There may not be another figure in Detroit sports that sparks the kind of….passionate….responses like Detroit Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill does. “One thing you learn in coaching,” Blashill said during his year-end press availability, “is to have very think skin and to stay off social media.” To be fair, as the man that
What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. This week Tony Wolak, Devin Little, Patrick Brown, Kyle Knopp, and Jeff Middleton are the muckers who make up
As somebody who has only tracked the Tigers through my Red Wings fandom, this is cool. Congrats to Miggy and to Tigers fans friends. Previewing the 2022 NHL UFA Class: Under-30 Forwards Edition – Sports Illustrated Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks – $5.625 million AAV “Just keep swimming” is not an option. The Sharks’ Cup
The Detroit Red Wings will be in a familiar situation on this year’s trade deadline: a rebuilding team looking to sell for future assets. With plenty of depth players and expiring contract this year, Detroit will certainly have some trade bait at the ready. Forwards Adam Erne is the clear-cut best choice for a trade
The Detroit Red Wings franchise officially began in 1926 and were first known as the Detroit Cougars. In 1932, James E. Norris changed the name to the Red Wings. The team has won 11 Stanley Cups during their illustrious career in Detroit and along the way, many legends have played in Hockeytown. As the team
Svechnikov’s had a rough go of his career. From multiple surgeries to getting waived twice by the Red Wings last season, things haven’t been easy for Evgeny. It’s gotta be hard to move from Detroit, where there’s a lot to do outside, to Winnipeg, where there’s not much going on. (Don’t tell Jalen Green I
The Detroit Red Wings waived Frans Nielsen on Thursday for the purpose of buying out his contract, ending one of the bigger questions of the offseason. Of the many articles we’ve written over the past few months, few had such overwhelming support from nearly all Wings fans when it came to what Detroit should do
To say that the Detroit Red Wings struggled on the power play last season would be an understatement – the team finished second to last in the NHL with a paltry 11.4 percent success rate. Will the Wings find a way to improve those odds this season? Coaching Change One of the first steps in
I’m putting the link right here. I can’t promise it will still be good by the time this posts Link There are a few theories out there, including that this is an old style design and a holdover from when Fedorov was inducted into the HHoF in 2015 – that this is a case of
In the spring of 1971, as a seven year old boy, I went to the old Hamilton Forum to watch the Hamilton Red Wings host the St. Catharines Black Hawks in my first OHA game. A diminutive center by the name of Marcel Dionne dominated the game. I loved the Red Wings jerseys, but it
I wrote an article about the Detroit Red Wings possible first-line combination of Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin, and Jakub Vrana on Aug. 15. The feedback I got was pretty positive, but one thing kept being brought up by the readers. What happened to Filip Zadina? Why not him instead of Bertuzzi on the top line?
Hockey Hall-of-Fame defenseman Larry Murphy discusses being traded to the Red Wings during the 1996-97 season and going on to win back-to-back Stanley Cups.
This is pretty cool for the new GM of the Griffins (BTW, if you missed that news, it’s true: Pat Verbeek, following the departure of Ryan Martin takes over as the AHL GM, as is the usual for assistant GMs.) There’s also this: With an increased focus on larger, more impactful events and uses of
The signing of Adam Erne prior to his arbitration case has put the Detroit Red Wings roster in a terrific position prior to opening night. With the recent buyout of Frans Nielsen, according to capfriendly.com, the Red Wings currently have 20 out of their 23 roster spots signed for the upcoming season. Here is a
Slowly but surely, the remaining evidence of Ken Holland’s final years as Detroit Red Wings general manager is being erased. Center Frans Nielsen received a buyout on the final year of the six-year, $31.5 million deal he signed with the Red Wings in 2016, CapFriendly.com reported Thursday. An additional buyout window was triggered by Detroit settling its arbitration
The Detroit Red Wings buyout of Frans Nielsen on Thursday reveals that Steve Yzerman has now eliminated all but one hefty contract from the Ken Holland era, continuing the movement away from a bloated cap hell and into one that offers more spots for younger players and an organization suddenly flush with cap space. All
The Little Ball of Hate goes west. The Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman announced Thursday that one of his assistant’s, Pat Verbeek, will now also assume the duties of GM of the Grand Rapids Griffins. Verbeek, 57, has worked on Yzerman’s staff since 2010, first with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the last two
The Frans Nielsen era with the Detroit Red Wings is over. His contract has been bought out by the team, according to CapFriendly.com. The website reports the move will save the Red Wings $1 million against the salary cap in the 2021-22 season, but adds $500,000 to the cap the following year. Nielsen was due to cost $5.25 million
Per CapFriendly, the Detroit Red Wings have opted to use their second buyout window to buy out the final year of forward Frans Nielsen’s contract. With the #Red Wings settling their Arb case with Adam Erne 4 days ago, the club had access to a second buyout window. As a result, Detroit has opted to
The Red Wings appear to be buying out the remainder of Frans Nielsen’s contract. Detroit gained an additional buyout window after the Adam Erne signing; they utilized this timeframe to buy out the last year of Nielsen’s contract. Frans Nielsen will join Justin Abdelkader on the buyout list through 2022-23. With the #Red Wings settling