What do the Detroit Red Wings and the Edmonton Oilers have in common? They both were rebuilding franchises that drafted a 6-foot-4 defenseman who can carry pucks out of the zone and punish guys who come into their own end. Who are these defensemen drafted eight years apart? Darnell Nurse and Simon Edvinsson. Let’s look
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Free Press sports writer Helene St. James breaks down the Detroit Red Wings‘ 2022-23 roster for Friday’s opening night against the Montreal Canadiens: F Tyler Bertuzzi Age: 27. Salary cap hit: $4,750,000. 2021-22 stats: 30 goals, 32 assists in 68 games. Food he’d eat every day if no consequences: Bacon. D Ben Chiarot Age: 31.
The 2022-23 Detroit Red Wings look and sound like a competitive team that will be fun to watch emerge from a rebuild. Steve Yzerman has done as a general manager what he was part of early in his playing career: Rebuild the franchise through the NHL draft, forging a core that will be the driving
Steve Yzerman often watches Detroit Red Wings practices from the family room overlooking the facility inside Little Caesars Arena, but sometimes he sits where the press sits. Whatever his point of observation, Yzerman’s input is invaluable to Derek Lalonde, the man tasked by Yzerman to coach the Wings towards a more competitive future. “It’s experience,”
Detroit — You could put the three of them on a basketball court, and from a size perspective, you wouldn’t be losing anything in terms of a size advantage. Michael Rasmussen (6-foot-6) centering a line with Elmer Soderblom (6-foot-8) and Oskar Sundqvist (6-foot-3) — the three were put together again Wednesday during the Red Wings
Detroit — The Colorado Avalanche, Auston Matthews and Cale Makar grabbed most of the NHL headlines last season. They might again this season. They’re that good. But, as usual, there’s going to be plenty of competition around them in a league that is becoming known for its parity. Colorado denied Tampa a third consecutive Stanley
On Sunday afternoon, the Detroit Red Wings announced another round of preseason roster cuts, assigning 14 more players to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate the Grand Rapids Griffins. Most of the names on this list weren’t surprising with prospects like Donovan Sebrango and Jared McIsaac being sent to the minors to continue their development.
Elmer Söderblom said his parents are hoping to arrive this week from Sweden, in time to see him play. It’s still not entirely clear whether that will be in Detroit or Grand Rapids. With the luxury of not starting the season until Friday, and with two spare forwards, the Red Wings coaching staff is evaluating
Detroit — Red Wings fans who were excited to hear about Elmer Soderblom and Joe Veleno making the opening-night 23-man roster before Monday’s deadline, brace yourselves. Soderblom and Veleno might be in Grand Rapids before you know it. After Tuesday’s practice, coach Derek Lalonde talked about how the coaching staff continues to evaluate the lineup
The Detroit Red Wings officially begin their 2022-23 season on Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens. It is an exciting year for the rising Red Wings, as they sport plenty of new players to go along with youngsters who seem ready to play in the sport’s most competitive league. Yet, there are also a handful
Derek Lalonde emphatically put Monday afternoon’s roster finalization in its place. “Everyone makes such a big deal on this day of who made the team,” the first-year head coach of the Detroit Red Wings said. “I don’t understand, I’ve never understood, the black-and-white ‘making the team.’ ” It is a big deal for the bean
Detroit — The Red Wings have decided to keep forwards Elmer Soderblom and Joe Veleno. The two young players appeared to be facing somewhat long odds at the start of training camp, but both had impressive performances during the exhibition season which forced management’s and the coaching staff’s thinking. The Red Wings assigned forwards Givani
Monday was a busy day across the NHL, with 23-man rosters due by 5 p.m. The paperwork has to be in the day before the league opens the season, and while the Detroit Red Wings don’t open till Friday, there are two games Tuesday. The Wings got to 23 by assigning multiple players, including Givani
Jake Walman needed a new number to wear, because the No. 8 he briefly wore last season with the Detroit Red Wings had been given to a newcomer. He liked his birth year, so he googled “Red Wings” and “96” to see what that would look like. The results came up with page after page
After eight preseason games, the only thing standing between the Detroit Red Wings and the regular season is time and opening night festivities. Training camp was as upbeat and competitive as we’ve seen in recent memory, and that led to the roster taking shape differently from how most of us expected it would prior to
Last season, the Detroit Red Wings were among the league leaders in salary cap space. General manager Steve Yzerman had been frugal since joining the organization, opting to only sign role players to supplement Detroit’s young core. This offseason, though, he opened up the checkbook. Over the summer, the Red Wings signed several free agents,
Having needed the bodies, the Detroit Red Wings took care of some business Sunday and reduced their roster — including assigning Simon Edvinsson to the minors. The Wings went 3-5 in preseason games, and got plenty of looks at young hopefuls. They were able to utilize two of them to get a look at a lineup
Detroit — The Red Wings are opening the regular season on Friday at Little Caesars Arena against Montreal. By 5 p.m. Monday, the Wings need to settle on the 23-man roster that’ll face the Canadiens. They took a major step toward settling on that roster Sunday by trimming 15 players. Notably, forward Jonatan Berggren and
When the NHL announced that each team would be releasing a reverse retro-style jersey back in 2020, Detroit Red Wings fans were hopeful. As an Original Six franchise, there were many ways to pay homage to the storied history of the organization. Unfortunately, this did not happen and it is still a running joke that
Derek Lalonde laughed when asked if he knew where he would have Simon Edvinsson playing when the Detroit Red Wings begin their season. It will, ultimately, be up to general manager Steve Yzerman, the man responsible for finalizing the 23-man roster due Monday. Edvinsson, Elmer Söderblom and Joe Veleno lead the brigade of bright young
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