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Detroit — The star quality of the NHL Entry Draft is generally in the first round. It features the hyped, much-talked-about prospects with the gaudy offensive numbers and experience of being on numerous national teams. But there’s talent to be snared well past the first round. The Red Wings, once again, will have plenty of chances to draft

The Detroit News Tampa, Fla. — Just when the Montreal Canadiens found another gear to show they can hang with the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Final, Blake Coleman singlehandedly kept the series from being tied. Coleman scored a one-armed, diving buzzer-beater and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was the best player on the ice

Stephen Whyno  |  Associated Press Tom Dundon is now sole owner of the Carolina Hurricanes after buying out the remaining shares of the NHL club held by Peter Karmanos and others. The league’s board of governors unanimously approved the transaction Wednesday. “We are fortunate to have a passionate fan base that supports what we believe

Detroit — Alex Tanguay, the former Avalanche star, is coming over to the other side. Tanguay, who participated in the heated rivalry between the Detroit and Colorado organizations some 20-25 years ago, was named an assistant on coach Jeff Blashill’s staff on Wednesday. And Tanguay is already hearing from Red Wings’ alumni from those days. “Kris Draper called me

Detroit — The Red Wings named Alex Tanguay as a new assistant coach on Wednesday. Tanguay, 41, joins coach Jeff Blashill’s staff after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wild’s minor league affiliate Iowa Wild. Iowa was 54-31-9 over the last two seasons, had the American League’s fifth-best power play (21.9%) in

John Wawrow  |  Associated Press Connor McDavid’s award-winning season came with one regret. In earning his second career MVP honor Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers captain wished his team was still playing. “We had a special group this year, and obviously we didn’t do what we wanted to do,” McDavid said, referring to the Oilers being

Fred Goodall  |  Associated Press Tampa, Fla. — Shea Weber’s wallet is a little lighter heading to Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. The NHL on Tuesday fined the Montreal defenseman $5,000 for slashing Tampa Bay star Nikita Kucherov during the third period of the Canadiens’ 5-1 loss to the Lightning in the opener of the

Detroit — When the Montreal Canadiens were last in Tampa, before COVID shut down the 2019-20 season, there was one complete day off on the schedule. So defenseman Jeff Petry, with connections to the Tigers’ organization given his father Dan pitched for the team and is now a television analyst, was able to hook up a

Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of profiles of the top prospects for the NHL Draft on July 23-24, 2021. Sweden’s Joakim Eriksson was a teammate of future Hockey Hall of Famer Henrik Zetterberg in the late 1990s before Zetterberg arrived in Detroit as a seventh-round draft pick and then won two

Detroit — After the hockey season Joe Veleno had, it’s understandable he’s relishing a little downtime. Veleno, you’ll recall, was loaned to Malmo in the Swedish Hockey League last autumn while pro leagues in North America were on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and spent the hockey season in Europe. When the SHL season

By Tim Booth |  Associated Press Seattle — The Seattle Kraken hired Dave Hakstol on Thursday as head coach of the expansion franchise that will begin play this fall. Hakstol will lead the first-year organization in his second head job in the NHL. He coached the Philadelphia Flyers for three-plus seasons from 2015-19 and spent the past two

Detroit — Marc Staal never has watched Moritz Seider play. He doesn’t know Seider, and has never talked to him. But, Staal has heard the conversations surrounding the Red Wings’ top prospect, the expectations, and the excitement around Seider’s potential. Seider, a defenseman like Staal, will be a young player with a lot of eyes on him next season.

Detroit — It may not be a frenzy, but there will be intrigue when NHL unrestricted free agency begins on July 28. With the salary cap still flat at $81.5 million for next season, many teams are again going to be cash-strapped with little room to navigate and add players. Plus, many of the top potential unrestricted free

By Stephen Whyno |  Associated Press Gerard Gallant is taking over a young team with potential as coach of the New York Rangers, just like his three previous stops. Unlike Columbus, Florida and expansion Vegas, Gallant will be expected to win quickly, if not right away. The 57-year-old — who played seven of his nine NHL seasons

Detroit — Donovan Sebrango didn’t turn 19 until Jan. 12, just as many pro hockey leagues around the world were re-opening amid the pandemic. So, you have to imagine it was a bit strange for the teen Sebrango to walk into the Grand Rapids Griffins’ locker room weeks later where most players were three years older, or more. Some of the minor

Detroit — The 2021 NHL Entry Draft will be unique in many ways. Rarely, if ever, has a draft class entered the NHL with so many question marks surrounding it. Because of the pandemic, many junior (and some North American college) leagues in North America and Europe were severely impacted. The vast majority of the prospects

By Stephen Whyno and Tom Canavan |  Associated Press Gerard Gallant is set to join one of hockey’s oldest organizations instead of the NHL’s newest franchise after reaching an agreement to coach the New York Rangers. Gallant and the Rangers have a deal for him to be their next coach, a person with direct knowledge of

Detroit — The Red Wings feel good about where they are picking in the NHL Entry Draft. They’ll pick sixth in the first round — and again at No. 22, thanks to the Anthony Mantha trade to Washington — when the draft takes place virtually July 23-24. The Wings have had practice picking sixth, as this will be

Detroit — The facts are there, all laid out, with Troy Stecher being an important component in Team Canada rallying at the men’s world championships and winning the tournament June 6 in overtime against Finland. The Red Wings’ defenseman was an alternate captain on Team Canada, played major minutes, and was a big piece of the leadership

Detroit — Anthony Mantha was back in Detroit on Thursday. In many ways, it felt like it always has. The hockey season over, Mantha was just returning from a trip to Florida, and was catching up with friends and teammates while preparing to head to his hometown of Montreal on Friday. But this summer is different.