Welcome to Re-Sign or Resign, a new segment covering the pros and cons of Detroit’s pending UFAs. We’ll be taking a closer look at each UFA while going over two schools of thought: re-signing the player, or letting him run free into the sunset. Today, we’re covering the last of the UFAs on our list
The Red Wings have the second-most projected cap space for next season among all NHL clubs with $48.2 million. With just 10 players under contract, most of that money will go toward re-signing restricted free agents such as Jakub Vrana and Filip Hronek. However, Yzerman should still have enough to add one or two talented
This is the fourth of a five-part series evaluating the most recent NHL drafts leading up to the 2021 event July 23-24. Steve Yzerman made his first imprint on the Detroit Red Wings rebuild in 2019, helming their draft table two months after being named general manager. The Wings finished with the fourth-worst record that
With 12 draft picks, the Detroit Red Wings have an significant opportunity to bolster the entire pipeline. Instead of focusing on a well-rounded draft, Steve Yzerman needs to create a well-rounded prospect pipeline; he has a chance to electrify the rather tepid offense. Holes in the Main Roster Watching the Red Wings this year had
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman is apparently “up to something” according to BostonHockey Now’s Jimmy Murphy who was featured on DetroitHockeyNow’s website. What does this mean? In his “Off the Record” segment, Murphy indicates that as the Seth Jones trade rumors abound, the Wings are a team to watch as he then makes
Top-line defensemen rarely find their names on the trade block. Even when they do, it’s not often that the stars align in a way that it makes sense for your favorite team to actively pursue them. So when THW’s own Peter Baracchini fanned the flames of a potential Morgan Rielly move, it definitely caught some
As we prep for the 2021 NHL draft (July 23 and 24), a reader email asked if there were plans to do a recap of how last year’s Detroit draft class has fared. I figured that this post would be a good answer to that question. #4 overall – Lucas Raymond (LW) After seeing pretty
Detroit has the cap space to offer Danault a competitive salary and prominent role, and at 28, he has good years left. But term would likely be a hangup for a Detroit team who continues to go short-term in free agency, and a player whose performance this postseason is likely to garner interest from better
Recently, the Detroit Red Wings scouting department have been trying to stockpile defense prospects through the draft in the hopes that some of them will end up developing into NHL regulars. With General Manager Steve Yzerman at the helm, Detroit has drafted 10 defense prospects since 2019. Four of these prospects have already signed entry-level
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Though the Detroit Red Wings have been around since the 1926-27 season, they’ve only had a few 50-goal scorers don the winged wheel – only six, in fact. While the NHL underwent a scoring revolution in the 1970s and 80s, the Red Wings were deep in the midst of their “Dead Wings” era and did
In the ever-changing league that is the NHL, terrible contracts seem to be the only constant. With plenty of cap space to share, Steve Yzerman will likely seek out teams willing to deal their albatrosses to Detroit in exchange for some draft picks. Let’s “cherry pick” NHL’s Central Division’s worst contracts.. Colorado Avalanche Erik Johnson
Detroit — Steve Yzerman hasn’t been shy about making trades since becoming the Red Wings’ general manager. Yzerman has been active since his return to the organization in April 2019, acquiring young players (Robby Fabbri, Jakub Vrana), older players (Marc Staal, Sam Gagner) and shipping out ones who didn’t fit anymore (Anthony Mantha, Andreas Athanasiou) at a
We are getting ready to record Episode 74 of our NHL podcast “Fer Sure: A 200 Foot Podcast.” If you missed the last episode, you can catch up here. This week we have the return of Chris Watkins! We’ve had him on a few times, and he’s always been a great guest. He follows (and
Welcome back to our Seattle Expansion Draft Series. If you haven’t read the first article that lays out the rules of the expansion draft, that would be a good starting point, as I’ll only give the very basic rules in each of these follow up articles. If you are interested in Detroit, that was the
Usually, July 1 is reserved for the signing of big free-agent contracts, but July 2 has seen its fair share of new deals getting done too. One Hall of Fame goaltender found a new home twice on this date, and another future Hall of Famer was born in Canada. Eddie the Eagle Cashes In…..Twice Goaltender
Detroit Red Wings await 2021-22 schedule: Will it include 2022 Beijing Olympics? – Freep In other topics, Bettman said the NHL does not plan to allow for any compliance buyouts this offseason, even though the flat salary cap has caused issues for some teams. The Wings have a prime buyout candidate in veteran Frans Nielsen,
In three weeks, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman will be drafting the teenager he deems best able to boost the franchise’s rebuild. The first round of the draft is scheduled to be held virtually on July 23. The Wings hold the sixth pick, for the second time in three drafts under Yzerman. Michigan
If Detroit Red Wings prospect Keith Petruzzelli is indeed leaving, fans can only wonder what it means both short and long term for the organization. Jonathan Bernier is a free agent, likely to be brought back on a short term deal, as has been the custom during Yzerman’s tenure. Thomas Greiss is in the final
Ted Kulfan explains why the Lightning are halfway home to winning another Stanley Cup in episode 57 of the The Detroit News/OctoPulse podcast, which includes an interview with possible Red Wings draft prospect William Eklund of Sweden. ►2:30: Are the Lightning a dynasty? ►7:30: Alex Tanguay on joining the Red Wings ►10:20: William Eklund story ►32:30: Marc Staal on