Detroit — The Red Wings will open the 2022-23 season at home against the Original Six rival Montreal Canadiens. The Wings will host 16 weekend home games — three Fridays, 11 Saturdays and two Sundays — highlighting their 97th overall NHL season. The season will conclude April 13 in Tampa Bay. This season’s 82-game schedule features 26 games
Detroit — You won’t be attending an NHL draft party, unless you’re a real puck-ologist. And I’m fairly certain you won’t get into a heated debate over whether the Red Wings should take a nifty center such as Marco Kasper or Matt Savoie, or a shifty winger such as Cutter Gauthier or Jonathan Lekkerimaki. Some combination
New head coach Derek Lalonde and the Detroit Red Wings will open the 2022-23 season at home against the Original Six rival Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 14, and finish the regular season six months later, on April 13 at the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 82-game slate features 26 games against Atlantic Division rivals, three games each
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Detroit — The Red Wings will open the 2022-23 season at home against the Original Six rival Montreal Canadiens. The Wings will host 16 weekend home games — three Fridays, 11 Saturdays and two Sundays — highlighting their 97th overall NHL season. The season will conclude April 13 in Tampa Bay. This season’s 82-game schedule features 26 games
Detroit — Steve Yzerman remembers the draft process when he was entering the NHL as a player in 1983. The entire process was so much different back then, even for a player who was eventually going to excel and reach the Hall of Fame. Back then, for a draft pick entering the NHL, the worldview was
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, just one day out from the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, there is plenty of talk and speculation surrounding a number of teams. Among the juiciest rumors, there is a lot going on in Edmonton where there is the discussion about who might replace Evander Kane, Duncan Keith
i know it’s frustrating for media members but watching steve yzerman duck and dodge questions is amazing. @ArthurJRegner: asks great question on relative positional value at the draft Steve: “I don’t know how to answer that without answering it so I’m not going to answer it” — Prashanth Iyer (@iyer_prashanth) July 5, 2022 I touched
The Red Wings have a new bench boss in Derek Lalonde. Lalonde has a young talented core and prospect pool to work with in his opportunity as an NHL head coach. While the Red Wings are stocked with young talent, the team lacks depth. While Steve Yzerman has done an excellent job of bringing in
Steve Yzerman has taken to the virtual life during the pandemic, but is prepared to sit at a crowded table on a noisy floor and add to the Detroit Red Wings‘ bounty (even if he has to sell a watch to do so). After two years of being held remotely because of the pandemic, the NHL
The Detroit Red Wings are ready to commence as the draft gets closer. There has been a lot of names thrown out there for the Wings, but at the end of the day, they can only select one. Who will that player be? We’ll find out tomorrow. The Detroit Red Wings season didn’t go as
Detroit — They aren’t necessarily picking at the top of the NHL Entry Draft on Thursday, but the Red Wings feel just fine selecting eighth overall. General manager Steve Yzerman said Tuesday, while discussing Thursday’s first round — Rounds 2-7 are Friday — that he’s confident the Wings will add a talented prospect. “We certainly hope so, that’s our
The Detroit Red Wings have enjoyed tremendous success drafting Russians, but the war in Ukraine adds difficulty to doing so this year. “Russian players were hard to assess and evaluate because it was difficult early to get in there and then you weren’t getting in there at all, or going there,” Yzerman said Tuesday. “There’s
Red Wings EVP & GM Steve Yzerman (9:18) speaks ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft this week. Join the Word on Woodward’s Art Regner & Ken Kal as they break down the news live from Little Caesars Arena. Presented by Bud Light
The Chicago Blackhawks have a whole host of things to do this offseason. Now armed with a full-time GM in Kyle Davidson and a new head coach in Luke Richardson, the Blackhawks could be heading for some turbulent waters over the next few seasons in which this duo will need to lead them through. Among
With just under a week left until the 2022 NHL Draft, there are still a couple more names worth mentioning for the Detroit Red Wings and their 8th overall pick. One of those names is Conor Geekie, an 18-year-old center from Canada. His name may ring a bell since his older brother, Morgan Geekie, is
Now that the Stanley Cup Final is over, the Detroit Red Wings are back in action, with the 2022 NHL Draft quickly approaching. Steve Yzerman, Kris Draper, and Detroit’s scouting staff have been hard at work preparing for another opportunity to bolster the organization’s rebuild. They’ll enter the 2022 draft with 10 picks, including: So
Ken Kal predicts who the Red Wings will take with the 8th overall pick – Red Wings [embedded content] I don’t know if Cutter Gauthier falls to us or if I specifically want to take a kid who doesn’t project to make the league in the next 2-3 years. I also don’t know if that’s
Detroit — The NHL Entry Draft is always a difficult exercise to try and predict — but never more so than this year. This is a good class, one with many players who could potentially break through and become quality players, but it’s difficult to separate or differentiate many of the prospects. Even at the head
Detroit Red Wings radio play-by-play announce Ken Kal tells us how he thinks things will shake out for picks 1-8 in this year’s first round of the NHL Draft on July 7, 2022