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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

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings made their first dip into free agency on Friday, signing local defenseman Jon Merrill and forward Bobby Ryan. A Grand Blanc and Brighton native, Merrill signed a one-year contract worth $925,000, according to TSN. Merrill, 28, played in 49 games last season with Vegas,

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings are in a much better position today than they were last week, for sure last season, and now heading into the future. That’s the opinion of draft analysts and national commentators after this week’s Entry Draft. The organization is deeper, and general manager Steve Yzerman

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The draft is done. Now it’s off to the next check list for the Red Wings’ offseason. Unrestricted free-agency in the NHL begins at noon Friday, but what that’ll exactly mean for the Wings and other NHL teams is a question mark. Because of the current NHL economic landscape,

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Here is a list of top 20 unrestricted free agents that are hitting the market at noon Friday, as compiled by Detroit News sports writer Ted Kulfan: ►Alex Pietrangelo, defenseman, St. Louis: Excellent player, great captain, just won the Stanley Cup a  year ago. Shocking the two sides couldn’t work

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings stayed busy Thursday, signing forwards Adam Erne and Taro Hirose to one-year contract extensions. Both players were potential restricted free agents. Erne, 25, played in 56 games, scoring five points, before a lower-body injury ended his season. Erne’s 142 hits ranked second on the

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — Moritz Seider will be playing hockey in Sweden this season. Seider, the Red Wings’ 2019 first-round draft pick, has been reassigned from German-league team Mannheim to Rogle BK, in the Swedish Elite League. The SEL has mandated that NHL prospects such as Seider must remain there for the

Mark Falkner   | The Detroit News Thirteen players and two alumni from the National Team Development Program in Plymouth were selected in the 2020 NHL draft. A day after U18 captain and defenseman Jake Sanderson was taken fifth overall in the first round, the NTDP had four players taken in a row during the second round.

Bob Wojnowski   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on when first pick Lucas Raymond could reach NHL Red Wings GM says it is highly likely the Swedish forward will remain with club team Frolunda this season. Detroit —It’s one thing to be active, and the Red Wings have

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on scouting first pick Lucas Raymond Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman on scouting first-round pick Lucas Raymond in world junior tournaments and the Swedish Elite League. Detroit — Wake up, the NHL Entry Draft is finally over. And the

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Ted Kulfan of The Detroit News takes a look at the prospects selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2020 NHL Draft. Lucas Raymond ► Pick: No. 4 overall (Round 1) ► Position: Right wing ► Height/weight: 5-10/165 ► Last season: Frolunda (Sweden) — 33 games, 4 goals,

The Detroit News  |  The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman on when first pick Lucas Raymond could reach NHL Red Wings GM says it is highly likely the Swedish forward will remain with club team Frolunda this season. In addition to quantity, it appears as though the Detroit Red

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Red Wings stayed in Sweden with their first several picks of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft — then went for a reach from Texas. After picking forward Lucas Raymond on Tuesday in the first round, the Wings selected defenseman William Wallinder and center Theodor Niederbach with

Bob Wojnowski   | The Detroit News Detroit —It’s one thing to be active, and the Red Wings have no choice. It’s another thing to be proactive, and Steve Yzerman is barreling ahead, moving up, moving around, moving as quickly as possible.  In the past week, we’ve seen all sorts of crafty, smallish deals, the ones

Ted Kulfan   | The Detroit News Detroit — Wake up, the NHL Entry Draft is finally over. And the Red Wings are happy with that fact – and the way it turned out for them. In a draft that lasted approximately seven hours – which has to be some sort of second-day record – the