confidence, seeing the puck go in three times was a good boost. MAILBAG:

Alex Nedeljkovic’s numbers after two preseason appearances aren’t great, but there’s no concern he won’t be at his best when it counts. Nedeljkovic gave up four goals on 23 shots as the Detroit Red Wings lost, 5-1, Sunday afternoon to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena, their first loss in four exhibition games. Nedeljkovic,

One of the talking points at the Detroit Red Wings‘ training camp is that this is as competitive as they have looked for several years. General manager Steve Yzerman has, in a little more than two years, put his mark on almost the whole team: He has either acquired (via trade, free agency or draft), re-signed every player — or, in

Dylan Larkin made a welcome return to the Detroit Red Wings‘ lineup and a new addition made sure the score added up to another victory. Only so much should be read into exhibition games — they’re an evaluation tool as much as anything — but the Wings are finding ways to score, and that’s a good

Detroit Red Wings (2-0-0) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (2-0-1) When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, exhibition game. Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit Plus. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Red Wings radio affiliates). • Box score CARLOS MONARREZ: Red Wings exhibit plenty of offense and maybe some hope for loud home crowd PRESEASON HOME OPENER: Pius Suter looks like he’ll

As the Detroit Red Wings advance through the exhibition season, one of the key issues is sorting out the power-play units. Saturday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets is one of six remaining before the regular season, and the first of a back-to-back-to-back. The Wings had four power plays in Thursday’s 6-2 victory over the

Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify Oh, you want goals? You want to see some offense? Well, the Detroit Red Wings showed plenty of their scoring touch Thursday night in their exhibition home opener, a 6-2 over the Buffalo Sabres before their largest crowd in 18 months at Little Caesars Arena. On the same day the Wings announced they

Newcomers made favorable impressions for the Detroit Red Wings as they continued to thrive in exhibition season. Lucas Raymond scored and had an assist,  and Pius Suter contributed three assists Thursday in the Wings’ 6-2 victory against the Buffalo Sabres at Little Caesars Arena. Suter was a free-agent signing brought in to boost the offense, and

The Detroit Red Wings had Jakub Vrana slotted to be a significant part of their offense, but now must look to others to fill the void. Coach Jeff Blashill delivered the bad news Thursday morning, announcing Vrana will have shoulder surgery that will sideline him a minimum of four months. “He’s a guy that, going

A traveling Detroit Red Wings roster mostly devoid of big names played like it early, falling behind, 3-1, then rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-3, on Wednesday in the preseason opener at the United Center in Chicago. One name stood out, though: Veteran Bobby Ryan, who is playing with the Wings on a tryout

Jeff Blashill likened his Detroit Red Wings coaching staff’s approach to the exhibition slate to writing a bunch of formulas and then wondering which work. Juggling eight games in 11 days, beginning with Wednesday’s test at the Chicago Blackhawks, matters because this next week and a half will go a long way toward determining several