The first-round grades for the Red Wings at the 2023 NHL Draft were almost unanimous. Detroit received higher grades for drafting Swedish defenseman Axel Sandin Pellikka with the 17th overall pick than Brandon center Nate Danielson with the ninth overall selection. Here’s a sample of what they were saying about GM Steve Yzerman’s choices on
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Detroit – Axel Sandin Pellikka was determined to get to the NHL Entry Draft. How determined? The Wings’ second first-round draft pick Wednesday, the 17th pick overall, drove 15 hours Tuesday from New York to get to Nashville for the draft. Sandin Pellikka and his parents, grandmother, brother, agent and friend and fellow Wings’ prospect
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As if being selected by an Original Six franchise with a history rich in Swedish picks, Axel Sandin Pellikka’s final journey to the 2023 NHL draft was one for the memory. The bad air quality that has blanketed so much of the United States in recent days disrupted Sandin Pellikka’s plans to fly
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Detroit Red Wings used their second first-round pick on a Swedish defenseman. Axel Sandin Pellikka was taken at No. 17 overall on Wednesday, the first night of the NHL draft. “It’s an unbelievable feeling, a sigh of relief,” Sandin Pellikka said. “Just getting up to hug my parents, my siblings, it’s un
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Detroit Red Wings selected center Nate Danielson at No. 9 in Wednesday’s opening round of the 2023 NHL draft. ALSO…: Red Wings select Axel Sandin Pellikka with No. 17 pick in 2023 NHL draft “To hear my name actually called by Steve Yzerman, I didn’t really believe it at first,” Danielson
Detroit – The Red Wings snagged two of the players they wanted Wednesday in Nashville. They’re still waiting on other possibilities. The Wings selected center Nate Danielson with the ninth pick overall Wednesday at the NHL Entry Draft at Bridgestone Arena, then came back later and picked defenseman Axel Sandin Pellikka with the 17th overall
NASHVILLE — What I knew about hockey growing up as a Southerner, I mostly learned by playing video games. And one game, in particular. Since the early 1990s, one of the best things this sport has had going is the series of annual NHL games produced by Electronic Arts (or EA Sports). I spent a
The continued poor air quality in Detroit has prompted a change for plans for the Red Wings. The team announced late Wednesday morning it’s 2023 NHL draft watch party planned to be held at Chevrolet Plaza instead will be moved inside Little Caesars Arena. “Doors to the arena will open at 6:00 p.m.,” the team
Mickey Redmond is here to preview what the Detroit Red Wings might do in the 2023 NHL Draft, after getting wind of the Wings’ 2023–24 schedule today.
So much in a rebuild rides on making the right selections at the NHL draft that it can leave a general manager restless. Steve Yzerman, about to embark on his fifth draft as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, shed some insight into what it is like. “I can tell you, it’s nerve-wracking,” Yzerman
Excitement is building over the 2023 NHL draft, with many fans wondering who will make their way to Hockeytown. The Detroit Red Wings have the No. 9 and No. 17 picks in the first round in the draft, which begins Wednesday night. The last time the Red Wings had the No. 9 pick was 2017,
The 2023-24 NHL season is already on the horizon, with the Entry Draft on Wednesday and free agency opening on Saturday. Another sign of the new season is the release of the schedule, which came on Tuesday, with the Red Wings opening on Oct. 12 at New Jersey. The Red Wings’ home opener will be
The Detroit Red Wings dropped their 2023-24 schedule Tuesday, revealing they will open and close on the road and host the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first home game. The Wings begin the season at the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 12 and close it April 16 at the Montreal Canadiens. The first game at
Detroit — Steve Yzerman has more salary-cap space than all but two other NHL teams heading into free agency this weekend. The Red Wings’ general manager presides over a prospect pool that’s as deep as almost any in the league right now. And while Yzerman heads to the NHL Entry Draft in Nashville with a
Detroit — If you’re a Red Wings fan, get ready to buckle in for what should be an exciting few days. Detroit — If you’re a Red Wings fan, get ready to buckle in for what should be an exciting few days. With the first round of the NHL’s Entry Draft Wednesday (7 p.m.
With the NHL back on pre-pandemic schedule, this will be a particularly busy week for teams. First up is the draft: The Detroit Red Wings hold picks No. 9 and No. 17 in Wednesday’s Round 1 and picks 41, 42, 43, 73, 117, 137, 169 and 201 in Rounds 2-7 on Thursday. General manager Steve
News staff and wire services | The Detroit News Former Michigan Wolverines center Matty Beniers was part of NHL history on Monday. Beniers, the first NHL Awards finalist in Seattle Kraken history, became the first rookie from an expansion franchise to win the Calder Trophy within the first two seasons since Peter Stastny captured the award
Detroit — The Red Wings are in good position to acquire two prime prospects in this week’s NHL Entry Draft. Now, whether they get that opportunity remains to be seen. This year’s draft on Wednesday (Round 1; 7 p.m. on ESPN) and Thursday (Rounds 2-7; 11 a.m. on NHL Network) in Nashville has a lot
Young Detroit Red Wings superfan George was back in the spotlight on Monday night. Four months after George attended his first Red Wings game and was featured on the video board at Little Caesars Arena against the Vancouver Canucks on Feb. 11, he walked the red carpet with his mother, Chelsea Miller, at the NHL
The Detroit Red Wings head into this week’s 2023 NHL draft with 10 picks. And while they may not use them all — they also had 10 going into last year’s draft before general manager Steve Yzerman wheeled and dealed his way to nine picks plus semi-veteran goalie Ville Husso in a trade — there’s
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