Detroit Free Press

One of the Detroit Red Wings’ key rebuilding blocks may miss the start of next season. The Wings announced Tuesday afternoon that defenseman Simon Edvinsson, their prize pick from the 2021 draft, had undergone successful surgery on his left shoulder the previous day. Recovery time is expected to be 4-6 months. Four months takes Edvinsson

What a performance from former Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi in his playoff debut. In the 10 years since he was drafted by the Wings, Bertuzzi only played in the postseason at lower levels. But the Boston Bruins’ decision to offer a sweet deal for him at this year’s trade deadline proved worth it:

Steve Yzerman pulled a fast one last summer, using some of his draft capital to strengthen the Detroit Red Wings in net. Goaltenders are an especially valuable commodity, and in spending a third-round pick to acquire Ville Husso from the St. Louis Blues, Yzerman avoided getting into a bidding war five days before Husso would

The contract was the biggest one handed out by general manager Steve Yzerman his four offseasons as Detroit Red Wings general manager, and with that came significant expectations. Expectations that, one year later, are leading Andrew Copp into the offseason with a mission: “To prove that I’m a top-six player.” Those were Copp’s words in

Set your clocks for some afternoon hockey (if you’re in the metro area) next November: The Detroit Red Wings are headed back to Sweden. The NHL announced Wednesday that the Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators and Minnesota Wild will play in the 2023 Global Series. That means two games in Sweden — home to Wings

A house visit took care of one piece of business for general manager Steve Yzerman, but multiple Detroit Red Wings players ended the season without a new contract. The biggest deal Yzerman handled in-season was inking captain Dylan Larkin to an eight-year, $69.6 million extension, the richest contract Yzerman has authored since being named Wings

Grading the 2022-23 Detroit Red Wings at midseason revealed growth and improvement. At season’s end, it was a matter of balancing the juxtaposition between the first four months and the last two months. Under new head coach Derek Lalonde, the Wings played better team defense, and performed better on special teams, which was encouraging. Three

This year, Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond is all in on wearing yellow and blue. The second-year forward has said yes to playing for Sweden at May’s World Championship, which is scheduled to be held in Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. That’s in contrast to last year, when Raymond said he didn’t have anything

Moritz Seider reflected on his second year with the Detroit Red Wings with his trademark optimism. Although, ultimately, the Wings fell short again in their quest to advance to the playoffs, they weren’t mathematically eliminated until there was just one week left in the season. That’s two weeks later than last year’s elimination date, and

How things might have gone had the Detroit Red Wings pushed back in late February has been lost to the unknown, but it is a situation the team wants to address. Being tough, as a team, doesn’t only mean fighting, but it is vital to letting opponents know they can’t resort to cheap shots. Dylan

Here’s the part that broke my heart. Lalonde said players came to him shortly before the March trade deadline and were optimistically still clinging to hope they’d make the playoffs. Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on Detroit Red Wings season, the rebuild, and what comes next Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman, April 14, 2023

One of the encouraging signs to come out of this past Detroit Red Wings season was the play of Michael Rasmussen. It ended with him limping off the ice in late February, but until that point, Rasmussen really had come into his own as a versatile, top-nine forward. “It was a positive year for me,”

It was hard to hear. It was like listening to parents admit their children were delusional, reaching far beyond their grasp. I’m gonna hit four home runs in my first Little League game! I’m gonna win the science fair with some baking soda and vinegar! I’m gonna ask Santa for Detroit Tigers playoff tickets! Yet

One of these days, one of these teams is gonna get it. No, not comeuppance. But the brass ring, or a helpful free agent at the trade deadline; that’d be nice, no? Instead of selling off good players for draft picks? Seems like it’s been forever since one of our four major pro teams did

Through most of his first season as the top goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings, Ville Husso was the team’s most valuable player. That he wasn’t able to sustain that strong play to the finish line dismayed Husso. His bosses, not so much. Husso finished the 2022-23 season with a 26-22-7 record, a 3.11 goals-against

One year later, everything has changed. For all of them. Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez has gone from “Yes! Finally, the Tigers are spending some money” to “Ugh, I’m so sick of this, stop swinging at stuff in the dirt.” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell has gone from “OK, he’s fun and a good quote

Four years into a Herculean labor, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman offered a frank evaluation on how the rebuild has progressed. “It’s gone OK,” he said Friday, a day after the Wings finished 35-37-10 and a week after the Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for a seventh straight year. “I would love

I have a message for Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman. Actually, it’s more of a request. Maybe even a borderline desperate plea. Here it is: Please take my money! You see, my wife and I had plans to treat our couple friends to see a Red Wings game this season at Little Caesars

Derek Lalonde’s message in his end-of-season availability matched what he said when it began: The Detroit Red Wings weren’t good enough. “I will give this group credit,” Lalonde said Friday afternoon, the day after the Wings finished the 2022-23 season with a 35-37-10 record. “I did not see this as a playoff team — where

TAMPA, FLA. — Dylan Larkin brought it up. So did Moritz Seider and Derek Lalonde. The five-game losing streak that ended the Detroit Red Wings’ season with a 35-37-10 record benefitted their draft lottery odds, but that was scant balm for the guys who had just lost, 5-0, unable to muster even a single goal.