Traverse City — Danny DeKeyser was in the lineup to start last season, but you could tell something wasn’t quite right. Having had back surgery, which pretty much wiped out DeKeyser’s 2019-20 season (he only played eight games), DeKeyser returned to action but wasn’t the same player. Some of DeKeyser’s strength wasn’t there, and it was
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TRAVERSE CITY —Bobby Ryan kept his hopes up, even as the phone call he really wanted didn’t come and the off-season turned to the near-season. He finally heard from the Detroit Red Wings just before the start of training camp, when he received a professional tryout invitation. Ryan, 34,  joined the Wings last October, and
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Traverse City — Bobby Ryan never has been in this position before, and admits it’s different. Weird. Unsettling, even. Here’s Ryan, one of the best goal-scorers and exciting players in the NHL since being drafted second overall in 2005, is in Red Wings’ training camp on a professional tryout. No guarantees, no contract; just the hope maybe something
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The Detroit Red Wings main training camp started with 35 forwards, 20 defensemen and seven goalies.  On Saturday, the Red Wings re-assigned five forwards, one defenseman and two goaltenders to their respective junior clubs. Recent drafts picks Cross Hanas, Pasquale Zito, Oscar Plandowski, Jan Bednar and Sebastian Cossa were returned to junior.  Released from amateur
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Traverse City — The Red Wings returned to playing actual hockey Sunday, and saw some new players making positive statements. Team White defeated Team Red 3-2 in a shootout at Centre ICE Arena. Free-agent acquisition Pius Suter and Dominik Shine scored goals for the White, while trade acquisition Mitchell Stephens scored both Red goals. In the shootout,
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