Detroit — How busy will the Red Wings be Wednesday when unrestricted free agency begins in the NHL? Busy, with an asterisk, you could say. The Wings will likely be busy working with their own UFAs — largely, forwards Sam Gagner, Luke Glendening, Darren Helm and Bobby Ryan — about potentially returning. If negotiations with any, or all, of
The Detroit Red Wings made a couple moves today, re-signing forwards Kyle Criscuolo and Taro Hirose to one-year deals. Both are expected depth moves, with Criscuolo being fourth on Grand Rapids in points with 19 (11-8) last season and Hirose seeing some time in Detroit in the way of six games. Hirose seemed like a good
July 27 has not been a very newsworthy day in National Hockey League history. However, there was a big trade of Hockey Hall of Famers that ended rather one-sided when we look back on it 25 years later. So. let’s get inside the THW time machine and relive all the best moments this date has
If this were a couple weeks ago, the Detroit Red Wings would have several needs heading into free agent season. Steve Yzerman had other plans. In three separate transactions, Yzerman acquired defenseman Nick Leddy, goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, and re-signed free agent blueliner Marc Staal. All of a sudden, Detroit’s shopping list is mostly checked off.
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All the positives about staying with the Detroit Red Wings persuaded Marc Staal to change his mind about exploring free agency. Instead, he’s looking for a house to rent in the metro area, and looking forward to meeting Moritz Seider. Staal, 34, agreed over the weekend to a one-year extension, building on the relationship that
With $37.6 million in cap space and more than a few gaps in the roster, the Detroit Red Wings will have a busy few weeks of free agency. However, don’t expect GM Steve Yzerman to look too far from his own pending free agent list to fill roster gaps. 14 Pending Free Agents To find
Detroit — Marc Staal enjoyed his time with the Red Wings last season, made it well known and wanted to return. So it wasn’t a shock when Staal re-signed Sunday with the Wings on a one-year contract worth $2 million, taking himself off Wednesday’s unrestricted free agent market. “I told you guys (reporters) at the of the
With the NHL free agency period opening up in just two days, the Red Wings today announced one of their many restricted free agents is back under contract with the team. While the team didn’t announce the specifics, the 22-year old will have an AAV of $850K and will see him with arbitration eligibility as
There were a couple more transactions today for the Detroit Red Wings, both expected moves as the league inches closer to free agency opening up on Wednesday. First is Gustav Lindstrom’s extension: Once he was protected on the expansion list, it was a foregone conclusion that he would return. The two-year extension is purportedly for
Detroit — The first day of unrestricted free agency in the NHL is always fascinating, and Wednesday’s start to the period isn’t likely to disappoint. Though many teams are up against the salary cap ceiling, unable to wiggle free from hard constraints, there are still going to be some rich contracts and eyebrow-raising paydays for
Detroit — It never really worked out for Evgeny Svechnikov with the Red Wings, and Monday the relationship came to an end. The Wings chose to not extend restricted free agent Svechnikov a qualifying offer by the deadline, making Svechnikov an unrestricted free agent Wednesday when the UFA market opens. Svechnikov, 24, a 2015 first-round pick (19th
The relationship that began with such promise and humor in 2015 is over. The Detroit Red Wings decided not to tend an offer to forward Evgeny Svechnikov by Monday’s deadline to qualify restricted free agents, his agent, Todd Diamond confirmed to the Free Press. It is not a surprising development, given general manager Steve Yzerman
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, and Kyle Knopp are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking
In just under a week, the Detroit Red Wings are in a much different place than they were. They exited the 2021 draft with eight new prospects, and that was after they made moves to acquire immediate help in the form of defenseman Nick Leddy and goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic. Oh, and a couple players from
Simon Edvinsson: The Wildest Wildcard? – Scouching [embedded content] One of my frustrations with prospect scouting reports every year is that it’s a whole lot of discussion on how a kid is going to be the next this-or-that and pumping up the items they do well with very little info about the shortcomings. The 18-minute
The highlights from the Detroit Red Wings’ 2021 draft: Having a kid from Detroit tee up the first pick, making the best of the first pick after the top-rated centers were off the board and, finally, adding a potential franchise goaltender to the farm system. Whether any of the eight prospects the Wings selected over the
The Detroit Red Wings were extremely busy from Thursday making trades and signing restricted free agents to then filling the pipeline with new prospects on Friday and Saturday. Detroit addressed some major needs–especially with the drafting of goaltender Sebastian Cossa. But now attention shifts off of the draft and into free agency. There won’t be
After the extension of Marc Staal, the defensive pairings for the Detroit Red Wings’ upcoming season look locked in. Let’s look at the players that’ll make up Detroit’s blue line this year. DeKeyser – Hronek The top defensive pairing of Danny DeKeyser and Filip Hronek in Detroit next season shouldn’t really be a surprise,
The Detroit Red Wings announced today that they have re-signed defenseman Marc Staal to a one year deal for $2,000,000. The 34 year old Staal will be playing his 16th season in the NHL and second with Detroit. Staal started his career after being drafted 12 overall in the first round by the New York