Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Vladislav Namestnikov realizes childhood dream in signing with Wings New Detroit Red Wings forward Vladislav Namestnikov on a Zoom call, Oct. 11, 2020. Vladislav Namestnikov has memories of being in the Detroit Red Wings’ locker room with his uncle, and has autographed hockey cards
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Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings added to their weekend haul of free-agent signings Sunday with another local touch. Forward Vladislav Namestnikov signed a two-year contract worth $4 million ($2 million salary cap hit). Namestnikov, 27, is the nephew of former Red Wing Slava Kozlov, is represented by local agent Dan Milstein,
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings added to their weekend haul of free-agent signings Sunday with another local touch. Forward Vladislav Namestnikov signed a two-year contract worth $4 million ($2 million salary cap hit). Namestnikov, 27, is the nephew of former Red Wing Slava Kozlov, is represented by local agent Dan Milstein,
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan, Jon Merrill to Detroit Red Wings Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan & Jon Merrill. Oct. 9, 2020. Vladislav Namestnikov grew up rooting for the Detroit Red Wings, and now will be able to realize a childhood dream
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press The following is an excerpt from “The Big 50: The Detroit Red Wings,” written by Free Press sports writer Helene St. James and published by Triumph Books. The book will be available online and in bookstores Tuesday. Nearly four years had passed since he left — years he
Associated Press | Associated Press Denver — The Colorado Avalanche acquired rugged winger Brandon Saad in a multiplayer trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. Colorado sent defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm to Chicago for Saad and defenseman Dennis Gilbert. The Blackhawks also will retain $1 million of Saad’s $6 million salary for next
Stephen Whyno | Associated Press Taylor Hall went unsigned during the first day of free agency. Same with Alex Pietrangelo and Mike Hoffman. A handful of the top free agents are still available, but NHL teams aren’t waiting for those big fish to sign to make other moves. Boston paused its pursuit of Hall to
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — Red Wings restricted free agent forward Tyler Bertuzzi is filing for arbitration. Bertuzzi, 25, led the Wings with 21 goals last season, the second straight season he’s scored 21. Bertuzzi just completed a two-year contract worth $2.8 million ($1.4 per season). More: Red Wings add Thomas Greiss,
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan, Jon Merrill to Detroit Red Wings Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan & Jon Merrill. Oct. 9, 2020. As poorly as the Detroit Red Wings have performed in recent years, a phone call from Steve Yzerman has a
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Why Jon Merrill jumped at chance to join Detroit Red Wings Why Jon Merrill was thrilled to join the Red Wings as a free agent, Oct. 9, 2020. Detroit Red Wings restricted free agent forward Tyler Bertuzzi will file for arbitration. General manager Steve
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Detroit Red Wings have gotten their goalie and another defenseman. The Wings on Saturday signed free agent Thomas Greiss to a two-year contract worth $7.2 million and defenseman Troy Stecher to a two-year contract worth $3.4 million. Greiss, 34, is 6-foot-2, 232 pounds and has 11 years in
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan, Jon Merrill to Detroit Red Wings Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan & Jon Merrill. Oct. 9, 2020. Steve Yzerman may have made his best addition yet since taking over as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit News Ted Kulfan takes a look at Red Wings’ free agent additions Thomas Greiss, Bobby Ryan, Jon Merrill and the NHL’s first female player Manon Rheaume is the special guest on episode 39 of OctoPulse, taking the pulse of Year 2 of Steve Yzerman’s rebuild. Here are some of the highlights from Saturday’s
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on rebuild & record Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman touched on numerous topics during a rare news conference. Filmed Feb. 24, 2020 in Detroit. The following is an excerpt from “The Big 50: The Detroit Red Wings,”
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan, Jon Merrill to Detroit Red Wings Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan & Jon Merrill. Oct. 9, 2020. Steve Yzerman addressed the biggest need for the Detroit Red Wings by signing goaltender Thomas Greiss on Saturday. Jimmy Howard’s
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Detroit Red Wings have gotten their goalie. The Wings on Saturday signed free agent Thomas Greiss to a 2-year contract worth $7.2 million. Greiss, 34, is 6-foot-2, 232-pounds and has 10 years in the NHL experience with San Jose, Arizona, Pittsburgh, and the New York Islanders. Last
John Wawrow | Associated Press It didn’t take long for the bubble to begin bursting on the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stanley Cup party. The effects of a flat salary cap took its toll on the Lightning less than two weeks after winning their second Stanley Cup. Tampa Bay bid farewell to defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, who
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings jumped into the free-agent market Friday and signed forward Bobby Ryan and defenseman Jon Merrill. But general manager Steve Yzerman said Friday night they aren’t done acquiring players. “Obviously we still have some positions to fill that we will continue to pursue,” Yzerman said. “We
Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Why Jon Merrill jumped at chance to join Detroit Red Wings Why Jon Merrill was thrilled to join the Red Wings as a free agent, Oct. 9, 2020. Bobby Ryan and Jon Merrill each had reasons to be thrilled Steve Yzerman wanted them to
Ted Kulfan | The Detroit News Detroit — It took one conversation, one discussion with general manager Steve Yzerman, and Bobby Ryan was sold. Ryan, an unrestricted free agent, spoke 45 minutes with Yzerman and was coming to the Red Wings. “The passion that comes through for the Red Wings through him is contagious,” said