With every offseason comes chatter involving all sorts of players from around the NHL. More often than not, this talk amounts to nothing more than rumors and hearsay. Of course, every now and then, these rumors come to fruition. For the Detroit Red Wings, almost all of that offseason chatter surrounds one player, and it’s
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The 2021-22 NHL schedule is expected to be released Thursday, and training camp in Traverse City is two months away — and at last, the Detroit Red Wings can interact with fans again. Forward Robby Fabbri and coach Jeff Blashill represented the team Monday at a street hockey clinic at Patton Memorial Center in Detroit,
Detroit — Robby Fabbri was back to playing hockey on a hot Monday afternoon. Granted, it was street hockey, as part of the Red Wings’ “Street Hockey in The D: Summer Series,” but it was hockey with a bunch of enthusiastic kids. But Fabbri, who said he had a “little concussion” at the end of the season
After making do with three intra-squad scrimmages as warm-up games the past season because of the pandemic, the Detroit Red Wings will have the usual exhibition season this fall. Because of the pandemic, teams only had little more than a week to prepare for the 2021 season. The Wings played three scrimmages at the practice
Detroit — The Red Wings will return to the ice at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday, Sept. 30, for their first of four home preseason games. The Wings announced their eight-game preseason schedule Monday. The schedule is: ►Wednesday, Sept. 29: at Blackhawks (8:30) ►Thursday, Sept. 30: vs. Sabres (7:30) ►Saturday, Oct. 2: vs. Blue Jackets
Detroit — One big, bold mystery. That’s what this 2021 NHL Entry Draft is shaping up to be, with so many unknowns whirring around teams and prospects. The league will hold the first round of the draft on Friday, and rounds two through seven on Saturday. There will likely be many gasps and surprises, as so
What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week Tony Wolak, Devin Little, Patrick Brown, and Kyle Knopp are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of profiles of the top prospects for the NHL Draft on July 23-24, 2021. Peterborough center Mason McTavish knows first-hand about Steve Yzerman’s success with the Ontario Hockey League’s Petes. Before leading the Detroit Red Wings to three Stanley Cups in 1997, 1998 and 2002 and a fourth
Nick Leddy received a phone call from Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman, who welcomed his latest acquisition to the rebuild. Leddy cost the Wings a 2021 second-round draft pick, but all the ways he potentially can help alleviates that price. Leddy is an offensive defenseman, a left-handed shot who projects to partner with Moritz Seider
Detroit — Nick Leddy knows he has something to offer the Red Wings, and it’s a valuable asset. “A veteran presence,” said Leddy, 30, who the Wings acquired Friday from the New York Islanders in exchange for forward Richard Panik, a second-round draft pick in next week’s draft, and retaining half of Panik’s $2.7 million salary
Detroit — After much hand-wringing and speculation, the availabile and protected lists for Wednesday’s expansion draft were released Sunday morning. There were some big and surprising names around the NHL, but for the Red Wings, the list was pretty much as expected. They protected seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender, as expected, leaving off several notable (but
The Detroit Red Wings’ protection list is an indictment on prior first-round draft choices. The NHL on Sunday released the lists of which players teams protected ahead of Wednesday’s expansion draft, and Wings general manager Steve Yzerman left 2016 first-round pick Dennis Cholowski exposed. The protected players are forwards Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi, Robby Fabbri, Jakub
Update: Here’s a look at the unprotected list released Sunday. A busy week awaits the Detroit Red Wings. They will find out who they lose in the NHL expansion draft and then, two days later, select additions to the rebuild. The Seattle Kraken begin play this fall, and the roster will be revealed Wednesday night when the
A busy week awaits the Detroit Red Wings. They will find out who they lose in the NHL expansion draft and then, two days later, select additions to the rebuild. The Seattle Kraken begin play this fall, and the roster will be revealed Wednesday night when the results of the expansion draft are announced. All teams,
Most of Hockeytown figured that the Detroit Red Wings and their general manager Steve Yzerman would make a move or two ahead of the trade freeze that precedes the Seattle Expansion Draft. On the other side of this deal, most people that follow the New York Islanders figured that their GM, Lou Lamoriello, would find
The Detroit Red Wings desperately need a goalie to be excited about. Fans know it. The media knows it. GM Steve Yzerman knows it. Heck, even the goalies know it. With two first-round picks in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft, it’s not a pipe dream to think the team could make a splash with a
When the Detroit Tigers selected high school pitcher Jackson Jobe with the No. 3 pick on Sunday, it kicked off an unprecedented run of draft for Motor City teams: Thanks to NHL expansion, COVID-19 delays to the seasons and MLB’s attempt to put its draft in the All-Star Game spotlight, Detroit teams will take part in
The Detroit Red Wings have acquired veteran defenseman Nick Leddy, who could serve both as a partner for Moritz Seider and a trade chip at next season’s deadline. But the deal may also cost the Wings a young defenseman in the expansion draft. In exchange for Leddy, the Wings sent forward Richard Panik and the No.
Detroit — The moves are beginning to happen. The Red Wings acquired defenseman Nick Leddy from the New York Islanders on Friday in exchange for forward Richard Panik and a second-round draft choice (originally Edmonton’s), the 52nd overall, in next week’s NHL Entry Draft. Leddy, 30, has one year left on his contract at a
Detroit — The first domino is about to fall in what could be a busy period of personnel moves for the Red Wings. The Wings must submit their protected list for Wednesday’s NHL Expansion Draft — stocking the roster of the new Seattle Kraken — by Saturday at 5 p.m. (EST). The NHL is expected to publicly